USA TODAY broke the news exclusively via their website tonite and will break the news in print in their newspapers tomorrow AM - here's the press release. We told you - when there was news, you'd get it... 100 MILLION BON JOVI FANS CAN'T BE WRONG!
5-DISC BOX SET PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 16th WORLDWIDE RELEASE
3 CDs of previously unreleased songs, fourth CD of rarities from around the world, and behind-the-scenes DVD
Fans everywhere requested to submit email testimonials for box set booklet
August 17, 2004 - New York, NY) Island recording group Bon Jovi, who released their debut recording in 1984, will celebrate the first their continued love affair with audiences around the world on a mammoth 5-disc box set entitled 100 MILLION BON JOVI FANS CAN'T BE WRONG, a premiere collection composed almost entirely of unheard and unseen materials from the band's vast archive.
The top secret box set project has been personally supervised by Bon Jovi at every stage. It will comprise three CDs of songs previously unreleased by the band, a fourth CD with many of Bon Jovi's favorite previously released rarities (from movie soundtracks and a variety of sources here and abroad), and a DVD of never-before-seen behind-the-scenes film and video footage. The deluxe box set will arrive in stores internationally on Monday, November 15th and in stores in the US and Canada.
In what is considered a first for any box set of this magnitude, Bon Jovi will reach out to its fanbase across the globe and ask them to submit brief written comments via email, a number of which will be incorporated into the booklet accompanying the box set. Fans may email anecdotes, opinions, recollections and personal essays to [email protected].
The entire contents of the box set are in the final phase of production, but the band now confirms that among the previously unreleased materials (many of which are completed tracks that never made it onto albums) will be songs even the most hard-core fans have never heard, including "Why Aren't You Dead?" "One To Say Goodbye," and "Gotta Have a Reason." Similarly the fourth disc, containing songs which have been released in limited formats previously, is slated to include the movie tracks "Good Guys Don't Always Wear White" (from The Cowboy Way), "Real Life" (from EDTV), an original demo of the hit single, "Always," and international B-sides such as "Temptation."
Further details on this extraordinary box set will be revealed in the weeks ahead.