Crush

After a nearly three-year hiatus, during which several band members worked on independent projects, Bon Jovi regrouped in 1999 to begin work on their next studio album.

On June 2000, Crush was released as the band’s seventh studio album. The first single “It’s My Life” became one of the most successful Bon Jovi singles, hitting #1 across many countries and most importantly, becoming a symbol of the band’s longevity as they prevailed through many different changes in the mainstream rock scene with admirable success. The album helped introduce them to a new, younger fan base.

That year the band received two Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album “Crush” and Best Rock Performance by Duo/Group “It’s My Life”. The video for “It’s My Life” won the My VH1 Music Awards for “My Favorite Video.” VH1 also featuring the band on the episodes of Behind The Music in 2000.

Bon Jovi played stadiums in Japan and Europe over the summer of 2000 including two sold-out concerts at London’s historic Wembley Stadium, becoming the last ever concerts held at the legendary venue before it’s demolition. That summer the band played to more than one million fans in less than 30 shows. Upon their return to the U.S. the band did a sold-out arena tour in the Fall of 2000, followed in the Spring of 2001 with a sold-out arena/amphitheatre run of dates in America. They revisited stadiums in Japan and Europe before one more lap of shed dates in America. Bon Jovi sold-out two homecoming concerts at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium. Concerts were not only fulfilling career and personal highlights for the band but the broadcast broke ratings records for the VH-1 network.