Bon Jovi plays Abu Dhabi

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00:00It was billed as the biggest rock event of the year.

00:08All roads led to Abu Dhabi as supergroup Bon Jovi made their debut in the Middle East.

00:13Thousands of fans packed into the Emirates Palace Hotel and they were determined to sing

00:18their hearts out.

00:19John Bon Jovi joked he had travelled a long way for this concert, but some die hard fans

00:42had a much tougher journey.

00:43With Abu Dhabi well and truly rocked, the band's lost highway tour rolls onto Europe.

01:06But as the UAE is now firmly on the musical map, fans can expect more world famous acts

01:12to be landing on these shores in the near future.

01:16Ashraf Helmi, Gulf News.