Bon Jovi competition in aid of BBC Children in Need

One of the biggest bands in the world, Bon Jovi are playing a small gig at BBC Maida Vale studios for BBC Radio 2 and BBC Children In Need.

Last year Bon Jovi played the BBC Radio Theatre in an intimate gig for an audience of just 350. The band are now hoping to harness their fantastic fans to raise as much money as possible for Children In Need, to help change the lives of some of the UK's most disadvantaged children. Fans applying to attend the exclusive show will donate money to the cause via their phone calls.

The performance is Tuesday November 2 and fans who do not win tickets can listen live during Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 2 show between 5-7pm.

Celebrating the release of their 30 song Greatest Hits deluxe album on November 1st, Bon Jovi will play to just 100 people at Maida Vale, a rare opportunity to get up close and personal to a band who have sold in excess of 120 million albums worldwide and performed over 2700 concerts in over 50 countries to 35 million fans.

Summer 2010 saw Bon Jovi playing to more than 190,000 people at London's O2 arena over a staggering 12 night residency.

Music icons Bon Jovi are releasing a career-spanning greatest hits compilation Greatest Hits on November 1st on Mercury Records. The deluxe album includes four new songs ("The More Things Change," "No Apologies," "This Is Love, This Is Life" and the first single, "What Do You Got?").

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