1993/11/07 - Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru

 

Location: Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Capacity: 32.000

Attendance: n.a.

Revenue: n.a.

Support Act: n.a.

 

Setlist: cancelled

 

                 Notes:

  • After bombings in the US embassy in the summer of 1993 and the overall situation being very tense, the US ambassador called Bon Jovi on the plane while on their way to Peru, asking them “why exactly do you want to come here now?”, explaining the danger. Bon Jovi then told the pilot to keep on going and went straight on to Santiago, cancelling the show in Lima at the very last minute for safety reasons.

  • Two years later, an article in the Rocky Mount Telegram, a newspaper from North Carolina, reported of legal charges having been pressed against the band due to their last-minute cancellation:
    "Jon Bon Jovi is being sued over a no-show in Peru. Phantom Productions, a Latin American theatrical promoter, sued the rock singer and his band Tuesday, seeking return of a $155,000 advance, compensation for other expenses and unspecified punitive damages. The lawsuit alleges mat Bon Jovi's agent canceled the November 1993 concert for security reasons and because of Peru's political instability. But a lawyer for the promoter, Michael Novicoff, said the political situation in Peru was "well known" when Bon Jovi agreed to appear there."
    It is unknown how that situation got resolved in the end.