New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi [ tickets ], who are gearing up to play a handful of July concerts, will also work into their schedule a free show at New York City's Central Park.Set for July 12, the concert is sponsored by Major League Baseball, and will help mark this summer's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium, which will be demolished at the end of the 2008 baseball season. Tickets for the concert will be distributed at baseball parks and events throughout New York City, according to a press release, which said that the bulk of tickets will be available at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday (7/2). Other locations where tickets will be doled out starting Wednesday morning include Shea Stadium in Queens, KeySpan Park in Brooklyn and at the home of the Staten Island Yankees.Additionally, tickets will be distributed at Manhattan's Jackob K. Javits Center during a July 11 event dubbed the DHL All-Star FanFest, as well as via random drawings at MLB.com. More information is available at the aforementioned website."The free concert in Central Park is going to help make this year's All-Star Summer a celebration to remember," New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a prepared statement. "The 2008 All-Star Game will pay tribute to the storied history of Yankee Stadium, and Bon Jovi will help us ensure it goes out in a blaze of glory, hopefully a blaze in late October."Bon Jovi's July 12 concert at Central Park is sandwiched between previously announced two-night stands at Boston's TD Banknorth Garden and New York City's Madison Square Garden. The group also has early July shows scheduled in Ontario and the Detroit area. Details are shown below.Jon Bon Jovi and company continue to back their latest release, "Lost Highway," which debuted at the top of The Billboard 200 last July and spawned the hit "(You Want To) Make a Memory." The Nashville-tinged set is the band's ninth album of original material and its first chart-topper since 1988's "New Jersey." It follows 2005's platinum-selling "Have a Nice Day," which spawned the Grammy-winning cut "Who Says You Can't Go Home," a duet that features Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles.Last November, Bon Jovi released the DVD "Lost Highway: The Concert," which captures the band performing the album in its entirety during a Chicago concert last summer.
