These Days Tour was

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's concert tour during 1995-96.

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opened as a special guest for Bon Jovi on twenty of the European stadium dates during the second leg promoting their album ''

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''. The last of the three

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gigs was filmed for the DVD Live From London''. The band played 131 shows in 35 countries all across the world. The tour was the first with current bassist Hugh McDonald.

Personnel

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, maracas for Keep the Faith, tambourine 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, backing vocals, talkbox, lead vocals for Stranger In This Town * Hugh McDonald - bass guitar, 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, lead vocals for Crazy *

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, tambourine for Something to Believe In

Set list

The set list varied on a nightly basis on this tour, but usually featured several songs from the ''

These Days These Days may refer to: Music Albums * ''These Days'' (Bon Jovi album), and the title song (see below) ** These Days Tour, a 1995–1996 tour by Bon Jovi in support of the above album * ''These Days'' (Crystal Gayle album), 1980 * ''These D ...

'' album, such as "Hey God", "Something for the Pain", and "This Ain't a Love Song". It also included many of their hits from the 1980s such as "

Livin' on a Prayer "Livin' on a Prayer" is a song by the American rock band Bon Jovi, and is the band's second chart-topping single from their third album '' Slippery When Wet''. Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, the single, released in ...

", "

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, ...

", and " Bad Medicine". # "

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Hey God "Hey God" is a song from American rock band Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, '' These Days'' (1995), released as the album's fifth and final single on June 24, 1996. Although it did not chart in the United States, it became a moderate hit in Canada, ...

" # " Keep the Faith" # " Always" # " Bed of Roses" # "Blood on Blood" # " Blaze of Glory" (cover) # "

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Something for the Pain "Something for the Pain" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on September 5, 1995, as the second single from their sixth studio album, ''These Days'' (1995). It charted at number 15 in Canada, number eight on the UK Singles ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

" # " I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (with snippets of "

Jumpin' Jack Flash "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released as a non-album single in 1968. Called "supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London" by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, the song was perceived by some as t ...

" and "

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a song originally performed by Motown recording act The Undisputed Truth in 1972, though it became much better known after a Grammy-award winning cover by The Temptations was issued later the same year. This la ...

") # " Bad Medicine" / " Shout" ;Encore: #

" Always" # "

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With a Little Help from My Friends "With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their 1967 album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and sung by drummer Ringo Starr (as Sgt. Pep ...

" (cover) ;Encore 2: #

" Wanted Dead or Alive" # "

This Ain't a Love Song "This Ain’t a Love Song" is the lead single from American rock band Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, '' These Days'' (1995). The song is an example of the strong rhythm and blues influence that Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wanted the album to ...

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