Jon Bon Jovi was honored by friends and admirers including Bruce Springsteen at Friday’s MusiCares Person of the Year gala.
It wasn’t even 9 p.m., but Jon Bon Jovi had made up his mind: “I think it’s about time that we blow the roof off this place,” he told the crowd gathered in his honor at Friday’s MusiCares Person of the Year gala. That was the veteran rocker’s way of bringing out Bruce Springsteen — “my mentor, my friend, my brother, my hero,” he said — and if the two Jersey boys didn’t quite succeed in taking the top off the Los Angeles Convention Center, their rollicking take on Bon Jovi’s “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” did get the assembled high-rollers on their feet.
“As I look out here at all you tuxedoed music executives, quick reminder,” said the man of the hour. “This here’s a Bon Jovi concert — we don’t sit down.”
Typically the artist being feted at this annual fundraiser for the Recording Academy’s charitable organization waits until the end of the night to perform. But Bon Jovi, 61, went on first Friday; he also sang his band’s new single, “Legendary,” and did Springsteen’s “The Promised Land” with the Boss, whom Bon Jovi thanked for making the trip to L.
