Jon Bon Jovi | Live at Nippon Budokan Hall | Japan 1997

Personally, the seasons of autumn and winter are the perfect time to dive into Jon's solo masterpiece that is Destination Anywhere. Since it was one of his most experimental albums, I'm always tempted to try approaches that might be a little "more obscure". This time around, the show was dubbed with two quite different sounding sources since the second tape didn't have the clarity or soundscape of the first one. After having found a setting for the entire show, I further on applied different things to each part get a sound that is more alike. It's a very widespread sound, especially in the first half, that kind of floats around your head a bit. It gave room for more details in the music, but also lifted problems hidden before like digital tape noise near the end August 7, 4:15 or bass distortions.
In fact, the bass rig was a problem that also affected the show itself. Jon goes for a spontaneous acoustic rendition inbetween to give the crew time to fix some PA issues and later on even stops "It's Just Me", leaving the stage for a few minutes due to persistent issues with the bass rig.
His mood is great in spite of these obstacles, bar three songs, all material from Destination Anywhere is performed as well as beautiful, bare-bone acoustic renditions of Blood On Blood and Hearts of Stone! I prefer the 1997 shows over his 1998 solo tour since the focus was primarily on the Destination Anywhere album whereas later on, more band songs were done and some album cuts were to loose out on Sex Sells material.

Setlist:
01. Not Fade Away [0:00]
02. Every Word Was A Piece Of My Heart [3:42]
03. Queen Of New Orleans [8:56]
04. Jon greeting audience [14:36]
05. Ugly [15:27]
06. You Give Love A Bad Name [19:07]
07. Jon talking about his new album [23:02]
08. Midnight In Chelsea [23:35]
09. Destination Anywhere [29:10]
10. Blood On Blood (acoustic) [36:09]
11. Livin' On A Prayer (acoustic) [41:27]
12. Billy Get Your Guns [47:33]
13. Janie Don't Take Your Love To Town [53:30]
14. Naked [58:51]
15. August 7, 4:15 [1:03:45]
16. Keep The Faith [1:09:06]
17. Jailbreak [1:13:33]
18. Jon talking about the crew working out technical issues [1:18:07]
19. Hearts Of Stone [1:19:26]
20. Blaze Of Glory [1:24:10]

Encore 1:
21. It's Just Me (Take 1) [1:30:12]
22. It's Just Me (Take 2) [1:31:49]
23. Jon remembering the day they wrote Wanted [1:38:11]
24. Wanted Dead Or Alive [1:38:57]
25. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead [1:43:59]
26. Treat Her Right [1:51:27]

Encore 2:
27. Rockin' All Over The World [1:57:57]
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