LONDON:

US rocker Jon Bon Jovi says he is "grateful and humble" to be able to return to the stage again following vocal cord surgery as the band that carries his name announced a comeback tour this week.

The 63 year-old singer underwent surgery in 2022 and needed three years of rehabilitation to regain the strength to sing live again. "I'm excited. I'm also grateful and humble," Bon Jovi told Reuters on the sidelines of a press conference for the 2026 tour at Wembley Stadium on Friday.

"(It) has taken a lot of rehabilitation. It's sort of like an athlete because you're retraining (like) a leg break for a footballer on this field. You have to slowly walk until he can run."

The band, which Bon Jovi founded in 1983 and is known for hits like Livin' on a Prayer, Always and It's My Life

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