Bon Jovi to return April 7 to Xcel Center

The Jersey boys announced a two-year world tour that will also inaugurate their new home-state stadium.

October 23, 2009 at 1:14AM
Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs during the "Stand Up For a Cure Concert Series" at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. The tour is designed to raise awareness of lung cancer and is dedicated to Adam Sambora, the father of guitarist Richie Sambora, who died of cancer last year.
Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs during the "Stand Up For a Cure Concert Series" at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. The tour is designed to raise awareness of lung cancer and is dedicated to Adam Sambora, the father of guitarist Richie Sambora, who died of cancer last year. (Elliott Polk (Clickability Client Services) — Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Taylor Swift isn't the only one planning ahead for next year. A day after the country-pop queen announced a May 7 St. Paul concert, Bon Jovi held a mini-concert/news conference Thursday to announce a two-year tour that includes an April 7 show at Xcel Energy Center and a March 13 concert at Fargo's Fargodome.

The veteran Jersey rockers will release "The Circle" on Nov. 10, then open their Circle World Tour Feb. 19 in Seattle. It includes a return to their home state to open the new Meadowlands stadium with a pair of concerts May 26 and 27. Bon Jovi last performed in the Twin Cities in March 2008. Ticket information for the Xcel show will be announced later.

JON BREAM

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