On Wednesday it wasn’t just the contestants who were on “American Idol’s” center stage.

Chris Daughtry, Season 5 finalist, and Jon Bon Jovi were also in the spotlight.

Jon Bon Jovi performed a song from the band’s latest album, “Superman Tonight.” He also responded to Ryan Seacrest’s references to the singer’s age. Seacrest asked Bon Jovi, who is 48 years old, how the band was able to keep things fresh after being in the music business for decades.

Bon Jovi replied good luck and hard work. Also good friends putting us in all of the right places.

Chris Daughtry did a performance of “September,” a single from “Leave This Town,” his latest album. Daughtry said the song was his way of attempting to explore his childhood and come to terms with it.

When Seacrest asked Daughtry, “American Idol” alumnus, to provide the final four contestants with some advice, he said the industry was fickle and encouraged the singers to stay true to themselves.

Bon Jovi, after only one performance on their lengthy US outing, has added a few encore engagements. Kid Rock has also been named as the opener for a handful of upcoming dates. Kid Rock will be opening for the veteran rockers for seven dates on their “The Circle Tour.” The dates include a recently added fourth concert for New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on July 9.

Three little known or unknown bands will be earning spots on the biggest concert stage in New Jersey this May via the “Wanted a SuperBAND Tonight!” Bon Jovi contest. Winners will be playing 20 minutes sets, opening the May 26, 27 and 29 shows for Bon Jovi in New Meadowlands Stadium, the Jets and Giants new home.

Seven other stops from the current tour for Bon Jovi will have the same offer. Contestants can got to Facebook.com/bonjovi or BonJovi.com/ourstage to upload their tracks. Fans will also be able to cast their votes for the tracks there free of charge. For each of the venues winners will be chosen from the top 20 artists ranked by fans for each of the venues. Entries must be made by April 21. On April 30 the final fan rankings will be announced. On May 6 the winners will be revealed.

Special guests have been announced by Bon Jovi for the band’s forthcoming shows to inaugurate New Meadowlands stadium in New Jersey. Train will provide opening support for the veteran rockers on May 26, and Gavin DeGraw will open on May 27, followed by OneRepublic on May 29. The historic shows will open New Meadowlands, the future home for the New York Jets and New York Giants.

Bon Jovi, Grammy Award winning rockers, will be kicking their new tour off February 19 in Seattle, WA at Key Arena. For the first three songs there will be live free webcast. The band’s “The Circle Tour” is scheduled to last for around two years, with the group performing in 30 countries and 135 shows.

Fans are very excited about the upcoming tour. In addition to playing their standard hits, Bon Jovi is also planning to perform a lot of album tracks that the band hasn’t performed in many years.

In terms of the tour’s set lists guitarist Richie Sambora said, let’s put it this way, the repertoire will be quite vast. We will be going back and playing some material we haven’t performed in 20 years, such as songs from our first two albums. There are so many albums and songs for us to choose from. Fans will call in lots of times to our fan club. They’ll say hey can you do “Dry Country”or maybe “Hardest Part is the Night” from our second album and obscure stuff like that. That’s what we plan to do.

There might be a night when we will perform the entire album “Lost Highway” or “Slippery When Wet.” Stuff like that. Then I’m sure we will be performing the entire “The Circle” a couple times on the tour. We’ve very proud of this album and the evolution that occurred while making this record in terms of songwriting and musically and stuff like that.

Bon Jovi, Grammy Award winning rockers, will be kicking their new tour off February 19 in Seattle, WA at Key Arena. For the first three songs there will be live free webcast. The band’s “The Circle Tour” is scheduled to last for around two years, with the group performing in 30 countries and 135 shows.

Fans are very excited about the upcoming tour. In addition to playing their standard hits, Bon Jovi is also planning to perform a lot of album tracks that the band hasn’t performed in many years.

During next year’s Bon Jovi tour don’t expect that you will hear a show full of their greatest hits. Jon Bon Jovi said when the band heads out on the road in February the mix will include some rare tracks. He talked about having a conversation recently with a reporter suggesting that they break more of the obscure tracks out that Bon Jovi sometimes plays while in Europe or rarely performs. Bon Jovi says they will play their hits but will also mix the set list up. Yes we will always want to do those, but what if one night we don’t end up playing “Always?” It was a ballad and monster hit for us. What if one night you just aren’t in the mood to play ballads so you don’t. Personally I think that we have earned our right to have the freedom to do that.

Who says that you can’t ever go home again? Newark HIV/AIDS patients finally can thanks to Jon Bon Jovi, the Jersey born rocker. Today Bon Jovi officially helped to open the HELP Genesis JBJ Soul Homes. It’s a 51 unit affordable housing complex in the North ward of Newark. Fifteen of the units are solely dedicated to HIV/AIDS patients. It’s the first project for that in the state of New Jersey.

After taking a long break following the creation of “Alter the Ending,” the newest Dashboard Confessional album, front man for the band Chris Carraba is very happy to hit the road once again, and in particular is thrilled about opening up the first leg next year of Bon Jovi’s tour of North America.

Dave Matthew Band, Kenny Chesney and Bon Jovi top the confirmed performers list for a new outdoor festival spanning multiple days that is scheduled for next July. The festival will take place at Churchill Downs, home of the legendary Kentucky Derby. HullabaLOU Music Festival will take place in Louisville, KY at the racetrack on July 23-25 and feature over 65 bands.