{"id":40925,"date":"2026-07-25T02:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/bon-jovi-abruptly-stops-new-york-show-as-he-tells-fans-hes-hurt-music-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T02:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:13:13","slug":"bon-jovi-abruptly-stops-new-york-show-as-he-tells-fans-hes-hurt-music-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/bon-jovi-abruptly-stops-new-york-show-as-he-tells-fans-hes-hurt-music-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon Jovi abruptly stops New York show as he tells fans he&#8217;s &#8216;hurt&#8217; | Music | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Legendary rocker Jon Bon Jovi has abruptly abandoned a show at New York&#8217;s iconic Madison Square Garden on Thursday (July 24), telling fans he was &#8220;hurt&#8221; and then leaving the stage, never to return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The 64-year-old rocker is currently in the throes of his band <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/entertainment\/music\/2124717\/Jon-Bon-Jovi-2026-tour-tickets-new-album\">Bon Jovi&#8217;s Forever Tour.<\/a> <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/entertainment\/music\/1889435\/Jon-Bon-Jovi-tour-new-album\">Bon Jovi<\/a> was rocking out during the band&#8217;s eighth night of the group&#8217;s nine-day residency in New York when the star cut the night short after bashing out a rendition of hit track Livin&#8217; On A Prayer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>An eyewitness told Page Six that the star said to the crowd: &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/health\/1607756\/jon-bon-jovi-health-covid-return-bon-jovi\">I&#8217;m hurt<\/a>, and you&#8217;re not getting the best of me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He also told fans who had their night cut tragically short to keep a hold of their tickets. &#8220;Don&#8217;t throw away your ticket stubs, I&#8217;m gonna figure something out, okay? Just hold onto it, we&#8217;ll figure out how to reschedule.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Despite the star&#8217;s abrupt departure, host of the Jon Bon Jovi Discussions podcast Jerry Braden took to X to share that the rocker was battling a sinus infection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Due to a sinus infection, Jon couldn&#8217;t sing the end of Bed of Roses &amp; let the audience sing. He said the internet trolls can have at it tomorrow, but thanked the supportive fans for having his back,&#8221; Braden said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Fans at the show (and online fans) are supporting you. We believe in you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Once the band&#8217;s Forever Tour officially wraps in New York on July 26, it&#8217;ll be off to Scotland for a gig in Edinburgh on August 28, followed by a three-night stint at Wembley Stadium which kicks off on September 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bon Jovi shared his excitement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/instagram\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Instagram<\/a> earlier this month ahead of the opening night of his latest tour, which marks his big his return to the stage after four years off, following surgery to repair a damaged vocal cord.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As the first show got underway, the rock icon opened by singing the first line of the Beatles&#8217; 1967 classic With a Little Help from My Friends, as per People.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Making a light-hearted reference to his vocal surgery, he sang: &#8220;What would you do if I sang out of tune?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Later in the performance, Bon Jovi reflected on his long-awaited return, telling the crowd: &#8220;I haven&#8217;t heard the roar of a crowd in four years and I didn&#8217;t know if I would remember what that was like.&#8221; He added that he was &#8220;grateful and humbled by this whole ordeal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to the celebrity magazine, the band played for more than two hours, treating fans to a 21-song set.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/entertainment\/music\/2232439\/Bon-Jovi-stops-New-York-show-hurt\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary rocker Jon Bon Jovi has abruptly abandoned a show at New York&#8217;s iconic Madison Square Garden on Thursday (July 24), telling fans he was &#8220;hurt&#8221; and then leaving the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}