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===''Have a Nice Day'' and ''Lost Highway'' (2005โ2008)=== The band's ninth studio album, ''[[Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi album)|Have a Nice Day]]'', was released in September 2005.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The album debuted at number two in both the U.S. and UK, reaching number one in fifteen countries. The title track was an international hit, reaching the top ten in the UK, Europe, Australia and Canada. The second single, "[[Who Says You Can't Go Home]]", was released in early 2006. The song reached top forty on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} A duet version of "[[Who Says You Can't Go Home]]" with country singer [[Jennifer Nettles]] of the band [[Sugarland (band)|Sugarland]], peaked at number one on the Billboard [[Hot Country Songs]] and Bon Jovi became the first rock band to have a number one single on Billboard's Country Chart.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} On February 11, 2007, Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles won the [[Grammy Award]], for "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals" for "[[Who Says You Can't Go Home]]". The band also won an award for Favorite Rock Song at the [[People's Choice Awards]] with "Who Says You Can't Go Home".<ref name="2007 People's Choice รdรผlleri">{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=2007 |title=2007 Pcavote.com |website=Peopleschoice.com |access-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Soon after the release of ''Have A Nice Day'', the band started gearing up for the new 2005โ2006 worldwide [[Have A Nice Day Tour]]. This tour, took the band to numerous stages and stadiums throughout the world.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The tour was a significant commercial success, as the group played to 2,002,000 fans, and the tour grossed a total $191 million. The tour was the third-highest-grossing tour of 2006 taking in just over $131 million, just behind [[The Rolling Stones]]' [[A Bigger Bang World Tour]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s [[Confessions Tour]]. On November 14, 2006, Bon Jovi were inducted into the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]] alongside [[James Brown]] and [[Led Zeppelin]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} [[File:Bon Jovi 1.jpg|thumb|right|Bon Jovi in Montreal in 2007 during the [[Lost Highway Tour]]]] In June 2007, Bon Jovi released their tenth studio album, ''[[Lost Highway (Bon Jovi album)|Lost Highway]]''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The album influences the band's rock sound with that of country music following the success of a country version of the band's 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home".{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} To promote the new album, Bon Jovi made several television appearances, including the 6th annual [[Country Music Television|CMT]] Awards in Nashville, ''[[American Idol]]'', and MTV Unplugged, as well as playing at the [[Live Earth concert, New York City|Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://liveearth.msn.com/artists/bonjovi |title=MSN.com |publisher=Liveearth.msn.com |access-date=July 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013011825/http://www.liveearth.msn.com/artists/bonjovi |archive-date=October 13, 2008 }}</ref> They also performed ten promotional gigs in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Japan. As part of the 'tour', Bon Jovi were the first group to perform at London's new [[The O2 Arena (London)|O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] (formerly the Millennium Dome) when it opened to the public on June 24, 2007. The 23,000-seater stadium sold out within 30 minutes of tickets being released.<ref name="BBC O2 story">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6575577.stm|title=Bon Jovi sell out first Dome gig|work=BBC News|date=April 20, 2007|access-date=July 8, 2009}}</ref> The album, described by Jon Bon Jovi as a "Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville", topped the charts in U.S., Canada, Europe, and Japan.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The album's third single, "[[Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore]]", features [[LeAnn Rimes]] and won the [[CMT Music Award]] for the Collaborative Video of the Year in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/microsites/cmt-music-awards/2008/winners.jhtml |title=2008 Winners |publisher=[[Country Music Television|CMT]] |year=2008 |access-date=April 7, 2009 |archive-date=January 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129161549/http://www.cmt.com/microsites/cmt-music-awards/2008/winners.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="cmt">{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1585690/backstage-with-rascal-flatts-leann-rimes-robert-plant-and-alison-krauss.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420233402/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1585690/backstage-with-rascal-flatts-leann-rimes-robert-plant-and-alison-krauss.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2008 |title=Backstage With Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss |publisher=CMT |date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> The song was also nominated for the [[Academy of Country Music Award]] for Vocal Event of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.com/specials/43acma/ |title=43rd Academy of Country Music Awards |publisher=CBS |access-date=April 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322122349/http://www.cbs.com/specials/43acma/ |archive-date=March 22, 2009 }}</ref> In October 2007 the band announced the [[Lost Highway Tour]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Starting with the 10 shows to open the brand new, [[Newark, New Jersey]] [[Prudential Center]], the band toured Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and then Europe, finishing in the summer of 2008. The tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2008 in Billboard's rankings, with ticket sales of $210.6 million, reported from November 14, 2007, through Nov.11, 2008.<ref name="bb121108">{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266123/bon-jovi-scores-2008s-top-grossing-tour |title=Bon Jovi Scores 2008's Top-Grossing Tour |author=Waddell, Ray |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=December 11, 2008 |access-date=December 13, 2008}}</ref> In all, 2,157,675 tickets were sold during 2008.<ref name="bb121108"/> Combined with $16.4 million in 2007 from the Newark shows, making a combined gross of $227 million in ticket sales. In [[Pollstar]]'s calculus for North America, the Lost Highway Tour had the highest gross for 2008 at $70.4 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081230/music_nm/us_tours |title=Madonna biggest 2008 North American tour attraction |agency=[[Reuters]] |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=December 30, 2008 |access-date=December 31, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101192456/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081230/music_nm/us_tours |archive-date=January 1, 2009 }}</ref>
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