On October 26 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, “A Evening Of Conversation,” with Jon Bon Jovi and Stephen Colbert, will be part of this year’s Montclair Film Festival.

It happened in Tennessee. Jon Bon Jovi, 62, in the middle of a photo shoot on a Nashville bridge, notices, out of the corner of his eye, a woman seemingly going to commit suicide by standing on the other side of the bridge looking down.

The new Bon Jovi ‘Forever’ album lands June 7 but “Legendary,” its first single, is out now. The album is the iconic band’s 16th studio release in 41 years (they formed in Sayreville, Middlesex County, in 1983). Longtime members Tico Torres and David Bryan are intact. Guitarist Phil X replaced Richie Sambora. Bassist Hugh McDonald replaced Alec John Such who died in 2022.

Bon Jovi’s in the air these days. Between their 40th Anniversary, the four-part Hulu docu-series currently streaming (‘Thank You Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story’), and the new Forever album due June 7, Jon and the boys are experiencing one of those late-career renaissance moments few actually get to achieve. Now comes news that one of the their most beloved tunes, “Wanted Dead Or Alive,” the third single off their 1986 third album, ‘Slippery When Wet,’ has been covered and revitalized by Florida band Under Black Sky.

Anticipation for the new Bon Jovi album, ‘Forever,’ and the Hulu debut of a four-part Bon Jovi mini-series documentary premiering April 26, is high. A hint as to the personal blockbuster nature of the doc came last week when Jon Bon admitted to Martin Kielty at ‘Ultimate Classic Rock’ that he wanted to keep bassist Hugh McDonald “a secret.”

“Thank You Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story” is a four-part warts-and-all docu-series with balls debuting on Hulu April 26. Cameras follow the band on its 2022 tour with Jon sharing never-before-seen photos and letting the viewer in on his most vulnerable fears and apprehensions.

Recorded in a Nashville church, “Christmas Isn’t Christmas” is the first new music from Bon Jovi since the release of the band’s 15th album ‘2020.’