(Although I think we both know that if Bon Jovi is the prince of New Jersey, its king is Bruce Springsteen.) From the tiny amount I can see, his house looks lovely – wood-panelled walls and not overly flashy. 'I am the crown prince of New Jersey,' he declares, which is probably true – he named one of his biggest-selling albums after the state and has stayed firmly loyal to his home turf. Photograph: Paul Natkin/Getty Imagesīon Jovi, who is now 58, is talking on Zoom from his house in New Jersey.

Pictured are, from left, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Alec John Such. Portrait of American rock band Bon Jovi backstage before a performance, Illinois, early March, 1987. 'It bought a lot of people houses,' he says. Maybe we should just put it on a movie soundtrack.’ Richie looked at me and said, ‘You’re an idiot. It’s really good.’ I said, ‘I just don’t know where it’s going.’ But it didn’t have that boom-boom-boom bassline yet, so it sounded more like The Clash.”ĭid it buy him a house? Bon Jovi looks at me as if I had asked about the woods-based habits of bears.

I remember walking out of the room with Richie” – Richie Sambora, his band’s second-most-famous but now former member – “and I said, ‘Eh, it’s okay. It was a huge breakout for you.“Not at all. “Lionel Ritchie followed it up by saying, “You were ready for this…your confidence is staring us in your face…there is a star written all over you” while Bryan said “It was a huge look for you. You are the next big pop star as far as this performance. “You done traded in your Flintstone vitamins for some confidence vitamins. “I don’t know who you are….I’m threatened…you’re the next big pop star,” said Katy Perry following the performance. “Haven’s ability to take this song and make it her own especially at that young age, that’s impressive,” he said.Īfter the 16-year-old student from Clarksville, Tennessee’s performance, judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan applauded her and praised her choice. Madison–who was joined by her father on guitar in a mentoring session with American Idol alum and Queen front man Adam Lambert–worked out an arrangement which Lambert felt was “intimate,” but encouraged her to let her “technique go.” It was Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night on American Idol, and New Jersey’s very own Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bon Jovi were represented when contestant Haven Madison busted out her version of the anthem, “Livin’ on a Prayer,” earning a spot in the top 10.

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