Dolly Parton Takes On Bon Jovi With ‘Lay Your Hands On Me’ Cover
Dolly Parton knows a thing or two about covers…usually with people taking her own songs and making them into their own. Take “I Will Always Love You” for instance. Parton wrote and recorded the song in...
View ArticleHighest Grossing Touring Artists Since 1990
Billboard has just released their list of The 25 Highest-Grossing Touring Artists Since 1990…and it’s filled with plenty of SUNNY artists. In fact, there are only four acts in the lineup who began in...
View ArticlePivotal Plot Twist in ‘Game of Thrones’ Gets New Soundtrack Via Bon Jovi Song
Warning: Spoilers ahead. People die in Game of Thrones. A lot. And generally, their deaths are treated with the utmost respect, perhaps by a sweeping orchestral movement or even no sound at all. But...
View ArticleJon Bon Jovi Rumored to Be Considering Buying Buffalo Bills, Moving Team to...
By Brian Ives An investment group that includes Jon Bon Jovi is looking to buy the NFL team the Buffalo Bills, according to The Hollywood Reporter. One of Bon Jovi’s partners is Larry Tanenbaum, the...
View ArticleJon Bon Jovi Says He Plans to Keep the Bills in Buffalo
Good news for Buffalo Bills fans: rock legend, sports entrepreneur and prospective team owner Jon Bon Jovi plans to keep the New York football team right where they are. In attempt to squash any rumors...
View ArticleBon Jovi’s ‘Slippery When Wet’ Makes Hair Band History
It was August 18th, 1986 and Bon Jovi was about to take the world by storm. That’s the day the band released Slippery When Wet. To this day that album has sold over 28 million copies worldwide. “You...
View ArticleWill Ice Bucket Challenge Lead to Jon Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora Reunion?
It may be ice water that ends up thawing the currently chilly relationship between Jon Bon Jovi and his former Bon Jovi bandmate and songwriting partner Richie Sambora. JBJ called out Sambora, as well...
View ArticleRadio.com Minimation: Bon Jovi Revisits Tommy and Gina from ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’
By Brian Ives On Minimation, we comb through the archives of legendary New York radio station WNEW-FM and animate interviews with legendary rock artists. This installment is taken from a 2010...
View ArticleRadio.com Minimation: Ozzy Osbourne Can’t Stand His Daughter’s Bon Jovi...
On Minimation, we comb through the archives of legendary New York radio station WNEW-FM and animate interviews with legendary rock artists. In this 1987 interview, Ozzy Osbourne discusses his...
View ArticleRichie Sambora Investigated After Allegedly Threatening to ‘Bury’ His Ex
Richie Sambora, who recently split from Bon Jovi, is now dealing with another split: he’s currently being investigated by the LAPD over an argument he had with his ex-girlfriend Nikki Lund. The New...
View ArticleJon Bon Jovi Wrote a Song for Rutgers Grads: Watch
Graduates at Rutgers-Camden in New Jersey yesterday (May 21) got a very special treat. Not only did Jon Bon Jovi give their commencement address, he also debuted a new song that he wrote specifically...
View ArticleBon Jovi Goes Chinese With Mandarin Classic ‘The Moon Represents My Heart’
You may not have known this, but yesterday was the Chinese version of our Valentine’s Day. To honor the occasion, Bon Jovi, who will be playing China starting in September, decided to take on a classic...
View ArticleFriday Nights On SUNNY Just Got Hairier With Hairband Happy Hour
When I say Friday night, what do you think of? High school football? The beginning of the weekend? Going out with your friends? We have something else in mind on the radio and it’s kind of hairy, with...
View ArticleTop Ten “Feel Good” Songs Of All Time
So what is your instant “feel good” song? I honestly have many, but one song we play at 1059 SUNNY FM is by Survivor. It’s “High On You.” I hear it and I am instantly smiling! Cognitive Neuroscientist...
View ArticleRoger Waters Condemns Bon Jovi’s Decision to Play Tel Aviv
By Tim Staskiewicz Roger Waters has been an outspoken critic of the Israeli government for many years, dating back to the Pink Floyd bassist’s trip to the West Bank in 2006. It was during that visit...
View ArticleNew Bon Jovi Album Reportedly Coming In March
According to Ultimate Classic Rock, Bon Jovi have set a March release date for their 14th album. The album’s title is This House Is Not For Sale. Frontman Jon Bon Jovi discussed the new album in a...
View ArticleToday In Music History: 08/12/16
Happy Birthday to the man behind the sound of Dire Straits. Lead vocalist and guitar player Mark Knopfler turns 67. On this day in 1967, under their new billing of Diana Ross And The Supremes, the...
View Article5 Artists Who Should Play Super Bowl Halftime Show
By Amanda Wicks After Adele told a Los Angeles crowd that she turned down the spot to perform at the 2017 Super Bowl Halftime Show, and the NFL denied her claim, music fans have inevitably started...
View ArticleToday In Music History: 08/18/16
Let’s get it started in 1966 when The Four Tops released the single “Reach Out I’ll Be There.” It was on this day in 1977 that the funeral was held for Elvis Presley at Graceland, where 150 mourners...
View ArticleRichie Sambora Congratulates Bon Jovi on New Single
By Alisha Jackson Jon Bon Jovi recently told CBS News that he hasn’t talked to his former bandmate Richie Sambora in nearly three years, but that didn’t stop Sambora from taking to social media to...
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