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Jon Bon Jovi <\/strong>is getting back on stage, and he\u2019s revealing his exciting plans for his band\u2019s upcoming tour.<\/p>\n In a new interview with Planet Rock<\/a>, the 63-year-old rock legend opened up about Bon Jovi\u2019s highly anticipated 2026 world tour, which kicks off in July with a string of sold-out shows at New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden. When asked if the band planned to perform \u201cin the round,\u201d Bon Jovi quickly shut it down, saying, \u201cNo. That much I think I know. I\u2019ve seen a couple of diagrams [of the stage] that they’d like to go and build.\u201d<\/p>\n What the frontman is controlling this time around, though, is the setlist. \u201cThe one thing that I am in control of, the only thing I’m in control of [is the setlist],\u201d he said. Bon Jovi shared that he\u2019s been rehearsing \u201ctwo hours a day, four days a week,\u201d experimenting with potential show structures.<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Bon Jovi Shares New Update to 2026 Tour After 6-Year Tour Hiatus<\/a><\/p>\n Inspired by Metallica\u2019s M72 tour \u2014 which features two-night stops with completely different setlists \u2014 Bon Jovi said he spoke with drummer Lars Ulrich<\/strong> about the concept. \u201cHe goes, \u2018We have enough songs that it works,\u2019\u201d Bon Jovi recalled. \u201cAnd your catalog\u2026 I went, \u2018I\u2019m digging that concept.\u2019 So not that we’re gonna do that, but I have enough songs and enough hits, I could do two separate entire shows and have hits on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n The tour marks Bon Jovi\u2019s return to large-scale touring after his 2022 vocal cord surgery \u2014 a recovery journey documented in Hulu\u2019s acclaimed series Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story. His most recent album, Forever (Legendary Edition), dropped in October.<\/p>\n The upcoming global trek will take the band to major cities including London, Dublin, and Edinburgh \u2014 with more stops being added in New York<\/a> and Wembley stadium<\/a> due to high demand.<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Nov 5, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jon Bon Jovi is getting back on stage, and he\u2019s revealing his exciting plans for his band\u2019s upcoming tour. In a new interview with Planet Rock, the 63-year-old rock legend opened up about Bon Jovi\u2019s highly anticipated 2026 world tour, which kicks off in July with a string of sold-out shows at New York City\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2138508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[305449,309903,407782],"class_list":["post-2138507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-bon-jovi","tag-jon-bon-jovi","tag-planet-rock"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jon-Bon-Jovi-Reveals-The-One-Thing-He-Has-Control.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2138507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2138509,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138507\/revisions\/2138509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2138508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}