Bon Jovi at Emirates Palace: Wild night of rock.

It was more than 35 degrees Celsius, pretty humid, and for some very far away.

But all that was quickly forgotten when American band Bon Jovi took the stage and for two hours, rocked the world of their fans at the Emirates Palace Hotel on Tuesday night.

Cracked up as the largest gig ever in the history of the nation's capital, the high-octane performance, part of their Lost Highway world tour, treated over 16,000 screaming fans to a long list of hits spanning three decades.

The show opened with the title song from the band's latest album Lost Highway.

Beads of sweat trickling down his forehead, the band's lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (JBJ) made an all-black appearance - black shirt, black pants and black shoes. A banner in the crowd read "Jon Bon Jovi is Hot".

JBJ proved that by twice changing shirts as they kept getting soaked in sweat.

Barely two hours before the concert, a cheerful JBJ told media persons why it took him so long to come to this part of the world.

"It's a long walk. It took us a long time to get across the desert. Happy to be here. We are excited. The people have been great, everybody we've met so far has been very welcoming," he said.

The 25-year-old band, though showed signs of age and weariness towards the end, displayed a lot of energy needed for the length of the concert.

Although the band skipped one of their biggest hits and the eagerly awaited Blaze Of Glory, their line-up included many blasts from the past such as Bad Medicine, Wanted Dead or Alive, Bed of Roses, Always, Can't Go Home, Keep the Faith and Livin' On A Prayer.

The fans at the concert ranged from pre-teens to the middle-aged, a fact that corroborated JBJ's earlier comment that "there's a lot of people I have met around the world that are second and third generation fans. And now we are gonna do that for another generation. I think that is quite a statement. We have been blessed with that and I don't take it lightly".

It was the third big concert at the venue, following Justin Timberlake and Elton John.

Snippets

Jon Bon Jovi admitted two hours before the gig he had no idea what songs they were going to play

During the two-hour set, Jon Bon Jovi changed shirts twice and only took a short break when he handed the microphone to Ritchie Sambora who sang I Will Be There For You.

Jon Bon Jovi said he wished he had written the entire Beatles catalogue and some songs by Bob Dylan

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