Bon Jovi going a little bit country with new CDNEW YORK (Billboard) - New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi are courting Nashville with their new album, "Lost Highway," which is due in stores June 19.
The CD will be released by their longtime Island Records label in conjunction with its country arm Mercury Nashville.
Bon Jovi will perform the first single "(You Want To) Make a Memory" during country music's CMT Awards in Nashville on April 16, and will also visit "American Idol" on May 2, and NBC's "Today" the day the album comes out.
One of the tracks, "We Got It Going" featuring country duo Big & Rich, serves as the theme for ESPN's coverage of the Arena Football League, in which front man Jon Bon Jovi co-owns a team. One of the album's producers, Dan Huff, previously worked with country stars Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts.
The title track, though, is not related to the country classic popularized by Hank Williams. Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wrote it with the album's other producer, John Shanks, and it can be heard in the surprise box office hit "Wild Hogs."
Bon Jovi recently won the first Grammy in its career, in the country category, for its collaboration with Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland. "Who Says You Can't Go Home" hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, the first time in almost 30 years that a top billed non-country artist has reached No. 1 with its first attempt at the country chart.
"Lost Highway" is the follow-up to 2005's "Have a Nice Day," which has sold 1.4 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Bon Jovi has yet to announce tour plans; the group finished 2006 with the No. 3 tour according to Billboard Boxscore, grossing $131 million.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNew ... 1820070320 Bon Jovi To Release Ninth Album "Lost Highway" In JuneMaira Oliveira - All Headline News Reporter
Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Bon Jovi will soon take a trip down the "Lost Highway." The band are set to release their ninth album, a follow up to 2005's "Have A Nice Day," on June 19.
One of the songs, the title track to the record, can already be heard on the movie soundtrack to "Wild Hogs."
The album is being produced by Dan Huff who has collaborated with Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts in the past.
Prior to its release date, the band will make several television appearances, including the CMT Awards on April 16 and "American Idol" on May 2.
Their first single, "(You Want To) Make A Memory," will hit radio stations on Tuesday, March 20.
Bon Jovi are also set to be one of the performers at this year's much anticipated Live Earth concert event on July 7. Other artists joining the band in spreading awareness to global warming include Spanish rock sensation Mana and rapper Pharrell.
In 2006, lead singer Jon Bon Jovi became the first ambassador to Habitat for Humanity.
Over the years, the band have won several VH1 and MTV Music awards. They were most recently awarded with a 2007 Grammy award for "Who Says You Can't Go Home" - Best Country Collaboration.
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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006800125 BON JOVI HEADS FOR THE 'HIGHWAY'Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/20/07
Bon Jovi's new album, "Lost Highway,'' will hit stores on June 19.
The first single, "(You Want To) Make a Memory,'' was released to radio stations today.
The unstoppable Jersey superstars, who have been making wildly popular rock music for more than 20 years, ventured onto the country charts with a twangy version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home'' from the "Have a Nice Day'' album.
No surprise, then, that Bon Jovi will perform its new single on the sixth annual CMT Awards, broadcast live from Nashville on April 16.
Bon Jovi also will perform on ""American Idol'' on May 2 on Fox, Channels 5 and 29, and on
NBC's ""Today'' showon June 19.
Other tracks from "Lost Highway'' have popped up elsewhere. The title track can be heard in the film "Wild Hogs.'' A duet with Big & Rich, ""We Got It Going On,'' is the theme song for ESPN's broadcast of the new season of the Arena Football League.
Jon Bon Jovi, who lives in Middletown, is also owner of the AFL team the Philly Soul.
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