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Richie Sambora belted retired nan 1986 Bon Jovi deed “Livin’ connected a Prayer” astatine his daughter’s caller wedding, much than a decade aft abruptly quitting nan band.
The musician precocious posted an Instagram video of himself serenading nan guests astatine Ava Locklear and Tyler Farrar’s May reception.
In nan upload, nan newlyweds held hands and jumped up and down while singing on to nan track.
The bride’s wedding planner shared much footage of nan infinitesimal connected nan societal media level past week, penning that nan opus “hits different erstwhile it’s your dada singing it.”
Locklear commented, “So true!”
Her 66-year-old father, notably, was nan lead guitarist for nan Grammy-winning set from 1983 until April 2013.
The stone icon walked retired connected lead vocalist Jon Bon Jovi, pianist David Bryan and drummer Tico Torres successful nan mediate of their world circuit to attraction connected raising Ava aft his divided from her mom, Heather Locklear.
In nan 2024 documentary “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” Sambora addressed his abrupt exit.
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“I don’t regret leaving nan situation, but I regret really I did it, truthful I want to apologize afloat correct now to nan fans, especially, and besides to nan guys because my feet and my tone were conscionable not letting maine locomotion retired nan door,” he said.
Sambora elaborated connected his determination to locomotion away, stating it was owed to an “amalgamation” of things, including “deep family problems.”
“I spent truthful overmuch clip being connected nan road,” he continued, “and astatine that clip unfortunately, my ex-wife was having immoderate intelligence wellness issues, and my girl coming to an property wherever she could understand.”
Sambora added that Ava, now 28, “needed” him.
“I needed her, truthfully,” he clarified. “We didn’t person capable time.”
During a Q&A that year, Bon Jovi, 64, revealed “there was ne'er a fight” that led to his longtime pal leaving.
The songwriter explained that “substance abuse” and “anxiety” were involved, connected apical of Sambora being a azygous dad.
“There was a batch of individual issues he was going through. But ne'er to this time did immoderate of us, maine aliases him aliases David aliases Tico, ever person a fight,” he insisted.
Bon Jovi added that because Sambora “had immoderate issues that he conscionable couldn’t wrap his head” around, he chose to beryllium location alternatively of connected nan road.
Denying immoderate “animosity,” nan creator stated, “An integral portion of my communicative for 3 of nan 4 chapters was my right-hand man, asked to subordinate my set and I was fortunate to person met him. But life went on.”
Last year, Bon Jovi reflected further connected nan “heartbreak” he felt aft Sambora near nan group.
“My heartbreak pinch him is nan measurement he walked retired connected us, compounded by nan truth that it took him years to travel backmost successful nan room conscionable to person a repast pinch Tico and David and I and say, ‘I’m sorry,’ ” he said while connected the “Dumb Blonde” podcast successful September 2025.
He added, “The awesome point that I person said astir him passim our lives was you would beryllium fortunate to telephone him your friend, and I mean that — talented beyond, beyond arsenic a guitar player, arsenic a singer, arsenic a collaborator. Wonderful right-hand man, awesome. Couldn’t inquire for more.”
Before Sambora’s departure, nan set released 12 workplace albums together.
Since 2013, Bon Jovi has put retired 3 much — sans Sambora, who was replaced by guitarist Phil X.
