Bon Jovi has parted ways with Mercury Records, following the release of their last record Burning Bridges. Fronter Jon Bon Jovi dished on the split to Billboard.
"It is the end of an era," he began. "Burning Bridges, he says, fulfilled "a commitment to Mercury Records. After 32 years, we have parted ways. That is the big news. If you listen to 'Burning Bridges,' the song, it is clearly spelled out."
"'Here's the last song you can sell,'" reads one lyric, which Jon says "hits it right in the head and tells you what happened. Listen to the lyrics because it explains exactly what happened. And that's that."
Jon also told Billboard that he's planning a record for April or May that will be "fantastic."
"A lot happened," Bon Jovi said, looking back on the past year. "Richie [Sambora]'s sudden departure, my trying to buy the [Buffalo] Bills and now this with the label."
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