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BITS & PIECES (Tuesday, September 6, 2005)

For those .of you who are returning to work after the Labor Day long weekend, welcome. For those of you who didn't have yesterday off - Happy Tuesday. Just a few bits of information - some new, some not so new but clarified:

CMT/CROSSROADS - CMT had a MUSIC BINGE weekend and played nothing but videos including a preview of the Bon Jovi/Sugarland CROSSROADS episode slated to premiere on Friday, September 16th. The live version of "HAVE A NICE DAY" from the taping is now being played on CMT as a full-length promo preview of the upcoming special. There's also the regular commercial that debuted this weekend as well advertising the special. CMT will premiere the show on Friday, September 16th. The rest of the repeats for the show are scheduled as follows: Friday, SEPT 16 @ 10:30pm ET
Saturday, SEPT 17 @ 12:30am ET
Saturday, SEPT 17 @ 2:00pm ET
Saturday, SEPT 17 @ 11:00pm ET
Sunday, SEPT 18 @ 10:00pm ET
Monday, SEPT 19 @ 6:00pm ET
Tuesday, SEPT 20 @ 12:00am ET
Wednesday, SEPT 21 @ 8:00pm ET
Thursday, SEPT 22 @ 3:30pm ET
Saturday, SEPT 24 @ 8:00pm ET
Sunday, SEPT 25 @ 6:30PM ET

** Keep your eyes open - interviews the band did with CMT Insider, Extra and other news outlets are slated to run closer to the premiere of the show!

Yes, THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW is for real. BON JOVI's involvement in the show has been leaking out here and there. Any references to the show are being deleted however from official Bon Jovi sites as the band has been asked NOT to spread any details about the show until after it tapes... we ask that fans honor this request as well. If you know something, hold onto that info until we are given the OK to let folks know about the show...

BON JOVI are heading to JAPAN this weekend to kick off the promotion of HAVE A NICE DAY. They will be doing extensive press, promo, TV and radio while in Japan. Then, they head to AMSTERDAM for more intensive press and promo and the big HAVE A NICE DAY Launch Event at HEINEKEN MUSIC HALL in AMSTERDAM on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH. The event is sold out to the public (fan club members might still be in luck though - keep your eyes on the fan club site!) The band then heads to the UNITED STATES to being the promotional week of release on this side of the pond. The only event that week that has been confirmed and announced is the BON JOVI HAVE A NICE DAY LAUNCH from NOKIA THEATRE TIMES SQUARE on Monday, SEPTEMBER 19th. The rest of the details about the band's activities week of US release are being finalized and will be shared in a press release outlining their appearances and activities... so standby. You'll see that information soon enough... and there's ALOT of activity in the works. After the US week of release, the band is going BACK to Europe to promote the album there. They'll be doing press and promo in the UK and GERMANY (BON JOVI is confirmed to perform on THE GUINESS SHOW on RTL on Saturday, September 24th - the first live performance of "HAVE A NICE DAY" for German audiences.)

By one month from today, all your tour anxiety (where are they playing? when do tickets go on sale? how much are they?) will be alleviated...

There's another US magazine cover in the works... we haven't been given the greenlight to announce it yet... but the photos are HOT. So is the "interview."

There's another world audience event the band will be taking part in. We can't announce it yet until the official press release goes out but keep an eye open... it "rocks".

US TV viewers will be able to see BON JOVI perform and receive the Diamond Award (presented to artists who sell more than 100 million albums worldwide) at the WORLD MUSIC AWARDS which was taped last week in Los Angeles. The show will air here in the US on ABC on Tuesday, September 13th at 9:00pm ET. The band performed a medley of "It's My Life" and "Have A Nice Day."

FANS are catching on to what the band hoped would take life with the HAVE A NICE DAY video and the SMIRK icon. www.smirkwatch.co.uk is the UK's official site for you to share the mischevious smirking icon. www.smirkwatch.com is about to launch here in the US. And fans are creating their own sites around the world spreading the smiley face's happy revolution. As long as you're not destroying property have fun spreading the icon!

Enjoy the snippets and the full streams of the songs here at BJ.COM, and make sure to take advantage of the opportunities to pre-order online and access other tracks from the upcoming album from various outlets. As promised, the bonus tracks other territories are getting have been shared with a wider audience via a variety of online options. So enjoy - before long, release dates will be here and the long wait will be over!