Editing Bon Jovi (section)

===''Inside Out'', ''What About Now'' and Sambora's departure (2012–2014)===
In January 2012, Jon Bon Jovi stated that they were working on a twelfth studio album,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonjovi.com/story/news-backstage_jbj/new-note-from-jbj|title=note from JBJ|access-date=February 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220125326/http://www.bonjovi.com/story/news-backstage_jbj/new-note-from-jbj|archive-date=February 20, 2012}}</ref> and in a live show in August 2012, Jon Bon Jovi played an acoustic version of a song that was announced to be on the upcoming album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Sz4k4Tt1A| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/Z9Sz4k4Tt1A| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title=August Show on YouTube| website=YouTube|date=August 29, 2012 |access-date=September 1, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The album, ''[[What About Now (Bon Jovi album)|What About Now]]'', was released on March 12, 2013, and reached number one in the U.S., Canada, Austria, Sweden, and Australia. On February 13, Bon Jovi launched [[Because We Can (concert tour)|Because We Can]], a new world tour for 2013 in support of ''What About Now'', and visited North America, Europe, Africa, the Far East, Australia and Latin America.<ref name="BecauseWeCan">{{cite web|title=Announcing Bon Jovi: Because We Can – The Tour|url=http://www.bonjovi.com/en/news/34287336298.0/announcing-bon-jovi-because-we-can-the-tour|date=October 25, 2012|publisher=BonJovi.com|access-date=November 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212053521/http://www.bonjovi.com/en/news/34287336298.0/announcing-bon-jovi-because-we-can-the-tour|archive-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref>

On November 27, 2012, Bon Jovi released a new live video album, called ''[[Inside Out (Bon Jovi Album)|Inside Out]]'', made up of content from shows at the [[The O2 Arena (London)|O2 Arena]], [[MetLife Stadium]], and [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref name="inside out"/> The album was first shown at movie theaters, with screenings preceded by a question-and-answer session with Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan and Tico Torres streamed live from a theater in New York, and was subsequently made available for purchase on [[iTunes]].<ref name="inside out">{{cite news |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-music-scene/2012/11/28/bon-jovi-discusses-new-album-tour-at-film-event/ |title=Bon Jovi unveils details about new album, tour at film event |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=November 28, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203112636/http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-music-scene/2012/11/28/bon-jovi-discusses-new-album-tour-at-film-event/ |archive-date=December 3, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 14, 2013, Bon Jovi appeared on the results show of ''American Idol'' and played one song, "Because We Can", from ''What About Now''.<ref name="American Idol">{{cite web|url=http://www.americanidol.com |title=American Idol |date=March 14, 2013}}</ref>

[[File:BJB 005 (9243559988).jpg|thumb|Bon Jovi performing in Hyde Park in 2013]]
On April 2, 2013, Sambora departed the band's ongoing tour for unspecified "personal reasons"; Session guitarist [[Phil X]] filled in after previously replacing him for several 2011 dates.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} This time he stayed on for the remainder of the tour, amidst rumors that Sambora had been fired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/22/richie-sambora-fired-bon-jovi-tour_n_3796742.html |title=Richie Sambora Fired From Bon Jovi World Tour Over Money (REPORT) |publisher=Huffingtonpost.ca |date=August 22, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2014}}</ref> Both Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi later denied the claim.<ref>[http://au.news.yahoo.com/entertainment/a/20223268/richie-sambora-hasnt-been-fired-bon-jovi/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216061638/http://au.news.yahoo.com/entertainment/a/20223268/richie-sambora-hasnt-been-fired-bon-jovi/|date=December 16, 2013}}</ref> Torres was also sidelined briefly due to emergency [[gallbladder]] surgery; he was replaced by Rich Scannella from Bon Jovi's solo band, the Kings of Suburbia, from September 20 to October 6.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/bon-jovi-drummer-tico-torres-646446 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |title=Bon Jovi Drummer Tico Torres Returns to Tour After Surgeries |date=October 9, 2013}}</ref>

In 2014, to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary, the band's album ''[[New Jersey (album)|New Jersey]]'' was reissued with an additional CD with the ''Sons of Beaches'' demos on it.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

In June 2014, Sambora told a reporter "I love Jon and I certainly still foresee the possibility of a return. There is no bad blood with me now. I'm just taking the steps that I want, no, have to take."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lflmagazine.nl/interviews/richie-sambora-ik-denk-dat-deze-stap-eindelijk-eens-de-juiste-geweest | title=Richie Sambora: "Ik denk dat deze stap eindelijk eens de juiste is geweest." | date=June 20, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2014/06/richie_sambora_bon_jovi_1.html | title=Richie Sambora explains Bon Jovi exit, says he can still return | date=June 25, 2014 }}</ref> In November 2014, Jon Bon Jovi told a reporter that Sambora had officially left the band, saying "He's quit. He's gone. No hard feelings."<ref name="musicfeeds">{{cite web|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/its-official-jon-bon-jovi-says-richie-sambora-has-quit-bon-jovi|title=It's Official: Jon Bon Jovi Says Richie Sambora Has "Quit" Bon Jovi|date=November 14, 2014|work=Music Feeds|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> That November, he also revealed that he was finishing writing songs for the band's next studio album, their first without Sambora, who was unofficially replaced by touring guitarist Phil X.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}