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Bon Jovi coming to Soldier Field

Bon Jovi announced a two-year world tour on Thursday that will include 30 countries and 135 cities, including Chicago. “The Circle World Tour,” named after the band’s upcoming album, “The Circle.” comes to Soldier Field on July 30, 2010.

Bon Jovi played three shows at the United Center in Feb. 2008 during the “Lost Highway” tour, but that was only the band’s second tour with AEG Live. According to AEG Live President and CEO Randy Phillips, this upcoming tour is going to be better for obvious reasons.

“It is often said that the third time is a charm, and in the case of the Bon Jovi/AEG Live relationship, this axiom certainly holds,” Phillips said by press release. “AEG Live has been honored to serve as the band’s worldwide tour promoters, from the 2005 ‘Have A Nice Day’ tour to the highest grossing tour of 2008, ‘Lost Highway,’ to the upcoming ‘The Circle World Tour’ in 2010. Bon Jovi is one of the most prolific and exciting live rock bands in the world.”

That was the only quote on the press release. Couldn’t they have given us a corny quote from Jon Bon Jovi that was obviously written by a PR person? You know, something like “During this tour, which would have never happened without AEG Live, Mastercard or Duracell batteries, we will ‘circle the world’ and see a million faces, and we’ll ROCK THEM ALL!”

See, this is why I applied for PR jobs out of college. The Cubs must be kicking themselves for not hiring me.

Now here’s a look at Bon Jovi’s North American schedule:

 

 February 19: KeyArena (Seattle, WA)  
 February 22: HP Pavilion (San Jose, CA)    
 February 24: Jobing.com Arena (Phoenix, AZ) 
 February 26: Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) 
 March 2: ARCO Arena (Sacramento, CA)    
 March 4: STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, CA)   
 March 6: MGM Grand Garden Arena (Las Vegas, NV)    
 March 8: Pepsi Center (Denver, CO)
 March 9: Qwest Center (Omaha, NE)
 March 11: INTRUST Bank Arena (Wichita, KS)   
 March 13: Fargodome (Fargo, ND)  
 March 15: Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO)    
 March 17: The Palace of Auburn Hills (Detroit, MI) 
 March 19: Bell Centre (Montreal, QC)
 March 20: Bell Centre (Montreal, QC)  
 March 23: Wachovia Center (Philadelphia, PA)  
 March 24: Wachovia Center (Philadelphia, PA)   
 March 29: Verizon Center (Washington, D.C.)   
 April 7: Xcel Center (St. Paul, MN)    
 April 10: American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX)
 April 13: BOK Center (Tulsa, OK)  
 April 15: Philips Arena (Atlanta, GA)
 April 17: St. Pete Times (Forum Tampa, FL)  
 April 18: BankAtlantic Center (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)  
 April 21: Sommet Center (Nashville, TN)    
 April 22: Time Warner Cable Arena (Charlotte, NC)   
 May 26: New Meadowlands Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)  
 May 27: New Meadowlands Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
 July 15: Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton, AB)  
 July 17: Canad Inns Stadium (Winnipeg, MB)
 July 20: Rogers Centre (Toronto, ON)
 July 24: Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, MA)
 July 28: Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field (Regina, SK)  
 July 30: Soldier Field (Chicago, IL)

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