BON JOVI Adds New North American Stadium Shows To 2027 'Forever Tour'

BON JOVI, the Grammy Award-winning, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame-inducted band and one of history's most iconic live acts, today announced additional North American stadium dates for the band's highly anticipated 2027 "Forever Tour". Following overwhelming demand, the band will add a second and final performance at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Canada on August 7, along with a newly announced show at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana on October 2.

The additional shows further expand the band's 2027 global tour, which will bring BON JOVI to stadiums across Japan, Australia, the U.K., the United States and Canada. The announcement follows the band's triumphant return to the stage in 2026, which included nine sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, three performances at Wembley Stadium and stadium shows in Edinburgh and Dublin. Critics and fans alike praised the band's energy, musicianship and Jon Bon Jovi's commanding stage presence throughout the tour.

"The 'Forever Tour' has been an incredible celebration of the music and the fans who have been with us all these years," said Jon Bon Jovi. "From Madison Square Garden to Scotland, Ireland, and England, the energy and joy we shared with our fans this summer was something truly special. To look out and see thousands of faces singing along with us, night after night, is something we'll never take for granted. We're grateful for every one of you, and now we're taking that celebration around the world in 2027, with more cities, more countries, and a whole lot more nights to remember. We can't wait to see you out there!"

2027 "Forever Tour" dates

February 25 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome
February 27 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome
March 4 - Melbourne, Australia - Marvel Stadium
March 11 - Sydney Olympic Park, Australia - Accor Stadium
June 24 - London, UK - BST Hyde Park
July 15 - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium
July 21 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field Stadium
July 28 - Foxborough, MA - Gillette Stadium
August 4 - Toronto, ON, Canada - Rogers Stadium
August 7 - Toronto, ON, Canada - Rogers Stadium (new date)
October 2 - South Bend, IN - Notre Dame Stadium (new date)

New North American dates: Fans can register now at BonJovi.com for access to the artist presale, which begins Wednesday, November 11 at 10 a.m. local time and runs through Thursday, November 12 at 10 p.m. local time.

Toronto presale: American Express card members can purchase tickets to the newly added Toronto date before the general public beginning Wednesday, November 11 at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday, November 12 at 10 p.m. local time.

The general on-sale for the new dates begins on Friday, November 13 at 10 a.m. local time at BonJovi.com.

After completing a nine-show residency at Madison Square Garden in New York in July and a trio of U.K. stadium shows in August and September, Bon Jovi told Australia's A Current Affair in October the tour has revitalized the veteran Jersey rockers following concerns that he might not be able to perform live again after undergoing vocal cord surgery in 2022.

"I've gone through hell, and I would not, could not compromise the legacy," Jon said. "I could not, would not go out and hold the mic out to the crowd. [Laughs] Holding ourselves to a standard that we've had for some 40-X years now, it's important to me to be the best we can be."

Asked how his singing voice is now, Jon said: "Phenomenal. [knocks on the table] I could go [on stage and sing] tonight, no problem.

"I realized that it took four years [to get my voice back in shape]," he explained. "That four years was my doing. I wouldn't go out after the two years. The people were saying, 'It's fine. Let's go.' Ask the [Australian concert] promoter, Paul Dainty, how many times he's had on a piece of paper a tour booked. And I said, 'No, can't do it, just won't do it, can't do it.' And after the four-year process, I was, like, 'Yeah, it's ready.'"

After the interviewer noted that Jon "had a lot of work to do there", the singer concurred. "I certainly did," Jon said. "I had to trust a doctor, and if you could imagine, for those who are watching and would not have any idea about this kind of stuff, when you trust a vocal doctor, some of them are gonna have this God complex: 'Only I can heal you, and if I choose to...' And I was scared to death by guys like that. And then I went to find this guy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was literally on the verge of retirement. Elderly gentleman, bow tie, sweater over the bow tie, jacket over the sweater. And he comes in and he's very majestic in his approach and yet he says, 'Do you know why I became a singer's doctor?' I say, 'No, no, tell me.' He says, 'Because I was a singer, and I had problems, and I couldn't figure out why, and I couldn't figure out who could save me.' And he says, 'And so I dedicated my life to doing this,' and he subsequently wrote all these books. And he says, 'And I'm on the verge of my retirement.' And then what he did to seal the deal with me is he says, 'I promise you nothing.' He says, 'Stick to the protocols. Do this operation because it's your only choice, and eventually you will be better than you are now. Trust in the process.' And I couldn't have said 'thank you' any deeper. He was my guy."

Asked if there were other people offering different solutions, Jon said: "Well, yeah, that's what I'm saying. Guys that were treating all the big stars, couldn't wait to tell you their litany of artists that they've saved with this kind of God complex. 'Only I saved him. That's why she's so good.' And I left there shaking in my boots because he was that kind of a guy. Or I had guys look at my cords and say, 'I don't know.' [Laughs]"

On the topic of whether he ever thought he might not get his singing voice back, Jon said: "I didn't lose faith. But had he told me it was gonna be four years, I might have contemplated saying, 'It's been great.' Because the process was so damn long. And I would see the progress. But it was incremental. It was inches. I couldn't sing 'happy birthday'. … But again, this doctor had a vocal therapist in his office that worked for him full time, and he had a speech pathologist that worked for him full time. If you go to any vocal doctor anywhere that I've ever been to, they said, 'Go to see Jane, go to see Joe when I'm done with you.' And then they're done, and they do the surgery and then talk to you two more times and then that's it. I was with that guy four days a week, two hours a day for three years. And then after the three years, when I thought it was ready and the band looked at me and said, 'We know you're better,' that's when I switched to another guy. I couldn't have asked for more from that vocal therapist."

Regarding what it was like walking on stage in front of all those people again, Jon said: "Joyous. Just joyous. Now, let me break that down. Why is it joyous? Because I can actually sing without thinking about singing, so I can resonate with the vibration of the song and the band and the crowd. I have to tell you that, honest to God, in 2019 and in 2022 for sure, every note I was white-knuckling that microphone. 'Is that in tune?' 'Is that in tune?' 'Is that good enough?' 'Oh, by the way, smile.' 'Okay, introduce this hit song.' 'Okay, is that good enough?' 'Is that good enough?' That was real every night. It was not worth doing. So when I walked off that stage in Nashville [in April 2022 at the final pre-surgery BON JOVI show], and I'd said to [my wife] Dorothea, 'That was pretty good,' I believed it. I was, like, 'That was pretty good.' She goes, 'No. It wasn't.'"

Asked if there are any songs that he sees on the BON JOVI setlist now and he goes, "I'm not looking forward to this one" because of how vocally demanding they are, Jon said: "Nope. I mean, '[Livin' On A] Prayer' is right in the same key we've always performed [it] in. And I'm doing 'Bed Of Roses', same kind of thing. And now we're performing 'Always', 'I'll Be There For You', 'Bed Of Roses', 'Prayer', all in the same night every night."

Jon underwent risky surgery in 2022 to repair an atrophied vocal cord.

Bon Jovi realized something "wasn't working" after a 15-show tour. At the end of the aforementioned final concert in Nashville, he told his wife he thought it was "pretty good," but his wife disagreed.

In October 2025, BON JOVI released "Forever (Legendary Edition)", a collaboration album with Bruce Springsteen, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Avril Lavigne and more.

Photo credit: Mark Seliger