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Article: Bon Jovi blazes brightly with the old stuff; The New Jersey rocker and his band sparkle like Diamond but focus too heavily on their new album.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- November 12, 2005
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Byline: Chris Riemenschneider; Staff Writer
Bon Jovi's new album is pretty good, but it's not that good.
New Jersey's second-favorite rock `n' roll band got a little too cocky about its continued popularity at Friday night's Target Center concert. The group played more than half of its new album, "Have a Nice Day," as if it has all the artistic staying power of the last act to sell out the Minneapolis arena: U2.
If there's any other recent Target Center filler that Bon Jovi resembled most on Friday, it was Neil Diamond (who, by the way, didn't play any songs off his acclaimed new album). Frontman Jon Bon Jovi has Diamond's serious-showman ...