Recent news from Showbiz 411 has put the spotlight on the original Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora. He’s expected to reunite with his former band during an event at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 2, 2024.
Jon Bon Jovi will be honored as the Person Of The Year at the 33rd annual MusiCares benefit gala. The upcoming event will be a fundraiser for people in the music industry with health and support services.
Sambora is one of the names who will celebrate the Bon Jovi vocalist with a performance of his songs at the tribute that will take place two days before the 66th annual Grammy Awards on February 4 at the Crypto.com Arena.
The Guitarist Was Ready For A Reunion
Back in November, during an interview at the Breeders’ Cup in California, Sambora mentioned he and the band were in talks about a possible return. Noting the influence of Bon Jovi’s music in changing the listeners’ lives, the guitarist talked about a reunion to People:
“So yeah, it definitely could happen. It’s just a question of when everybody’s ready to go do it. It will be a big, massive kind of undertaking.”
About when the comeback could happen, he said:
“I’m not sure. It’s up to peoples; it’s got to be right. That’s all. It’s time to do it, though. This is our 40th anniversary, but I feel younger than ever. I’m having a ball.”
His Run With The Band And Departure
Sambora left Bon Jovi during the ‘Because We Can’ tour 11 years ago and hasn’t done a full show with them since. But he did play with the band at their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in April 2018 in Cleveland, which was his first time back in five years.
While away from Bon Jovi, the guitarist worked on new music with his girlfriend, Orianthi, and released a couple of EPs, ‘Rise’ and ‘Making History,’ and an album, ‘Radio Free America,’ in May 2018.
Meanwhile, Bon Jovi kept making music without Sambora. They’ve released three albums, the latest being ‘2020,’ which came out in May 2020. They also released a new holiday single, ‘Christmas Isn’t Christmas,’ in November 2023, teasing their upcoming album set for 2024.
