Impromptu
Bon Jovi Grabs Microphone For Impromptu Duet At Wedding
What an incredible surprise for everyone.
Chesney McDonald
04.29.20

The day of your wedding is just one of those days in your life that you want to be memorable. One way to make sure that it is, is by having a memorable wedding band. Now there are two types of memorable wedding bands, one that you remember for decades to come because they blew your socks off…

…and those that are terrible.

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Clip from The Wedding Singer by johnmacdee on YouTube

Luckily for this lucky young couple, they had not one great singer, but two.

In fact, the second was one of the most famous singers alive!

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The song begins normally, with the audience keenly watching one very special guest.

That’s because that guest is none other than Jon Bon Jovi. And the song? Well, of course the band is playing “Livin’ on a Prayer”. I don’t know about you, but I would NOT want to sing at a wedding normally, but in front of the superstar who’s song it is? Forget it! Singer Lourdes Valentin however, seems to be doing a stellar job!

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Bon Jovi looks on at the performance, seeming to enjoy it.

He does seem a little bit embarrassed, or put on the spot but he smiles as Lourdes belts his classic of a song. Honestly, they were probably going to play the song whether he was there or not. When’s the last time you heard a wedding band NOT play Livin’ on a Prayer?

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Lourdes Valentin attempts to get Bon Jovi to join her in the song, but he shyly declines.

After a few attempts however, his arm gets well and truly twisted. He still seems fairly reluctant, but with an exasperated wave of the hand, signals for the microphone to be handed over. The show is about to really begin.

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Bon Jovi takes to the stage, understandably cautious.

To be fair to the guy, he was just sitting there enjoying a lovely little glass of bubbly, and gets up to sing a real belter of a song with no warm up or preparation. Regardless, he still steps up with a confidence earned by decades of performance.

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Not to mention a dash of showmanship.

This old Jon still has a few tricks up his sleeve! With a sassy little point he hits one of the song’s big lines.

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When the big electric guitar solo comes, there is no electric guitar to play it…but something even better!

In stead of a guitar solo, the same melody is played on a trumpet. Bon Jovi’s eyes light up when this sees this, as he seems genuinely impressed.

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While he sings the big parts fairly softly, he opts for a higher, more melodic vocal style.

To be fair, you can’t just expect one of the greatest rock stars of all time to just get up and belt out those big lines with out preparing a little. Jon Bon Jovi rather graciously hands the mic to Lourdes when these parts of the song come around.

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Sinaloa en Linea/YouTube Screenshot

…But that’s not to say he’s not giving it his all!

You have to give it to Jon Bon Jovi who, unexpectedly was brought up onto stage and for the sake of making the wedding truly memorable went ahead and joined in the song and gave the young couple a wedding experience to brag about forever.

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Sinaloa en Linea/YouTube Screenshot

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