Bon Jovi is coming back to Foxborough. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band will play Gillette Stadium on July 28, 2027, marking its first performance there in more than 13 years, as part of a newly expanded run of Forever Tour stadium dates spanning the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
The Foxborough stop was among a wave of additional dates announced this week, according to WCVB. The new leg also includes stops at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 15, 2027, Soldier Field in Chicago on July 21, 2027, and Rogers Stadium in Toronto on August 4, 2027, along with international shows in Melbourne, Sydney and London earlier in the year. Fans can register now at bonjovi.com for artist presale access, which opens October 28 at 10 a.m. local time, with general on-sale following October 30 at 10 a.m., the station reports.
A Comeback Built on Vocal Recovery
The return to full stadium touring comes after a multi-year hiatus tied to frontman Jon Bon Jovi's vocal health. He underwent vocal cord medialization surgery in June 2022 to repair an atrophied vocal cord, a procedure that used a Gore-Tex implant and was followed by nearly two years of daily vocal rehabilitation, according to Loudwire. He announced in June 2026 that he had fully recovered, clearing the way for the band to resume extensive stadium touring.
The band released its 16th studio album, Forever, in June 2024, but touring was deliberately delayed until 2026 to allow Bon Jovi's voice time to fully heal, culminating in sold-out residency shows at Madison Square Garden and stadiums across Europe, per the same account. An expanded version of the record, Forever (Legendary Edition), arrived in October 2025 featuring guest vocals from Bruce Springsteen, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson and Robbie Williams. That initial Forever Tour leg wasn't entirely smooth: Hoodline previously reported that Bon Jovi left the stage early after 90 minutes at a Madison Square Garden show on July 23, 2026, citing a severe sinus infection.
What's Changed Since 2013
The last time Bon Jovi played Gillette Stadium was July 20, 2013, during the band's Because We Can tour, with support from Massachusetts-based rockers The J. Geils Band, according to Wikipedia. That tour went on to become the highest-grossing concert tour in the world that year, pulling in $259.5 million across 102 global performances per Pollstar figures cited by the encyclopedia.
Fans returning to Foxborough next summer will find a very different venue. Gillette Stadium completed a $250 million renovation in September 2023 that added a 22-story lighthouse observation deck and a 22,000-square-foot outdoor curved HD videoboard, billed as the largest in any U.S. outdoor stadium, according to the Boston Business Journal. Hoodline covered the overhaul when the lighthouse deck first opened to the public in October 2023.
A Personal Tie to Foxborough
Jon Bon Jovi's connection to the venue runs deeper than past tour stops. He holds two New England Patriots Super Bowl rings, gifts from team owner Robert Kraft, and introduced the team on-field before Super Bowl 60 in February 2026, according to Pro Football Network. That friendship adds a layer of local resonance to a stadium booking that otherwise fits into a packed summer 2027 touring calendar for Foxborough.
Gillette Stadium has become something of a magnet for stadium-scale tours in recent memory. The venue, which holds a baseline capacity of 64,628 for football but can top 70,000 in expanded concert configurations, set an attendance record of 73,538 fans during a Zach Bryan show on October 3, 2026. Hoodline reported on that record-setting night in its Foxborough concert guide. Country star Kenny Chesney is also set to play two Gillette Stadium shows in late August 2027, a run Hoodline detailed after he added a second date following fan demand.
Bon Jovi was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio, recognizing a career spanning four decades and more than 130 million records sold worldwide. With the Gillette Stadium date now locked in for July 28, 2027, that legacy returns to a Foxborough stage that has waited 13 years for it.
