Today’s card is:
The Rough Start

Bon Jovi
31 October 1988
Dublin, Ireland
🏟️ New Jersey Syndicate Tour

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https://youtu.be/0WIxdPC_H4o?si=YSliENQq6UFdOxzk

by YouTube channel hAnD90, uploaded 31st October 2023.

Back Story 

31 Oct 1988 Dublin

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The first concert of the New Jersey Syndicate Tour is best known for appearing in the opening scene of the Bon Jovi documentary Access All Areas, as being plagued by technical issues and arguments in the dressing room afterwards.
The setlist and concert analysis available at Bon Jovi Tour also points to an anomality of 6 out of 7 of the final songs having been covers.

The recording became available in YouTube channel hAnD90’s 2023 Halloween series!
Meaning it was so bad, it was scary 🎃👻
But with regard to what was actually on the tape, the general reception was that the concert had not been bad at all.

Maybe there is a lesson for us all, about how sometimes our own insecurities are our biggest enemy.

The Rough Start

the card

 

The Rough Start Card means you’ve probably started something without giving it the right amount of thought to prevent flaws, mishaps and mayhem coming your way.
“What are you doing back on the road so soon?” a reporter asked Jon Bon Jovi, at the start of the New Jersey Tour.
At the time he had thought it was a stupid question.

It wasn’t until years later he realized the reporter had had a very good point, and that it had indeed been borderline irresponsible, returning so quickly.

In particular because the tour would be extended and overbooked, keeping them occupied for 16 months and pushing them to breaking point.

And yet, Bon Jovi’s New Jersey Syndicate tour would ultimately go down as their most impressive, legendary, and daring undertaking.
And it established their reign.

The messy start in Dublin would amount into an accomplishment that would echo into eternity. 

The Rough Start Card is both a warning and an omen.

You are starting the journey of a lifetime. 

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