Jon Bon Jovi has addressed worries about his vocal health after the band announced a seven-date stadium tour in 2027. The frontman discussed the state of his voice in an interview with A Current Affair.
Bon Jovi faced serious vocal problems in recent years. He spoke about how long it took to recover and why he waited before agreeing to tour again.
“I’ve gone through hell, and I would not, could not compromise the legacy,” Jon Bon Jovi said. “I could not, would not go out and hold the mic out to the crowd. [Laughs] Holding ourselves to a standard that we’ve had for some 40-X years now, it’s important to me to be the best we can be.”
He described his current vocal condition as strong. “[My singing voice is now] phenomenal. [knocks on the table] I could go [on stage and sing] tonight, no problem.”
The singer explained that recovery took longer than some expected. “I realized that it took four years [to get my voice back in shape]. That four years was my doing. I wouldn’t go out after the two years. The people were saying, ‘It’s fine. Let’s go.’ Ask the [Australian concert] promoter, Paul Dainty, how many times he’s had on a piece of paper a tour booked. And I said, ‘No, can’t do it, just won’t do it, can’t do it.’ And after the four-year process, I was, like, ‘Yeah, it’s ready.'”
The comments came after Bon Jovi announced the Forever Tour, which will take the band to stadiums across the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia.
Bon Jovi’s vocal troubles began around 2014 and worsened over time. When the band released the album “This House Is Not for Sale” in 2016, he felt something was wrong physically but did not know the cause. By 2022, one of his vocal cords had atrophied severely, and he underwent medialization thyroplasty surgery in which an implant was placed on the cord to rebuild it. The band’s last full public concert took place in April 2022 at the end of a brief North American tour.
After surgery, Bon Jovi spent years working with vocal coaches and doing vocal exercises to restore his voice. He detailed his recovery in the April 2024 docuseries “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.” His bandmates supported him by waiting four years before returning to tour, giving him the time he needed to recuperate fully.
The Forever Tour began in July 2026 with a nine-show residency at Madison Square Garden in New York. The band then performed sold-out stadium dates including three nights at London’s Wembley Stadium and shows in Edinburgh and Dublin. The 2027 Australian dates will mark the band’s first Australian performances since their 2018 stadium run, which drew more than 159,000 fans across the country.
