posted by admin on Apr 4
Bon Jovi’s main guitarist Richie Sambora, who enthralls fans with his music at concerts, was arrested for drunken driving last week. He was arrested from the Laguna Beach at 11 p.m by the Laguna Beach Police Department after Field sobriety tests. The police officers spotted a black hummer zig - zagging in the traffic and they stopped the car and identified the driver as guitarist Richie Sambora. He was with a woman and two small girls when the vehicle was stopped by the police. Later they were identified as his ex-wife and daughter.
Police officers informed that the arrest was with out any incident and the Guitarist cooperated with the procedures. He is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and is asked to appear before court on May 7th. The concert performer will also have to face the charges of endangering minors. The District Attorney’s office informed that he will be charged with further violations only after receiving the blood test results. He was released at about 4 a.m at his own formal bond.
posted by admin on Feb 15
The world renowned singer Jon Bon Jovi is touring the world with his concert series in order to raise funds for the research of Lung Cancer. He has already done a concert in New York and said that it is a tribute to his father who died of Lung Cancer in 2007. The cause became all the more personnel to the Rockers from New Jersey when one of the bandmate lost his father to the same disease. The concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan on Feb 12th was dedicated to the Guitarist Richie Sambora’s father, Adam Sambora and was specifically aimed at helping lung cancer victims. The band was planning to start their “Lost High Way World Tour” when the incident happened.
It has been announced that the money collected through, this year long concert tour will be donated to the Memorial SIoan- Kettering Cancer Center where Adam Sambora Received treatment for cancer. A non – profit group called Stand Up for Cure has organized this concert series and will feature other artists like Andrea Bocelli and Jerry Sein feld. Stand Up for a Cause has also commissioned three cancer mobile care centers in New York City and these centers will be named after the guitarist’s parents Adam and Joan.
posted by admin on Nov 28
Jon Bon Jovi fans will have a great opportunity to see their favorite perform at a charity concert in December. The artist will headline “The Hope Concert III” that will be held on December 21 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. The concert will also feature many well-known performers, including Bobby Bandiera, Mark Pender & Richie “LaBamba” Rosenberg, Tim McLoone and The Shirleys, The Jersey Shore Rock-N-Soul Revue, Gary “U.S.” Bonds, and more. Proceeds from the charity concert will go to The Valerie Fund that helps children with cancer and blood disorders.
