Bon Jovi has just announced the full North American tour itinerary for its Because We Can tour. The 33-date trek now kicks off on February 9th in Uncasville, Connecticut and winds down on April 25th in San Jose, California. In addition to that, the band will return to the States for three summer stadium gigs -- July 12th at Chicago's Soldier Field and July 24th and 25th East Rutherford, New Jersey's MetLife Stadium

 

Following the North American dates, the band already has shows on the books for South Africa, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the UK, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Switzerland.

 

Guitarist Richie Sambora tells us how he, along with frontman Jon Bon Jovi, and the rest of the group keep things fresh on stage: "Y'know we have lots of songs to choose from. Obviously we are the band of the people, and we give the people the songs they want to hear. And we have 15 albums to choose from. And Jon is always calling what we call audibles -- just like a quarterback on a football field on our set-list every night we have a thing called audibles. You can interject any song at any point in time. And we sound check every day. So we're always trying out new stuff to play in the shows and that's how we keep it fresh."

 

Sambora revealed Bon Jovi's secret at staying relevant all of these years: "Good songs, y'know. Just songs that connect with people from a lyrical stand-point. I think that Jon and I as writers, we're lucky enough to somehow hit a nerve where you write a song that is something about what we're feeling that translate to audiences across the globe. Songs like 'Livin' On A Prayer,' a song like 'We Weren't Born To Follow' was another one that became a big hit."

 

Bon Jovi will be releasing its 12th studio album, What About Now, sometime in the spring. The set marks the band's first all new set since 2009's The Circle.

 

February 9 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena 

February 10 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center 

February 13 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 

February 14 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 

February 17 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre 

February 18 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre 

February 20 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place

February 21 - Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center 

February 27 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena 

March 1 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum 

March 2 - Sunrise, FL - BB&T Center 

March 5 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena 

March 6 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena 

March 9 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena 

March 10 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena 

March 13 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center 

March 14 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center 

March 16 - Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Energy Arena 

March 17 - Lubbock, TX - United Spirit Arena 

April 2 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome 

April 3 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place 

April 5 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre

April 7 - Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center 

April 10 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center 

April 11 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center 

April 13 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center 

April 14 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena 

April 16 - Denver, CO Pepsi Center 

April 17 - Salt Lake City, UT - EnergySolutions Arena 

April 19 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center 

April 20 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena 

April 23 - Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena 

April 25 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion At San Jose 

July 12 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field 

July 24, 25 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium

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