Bon Jovi | Historic 3rd Night at Madison Square Garden | New York 2011

For all those who weren’t around back in the day - on first look, this might seem like a rather standard show for that tour, but it was anything but that! The band was just about to round up their three-night stint at Madison Square Garden - the most shows they had played there on one tour since 1987! But just like 4 days earlier in Boston, they got cut off in the middle when the sound went away! Allegedly, a drunk fan had spilled his beer over the mixing console, causing the whole sound PA system to collapse. So the band was forced to leave the stage during their acoustic set and decided to simply use this as their encore break. While the show had been good up until then, the comeback was phenomenal. Whether it was Jon’s wife and kids being in the pit, them being extra motivated at home or them being gutted that it had happened twice on such short notice, the band fired up like there was no tomorrow! Just listen to Jon’s “get down on your knees and pray!“ scream before the solo in Keep The Faith, Richie’s bl