Rumour types on US website HitsDailyDouble are wondering why it was that Jon Bon Jovi didn't show at the 48th birthday part of LA Reid, the boss of Universal's Island Def Jam Records, Mr Bon Jovi's record label. Some reckon Bon Jovi is pissed off with Reid because he was sent back to the studio after delivering his latest album to the record company because it was a bit rubbish. One source told the New York Daily News: "L.A. wasn't satisfied with Bon Jovi's new album. He didn't believe it had a radio hit. So - just like they did with Mariah [Carey] - he sent Jon back into the studio."
But Reid told the paper that Jovi didn't make it to the party because it was raining: "Jon called to say he couldn't make it to the party because of the weather. He had to fly in a helicopter [from his New Jersey estate]." On sending the old rocker back to the studio, Reid played down those stories too: "I'm always sending people back to the studio. But Jon sent himself back. Jon had just finished the album when I got (to the label). He wasn't so knocked out by it. So he worked on it some more and he really pulled it out."