Steel Wheelchair Tour?

This article from PhillyBurbs talks about Bon Jovi being a Touring Machine, and how, if they tour for another 20 years, will reach Richie's goal of "becoming the Stones" who are working a 50th anniversary tour.

Bon Jovi has sold more than 120 million albums and it has no problem filling stadiums.

The group's 2010 "Circle" tour was the most popular jaunt of the year and the band is more celebrated now than during its 1980s heyday.

What's left for the mega-loved, New Jersey-based phenomenon to accomplish?

"We want to be the Rolling Stones," guitarist Richie Sambora says. "I know I do."

Well, if that's the case, expect to see Sambora and his bandmates - vocalist-guitarist Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan and drummer Tico Torres - to be rocking in the year 2033.

That's when the band will mark its half-century together. The Stones are planning for a tour next year, which will celebrate its own 50th anniversary.

What a drag it is getting old, indeed, but Bon Jovi has a way to go before it embarks on any "Steel Wheelchairs" tour.

The group, which will perform on Jon Bon Jovi's 49th birthday Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center, is hitting its stride at midlife. It still has energy to burn and the members of the act know how to bring it.

"We know how to give good stadium," says Sambora.

You can read the whole article here.

~ Hath