Because We Can (concert tour)
Because We Can: The tour is the 15th concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi. On this tour the twelfth studio album What About Now is presented. The tour name is based on the first single of this album Because We Can.
On this tour all five continents are visited. For the first time since 2001 there was again a performance in Wales and with concerts in Cape Town and Johannesburg, the band returned once again to Africa. Since the These Days Tour 1995, had there been no Concert. It also held for the first time in the band's history concerts in Bulgaria and Poland.
On April 3, 2013 vermeldeten various magazines such as NME, the British music sheet that Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora has dropped out for personal reasons from the current tour, already at the show in Calgary on April 2, he had not participated. Jon Bon Jovi announced that he would not occur for a while with the band. On 4 April 2013, the band announced that Phil Xenidis has stepped in for him, he had already helped out at Sambor's absence due to a drug withdrawal during the 2011 Tour.
Average setlist
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Tour dates
Band Members
Band
- Jon Bon Jovi - vocals, guitar
- Richie Sambora - Lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox ( last show March 17 )
- David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals
- Tico Torres - drums
- Hugh McDonald - Bass
Additional members
- Bobby Bandiera - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Phil X - lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox ( substitute for Richie Sambora )
- Rich Scanella - Drums ( substitute for Tico Torres)