According to blabbermouth.net former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora mentioned he is in the works to reunite with Bon Jovi for a tour and possible new music.
During an interview with Absolute Radio‘s host Leona Graham asked Sambora if he plans to join Bon Jovi again following his performance with the band at their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2018. Sambora said: “We’re talking about it. I don’t think there’s any reason not to at this point.”
The guitarist added: “Jon was having a hard time with his voice a little bit there and he needed to take a little bit of a breather.I don’t know when Jon’s going to get his voice together and when the Bon Jovi reunion is going to happen, but we have to get out there and do it for the fans, really. I feel a second obligation.”
Also Graham asked if the musician will write new music with Bon Jovi, Sambora responded with: “Actually, I did write that other Bon Jovi stuff, too. It’s a misnomer when people go just because his name Jon Bon Jovi is on the band’s name. We just couldn’t think of anything else really. People think that I just come up with the guitar parts and something like that.
Sambora adds: “But songwriting is conceptual. You have to have a concept. It’s a story. And it can sometimes just come from looking out the window and observing and a lot of times it comes from your own life and for the most part of Bon Jovi, my life was a lot more colorful than everybody else’s in the band.”
Three years ago Sambora discussed about his controversial decision to leave Bon Jovi in 2013 during an interview with People magazine, saying that he wanted to spend more time with his daughter Ava who is now 25.
“It wasn’t a popular decision by any means, obviously, but there was really almost no choice about it. I had a lot of conscious work to do around my personal life.We’ve been through a lot of things together. That was a time of psychological maintenance for the family. You know, I ain’t no angel. But I realized, Ava needed me to be around at that point in time. Family had to come first, and that’s what happened.” said Sambora.
The songwriter joined Bon Jovi in 1983 and co-wrote most of the group’s iconic hits over the following three decades, hasn’t performed a full show with the band since Sambora left the Because We Can tour 10 years ago.
In April 2018 Sambora rejoined Bon Jovi on stage at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland which marked his first performance with the band in five years.
Also appearing with the group was bassist Alec John Such, who hadn’t played with Bon Jovi since a one-off performance in 2001. The band performed several crowd favorites, including “Livin’ On A Prayer”, “You Give Love A Bad Name” and “It’s My Life.”
Bon Jovi’s latest album 2020 was released in October 2020 by Island Records.
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