Jon Bon Jovi says his voice is fully recovered for tour

After spending several years recovering his voice, Jon Bon Jovi recently played a few shows with the band and received a positive response. He now says that his voice is continuing to recover ahead of their upcoming tour of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The band has scheduled shows for July, August, and September in New York, Edinburgh, Dublin, and London.

“I’m fully recovered. It was longer than I’d ever expected, but it had to be right. We never lost faith. (My bandmates) never doubted (me) and never looked for work or decided to retire. The sacrifices that each one of them have made to be there for me is on a whole ‘nother level. They said, ‘No, we’re with you.’ Every day of every rehearsal they were there with me. My love for them has only deepened.”

“(The next tour) it’s not about perfection. It’s about excellence. It’s like I have the gift to be able to hold this light. The gift that I receive is being in the reflection of that light when it hits the audience, and that’s what I’ve been working for — I’ve been training to find the ability to hold that light. It’s like this whole spiritual communion between the band and me and the audience,” he said in an interview with People.

Next Bon Jovi tour dates

July

• 7 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
• 9 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
• 12 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
• 14 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
• 16 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
• 19 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
• 21 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
• 23 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
• 26 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY

August

• 28 – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium – Edinburgh, UK
• 30 – Croke Park – Dublin, Ireland

September

• 4 – Wembley Stadium – London, UK
• 6 – Wembley Stadium – London, UK
• 9 – Wembley Stadium – London, UK