The new project features one new song and 13 collaborations
Bon Jovi will release its long-awaited Forever duets project on October 24th via Island Records. Forever (Legendary Edition) features the 2024 LP with some of music’s biggest stars. Bruce Springsteen, Jelly Roll, James Bay, Robbie Williams, Jason Isbell, Ryan Tedder, The War and Treaty, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Lainey Wilson, Avril Lavigne, and Marcus King are among the guest artists.
The new song, “Red, White and Jersey,” and “Hollow Man” with Springsteen will be released on Friday, August 29th.
“This album is more than just a collection of collaborations; it is an album borne out of necessity. My vocal cord rehab was a well-documented journey that played out while releasing Forever in 2024. I was singing well in the studio for recording, but the vocal demands and rigors of touring were still slightly out of reach for me. Without an ability to tour at that time, I continued working in the studio and called on some friends, great singers, artists, musicians and also just great people,” Jon Bon Jovi says in a statement.
He continues, “The result is an album with a new viewpoint and new spirit – a collaboration album that proves we all get by in this world with a little help from our friends. I feel tremendous joy and gratitude in releasing this album, and I think it shows in the music. I can say with certainty that there is always something bigger than ME, and that’s WE.”
Last June, the band released Forever via Island Records. The album features the blockbuster single “Legendary” along with “Living Proof.” Upon its release in March 2024, “Legendary” vaulted to the top of the Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart and No. 2 on the Rock Digital Song Sales Chart, climbing to the Top 20 on the Adult Pop Airplay Chart. A duets edition is reportedly in the works.
In June, the band performed an intimate private Nashville show in conjunction with Jon Bon Jovi’s Runaway Tours. In its first show since April 2022, the band hosted a three-day, two-night luxury event in Music City, which featured admission to the private phone-free performance, a Bon Jovi Forever Party at JBJ’s Nashville, and more.
Last year saw the group let cameras inside their lives for the career-spanning four-part docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story on Hulu. The series was made with full cooperation from all past and present members of Bon Jovi. The docu-series is a ROS production, the banner of filmmaker Gotham Chopra.
1. Red, White & Jersey
2. Legendary featuring James Bay
3. We Made It Look Easy featuring Robbie Williams
4. Living Proof featuring Jelly Roll
5. Waves featuring Jason Isbell
6. Seeds featuring Ryan Tedder
7. Kiss The Bride featuring Billy Falcon
8. The People’s House featuring The War & Treaty
9. Walls Of Jericho featuring Joe Elliott
10. I Wrote You A Song featuring Lainey Wilson
11. Living In Paradise featuring Avril Lavigne
12. My First Guitar featuring Marcus King
13. Hollow Man featuring Bruce Springsteen
14. We Made It Look Easy/Hicimos Que Pareciera Fácil featuring Carin León
