{"id":1970606,"date":"2025-08-20T16:13:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1970606"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:13:04","slug":"former-bon-jovi-guitarist-richie-samboras-comeback-song-born-to-rock-flops-theres-no-traction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-bon-jovi-guitarist-richie-samboras-comeback-song-born-to-rock-flops-theres-no-traction\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bon Jovi Guitarist Richie Sambora\u2019s Comeback Song \u2018Born to Rock\u2019 Flops: \u2018There\u2019s No Traction\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former Bon Jovi guitarist and singer <strong>Richie Sambora<\/strong> has sold a worse-than-dismal 80 equivalent copies of his big comeback single \u201cBorn to Rock\u201d, according to insiders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s not just underperforming \u2014 it\u2019s invisible,\u201d a music industry source tells Straight Shuter. \u201cThere\u2019s no traction. 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No buzz.\u201d Sources say Sambora had hoped to parlay the single into a full album campaign \u2014 and possibly a tour \u2014 but now he has to face the music.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">RG4\/Ray Garbo\/WENN\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe might have been born to rock,\u201d says one exec, \u201cbut the charts were not born to care.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Bon Jovi guitarist and singer Richie Sambora has sold a worse-than-dismal 80 equivalent copies of his big comeback single \u201cBorn to Rock\u201d, according to insiders. \u201cIt\u2019s not just underperforming \u2014 it\u2019s invisible,\u201d a music industry source tells Straight Shuter. \u201cThere\u2019s no traction. No radio play. 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