Bounce Tour
Tour by Bon Jovi | |
Start date | December 8, 2002 |
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End date | August 8, 2003 |
Legs | 5 |
No. of shows |
54 in North America 8 in Asia 3 in Australia 18 in Europe 83 in total |
Bon Jovi concert chronology |
The Bounce Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi.
Personnel
- Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, guitar
- Richie Sambora - guitar, talkbox, backing vocals
- David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals
- Tico Torres - drums, percussion
- Hugh McDonald - bass, backing vocals
The show
The set lists greatly varied between concerts, so after each show its set list was posted on the official website. Most concerts began with the song "Bounce" from the album Bounce followed by "You Give Love a Bad Name". "Raise Your Hands" was almost always played as the finalé before any encores. The final concert of the tour at New Jersey's Giants Stadium. The band was known to play extremely long setlists, some of them running nearly three hours, totaling approximately 25 songs, including encores that sometimes had as much as four songs.
Set list
Like most other Bon Jovi tours, the set list changed on a nightly basis. However, there were many similarities in the set lists from night to night. Several songs from the album Bounce were present, such as "Everyday", "Hook Me Up" and "Misunderstood". They also played many of their 1980s and 1990s hits such as "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", "Bad Medicine", and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead". The average set list:
- Bounce
- You Give Love a Bad Name
- Wild in the Streets
- Livin' on a Prayer
- Everyday
- Undivided
- Runaway
- Just Older
- Wanted Dead or Alive
- The Distance
- It's My Life
- Misunderstood
- Right Side of Wrong
- I'll Be There for You
- Hook Me Up
- Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
- Born to Be My Baby
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
- Raise Your Hands
Encore:
- Blaze of Glory
- Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
- Keep the Faith
- Bad Medicine
- Shout
Tour dates
Box office score data
Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue |
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Continental Airlines Arena | East Rutherford | 34,105 / 34,448 [1] | $1,893,685 |
Philips Arena | Atlanta | 15,781 / 15,781 [2] | $823,609 |
Gaylord Entertainment Center | Nashville | 13,567 / 13,614 | $721,376 |
Nationwide Arena | Columbus | 14,700 / 14,700 [3] | $771,104 |
Palace of Auburn Hills | Auburn Hills | 16,805 / 16,805 | $852,827 |
Bell Centre | Montreal | 16,227 / 16,227 [3] | $922,145 |
Boardwalk Hall | Atlantic City | 12,468 / 12,468 [4] | $934,280 |
Xcel Energy Center | Saint Paul | 14,896 / 14,896 [3] | $926,584 |
Bradley Center | Milwaukee | 14,522 / 14,522 [3] | $797,656 |
United Center | Chicago | 15,922 / 15,922 [3] | $1,043,258 |
Pepsi Arena | Albany | 12,502 / 12,718 [5] | $694,280 |
Fleet Center | Boston | 14,288 / 14,288 [5] | $852,007 |
First Union Center | Philadelphia | 15,217 / 15,217 [5] | $946,895 |
American Airlines Center | Dallas | 13,025 / 13,025 [6] | $748,582 |
Ibrox Stadium | Glasgow | 36,311 / 36,505 [7] | $1,994,254 |
Molineux Stadium | Wolverhampton | 34,747 / 35,039 [7] | $1,889,971 |
Old Trafford | Manchester | 44,426 / 45,500 [7] | $2,552,071 |
Hyde Park | London | 85,000 / 85,000 [7] | $5,050,530 |
Comerica Park | Detroit | 32,507 / 40,330 | $1,969,069 |
From the 34 shows reported from Billboard, the Bounce Tour grossed a total of $42,445,388 with a total attendance of 788,607.[8]
References
- ↑ "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 30, 26 july 2003".
- ↑ "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 9, 1st march 2003".
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 11, 15 march 2003".
- ↑ "Billboard". 22 March 2003.
- 1 2 3 "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 13, 29 March 2003".
- ↑ "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 14, 5 April 2003".
- 1 2 3 4 "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 32, 9 August 2003".
- ↑ "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 52, 27 December 2003".