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Bon Jovi Plane Skids off Runway
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:44 am
by southerngale
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:53 am
by CajunMama
Did you have to give him mouth to mouth?????? This is you, right?????
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:57 am
by Brent
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:58 am
by southerngale
Of course I had to!! The only problem was....I eventually had to stop. Those dang bodyguards. I was his best bodyguard. I wasn't about to let anyone else touch him!
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:58 am
by GalvestonDuck
Isn't there a concert coming up in Houston? Got tix, Kelly?
Now I can't help singing, "She's a little runway...."
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:52 am
by CajunMama
Oh yes! She's got tickets! I'll let her be the one to tell you where she's sitting!
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:08 am
by HurricaneGirl
GalvestonDuck wrote:Isn't there a concert coming up in Houston? Got tix, Kelly?
Now I can't help singing, "She's a little runway...."
LOL Duck!! but I'm glad the band is okay and noone on board was seriously injured.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:06 am
by Stephanie
I'm so glad that noone was injured though they must've been scared to death!!
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:22 am
by sunny
GalvestonDuck wrote:Now I can't help singing, "She's a little runway...."
"Slippery When Wet"
Glad they are all okay, though.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:36 am
by tropicana
Concert goes off without a hitch in Toronto
BON JOVI IN TORONTO
Bon Jovi makes smooth landing on ACC stage
Sat Jan 21 2006
TORONTO - Jon Bon Jovi shook his blond hair and stared down death.
"It'll take more than a plane crash to stop me," the lead singer of veteran rock combo Bon Jovi announced to a delirious crowd at the Air Canada Centre Saturday night.
In the wee hours Friday morning, the group's private plane skidded off a runway while landing in bad weather in Hamilton.
"So, what did you guys do last night?" Jon asked playfully after the band's second song. He then pulled out a piece of paper and said he had a prepared statement.
"Rumours of our deaths have been greatly exaggerated," he read. He added that a stewardess who suffered minor injuries ended up "in the safe arms of one of Hamilton's finest."
Lighthearted defiance aside, it must have been scary.
The group and its touring staff were flying to Canada from Buffalo after playing a concert there on Friday. The Boeing 707 was carrying 14 passengers, in addition to the flight crew, when it overshot the runway and skidded too far.
Luckily, no serious injuries were reported and the first of four soldout Toronto shows went off as scheduled (subsequent shows are Jan 23, Jan 24 and Jan. 30).
Whether you're a fan or not, there's no denying Bon Jovi -- with frontman Jon and guitarist Richie Sambora at its core -- has mastered the art of arena rock.
After their initial burst of fame in the 1980s, Bon Jovi persevered through periods when it wasn't cool to like them. They have emerged partly as a nostalgia act, but also as an act that still can sell a new studio CD, like the recent Have A Nice Day.
The show began with Jon alone on a separate small stage, at the opposite end of the arena, for Last Man Standing. As the song reached an end, Jon made his way through the crowd to the main stage, although one determined woman broke through security and momentarily trapped him in a huge bear hug.
The group then blistered through a two-hour set, with Jon cleverly goading the crowd into handling most of the high notes in Livin' On A Prayer. The intense half-hour encore ended with, appropriately, Wanted Dead Or Alive.
Bon Jovi prefers the latter, through plane peril and music.
Local band A Thousand Cures won a contest to be the opening act. A different local group will open each of the four shows.
-justin-
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:06 pm
by Yankeegirl
I was reading that article too holding my breath.... I am so happy nothing serious happened... Hey Kelly, you going to the show when he comes to Houston? I am trying to get tickets.. Let me know!!
~lisa
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:36 pm
by arkess7
wow scary!!!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:02 pm
by southerngale
Yes, I'm going!
FLOOR C - ROW 3
I am sooooo excited!!
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:45 pm
by Yankeegirl
Sheesh, How much did you pay for those????
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:47 pm
by southerngale
Yankeegirl wrote:Sheesh, How much did you pay for those????
Umm, don't ask.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:01 pm
by arkess7
wow good seats!!!!!!!!! you are gona have a blast!!!!!!! just dont drool to much!!!!!!
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:26 am
by GalvestonDuck
Way cool!
Best seats I ever had were for the Amy Grant Heart In Motion tour at Rupp Arena - floor seats, second row, center stage (equivalent to the "B" section for Toyota Center). I paid regular price for those because I camped out at the box office and was first in line at my window (dang phone buyers beat us to the first row!) Second best -- was seventh row, right of center to Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love tour concert (not quite $100 for those). Since then, I've paid over $100 each for tix for Cher's final tour (yeah...right...final?) and Billy Joel/Elton John Face to Face tour. Neither were for floor seats, but still very much worth it.
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:16 pm
by southerngale
These were the best seats I could find since they were technically sold out. I found out the tickets actually went on sale in the middle of October. I was kinda preoccupied with other things then and didn't even know about it.
I saw Billy Joel and Elton John together. Like 10 years ago! I believe it was in Rice Stadium but I don't remember which tour it was. Is that the same one?
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:18 pm
by HurricaneGirl
love your avatar SG!!
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:22 pm
by southerngale
HurricaneGirl wrote:love your avatar SG!!
Thanks...me too! Isn't he gorgeous?
