NY Daily News says Bon Jovi split rumors are premature

Sambora, 54, has been with band for 30 years, since singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the group in 1983. A source familiar with Bon Jovi did tell the Daily News' Confidenti@l that reports of a split are incorrect and at best premature.

He’s in the band, and he's out of the band.
Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora has been dropped after 30 years, according to RumorFix.com, which broke the story, and Us Weekly, which backed it up Friday.
However, sources close to the band say the group is still living on a prayer for now.
The 54-year-old Sambora has been with Jon Bon Jovi’s band since its formation in 1983 -- and he provided the licks on 12 albums that sold a total of 130 million copies.
"There were a lot of well-documented problems, so this was the best decision for now," a source told Us Weekly.

But a source familiar with Bon Jovi, while conceding communication between the band’s singer and guitar hero has been poor, said reports of a split are incorrect and at best premature.

“The story of him being fired is not true,” the source told the Daily News' Confidenti@l. “Sambora has not been fired, nor has he left.”
Sambora took a leave from the band’s current tour in the spring for “personal reasons,” after failing to take the stage at an April 2 Calgary concert. 
"I had two choices – pack up and go home or give you everything I got," Bon Jovi told the crowd, according to the Daily Mail. "Richie Sambora won't be performing for a while. If there's ever a night I need you, it's tonight, Calgary!"
The RumorFix.com report pinned the cause of Sambora’s alleged firing on money. Sambora was reportedly earning $2 million a month and 20 percent of the profits after each show on Bon Jovi’s current tour.
Stand-in Philip (Phil X) Xenidis -- who previously replaced Sambora during part of a 2011 tour when the guitarist was in rehab for alcohol abuse -- reportedly earns $10,000 a month.
A band spokesman refused to comment.

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