Bounce Tour
The Bounce Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi. It began on December 8, 2002 in Melbourne, Australia, and ended August 8, 2003, in East Rutherford, New Jersey (Bon Jovi's home state).
Tour by Bon Jovi | |
Start date | December 8, 2002 |
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End date | August 8, 2003 |
No. of shows | 83 |
Bon Jovi concert chronology |
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 band was known to play extremely concerts, some of them running nearly three hours, totaling approximately 25 songs, including encores that sometimes had as much as four songs.
Set list
Typical 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]
Personnel
- Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, guitar
- Richie Sambora – lead guitar
- David Bryan – keyboards
- Tico Torres – drums
- Hugh McDonald – bass
References
- "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 30, 26 july 2003". 26 July 2003.
- "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 9, 1st march 2003". March 2003.
- "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 11, 15 march 2003". 15 March 2003.
- "Billboard". 22 March 2003.
- "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 13, 29 March 2003". 29 March 2003.
- "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 14, 5 April 2003". 5 April 2003.
- "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 32, 9 August 2003". 9 August 2003.
- "Billboard, Vol. 115, Num. 52, 27 December 2003". 27 December 2003.