Have a Nice Day Tour
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Have a Nice Day Tour | ||
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Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 18, 2006 | ||
Tour by Bon Jovi | ||
Start date | November 2, 2005 | |
End date | July 29, 2006 | |
Legs | 4 | |
Shows | 89 | |
Bon Jovi tour chronology | ||
Bounce Tour (2002-2003) |
Have a Nice Day Tour (2005-2006) |
Lost Highway Tour (2007-2008) |
The Have a Nice Day Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Bon Jovi. It took place between November 2005 and July 2006, and commenced two months after the release of their ninth studio album Have a Nice Day.
The tour was a significant commercial success, as the group played to 2,002,000 fans, and the tour grossed a total of $131 million excluding the 2005 dates. The tour was the third-highest-grossing tour of the year, just behind The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang World Tour and Madonna's Confessions Tour.
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[edit] The show
The set lists greatly varied between concerts, so after each show its set list was posted on the official website. Most concerts began with the song "Last Man Standing" from the Have a Nice Day record, with the show beginning as Jon Bon Jovi suddenly appeared on a small platform in the middle of the audience at the far end from the stage, followed by "You Give Love a Bad Name". "Livin' on a Prayer" was almost always played as the finalé before any encores.
At some shows, Jennifer Nettles performed with the band in the song "Who Says You Can't Go Home".
On one show in the National Bowl at Milton Keynes, 1500 fans sat in the bar watching England play and win their first-round match in the 2006 FIFA World Cup; Jon Bon Jovi performed the encore in a red England 'away' top.
At the concert in Düsseldorf, Germany, the band played their longest song, "Dry County", for the first time in over ten years.
The final concert of the tour at New Jersey's Giants Stadium was the only concert at which the band played the Have a Nice Day song "I Am", so that they would fulfill their commitment of playing every song from the album on the tour.
At several of the band's summer stadium shows, the band was known to play extremely long setlists, some of them running nearly three hours, totaling approximately 25 songs, including encores that sometimes had as much as seven songs.
[edit] Opening acts
For the first North American leg of the tour as well as the United Kingdom dates of the European leg, each city had a local band open for Bon Jovi; the band had decided this for a chance to promote local talent. Canadian band Nickelback, who had great success with their latest release (All The Right Reasons) supported Bon Jovi on the European leg of the tour, as well as on the band's summer stadium tour in North America.
[edit] Personnel
- Jon Bon Jovi–lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Richie Sambora–lead guitar, backing vocals, talk box
- Hugh McDonald–bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tico Torres–drums, percussion
- David Bryan–keyboards, piano, backing vocals
[edit] Additional personnel
[edit] Tour dates
[edit] North America
- 02/11/2005 Wells Fargo Arena - Des Moines, IA
- 04/11/2005 United Center - Chicago, IL
- 05/11/2005 United Center - Chicago, IL
- 08/11/2005 Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, OH
- 09/11/2005 Value City Arena - Columbus, OH
- 11/11/2005 Target Center - Minneapolis, MN
- 12/11/2005 Qwest Center - Omaha, NE
- 16/11/2005 Kohl Center - Madison, WI
- 18/11/2005 Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills, MI
- 19/11/2005 Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills, MI
- 26/11/2005 Mohegan Sun - Uncasville, CT
- 28/11/2005 Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
- 29/11/2005 Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
- 02/12/2005 Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA
- 03/12/2005 Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA
- 06/12/2005 Mellon Arena - Pittsburgh, PA
- 07/12/2005 Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NY
- 09/12/2005 TD Banknorth Garden - Boston, MA
- 10/12/2005 TD Banknorth Garden - Boston, MA
- 12/12/2005 Pepsi Arena - Albany, NY
- 14/12/2005 Bell Centre - Montreal, QB
- 15/12/2005 Bell Centre - Montreal, QB
- 17/12/2005 Verizon Center - Washington, DC
- 19/12/2005 Izod Center - East Rutherford, NJ
- 21/12/2005 Izod Center - East Rutherford, NJ
- 22/12/2005 Izod Center - East Rutherford, NJ
- 14/01/2006 Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK
- 15/01/2006 American Airlines Center - Dallas, TX
- 17/01/2006 Philips Arena - Atlanta, GA
- 18/01/2006 Charlotte Bobcats Arena - Charlotte, North Carolina
- 20/01/2006 HSBC Arena - Buffalo, NY
- 21/01/2006 Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
- 23/01/2006 Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
- 24/01/2006 Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
- 27/01/2006 Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, MN
- 28/01/2006 Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI
- 30/01/2006 Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
- 01/02/2006 Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT
- 02/02/2006 Verizon Center - Washington, DC
- 04/02/2006 Boardwalk Hall - Atlantic City, NJ
- 08/02/2006 BI-LO Center - Greenville, SC
- 10/02/2006 BankAtlantic Center - Sunrise, FL
- 14/02/2006 Sommet Center - Nashville, TN
- 15/02/2006 Arena at Gwinnett Center - Atlanta, GA
- 16/02/2006 BankAtlantic Center - Sunrise, FL
- 17/02/2006 St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa, FL
- 18/02/2006 St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa, FL
- 21/02/2006 Toyota Center - Houston, TX
- 23/02/2006 Pepsi Center - Denver, CO
- 25/02/2006 Honda Center - Anaheim, CA
- 27/02/2006 HP Pavilion at San Jose - San Jose, CA
- 01/03/2006 Save Mart Center - Fresno, CA
- 03/03/2006 Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA
- 05/03/2006 Rose Garden Arena - Portland, OR
- 06/03/2006 Key Arena - Seattle, WA
- 09/03/2006 Glendale Arena - Glendale, AZ
- 11/03/2006 MGM Grand Arena - Las Vegas, NV
[edit] Japan
- 08/04/2006 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 09/04/2006 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 12/04/2006 Nagoya Dome - Nagoya, Japan
- 14/04/2006 Osaka Dome - Osaka, Japan
- 15/04/2006 Osaka Dome - Osaka, Japan
- 18/04/2006 Sapporo Dome - Sapporo, Japan
[edit] Europe
- 13/05/2006 LTU Arena - Düsseldorf, Germany
- 15/05/2006 Linzer Stadion - Linz, Austria
- 17/05/2006 Schloßplatz - Koblenz, Germany
- 20/05/2006 Croke Park - Dublin, Ireland
- 24/05/2006 Hessentag - Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany
- 25/05/2006 Goffert Park - Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 27/05/2006 Cannstatter Wasen - Stuttgart, Germany
- 28/05/2006 München Stadion - München, Germany
- 30/05/2006 Olympia Stadium - Innsbruck, Austria
- 31/05/2006 Stade de Suisse - Berne, Switzerland
- 03/06/2006 Hampden Park - Glasgow, Scotland
- 04/06/2006 City of Manchester Stadium - Manchester, England
- 07/06/2006 Ricoh Arena - Coventry, England
- 09/06/2006 St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton, England
- 10/06/2006 National Bowl - Milton Keynes, England
- 11/06/2006 National Bowl - Milton Keynes, England
- 13/06/2006 KC Stadium - Kingston upon Hull, England
The UK dates at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes and KC Stadium in Kingston upon Hull were originally meant to be at the new Wembley Stadium in London, however they were moved when the completion of the stadium was delayed until 2007.
[edit] North America
- 10/07/2006 Seminole Hard Rock Live - Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 13/07/2006 Parc Jean-Drapeau - Montreal, QC
- 15/07/2006 Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA
- 18/07/2006 Giants Stadium - East Rutherford, NJ
- 19/07/2006 Giants Stadium - East Rutherford, NJ
- 21/07/2006 Soldier Field - Chicago, IL
- 23/07/2006 Heinz Field - Pittsburgh, PA
- 27/07/2006 Gillette Stadium - Foxboro, MA
- 29/07/2006 Giants Stadium - East Rutherford, NJ