--- description: "He can live on a prayer somewhere else." title: VIDEO: Buffalo Bills Fans Call For Bon Jovi Boycott image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55adeab59896d1ec/698690953617602fa590c23e/bon-jovi-1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Buffalo Bills Fans Call For Bon Jovi Boycott by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 22, 2014 7:32 PM CUT  Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs live for fans at Etihad Stadium on the first show of his 2013 Australian Tour on December 7, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs live for fans at Etihad Stadium on the first show of his 2013 Australian Tour on December 7, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.Graham Denholm/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 22, 2014 7:32 PM CUT When Jon Bon Jovi sang _I Love This Town_ he clearly wasn’t talking about Buffalo, N.Y. Having expressed an interest in purchasing the Buffalo Bills, the singer has also proposed moving the team across the border to the more populated Toronto, Canada. The move incensed Bills fans, who want to _Never Say Goodbye_ to their team and led to the formation of an opposition group, 12th Man Thunder, with one member adding “\[Bon Jovi\] can live on a prayer somewhere else.” The group, hoping to convince the singer to _Say It Isn’t So,_ has also enlisted the help of local businesses who are committed to providing a “Bon Jovi-free zone” in Buffalo. For now, the fans wait to see if their protest will have any impact, but if their team do _A Whole Lot of Leavin’_ they’re going to need _Something For The Pain_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/109560/buffalo-bills-bon-jovi-boycott/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/109560/buffalo-bills-bon-jovi-boycott/"},"headline":"Buffalo Bills Fans Call For Bon Jovi Boycott","datePublished":"2014-05-22T19:32:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:00:27.563Z","description":"The singer's proposal is Bad Medicine for local fans.","url":"https://time.com/109560/buffalo-bills-bon-jovi-boycott/","keywords":["Sports topic","NFL"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55adeab59896d1ec/698690953617602fa590c23e/bon-jovi-1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55adeab59896d1ec/698690953617602fa590c23e/bon-jovi-1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Buffalo Bills Fans Call For Bon Jovi Boycott","caption":"Jon Bon Jovi of Bon Jovi performs live for fans at Etihad Stadium on the first show of his 2013 Australian Tour on December 7, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.","creditText":"Graham Denholm/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/109560/buffalo-bills-bon-jovi-boycott/","name":"Buffalo Bills Fans Call For Bon Jovi Boycott"}}]}] ```