When the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Bon Jovi unveiled in January a plan to get back on the road — with the hopes of staying out on it for a solid month, for the first time in more than two years — its outwardly fearless leader was inwardly holding his breath.
After all, the announcement of the group’s 2022 tour had been made in the face of the omicron surge. And if the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that a whole lot can happen in three months’ time.
Eleven weeks later, COVID numbers are drastically lower. Yet with the almost here ...