The Circle Tour is a worldwide

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by American rock band

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. The tour supported the band's 11th studio album '' The Circle'' (2009). Starting in North America in early 2010, the tour progressed to Europe, South America, Asia and Australia before the year's end. It included a 12 night run at the

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in London and four nights in East Rutherford, New Jersey to celebrate the grand opening of the Meadowlands Stadium. The tour was the #1 top-grossing concert tour for 2010 in the United States. Bon Jovi also played a special free performance for fans and former season ticket holders of the Jon Bon Jovi-owned arena football team The

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on March 24 at 5:00pm a few hours before the band's show at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. The band ended the first year of the tour in

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, playing two shows in New Zealand and eight shows in Australia including a VIP-ONLY gig on December 15 at Star City Casino.

Background

Bon Jovi kicked off the stadium leg of the Circle Tour by making history – they played the first ever show at the brand new New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The three sold-out shows on May 26, 27, and 29, 2010 were a huge success, that they prompted the addition of another tour date at the stadium – on July 9, 2010 (the start of the 2nd North American leg) Bon Jovi played a special free performance for fans and former season ticket holders of the Jon Bon Jovi-owned arena football team The

on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, a few hours before the band's show at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. They also became the first band ever to play on the roof of the O₂ Arena in London, England on June 7, 2010. Around 1,500 people were there to see the amazing stunt on a large TV outside with a large PA system. Trained mountaineers helped the group to reach the top of the roof, which stands at 58 meters above the ground. This tour featured a circle-shaped stage and five massive ABB robotsprovided by RoboScreen and designed by Andy Flessas, are each complete with a 6' by 9' Nocturne/ Vidicon LED screen attached to their "articulated arms", and are choreographed to move with the music and onstage production.

Opening acts

Bon Jovi held a contest, called SuperBAND Tonight, for North American bands to compete to get a chance to perform as their opening act for some major concerts. They announced the winners of the contest in a press release. A list of the winners, their show dates, and more information about the contest can be found at:
Bon Jovi's The Circle Tour Announces Winners of Contest
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supported the February, March and some of the April dates. *

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supported the Hersheypark Stadium show on May 19 *

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supported the O2 Arena shows on June 22, 23, 25 and 26. *

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supported the O2 Arena shows on June 17, 19 and 20. *

supported on July 9, 15, 17, 20, 21, 24, 28, 30 and 31. *

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was the special guest on the first night at the Meadowlands Stadium.

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was the special guest for the second night, and

was the special guest on the third.http://www.bonjovi.com/story/news-featured-live/bon_jovis_the_circle_world_tour_announces_special_guests_for_first_concerts_ever_at_new_meadowlands_stadium

Setlist

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We Weren't Born to Follow "We Weren't Born to Follow" is the first single released in August 2009 from Bon Jovi's eleventh studio album, '' The Circle''. The single premiered on radio on August 17, 2009. The single was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance ...

You Give Love a Bad Name "You Give Love a Bad Name" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, released as the first single from their 1986 album ''Slippery When Wet''. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child about a woman who has jilted her lover, ...

Born to Be My Baby "Born to Be My Baby" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child. It was released on November 24, 1988 as the second single from their fourth studio album ''New Jersey''. It peaked ...

# Lost Highway #

Whole Lot of Leavin' "Whole Lot of Leavin'" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi and John Shanks and it was released only in Europe as the fourth single from the band's album '' Lost Highway''. Lyrical content The song talks about ...

# When We Were Beautiful #

Superman Tonight "Superman Tonight" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It is the second single release from the band's eleventh studio album '' The Circle''. The single was released on January 25, 2010. On December 12, 2009, Bon Jovi performed the song on ' ...

#We Got It Goin' On # I'll Sleep When I'm Dead # Bad Medicine (with snippets of Shout) # It's My Life #

Lay Your Hands on Me "Lay Your Hands on Me" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on August 1, 1989 as the fourth single from the band's 1988 album ''New Jersey''. It peaked at #7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming the band's fourth single ...

(Richie Sambora on lead vocals) #

(You Want to) Make a Memory "(You Want to) Make a Memory" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, which was released as the first single from their tenth studio album '' Lost Highway'' (2007). Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, it was released for ...

# Bed of Roses #I'll Be There For You #

Someday I'll Be Saturday Night "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi from their 1994 greatest hits album, '' Cross Road''. Released as a single on February 13, 1995, the song reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart and became a top-10 hi ...

(acoustic) # Keep the Faith #Work for the Working Man #

Who Says You Can't Go Home "Who Says You Can't Go Home" is a song that was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora for American rock band Bon Jovi's ninth album, '' Have a Nice Day'' (2005). The song was produced by John Shanks, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. A duet ...

#Love's the Only Rule ;Encore: #

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Wanted Dead or Alive

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Tour dates

Personnel

;Bon Jovi *

Jon Bon Jovi John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He ...

– lead vocals, guitar,

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s for Keep the Faith and Bullet,

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for Hey God *

Richie Sambora Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwri ...

– lead guitar, lead vocals for Lay Your Hands on Me, backing vocals,

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* Hugh McDonald – bass, backing vocals *

Tico Torres Hector Juan Samuel "Tico" Torres (born October 7, 1953) is an American musician, artist, and entrepreneur, best known as the drummer, percussionist, and a songwriter for American rock band Bon Jovi. In 2018, Torres was inducted into the Rock ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals for Love For Sale *

David Bryan David Bryan Rashbaum (born February 7, 1962) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the keyboard player for the rock band Bon Jovi, with which he also co-wrote songs and performed backing vocals. In 2018, Bryan was inducted int ...

– keyboards, backing vocals ;Additional personnel *

Bobby Bandiera Robert "Bobby" Bandiera (born October 19, 1953) is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter from New Jersey. Bandiera played rhythm guitar for Bon Jovi in live performances from 2005 until 2015 and for nearly two decades was lead guit ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

Jeff Kazee Jeff Kazee is a longtime pianist, vocalist, songwriter and Hammond B3 organist for the Rock/Soul band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. He has also worked extensively with Bon Jovi and with Jon Bon Jovi in his solo career. Kazee hosts a conce ...

–

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, keyboards, backing vocals (one-off show in March and another show in June as a substitute for David Bryan who was attending the Tony Awards)

Notes

References

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