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Jon Bon Jovi Declares Full Recovery for Forever Tour After 2024 Vocal Surgery

After vocal chord surgery in 2024 led to time off the road, Jon Bon Jovi confirms he is fully recovered and ready for the upcoming Forever Tour.

Rolling Stone·Jun 17, 2026·via Rolling Stone

Jon Bon Jovi Declares Full Recovery for Forever Tour After 2024 Vocal Surgery

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Jon Bon Jovi’s Vocal Cords Are Ready for Forever Tour: ‘I’m Fully Recovered’

Singer underwent surgery in 2024 that forced band off the road

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June 17, 2026

Four years after surgery for a strained vocal cord prompted Jon Bon Jovi to take a break from touring, the singer says he’s ready to hit the road for Bon Jovi’s upcoming Forever tour . “I’m fully recovered,” he recently told People . “It was longer than I’d ever expected, but it had to be right. We never lost faith.”

Bon Jovi also had complimentary words for his bandmates, whose patience he praised. “They never doubted [me] and never looked for work or decided to retire,” he told the magazine. “The sacrifices that each one of them have made to be there for me is on a whole ‘nother level. They said, ‘No, we’re with you.’ Every day of every rehearsal they were there with me. My love for them has only deepened.”

The singe told People that taking a break helped him to start “living in the today,” and that by being more consciously present he’s more appreciative of family, including his grandchildren, and even meeting strangers and playing tennis with them at his Palm Beach, Florida residence. But now he’s prepared to kick off Forever with a residency at Madison Square Garden beginning July 7. Bon Jovi will head to the U.K. and Ireland later this summer.

“I think that this is a rebirth,” Bon Jovi told People . “It is simply about the joy.”