Bon Jovi

The band from New Jersey, Bon Jovi, will play for free in Central Park on July 12, as they announced yesterday. The show is titled as an “All-Star Concert in Central Park,” will take place in conjunction with the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which is set for July 15 at Yankee Stadium.

At a news conference alongside New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials, lead singer of the band, Jon Bon Jovi said, “We’ve gotten the chance to bookend what is the most successful tour in the world this year with a free concert for anyone in New York. I just traveled the world again, and New York is still the greatest city in the world”.

The concert will take place at 8 p.m. on the park’s Great Lawn and won’t be televised. Fans will be allowed to enter the area starting from 2 p.m. Tickets will be available beginning July 2 at baseball parks as well as at events throughout New York, no more than 60,000 tickets will be distributed.

The band will also perform “Lost Highway” tour, that will ends on July 14-15 with a pair of Madison Square Garden arena shows in New York. So, get ready New York!

[ via Yahoo OMG ]

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