{"id":584316,"date":"2026-08-29T20:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T20:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584316\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T20:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T20:56:13","slug":"bon-jovi-rock-murrayfield-in-student-sewn-kilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/584316\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon Jovi rock Murrayfield in student-sewn kilts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bon Jovi members were kitted out in kilts made by an Edinburgh apprentice as they performed to tens of thousands of fans at Murrayfield on Friday. <\/p>\n

Lead guitarist John Shanks wore a navy tweed kilt hand-sewn by a student at the Edinburgh Kiltmakers Academy \u2013 supporting what is considered to be an endangered craft.<\/p>\n

Shanks finished the outfit with a goat\u2019s hair reeling sporran, an axe kilt pin and his signature mismatched socks.<\/p>\n

Percussionist Everett Bradley selected an Auld Lang Syne tartan kilt in honour of Robert Burns, paired with a thistle pin and a raccoon skin sporran.<\/p>\n

The pair paid a visit to Gordon Nicholson Kiltmakers on the Royal Mile before the show. According to the kiltmakers, they were looking to avoid mass-produced tourist imports and look like \u201cScottish rock stars\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"BonGordon Nicolson KiltmakersBon Jovi rock Murrayfield with student-sewn kilts Gordon Nicolson Kiltmakers<\/p>\n

Gordon said: \u201cIt was an absolute pleasure hosting John and Everett.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had fantastic fun with myself, my daughter Eve, and our hire manager Sharon during the fitting.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing an endangered Scottish craft represented on a stadium stage by world-class musicians is a massive moment for traditional highlandwea especially when it\u2019s by members of one of the most iconic rock bands of all time! We really are over the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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