Bon Jovi Kicks Off ``Have a Nice Day World Tour'' to Sold-Out Crowds.

CHICAGO -- Bon Jovi has embarked on what is becoming one of the band's biggest tours ever. They rolled into Chicago with the "Have A Nice Day World Tour" for two sold-out shows over the weekend. Since announcing the tour in September, the number of concerts has been doubled to accommodate tremendous fan demand, nearly one million tickets have been sold and a string of shows across North America are already at-capacity.

The first date on the tour, in Des Moines, Iowa, last week set an attendance record at the Wells Fargo Arena, and in addition to Chicago, the band will play multiple sold-out nights in Boston, Montreal, Philadelphia, Detroit, Washington, D.C., plus four concerts in Toronto and six shows in the New York metropolitan area. Ticket sales for the band's European stadium tour this Spring are just as strong, and the New Jersey natives will be the first band to play at the new Wembley Stadium in London in June 2006.

"Bon Jovi has, once again, proven to be one of the most enduring brands in the music industry," said Randy Phillips, President & CEO of AEG-LIVE. "The success of this tour has gone beyond our most optimistic projections, while the 'Have A Nice Day' album shows a resiliency that is becoming all too rare for major, multi-night arena attractions. Concerts West/AEG-LIVE is humbled by the enormity of this achievement and the honor of being on the Bon Jovi team."

Bon Jovi tour dates were announced on the heels of the tremendous success of their 9th studio album release, titled "Have A Nice Day." In its first week in stores, the album sold 201,881 units in the US -- a career high first-week's sales figure -- and debuted at #1 in Japan, Australia, Holland, Austria, Germany and Canada.

In the spirit of sharing their success with up-and-coming artists trying to break through, Bon Jovi has also announced their "Have A Nice Gig" contest. Kicking off on November 2nd and running through December 22nd, twenty-four unsigned, regional bands in seventeen tour markets across the country will get the opportunity to open for Bon Jovi. The grand-prize winning band, determined by Bon Jovi fans -- and the band themselves -- will open for Bon Jovi at Giants Stadium next summer and receive a demo deal.

The crowd favorite, "Who Says You Can't Go Home," is the second single from "Have a Nice Day." The album contains two versions of the track, one of which is a country duet with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles. Bon Jovi and Nettles will perform the song live on the CMA Awards live at Madison Square Garden on November 15.

About Bon Jovi

Over the last two decades, Bon Jovi has earned the respect of the music industry and the loyalty of legions of fans around the globe. They have sold over 100 Million albums worldwide and, since forming in 1984, Bon Jovi has performed more than 2500 concerts in 50 countries before more than 32 million people. On September 20th, Bon Jovi released their ninth studio album, "Have a Nice Day" (Island Records). The "Have A Nice Day World Tour" is promoted by AEG Live/Concerts West.

For more information on Bon Jovi, visit http://www.bonjovi.com/.

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About AEG-LIVE

AEG-LIVE, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is a collection of companies dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring for a variety of programming and multi-media production. AEG-LIVE, the nation's second largest concert promotion and touring company, with five regional offices, is comprised of stand-alone affiliate divisions, including: AEG-LIVE Events, creators and producers of special events of all sizes; AEG-TV, devoted to creation and marketing of live events for television, DVD, pay-per-view, cinema and other electronic media; and AEG-RADIO, developers and packagers of national and regional radio programming. AEG-LIVE Tours & Special Events and AEG-LIVE Exhibitions, the company's national promotion divisions, are currently producing tours and productions including "Celine Dion A New Day ... Presented By Chrysler," now appearing at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and the recently announced "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," an international tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recently promoted concert tours have included artists such as Prince, Usher, Kenny Chesney, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera, Dixie Chicks and American Idols Live. Goldenvoice, the company's southern California-based regional promotion division, created and operates the award-winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. The company recently announced a joint venture with AOL and XM to create Network Live, a company dedicated to creating and distributing live entertainment programming through the Internet, satellite and other third party global media platforms such as VOD, wireless and HDTV. AEG-LIVE is a partner with Queen Latifah and Usher in separate joint ventures, which include merchandise, touring, CD and long-form DVD releases. The company operates Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie (Texas) and opened Nokia Theatre Times Square, a 2,100-seat concert venue in Times Square, in Fall 2005.