Jon Bon Jovi reacts to Richie Sambora wanting to return to Bon Jovi: ‘The band goes on’
nypost.comcome back to the music rock group after Bon Jovi, 62, got his voice back after recovering from vocal surgery. But Bon Jovi himself told Entertainment Weekly Friday that there’s been no decision made regarding Sambora’s return.“You never say never,” the rocker said. “I mean, he quit the band 11-plus years ago, and he’s had to deal with a lot of things in his life.
But there’s no animosity.”“I’ve made four albums since his departure,” Bon Jovi added. “The band goes on, you know? We’ll see when we get to that point of touring.”The current members of Bon Jovi just put out their 16th album, “Forever.”The group formed in 1983 with members Bon Jovi, Sambora, 64, David Bryan, Tico Torres, and Alec John Such.Sambora abruptly quit the band when he failed to show up for his plane to Calgary, Alberta, for a concert in April 2013.
He entered rehab for alcohol abuse and exhaustion. The famous musician recently addressed his controversial exit from the band in the Hulu docuseries “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.”“I’d like to apologize fully right now to the fans, especially, and also to the guys,” he said in the doc. “My feet and my spirit were just not letting me walk out the door.”Bon Jovi stopped talking to Sambora after he quit.
He opened up about their rift to Entertainment Tonight when the doc came out.“There was never a fight. It was never about money, it was never about a girlfriend.
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