Bon Jovi 9.11 tribute show

Bon Jovi have said their Manhattan show next Thursday will be a celebration of the resilience of New Yorkers after 11 September. The group's latest album, Bounce, was inspired in part by the events of last September. Singer Jon Bon Jovi told the new York Daily News at the time: "When I was a kid, the Army and Marines would call, wanting me to enlist," I used to jokingly say, 'the day they invade Asbury Park, give me a call'... here I am 22 years later and I felt like they'd arrived." The free concert, which also acts as a curtain raiser to the new football season in the US, will see the band playing in Times Square and Giants' Stadium in New York.