Our Girls made the papers!!!!!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4407859/Bon-Jovi-fans-living-on-a-prayer

Love the video!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Disclaimer! All girls said things were taken out of text too!! Typical huh, but great to see the video and pictures girls! Deb!! Jon and his Jigggy jiggy hips??? What on earth are you talking about?????) You would use that free pass in a flash!!!!!

Chug takes to the streets and asks Wellingtonians to Belt one of Jon Bon Jovi's greatest hits - Livin' on a Prayer.

Opinion poll Are you going to Bon Jovi in Wellington on Saturday night?


Yip, I'll keep the faith.


No, they're bad medicine.


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Bon Jovi have been performing for close to 30 years but they still have the power to turn grown women into giggling schoolgirls.

Debbie Allison, 44, Viv Johnson, 46, and Deb Leslie, 39, all grew up with the band in the 1980s and now they will be meeting at least 40 other hard-core fans to attend Bon Jovi's Wellington gig at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.

The trio, who met for the first time yesterday after chatting on the Bon Jovi Facebook page, have all of the band's albums, DVDs and compilations.

Ms Allison, a Bon Jovi "freak" since 1986, has a necklace made from one of the band's guitar strings – that was used on tour – worth more than $100, while Mrs Leslie was given a signed picture of lead singer Jon Bon Jovi by her husband on their wedding anniversary. The pair will be flying up to Auckland on Sunday to attend the band's second New Zealand gig.

Though the three women admit that Bon Jovi are their "life", they say there are more dedicated fans out there – including one Kiwi woman who has followed the band around America and will be shadowing them here and at seven Australian concerts.

"There is a global community of Jovi sisters who are normal people, who hold down jobs," Mrs Leslie said. "But there are people out there who are quite odd. They think they are friends with the band, that they know secrets."

Miss Johnson is a more recent convert. In June she saw an old Jon Bon Jovi song on TV, which stuck in her head. Next she came across a DVD and within a month had bought all of their albums and had one cover tattooed on her ankle. "I was just hooked. I have it on my iPhone and listen to it all day when I'm walking dogs at work. It's in the car and I listen to it when I get home. You've got to have a very understanding boyfriend."

Though the rockers are aging, the women still believe their music is just as good as it was in the band's hey-day.

If there was any disagreement, it was about who in the band was hottest. Miss Johnson fancies guitarist Richie Sambora, while Ms Allison has a thing for Jon.

Mrs Leslie agrees he's attractive but says "he's too short with little jiggy jiggy hips". She would rather have a drink with the band – though drummer "Tico" Torres was cute.

Meet Ups - Wellington and Auckland

Okay, places to go and people to meet! Woohoo! We have posted this elsewhere but thought had better put on here too.

Wellington: December 4th. All the Kiwi's and Aussies and everyone else will be meeting up at the Chicago Bar down on the Wellington Waterfront. A room up on a balcony has been booked from 4pm onwards. Heres a link..... http://www.chicago.co.nz This bar does food etc and is only a close walk to the Stadium.

Auckland: December 5th. Best bet will be the "Loaded Hog" down at the "Viaduct Basin" on Aucklands waterfront. Say.. 4pm again. Only a short walk to the Vector Arena too. And close to all hotels in central city. And you can also visit the Ice Bar on Princes Wharf too if you want and then go and visit the Hilton bar!!!!

Woohoo, thanks Deb for sharing this pic! Wellington City is getting Bon Jovified!!!!! Wish all our buses were like this all the time!!!!

4 more sleeps!

4 more sleeps, thats all folks!! And Bon Jovi will be rocking Wellington Stadium (The Cake Tin).

Lots of partying planned, lots of sleep to catch up on before we go! Lots of txting to do to keep our special jovi sistas up in the Northern Hemisphere going as well cos we so wish they could be here with us as well.

Weather is perfect, starting to warm up heaps, 25deg at moment and its late afternoon. Weather outlook for Saturday night in Wellington is looking great. Just keep the earthquakes away!!!!

I have a picture to upload when i get it of Jovi Buses driving all around Wellington so will upload that later.

Woohoo, not long to go now, hope the boys have a nice relaxing flight from Japan down here. Long flight but oh well, it will be worth it when they arrive!

Mx

21 days!!

Sorry i have not updated much on here for awhile. Been busy with homelife and also work and this past week has been absoulute bedlam. As alot of you know I am a Site Manager for a Kiwifruit Scientific Research Centre and this past week has been super dooper busy with Bio Security and Media etc due to the Kiwifruit devastating Bacterial infection they have found, so been full on with that. Anyway, enough of that! 21 days people, three weeks today, we will be heading our way into Wellington's Cake Tin, otherwise known officially as Westpac Stadium. A number of people have asked me that I update the blog with all our news and setlists etc which i really hope to do. The Rock Radio station announced the winners yesterday for the bands that will be opening the shows in Wellington and Auckland.......

Bon Jovi have made their decision, and we now know which of our great Kiwi rock acts will be supporting them at their Auckland and Wellington shows. The band have chosen:

•Black River Drive as their Wellington show opening act
•The Black Dahlias as their Auckland show opening act

According to my eldest, Black River Drive are pretty good.




Now for something totally yummy and one of my all time favourite Jovi Covers is this clip, Fade Away. JBJ used to do it heaps on the DA Solo Tour. Just love Tico's bit in the beginning too. They so need to do more Tico bits in the beggining, lol, like the old days. Long drum intro's!!! Yes!!!

Rumours!!!

Okay, last night for some reason there were rumours that Bon Jovi had cancelled the New Zealand leg of the tour and wow, went around like wild fire.

No truth to it! Matt Bongiovi tweeted just before saying its all false and tour is on! Shessh, where do these things start?

Listen to The Rock, http://www.therock.net.nz/ they are advertising both concerts all the time now and have a great competition for the warm up band before the show. (LOL, encouraging #1 son to put his entry in!!!). http://www.therock.net.nz/Win/TheBonJoviSupportActSearch/tabid/954/Default.aspx
and yesterday had auditions in the afternoon live on the radio, was so funny listening to people singing Jovi songs.

As for the Auckland concert. We are still being mushrooms here. Wish the Promoters would get their a's into g and tell us something!!!!!!

58 days to go till Jovi hit New Zealand!!!

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been awol lately!!! There are still many people stressing out about the Auckland concert. Its been three weeks since Ticketek took the ticket sales off the website and even with upteen people ringing them, emails to the promoters etc we are still none the wiser.

The latest was from the Promoters, Paul Dainty, that there possibly will be a venue change. We are all hoping that will be Vector Arena. But hey, its been over three weeks and theres only 58 days before the show??? C'mon!!!! Ticketek have told me previously two weeks ago that the tickets were going back on sale tomorrow!!!! Shessh! Not good. Pathetic really and I think it all comes down to the Promoter!

In Wellington billboards are up and advertising finally. They have started re advertising on The Rock for both concerts. But really, the advertising has been terrible.

Lets hope we hear something soon!!! And keep our fingers crossed the Auckland venue is going to be changed to the Vector. Then we can all walk from our hotels and do a pub crawl on the way home!!!!!!