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For anyone who has ever chased Bon Jovi they would know he is one major C%^t and I mean Jon , I used to be a huge fan and I mean super fan till the first time I met him he killed me I was young back then and kinda new to the game going back almost 15 years and I have to say he has not changed that much.

In the last 3 or 4 years I have been super lucky with the whole band except him.

Richie has always been a cool dude he would sign away for fun and tico always loves the fan david is not that bad but he has become very hard to see lately.

Anyway I had over 12 sets that all needed Jon so I decided to do a 60 hr stake out on them and I did first night when they turned up there was only 2 people at hotel and they drove underground so no joy we saw Phil X and he was nice but no one else.

I returned the next day and I was alone from 9:30 am as I know Jon loves starbucks and has a jog or a run from day to day so depending on his mood you might catch him, I waited and waited and around 12:30 I saw jon come out the back I knew he would go for lunch so I thought I let him be and wait for him to come back as he loves his booze with his food, In London he usually goes to Mr Whos or Nobu he loves his oriental food , But In Manchester he goes for Italian San Carlos is his local close to hotel.

At approx. 13:35 he came back I walked up to him with 2 items only as I know what he is like if you turn up with a pile and a bag he is gone like Usain Bolt.

I said hey Jon how are you he looked through his shades and scanned me from toe to head he said Fine man , I said I have been trying for 4 years to get you on this vinyl need it completed , He then says oh well its gonna take you a lot longer than that !!

I said are you serious ? He said no man am f****** with you , he kept walking towards the door but pushed his hand behind his body so he could grab my marker which he did then kept walking he stops by door I give him the vinyl which he signs and then I say can you please sign the photo below its a recent shot he took a look and signed it and said now you have completed it have a good day slammed the marker on the items and run in like BOLT !!

With jon its all a game you need to know exactly what to have and how to approach him as he is usually in a bad mood so always best to approach on his way back instead going out , Some people you can hit 2 times but with him its rare unless he has drunk a few drinks first.

Also did you notice I said I have a recent shot , He hates old 80s shots seen him refuse tones of times and once he does this he is gone and you have lost the chance.

I spend the whole day and night there and the next day till 15:35 outside never got a single other person as garage was used by all except Tico and Phil which I did not need.

2.5 days spend and 2 Jon s up to some this is nothing but to me It meant I was the only person out of 30 graffers in North west that got him , The only person.

He has been to 3 other cities and no one has seen the band yet.

So I guess so far this are the only 2 jons in the whole of the UK !!

 

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Can you share your sigs :)

Cool story, didn't realize he was such an a$$. At least you got your sigs! Congrats

Always has been Richie is so nice man he even gave me tickets once for a solo tour in uk

Great stories as always. Thanks for taking the time to share this.

thanks for sharing.. Great story

Mark

No problem next 3 days am chasing one of your music heroes Bruce Springsteen and also doing Man of Steel cast so might share a few more stories on Thursday but so far Bruce has not touched marker

Thanks for sharing your stories here... Looking forward to read more of your experiences!

I hear - he is usually very very personable!   Let me know how it goes... :)

Thanks for the info Jason. It is a shame he is like that... There is no need is there?

You are right jason - you have to know when bon jovi will do it or not do it and know when and how to approach. With the exception of richie they are all on guard now. They all were really great up until 2 or 3 years ago. Great job!

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