There are plenty of good things about London’s O2 arena. For one, it’s situated on a windy peninsula.
Then there’s the material. The exterior dome of the arena is made of a PTFE-coated fibreglass, which can become slippery when subjected to rain. And then there’s the fact that, at its highest point, the O2 arena is 170 feet high. Bon Jovi played on the roof of the O2 arena yesterday, so it was too much to ask for them to lose their balance on the fibreglass surface, topple off the roof and shatter several bones in the process.
But did that happen? Did it hell. Once again, Bon Jovi continue to be a staggering let-down.
Remember when The Beatles played a brief set on top of the Apple building in 1969? Well, yesterday Bon Jovi had a shot at replicating that spectacle, with just three changes:
1) Instead of the Apple building, Bon Jovi played on top of London’s O2 arena,
2) The Beatles are an unimpeachably important landmark in the history of popular music, while Bon Jovi is a terrible band made up of idiots with awful haircuts,
3) Nobody cared.
But still, to mark their 12-date residency at the O2, Bon Jovi yesterday became the first band ever to play on the venue’s roof. Which, however you look at it, isn’t that impressive – it’d be just as easy to be the first band ever to play a set at the Sutton Coldfield branch of Nando’s, or be the first band ever to play a set wearing flippers at a nursing home, or the first band ever to play a set with cats Sellotaped onto their faces like pirate beards. What’s our point here? That Bon Jovi is a terrible band, haven’t you been reading. The Telegraph reports:
The rock group kicked off their 12-date residency at the Greenwich venue with the rooftop performance, which was beamed live onto Peninsula Square’s High Definition Screen for fans in front of the Arena. The musicians were helped by trained mountaineers to reach the top of the roof, which stands as high as Nelson’s Column at 58 metres above the ground.
Missed the performance? Don’t worry, you can always do the next best thing by putting some Barbie dolls on top of your garden shed, walking so far away that you can barely see them and then paying a homeless man to whisper a selection of bad 1980s soft metal songs at you. Perfect.
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If you stopped for a moment and did your research before you started writing this piece of crap that you call a story, THEN you would have found out that Bon Jovi is one of the world BEST bands.
Have you seen them live??? Or are you just writing from stories and rumors that you have heard. Their Lost Highway tour was the #1 tour. Google it – you’ll find your information smarty pants !!
Also, it looks like this tour will surpass the LH tour. I suggest you try to catch one of their sold out shows there in jolly old England and see what real musicians do !!!!
Have a nice Day!!!!
Amen
just read your report on bon jovi. what a load of rubbish you write how can a band thats been together 25 years and sold over 120 million albums and still going strong be rubbish. Went to the 02 gig on tuesday 8th of june and they were fantastic. your obvously into todays crap you dont even deserve an opinion
I think you will find they are 1 of the best bands and have been for over 25 years.If they were the worst band then their concerts wouldnt sell out everytime would they!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel sorry for you if you think slagging off such a successful band will further you career in anyway.
your going to end up being the worlds worst critic who is jealous of what he will never have.
You really should research true facts in the future before writing such crap
what a lame story this is. bon jovi is one of the best bands from the 80s to have a strong following and having seen them 7 times they can definately rock out–how dare you name them worst band.
OK well you obviously didnt do any research on this and just HATE Bon Jovi.
Bon Jovi have lasted over 25 years in the music industry yet the Beatles had broken up long before John Lennon had even been killed. Bon Jovi has sold over 120 Million albums and are well the best band as far as I’m concerned.
Before you decide to write a bad report on something do your research first
You are a really really an asshole, how on earth did you came up with this piece of shit. You haven’t seen them right, Bon Jovi the best rock ‘n’ roll band the world have ever seen, sold over 120 million world wide, who are you jerk?. Name one of your nasty, stinky, bad breath monkey shit BAND, let the world will compare and then you ll know why I call you and ASSHOLE.
what a load of bollocks ,bonjovi r amazing seen them thursday night at the o2 with my daughter n mum who where then none bonjovi fans n guess what they say they where amazin live and r now fans so i say stick ur piece of shitty writing put it in a pipe n smoke it .
OMG…. WHAT A SHIT REVIEW…HAHAHAHA! Laughable actually! Have you ever seen BON JOVI play live?? probably not! I have been 3 times this week and witnessed the roof top concert and let me tell you that this band are the best band to play live EVER! I’m going again on the 25th and so cannot wait! And as for not being able to see them on the o2 roof well get it right, a huge screen showed us everything and it was amazing! So why dont you climb the roof of the o2 arena, make sure its raining and make sure you break a few bones on the way down! Now that I would pay to see… IDIOT!
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NOBODY CARED???? mmmmmm 20,000 PEOPLE THAT NIGHT WOULD MAKE YOU WRONG MATE!
120,000,000 albums sold, yeah that makes them complete rubbish, fool.
OY you bon jovi hater. You know what I think this article is a load of rubbish. You havent been a fan for all your life unlike me and they ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You hater speak a load of rubbish.
BONJOVIROCK:P