Bon Jovi: A Look at Where He is Currently At

Bon Jovi, a band who started out in a small town in New Jersey called Sayreville has now sold over 120 million records worldwide and has performed in front of over 32 million dedicated fans is still strong if not stronger than ever. Fronted by legendary lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the band was a huge success in the 80's, but 20 something years later they still continue to sell out arenas and stadiums, and believe me, they are no reunion esque band, they are a band who continued their success throughout the years and don't intend to quit anytime soon.

Currently on their Lost Highway Tour, Bon Jovi was asked to perform at a new arena in Newark, NJ in hopes of revitalizing the city, making the city a safer place to go and have a good time. Being from NJ himself, he accepted of course, but the decision couldn't have been that easy, could it have? There were other offers on the table for Jon where he could have played the same concert schedule at either the IZod Center (Formally Continental Airlines Arena) in East Rutherford, NJ or the iconic MSG in NYC, but there was no thinking involved here, he chose Newark in a heartbeat. Bon Jovi performed 10 historic nights at the new Prudential Center in Newark and each and every one of them were rocking, and sold out might I add.

Going back to the history of Bon Jovi, the band had two moderately successful albums in 1984 and 1985, which was totally fine for the band seeing that they scored huge on their next album, they must have knew it or something? When "Slippery When Wet" came out in 1986, this was definitely the turning point in Jon and the band's lives, because they were now a huge deal. The album "New Jersey", which is dedicated to his home-state was yet another huge hit, which by the numbers can't be denied. Slippery When Wet and New Jersey combined sold nearly 20 million copies in the US alone, which is just outstanding. Keep in mind that Bon Jovi was pretty much at the start of their career and they would only get bigger.