Bon Jovi to play Berlin wall event

Bon Jovi has signed on to perform at the 20th anniversary celebration for the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany on November 9th. Billboard.com reports that the New Jersey rockers will play the new single, "We Weren't Born to Follow," live at the event -- a fitting song for the occasion. Jon Bon Jovi says he wrote a fan letter to the German government "about how we've had such a relationship with Germany for all these years and how relevant the song is to the situation and how I was there chipping away a piece of the wall 20 years ago when it came down." Shortly afterwards, he got a response with an invitation to perform. Bon Jovi says, "They heard the lyric and got it and said 'yeah. It's a pretty big deal."

The Berlin Wall event is one of many scheduled performances for Bon Jovi this month. With the group's new album, The Circle, coming out next Tuesday (November 10th), there's a flurry of activity. Things will get underway with a performance on November 4th in London, which will air on NBC's Today show. Expect to see Bon Jovi on Today every Wednesday this month. Also coming up are visits to Inside The Actors' Studio, The Tonight Show, The Jay Leno Show, Saturday Night Live and NBC Nightly News. It's part of a special Artist In Residency deal with NBC.
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