Guitarist Richie Sambora Bails On Bon Jovi In Midst Of Tour

Bon Jovi is on tour right now, but at their show last night in Alberta, Canada guitarist Richie Sambora was nowhere to be found. Now it looks like Richie will be gone for the rest of this leg of the Bon Jovi tour, maybe longer.

I'm guessing that means he won't be around for their stop in Denver on April 16th.

This is the announcement made on the Bon Jovi website:

Richie Sambora will not be performing on this upcoming leg

Due to personal issues, Richie Sambora will not be performing on this upcoming leg.  All shows will go on as scheduled.

Bon Jovi will be performing sans Sambora until at least April 25th. TMZ says Sambora left because Jon and Richie are fighting, Perez Hilton speculates it could be rehab or problems with his daughter. I think most Bon Jovi fans hope it's just a nasty case of the flu or something.

Could this be the end of Bon Jovi as we know it?

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[Richie Sambora]