--- title: Watch Jon Bon Jovi Perform as a Surprise Wedding Singer description: The rock star was attending a wedding as a guest — but was ultimately convinced to sing his band's hit "Livin' on a Prayer" for the party. canonical: https://time.com/4398556/watch-jon-bon-jovi-finally-agree-to-sing-his-own-song-at-a-private-wedding/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-08T17:27:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:13.103Z og:title: Watch Jon Bon Jovi Perform as a Surprise Wedding Singer og:description: The reluctant rock star bit the bullet to sing "Livin' on a Prayer" for guests. og:url: https://time.com/4398556/watch-jon-bon-jovi-finally-agree-to-sing-his-own-song-at-a-private-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jon Bon Jovi Perform as a Surprise Wedding Singer twitter:description: The reluctant rock star bit the bullet to sing "Livin' on a Prayer" for guests. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jon Bon Jovi Finally Agree to Sing His Own Song at a Private Wedding > Sponsored content. 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So it wasn’t out of the ordinary when, at a recent private Miami wedding, which [the singer](http://time.com/3892791/bon-jovi-graduation-speech-rutgers-camden/?iid=sr-link1) was attending as a guest of the bride and groom, he found himself in the awkward position of hearing his own music performed by the wedding band. So what’s a nice rock star to do? Take up the mic and sing a few lines of his most iconic song to the excited wedding guests, of course. The whole performance is caught on camera by the [Cool Coconut Studios](http://www.coolcoconutstudios.com/), from Bon Jovi’s rather strained smile at the start to his ultimate decision to give the people what they want and grab the microphone. Ever a gentleman, the 54-year-old duets generously with the band’s jazz singer, Lourdes Valentin, throughout the song. Looks like the bride and groom have one more thank you note to write: to Bon Jovi, who stepped up and made the wedding quite memorable. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4398556/watch-jon-bon-jovi-finally-agree-to-sing-his-own-song-at-a-private-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4398556/watch-jon-bon-jovi-finally-agree-to-sing-his-own-song-at-a-private-wedding/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Bon Jovi Finally Agree to Sing His Own Song at a Private Wedding","datePublished":"2016-07-08T17:27:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:13.103Z","description":"Bon Jovi's still got it, even if he didn't want to flaunt it at first.","url":"https://time.com/4398556/watch-jon-bon-jovi-finally-agree-to-sing-his-own-song-at-a-private-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4398556/watch-jon-bon-jovi-finally-agree-to-sing-his-own-song-at-a-private-wedding/","name":"Watch Jon Bon Jovi Finally Agree to Sing His Own Song at a Private Wedding"}}]}] ```