told ET in a story published Wednesday, referring to Sambora. “It was never about money, it was never about a girlfriend. He had issues … and he literally didn’t show up.
We were playing for 20,000 people and there’s a black hole on the stage.”Bon Jovi formed in 1983, fronted by Jon Bon Jovi. Currently, he’s still the frontman, David Bryan is the keyboardist, Tico Torres is the drummer, Hugh McDonald is the bassist, and Phil X is the guitarist.
Sambora was the lead guitarist from 1983 until 2013, when he departed amid substance abuse issues. (Original bassist Alec John Such left earlier, in 1994, and died in 2022 at age 70).
In March, Bon Jovi said on Ultimate Classic Rock that he and Sambora were “Not in contact because he’s not in the organization any longer. [That] doesn’t mean that there’s not love forever, but it’s 11 years ago that he just didn’t show up anymore.”The guitarist is a dad to daughter Ava, whom he shares with ex-wife Heather Locklear.
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