Our day at the Bon Jovi Concert, Sunderland!

Hi guys

Well on Wednesday we were at the +Bon Jovi concert in Sunderland, and it was bloody fantastic!!

We set off at around 1pm and went over to Sunderland. We wandered around the town for a little while, then found a chinese buffet to go to for dinner. It wasn't great, but it was food right?! Chris's (OH) mate came to pick us up (Darren), dropped his taxi off at the office, then the 3 of us walked over to the stadium. Got straight in, and straight in to the Golden Circle part! This was about 4pm.

Here's me and Chris before the show >

The stage was set up to look like a giant car and it looked great!

At around 6.30pm I think the first support band came on 'As Kings and Captains' who won the chance to play there. Then at around 7pm Sunderlands own +The Futureheads were next. Both bands were good, As Kings and Captains had a more rock feel, where +The Futureheads had a feel of Lindisfarne.

After a little wait, +Bon Jovi came on at 8pm, and opened with the fantastic 'Thats What the Water Made Me'.

Here's the set list (courtesy of Setlist.fm) :

• 1. That's What the Water Made Me
  2. You Give Love a Bad Name
  3. Born to Be My Baby
  4. Raise Your Hands
  5. Runaway
  6. It's My Life
  7. Because We Can
  8. What About Now
  9. We Got It Going On
  10. Keep the Faith
  11. Lost Highway
  12. Whole Lot of Leavin'
  13. Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars
  14. We Weren't Born to Follow
  15. Who Says You Can't Go Home
  16. Rockin' All Over the World
      (John Fogerty cover)
  17. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
  18. Bad Medicine
  19. Encore:
  19. In These Arms
  20. What's Left of Me
  21. Wanted Dead or Alive
  22. The Fighter
  23. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
  24. Have a Nice Day
  25. Livin' on a Prayer
  26. Always

Note: Phil X was filling in for Richie Sambora

 

The show was amazing as always, although I have to say the fans didn't seem to be as excited as I'd thought. When singing Bad Medicine, Jon walked around the walkway which went between the VIP section and the Golden Circle. We got pretty damn close! Here is a pic I got > I was so excited! I screamed a hell of a lot, and could not actually believe he was right there infront of me!

Here is a pic Darren got (he'll not mind me using it!) <

The concert finished at 10.30, a 2 and a half hour set and it couldn't have been better!

Always was played as the final sing, and Jon was on form with his notes.

A great night was had by all :D Off to see them in glasgow on July 3rd, so another post will be on its way then!