Article: Bon Jovi bounces back.(VARIETY / FREETIME)

Byline: Jon Bream; Staff Writer

Jon Bon Jovi vividly remembers his last performance in the Twin Cities.

"The dressing room caught on fire. A real honest-to-God flame fire," he said. "One of those Sterno things underneath the bad food that they're trying to keep warm caught fire, hit a napkin and poof! I was right next door, and I looked over my shoulder and saw the room full of smoke."

No one got hurt, and the July 2001 show at Target Center went on. "Fire extinguisher, couple bottles of Evian, and it was OK," Bon Jovi said with a chuckle.

"That's the venue with burgundy seats, right?" he asked. Actually, they're cardinal or, ...

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