Bon Jovi will be performing in New York City’s Central Park this summer. Word of the concert slipped out in a recent interview Jon Bon Jovi gave with SI.com. When asked if he’ll be playing Giant Stadium this summer, Bon Jovi replied:

“…We always end every tour at Giants Stadium, but we’re going to do Central Park this year. That hasn’t been announced yet, there you go, we’re doing Central Park. “

Fans will get to hear to such Bon Jovi classics as “Livin’ on a Prayer”, “Wanted: Dead or Alive” and “You Give Love a Bad Name” in the center of Manhattan on Central Park’s Great Lawn. Hopefully things will be kept a little more under control than when Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, of Late Night with Conan O’Brien, hooked up with the band at Giants Stadium in New Jersey (in case you’re not familiar with Triumph, this is probably NSFW, unless you work in a cool office):

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Even though the striking WGA, along with the absent late night shows, and plethora of reruns, illustrates a sense of unity when it comes to workers, the strikes are now starting to put other folks jobs in jeopardy. Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have decided to return to the airwaves in January, whether the WGA is striking or not, so that they don’t have to lay folks on their staff off:

O’Brien said his decision was motivated by the need to keep his non-WGA staffers employed.”With the New Year upon us, I am left with a difficult decision,” he said in a statement released by NBC Monday morning. “Either go back to work and keep my staff employed or stay dark and allow 80 people, many of whom have worked for me for fourteen years, to lose their jobs.”If my show were entirely scripted I would have no choice,” he added. “But the truth is that shows like mine are hybrids, with both written and non-written content. An unwritten version of ‘Late Night,’ though not desirable, is possible - and no one has to be fired.” [Variety]

How this will effect negotiations is yet to be seen - but I will admit that I have missed Conan and am glad he and Leno and others are also supporting the other folks that work for them and are dependent on the show being on the air. Plus if the video below is any indication, Conan’s staff is probably looking forward to a good shave: