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Because We Can (concert tour)

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Associated album
  
What About Now

Legs
  
9

Start date
  
February 10, 2013 (2013-02-10)

End date
  
December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17)

No. of shows
  
61 in North America 2 in Africa 25 in Europe 5 in South America 2 in Asia 7 in Australia 102 Total

Box office
  
US $259.5 million ($266.80 million in 2017 dollars)

Because We Can was a concert tour by American rock band, Bon Jovi. The tour was in support of the band's twelfth studio album What About Now. The tour was named after the lead single from What About Now. All five major continents were visited during the 2013 tour. The tour saw the band travel to Wales for the first time since their 2001 One Wild Night Tour and was also the first time since their 1995 These Days Tour that the band returned to Africa for two dates in South Africa. Furthermore, this tour was the first time in the band's 30-year history that they visited Bulgaria and Poland. The tour ranked 1st on Pollstar's annual "Top 100 Mid Year Worldwide Tours". It earned $142.1 million from 60 shows. At the end of 2013, the tour placed 1st on Pollstar's "Top 100 Worldwide Tours", grossing $259.5 million from 102 shows.

Contents

The J. Geils Band played opening act for some shows in the summer dates.

Setlist

  1. That's What the Water Made Me
  2. You Give Love a Bad Name
  3. Raise Your Hands
  4. Runaway
  5. Lost Highway
  6. Whole Lot of Leavin'
  7. It's My Life
  8. Because We Can
  9. What About Now
  10. We Got It Going On
  11. Keep the Faith
  12. Amen
  13. Bed of Roses
  14. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
  15. We Weren't Born to Follow
  16. Who Says You Can't Go Home
  17. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (with snipets of Start Me Up and Jumpin' Jack Flash)
  18. Bad Medicine (with snipets of Shout and Old Time Rock and Roll)
Encore;
  1. In These Arms
  2. Wanted Dead or Alive
  3. Have a Nice Day
  4. Livin' on a Prayer
  5. Always
  6. These Days

Personnel

Band

  • Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, maracas (for Keep the Faith)
  • Richie Sambora – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, talkbox (Last show with the band on March 17)
  • Hugh McDonald – bass, backing vocals
  • David Bryan - keyboards, piano, backing vocals
  • Tico Torres - drums, percussion, backing vocals (for Love for Sale)
  • .Additional musicians

  • Bobby Bandiera – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (Last show with the band on December 17)
  • Phil X – lead guitar, backing vocals, talkbox (substitute for Richie Sambora since April 2)
  • Rich Scanella – drums (substitute for Tico Torres who was awaiting gall bladder surgery from September 20 to October 6)
  • References

    Because We Can (concert tour) Wikipedia