In February, Bon Jovi is launching a world tour with a schedule full of arena dates that will last for two years. The tour is to support “The Circle,” the band’s newest and upcoming studio album.

The tour will start in Seattle on February 19. The West Coast swing will continue through the middle of March before heading for the east. The tour will include inaugural shows on May 26-27 in East Rutherford, NY for the New Meadowlands Stadium, which is the future home for the New York Jets and New York Giants of the NFL.

Pre-sales for the New Jerseys shows began on October 26. Additional ticketing information can be found at the band’s website.

“The Circle,” due out in stores on November 10, is the band’s tenth studio album. Bon Jovi worked with the producer John Shanks (Jane’s Addiction, Sheryl Crow) on the album. There will be deluxe and standard versions available. The deluxe version will include a DVD that features “When We Were Beautiful,” a documentary that chronicles the band’s Lost Highway Tour of 2007-08.

Richie Sambora, guitarist, told Rolling Stone over the summer that there would be some big choruses. It will have the Bon Jovi sound, but sound fresh. We experimented with new sounds and had a great time working together with John Shanks. He is a great guitar player also, so on the guitar sounds we did lots of weaseling.

The new album for Bon Jovi has lots of great guitar sounds and new atmosphere. It makes it very modern. People will dig it. It rocks hard, Sambora added.

“We Weren’t Born to Follow,” the first single from the album, hit the radio airwaves this August, debuting on Billboard’s Hot 100 at No. 90. It was the 27th career entry for the band on Billboard’s singles chart.

In 2007 Bon Jovi’s “Lost Highway” debuted on the top of Billboard’s 200 chart and spawned the hit song “You Want To Make a Memory.” The album was the first for the band to top the charts since “New Jersey” in 1988.

2010 Bon Jovi Concert Tour Dates
February 2010
19 – Seattle, WA – KeyArena
22 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion
24 – Phoenix, AZ – Jobing.com Arena
26 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center

March 2010
2 – Sacramento, CA – ARCO Arena
4 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
6 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
8 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
9 – Omaha, NE – Qwest Center
11 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
13 – Fargo, ND – Fargodome
15 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
17 – Auburn Hills, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
19, 20 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
23, 24 – Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia Center
29 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center

April 2010
7 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Center
10 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
13 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
15 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
17 – Tampa., FL – St. Pete Times Forum
18 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – BankAtlantic Center
21 – Nashville, TN – Sommet Center
22 – Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena

May 2010
26, 27 – East Rutherford, NJ – New Meadowlands Stadium

July 2010
15 – Edmonton, Alberta – Commonwealth Stadium
17 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Canad Inns Stadium
20 – Toronto, Ontario – Rogers Centre
24 – Foxboro, MA – Gillette Stadium
28 – Regina, Saskatchewan – Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field
30 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field

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