Bon Jovi Won’t Runaway From Vancouver Music Fans

Vancouver fans of Jon Bon Jovi will still get to see the singer Saturday despite the bankruptcy of a local concert promoter, the Globe and Mail reported. Paper Rain Performances filed for bankruptcy just days before the concert was scheduled to take place at Stanley Park in Vancouver, pulling the plug on the concert with it. But Mr. Bon Jovi’s manager (livin’ on a prayer, no doubt) on Wednesday secured a new concert venue: Rogers Arena. The arena even waived the rental fee and did “everything they possible could to reduce the cost substantially,” Paul Korzilius, Mr. Bon Jovi’s manager, told the Globe and Mail.

Paper Rain hadn’t paid the city of Vancouver for use of Stanley Park, a public park that is designated as a national historic site. The park board said it was owed money for being the concert venue and that the city of Vancouver was “owed money for police and fire. They didn’t pay.” The concert promoter said in a statement that not enough tickets were sold to cover costs of the event, which originally was billed as “an evening with a rock legend in Stanley Park.” The promoter added that Mr. Bon Jovi didn’t do his part to help ticket sales because his team didn’t help with marketing or make the rock star available for interviews.

Teresa and Joe Giudice’s New Jersey beach house (not to be confused with their New Jersey mansion) didn’t attract any bidders at an auction this week. The home, on the block for $100, was being auctioned in a foreclosure sale, People reported. Ms. Giudice’s lawyer, James J. Leonard Jr., told People that the home was bought as an investment property before the real-estate market crashed and Hurricane Sandy caused significant damage to the area.

“There really was no value left, other than sentimental, and they is why [the Giudice family] decided to part ways with the home,” Mr. Leonard said. The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars’ beach house was then sold back to the bank for $100.

The Giudices have plenty of other stuff on their plate to worry about, though. Ms. Giudice is still in prison for bankruptcy fraud (among other counts of fraud). And when she gets out, it is her husband’s turn.

(And for more fun: Check out Bankruptcy Beat’s latest edition of Next Week in Bankruptcy, which features 50 Cent’s efforts to keep some financial details private and information on a possible bid deadline for a sale of film studio Relativity Media LLC.)

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