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Bruce Springsteen Joins Bon Jovi to Close Madison Square Garden Residency

The surprise duet offered a public sign of Jon Bon Jovi’s vocal recovery as the Forever Tour prepares to resume in the U.K.

Overview

  • Bon Jovi closed the nine-night Madison Square Garden run Sunday, July 26, when Bruce Springsteen joined the band for two-song encores of “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” and “The Promised Land.”
  • The July 23 concert had been cut short after roughly 90 minutes because Jon Bon Jovi was battling a sinus infection, a band representative confirmed to outlets at the time.
  • Fan-shot videos and social posts documented Springsteen’s surprise entrance and the performances, including Bon Jovi tossing a harmonica after it proved to be the wrong key.
  • The band will resume the Forever Tour in the U.K. on August 28 in Edinburgh and no official make-up date has been announced for the shortened July 23 show.
  • The residency served as a high-profile return after Bon Jovi’s 2022 vocal cord surgery and the finale underscored the artists’ long New Jersey ties and the tour’s renewed momentum for fans.