BON JOVI REVIEW IN BILLBOARD!

Bon Jovi’s first single, «(You Want To) Make A Memory», off of their forthcoming album Lost Highway has been well received by fan and press alike. Check out their single review in the latest issue of Billboard on sale now.

Still pumped from last year’s sold-out «Have a Nice Day» tour, Bon Jovi readies a new studio album, «Lost Highway,» due in June. Lead single «(You Want To) Make a Memory» is a surprisingly sparse and intimate ballad about two long-ago lovers getting in touch again. Over a pulsing crescendo of acoustic guitars, piano and strings, Bon Jovi delivers his most soulful vocal in years, sounding relaxed and nostalgic as he offers ’80s-soaked lines like «I dug up this old photograph/Look at all the hair we had.» It’s a classic Bon Jovi anthem—simple, well-crafted and enormously melodic—with guitarist Richie Sambora singing open-hearted harmonies. Given the recent pop success of old-school rock ballads, «Memory» should soar beyond hot AC and country, and thrive at top 40. —Sven Philipp