Article: SUMMERFEST; MARCUS AMPHITHEATER / BON JOVI; Bon Jovi serves musical bon bons to big crowd; Rockers rip through hits, new songs

Bon Jovi rocked a sold-out Marcus Amphitheater crowd for more than two hours Thursday night, in a set list that spanned the group's lengthy career.

The band's ageless frontman, Jon Bon Jovi, strutted onto the stage in a sleeveless black T-shirt, jeans and cowboy boots with the band already playing the opening notes of "Livin' on a Prayer."

The crowd sang along as Bon Jovi worked them into a frenzy, strutting and pumping his fist.

Thursday's show came 22 years after the New Jersey rockers made their Summerfest debut on the rock stage, and Bon Jovi paused to tell the crowd he'd been told the show broke the amphitheater's all- time attendance record before kicking into another classic, "You ...

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