{"id":7790,"date":"1988-02-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-02-24T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=7790"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:11:19","slug":"matr-jon-bon-jovi-and-bruce-springsteen-wanted-dead-or-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/02\/24\/matr-jon-bon-jovi-and-bruce-springsteen-wanted-dead-or-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted Dead or Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 31, 1998, Jersey met Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>At a benefit concert for the memorial fund for a local police officer killed a few months prior, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi shared vocals on one of Bon Jovi&#8217;s signature songs:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QU9UAbSS0ps?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Although Bruce had shared the stage with Jon Bon Jovi several times as far back as 1980, this was the first time the two performed one of Bon Jovi&#8217;s own songs together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wanted Dead or Alive&#8221; was a fine choice for their first Bon Jovi-penned outing. Released more than a decade earlier as the third single of the band&#8217;s megahit album\u00a0<em>Slippery When Wet<\/em>, &#8220;Wanted&#8221; peaked at #7 and became one of Bon Jovi&#8217;s signature songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SRvCvsRp5ho?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>With its western outlaw theme, it&#8217;s easy to see why it appealed to Bruce, and why he so fully committed to it.<\/p>\n<p>To date, however, this remains the only time Bruce has performed &#8220;Wanted Dead or Alive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wanted Dead or Alive<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> January 31, 1998 (Red Bank, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:\u00a0<\/strong>January 31, 1998 (Red Bank, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 March 3, 2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: For the first time, Bruce and Jon Bon Jovi join forces for one of Bon Jovi&#8217;s own songs&#8211;a signature one at 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