In this exclusive AARP interview, iconic musician Jon Bon Jovi reflects on the “immortality” of writing music and the fight to save his voice.
Bon Jovi opens up about undergoing thyroplasty surgery in 2022 to restore his vocal cords. After more than four decades of performing, his vocal cords were thinning, weakening his voice. Bon Jovi is still recovering, but he says his goal is to tour with his band again, singing “two and a half hours a night, four nights a week.”
Bon Jovi talks about looking back on his career thanks to a new four-part Hulu documentary about his band, “Thank You, Goodnight.” It chronicles Bon Jovi’s journey since its founding in 1983 with original members Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Phil X and Alec John Such. The band rose to global stardom in 1986 with its third album, “Slippery When Wet,” which included songs such as “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “Livin’ on a Prayer.” Since then, the band has sold 140 million records and given the world hits like “Bad Medicine,” “I’ll Be There for You” and “It’s My Life.”
Bon Jovi details what’s special about the band’s 16th studio album, “Forever,” being released in June 2024. He says the album benefits from the depth of his “life experience” at 62 years old. At this point in his career, Bon Jovi says that it’s not numbers and accolades that drive him - it’s his love for his family and bandmates who trusted him “to take ’em on this ride.”
Bon Jovi is featured on the cover of the June/July 2024 issue of “AARP The Magazine.”
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