Report: BON JOVI Gives Manager The Axe "After A Number Of Snafus"
June 20, 2010, 14 years ago
The New York Post is reporting that BON JOVI frontman Jon Bon Jovi and long time manager Jack Rovner have parted ways. An excerpt from the report:
Parting is such sweet sorrow for Jon Bon Jovi and his longtime manager, Jack Rovner, who was fired this week after a number of snafus. While no one will say anything unkind on the record, Rovner was seen around town crying in his beer because Jon told him, "I'm going in a different direction."
Rovner and his Vector Management were blamed for problems with the $1,000 VIP concert tickets sold in larger markets on the band's tour for their latest album, "The Circle." The VIP tickets were supposed to include a meet-and-greet with Bon Jovi and even a photo with the rock icon. But fans have been complaining they were never granted the promised access.
Rovner was also responsible for Jon doing an "artist in residence" stint at NBC, which blocked the band from promoting the album on other networks, and for the Showtime documentary "When We Were Beautiful," in which "Jon makes the rest of the band admit they are paid employees and owe everything to him," as one insider put it.
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As previously reported, Bon Jovi recently anounced will bring their tour for The Circle to Australia in December. The tour will start in Perth and play Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Dates are as follows:
December
8 - Perth - Subiac11 - Melbourne - Etihad Stadium
14 - Brisbane - Suncorp Stadium
17 - Sydney - Sydney Football Stadium
Bon Jovi will perform 135 shows in 30 countries for The Circle tour, bringing a tally of more than 2,600 concerts they have performed in 50 counties to 34 million fans over their time together.