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100,000,000 BON JOVI FANS CAN'T BE WRONG... - UNIQUE FOUR-CD/ONE-DVD BOX SET FEATURES 38 NEVER BEFORE RELEASED RECORDINGS PLUS 12 RARITIES (Friday, October 1, 2004)

100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong...:
UNIQUE FOUR-CD/ONE-DVD BOX SET FEATURES 38 NEVER BEFORE RELEASED
RECORDINGS PLUS 12 RARITIES

100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong... (Island Def Jam/UMe),
released November 16, 2004, is a "thinking outside the box" box set
from one of the most popular and successful bands in rock. Another
landmark in Bon Jovi's history of pioneering events, the mammoth
four-CD, 50-song collection (plus a DVD) is not a greatest hits
collection but instead is comprised largely of previously unreleased
recordings from the band's vast archive--in other words, the band's
"greatest hits you never heard." Along with the 38 tracks that make
their debuts are a dozen rarities from around the world. The earliest
songs hail from 1985, the latest from 2003. Yet each CD was sequenced
by the band as a complete album experience rather than
chronologically.

Also included is a bonus DVD featuring exclusive interviews and
behind-the-scenes footage. In addition, the hardbound collector's box
set package boasts a 64-page booklet with rare photos, fan
testimonials, exclusive interviews, and personal content from the
band.

Marking the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album, 100,000,000
Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong... is the group's first box set and, in
typical Bon Jovi fashion, breaks new ground. Whereas most such
packages recycle a greatest hits album and add a few previously
unreleased bonuses, this collection offers fans the chance to
discover their own never before released favorites by presenting
dozens of songs that, for whatever reason, never made an album.
Typically, this prolific band records upwards of 30 songs for an
album; matters of time, style and personal preference often result in
difficult choices. In fact, Jon Bon Jovi jokes that he would make a
poor A&R exec because he wanted to leave what turned out to be a
monster hit, "Livin' On A Prayer," off the landmark album Slippery
When Wet.

Also noteworthy is that with 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be
Wrong... Bon Jovi launches American XS Platinum, a premium paid level
of membership in the American XS program that provides exclusive
content and benefits. Bon Jovi initiated the original American XS
program with the release of 2002's Bounce. Each copy of that CD
included a sticker with a unique pin code and by logging onto
www.bonjovi.com, purchasers could sign up for American XS and receive
exclusive access to footage (video and audio) as well as access to
passwords for pre-sales on concert tickets.

Bon Jovi's history of initiating such new ideas has included Jon Bon
Jovi and Richie Sambora's seminal bare-bones, acoustic performance on
the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, which became the inspiration for the
"Unplugged" series. Bon Jovi also became the first artist to close
New York's W. 53rd Street for a performance on "The Late Show with
David Letterman" and the first to perform on the rooftop of that
show's Ed Sullivan Theatre. In 2001, the band drew more than half a
million people to Times Square to see their performance at the
inaugural NFL Kickoff event and then helicoptered to Giants Stadium
to become the first artist to perform at a Giants halftime show. A
2002 London concert was broadcast live into movie theatres across the
U.K. and Europe and Webcast live to more 1,000,000 viewers in 60-plus
countries.

Bon Jovi also spearheaded the Moscow Music Peace Festival in that
city's Olympic Stadium--the first rock music fest of its kind in the
former U.S.S.R.--and the band's New Jersey album was the first
western rock album officially released by Melodiya, the government
label in the then-Soviet Union.

With the release of 2002's Bounce, Bon Jovi again made headlines when
they partnered with MTV Worldwide for a "Bounce to Australia" contest
where every single MTV partner across the globe sent contest winners
to see Bon Jovi's show in Australia.

A rarity for a hard rockin' band that emerged in the '80s, today Bon
Jovi's dignity remains intact, its songs have stood the test of time
and its fans still want more. As the title says, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi
Fans Can't Be Wrong...

100,000,000 BON JOVI FANS CAN'T BE WRONG

CD #1

1. WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD?
Previously Unreleased

2. THE RADIO SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
Previously Unreleased

3. TAKING IT BACK
Previously Unreleased

4. SOMEDAY I'LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT (DEMO)
Demo; Previously Unreleased (Final version included on' Cross Road'
album)

5. MISS FOURTH OF JULY
Previously Unreleased

6. OPEN ALL NIGHT
Previously Unreleased

7. THESE ARMS ARE OPEN ALL NIGHT
Previously Unreleased

8. I GET A RUSH
Previously Unreleased

9. SOMEDAY JUST MIGHT BE TONIGHT
Previously Unreleased

10. THIEF OF HEARTS
Unreleased Studio Track (live version available only on TLFR DVD -
audio never released)

11. LAST MAN STANDING
Unreleased Studio Track (live version available only on TLFR DVD -
audio never released)

12. I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR MAN
Previously Unreleased

CD #2

1. GARAGELAND
Previously Unreleased

2. STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN
Released as a Bonus Track in Japan Only on 'Keep The Faith' album

3. MAYBE SOMEDAY
Previously Unreleased

4. LAST CHANCE TRAIN
Previously Unreleased

5. THE FIRE INSIDE
Previously Unreleased

6. EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART
Previously Unreleased

7. RICH MAN LIVING IN A POOR MAN'S HOUSE
Previously Unreleased

8. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Previously Unreleased

9. YOU CAN SLEEP WHILE I DREAM
Previously Unreleased

10. OUTLAWS OF LOVE
Previously Unreleased

11. GOOD GUYS DON'T ALWAYS WEAR WHITE
Released on the soundtrack to the motion picture 'The Cowboy Way'

12. WE RULE THE NIGHT
Previously Unreleased

CD #3

1. EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART
Released on the motion picture soundtrack to 'Disorderlies'; also
released as a b-side)

2. SYMPATHY
Previously Unreleased

3. ONLY IN MY DREAMS (featuring Tico Torres on vocals)
Previously Unreleased

4. SHUT UP AND KISS ME
Previously Unreleased

5. CRAZY LOVE
Previously Unreleased

6. LONELY AT THE TOP
Released as a b-side singles from and on special 2-CD edition of
'These Days' album

7. ORDINARY PEOPLE
Released as a b-side from the 'Crush' album

8. FLESH AND BONE
Previously Unreleased

9. SATELLITE
Previously Unreleased

10. IF I CAN'T HAVE YOUR LOVE (featuring Richie Sambora on vocals)
Previously Unreleased Solo Track

11. REAL LIFE
Released on the motion picture soundtrack to 'EDTV'

12. MEMPHIS LIVES IN ME (featuring David Bryan on vocals)
Previously Unreleased; from the musical production 'MEMPHIS'

13. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
Previously Unreleased

CD #4

1. LOVE AIN'T NOTHING BUT A FOUR LETTER WORD
Previously Unreleased

2. LOVE AIN'T NOTHING BUT A FOUR LETTER WORD (DEMO)
Previously Unreleased

3. RIVER RUNS DRY
Previously Unreleased

4. ALWAYS (DEMO)
Demo; Previously Unreleased (final version included on 'Cross
Road' album)

5. KIDNAP AN ANGEL
Previously Unreleased

6. BREATHE
Released as a b-side from Bounce album; Released on the Target
Exclusive CD in the US 2003

7. OUT OF BOUNDS
Previously Unreleased

8. LETTER TO A FRIEND
Previously Unreleased

9. TEMPTATION
Released as a b-side on singles from the 'Crush' album

10. GOTTA HAVE A REASON
Previously Unreleased

11. ALL I WANNA DO IS YOU
Previously Unreleased

12. BILLY
Previously Unreleased

13. NOBODY'S HERO
Previously Unreleased