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Official members

based on recent music videos and promo photos, I think it’s time to add John Shanks and Everett Bradley to the list of official members. 174.94.116.6 (talk) 23:32, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a reason to add them. However, both on the Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story docuseries and the Michael Strahan x Jon Bon Jovi: Halfway There special, Shanks and Bradley were both called members of the band, and listed as such in their interviews. Further more in the docuseries, Jon Bon Jovi talks about "when they joined the band". Finding a additional source links, other than ones directly to the videos will be difficult, until the new album comes out.--DisneyMetalhead (talk) 04:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes these are all good additional sources. When I added this topic, the docuseries hadn’t come out yet so I was just basing it on how they seemed to be permanent fixtures of the band since the This House is Note for Sale tour.

But you’re right that music videos aren’t enough since Hugh McDonald was in the video for “Something for the Pain” way before he was considered an official member. SigmaPenguin (talk) 20:48, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reference added to a Billboard article that noted them as members. Karst (talk) 11:00, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not first band to play in the USSR

This is wrong. Jack Upland (talk) 02:38, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, I think this was the Doobie Brothers in 1987. Will change this. Karst (talk) 10:55, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing

The general sourcing for this article is poor in several places and there is also quite a bit of original research, especially around tours. I have added tags to that effect. Karst (talk) 11:41, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Bon Jovi has 16 studio albums. They are all listed but the General section still says 15 albums since they put one out recently and that number was apparently not updated. Justinpatton (talk) 21:44, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Thank you, - FlightTime (open channel) 22:07, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]