{"id":645437,"date":"2026-06-18T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645437\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:34:09","slug":"jon-bon-jovi-shares-health-update-on-vocal-surgery-after-tour-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645437\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Bon Jovi shares health update on vocal surgery after tour doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jon-bon-jovi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Bon Jovi<\/a> has shared a health update on his vocal surgery following doubts on whether he\u2019d tour again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bon-jovi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bon Jovi<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bon-jovi-shares-legendary-and-announces-new-album-forever-3601160\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released their album \u2018Forever\u2019 in June 2024<\/a> \u2013 however, the frontman was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bon-jovi-doesnt-know-if-hell-tour-after-major-surgery-3602012\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hesistant to say whether he could tour <\/a>following vocal surgery he underwent in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in a new interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jon-bon-jovi-vocal-cord-recovery-forever-tour-this-is-a-rebirth-exclusive-11998913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">People<\/a>, Bon Jovi has confirmed he\u2019s \u201cfully recovered\u201d from the surgery.\u00a0\u201cIt was longer than I\u2019d ever expected, but it had to be right. We never lost faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the band \u201cnever 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 \u2019nother level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day of every rehearsal they were there with me,\u201d the frontman continued to say. \u201cMy love for them has only deepened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8Bon Jovi News<\/p>\n<p>Jon Bon Jovi says they have 50 songs that are show ready and the setlists will be different every night on the upcoming tour!<\/p>\n<p>Jon also talked about vocal recovery &amp; the band by his side through the whole recovery<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BonJovi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#BonJovi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a2OanZMKCT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/a2OanZMKCT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Braden (@Jerrybraden92) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jerrybraden92\/status\/2067236441139138989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bon-jovi-interview-illness-new-album-forever-were-not-dead-yet-3761667\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Bon Jovi spoke to\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bon-jovi-interview-illness-new-album-forever-were-not-dead-yet-3761667\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NME<\/a>\u00a0about the possibility of touring \u2018Forever\u2019 following his vocal surgery.<\/p>\n<p>At time time, he said he was \u201cmuch further down the road to recovery\u201d, but cautioned:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m still not confident I could do two-and-a-half hours a night, four days a week and I won\u2019t book a gig until I\u2019ve done that on a rehearsal level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this moment in time, we\u2019re rehearsing once a month just to see the progress. I\u2019m not there yet and it blows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bon-jovi-announce-2026-uk-ireland-stadium-shows-and-new-york-residency-buy-tickets-3901308\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">due to play a run of UK and Ireland shows this year<\/a>\u00a0alongside a New York residency.<\/p>\n<p>They initially announced a show at Edinburgh\u2019s Murrayfield Stadium on August 28, followed by Croke Park in Dublin on August 30 and finally a giant show at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium on September 4. However, the band went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bon-jovi-announces-final-london-wembley-stadium-and-new-york-madison-square-garden-gigs-due-to-phenomenal-demand-3904869\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">add two more dates to their Wembley shows<\/a> due to phenomenal demand.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale now \u2013 purchase your UK\/Ireland tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dbon%2Bjovi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>\u00a0and US tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/2862475\/264167\/4272?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fbon-jovi-tickets%2Fartist%2F734608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here,<\/a>\u00a0and find an updated list of shows below.<\/p>\n<p>Bon Jovi\u2019s 2026 tour dates are:<\/p>\n<p>JULY<br \/>7 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden<br \/>9 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden<br \/>12 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden<br \/>14 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden<br \/>16 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden [NEW]<br \/>19 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden [NEW]<br \/>21 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden [NEW]<br \/>23 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden [NEW]<br \/>26 \u2013 New York, Madison Square Garden [NEW]<\/p>\n<p>AUGUST<br \/>28 \u2013 Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium<br \/>30 \u2013 Dublin, Croke Park<\/p>\n<p>SEPTEMBER<br \/>4 \u2013 London, Wembley Stadium<br \/>6 \u2013 London, Wembley Stadium [NEW]<br \/>9 \u2013 London, Wembley Stadium [NEW]<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/bon-jovi-is-getting-a-blockbuster-biopic-3933917\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Bon Jovi are getting a blockbuster biopic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Bon Jovi has shared a health update on his vocal surgery following doubts on whether he\u2019d tour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,7632,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-645437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-live-music-news","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}