Bon Jovi World Tour, Joe Perry Interview And Writing For Def Leppard

Bon Jovi Announces World Tour

In support of their 11th studio album, Bon Jovi have announced that they will embark on a world tour that will stretch into a period of nearly two years.

February will mark the start of the tour which will begin with Seattle and eventually take the veteran rockers through more than 130 shows in 30 countries.

Bon Jovi’s new album, The Circle, is set for release on November 12th on the Island Records label.

Joe Perry Interview

On October 14th, Aerosmith guitarist stopped by radio station 107.7 “The Bone,” in the bay area.

Perry has recently released a new album entitled Have Guitar, Will Travel and will be on the road next month for a few shows with his group, The Joe Perry Project.

The show venues are limited to the northeast U.S., with the exception of a show in Windsor, Ontario and Indio, California.

Check out the video clips of the interview at Blabbermouth.

Song-writing a Painful Process For Vivian Campbell

Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell describes the song-writing process as “painful,” and his inclination towards being more of a soul singer demands that he consider the fact that singer Joe Elliott does not approach things the same way he does.

Describing his struggles with song-writing, Campbell says, “I’m not a good enough songwriter where I can write to order. If somebody says, ‘Write a song for Britney Spears’ – I can’t do that. I’m not a prolific songwriter. I’m not one of these songwriter hacks who can churn out a song a day for so-and-so. It’s a painful process for me.

For much more on this, see Ultimate Guitar.