Bon Jovi parts ways with longtime label

After 32 years, Jon Bon Jovi is "burning bridges" with his longtime label, Mercury Records.

The singer revealed the split before a Jon Bon Jovi and the Kings of Suburbia (Bon Jovi's side band) concert in Vancouver on Saturday, telling Billboard that the split was the "end of an era." He went on to explain that his new album Burning Bridges "[fulfills] a commitment to Mercury Records."

"If you listen to Burning Bridges, the song, it is clearly spelled out," he said.

The lyrics to Burning Bridges make good on the song's title, depicting in plain terms Bon Jovi's distain for the label.

"Here's one last song you can sell," he sings. "Play it for your friends in hell."

“After 30 years of loyalty, they let you dig the grave
Now maybe you can learn to sing or strum along
Well I’ll give you half the publishing
You’re why I wrote this song.”

In a separate drama, Bon Jovi's Saturday show at Vancouver's Rogers Arena was hastily rebooked after a performance scheduled that night in the city's Stanley Park was canceled.

 "Integrity matters," Bon Jovi told the Associated Press about his decision to rebook the concert. "If you give your word to somebody I think you should do the very best you can to follow through on that word."

According to the AP, the cancellation followed a week of drama between Bon Jovi's management and the concert's promoters, Paper Rain. After Paper Rain announced earlier in the week that the Stanley Park show had been cancelled due to low sales, Bon Jovi's camp accused the promoters of not paying vendors or acquiring staging equipment, and the City of Vancouver said they did not have the required permits.