Fans of Jon Bon Jovi have recently expressed their disappointment for receiving autopen signed CDs of his latest album. Following the release of the Grammy Award winner’s band’s 16th studio album, Forever, on June 7, fans in the US took to social media to voice their complaints.
Forever was one of the most anticipated albums for the Jon Bon Jovi fans this is the first album since the singer’s vocal cord surgery in 2022. Thus many fans were disappointed with the news that the singer allegedly used autopen to sign his recent album CDs.
Once the news of the Always singer’s alleged auto-penned album copies went viral on social media, netizens started criticizing it and calling out the singer for it.
They took to social media platforms like X to do the same.
“Just the art cards as far as I can see – already have one of them from my original pre-order. Got excited for a minute as I thought he meant actual signed physical copies like they have on offer in the [USA],” wrote another one.
“This is what I wanted when I preordered my signed vinyl and CD. NOT a signed INSERT! I don’t think it was originally advertised as a “Signed Insert,”” commented someone else.
“No signed vinyl, just art cards, which I already have,” another one wrote.
Other X users also shared their disappointment on receiving autopen signed copies.
“Most of them are autopen,” another X user stated.
“We are now being told that ours in USA were auto penned?” stated another one.
“They’re fake,” another one called out.
Jon Bon Jovi allegedly used auto-pen to sign his recent album copies
Fans are currently criticizing Jon Bon Jovi for allegedly selling autographed copies of his band’s most recent album, Forever, that were “auto-pen” inked. It indicates that the singer wasn’t personally involved in their production and that signatures were instead created using a mechanical template.
On the band’s official website, fans can purchase the singer’s 16th studio album, Forever, and can purchase up to four autographed copies for $14 each. The pre-orders of the album started on March 15.
However, upon purchasing the autographed CDs, fans promptly turned to the message forums of the website to voice their concerns regarding the genuineness of the signatures.
Cllct reported that the autographs of Jon Bon Jovi on the CDs looked to be machine-generated copies of at least five separate vintage Bon Jovi signatures. It reported that even under thorough examination, no two human signatures are ever precisely the same.
As a result, angry social media remarks were directed towards the band’s record label, UMG, when several fans who had bought autographed copies confirmed the same upon a thorough examination.
Kevin Keating, the chief autograph authenticator for Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), certified to Cllct that some of the autographs were autopen because of the machine-like vibrations and distinct starts and pauses. He added that PSA would consider the autographs to be “not authentic.”
Although these special editions of the album do not cost more than the regular ones, fans argued that it was not a matter of money but a matter of fans’ sentiments. Moreover, some fans even expressed their disappointment with the issue that the signature appears on the inserts rather than the album and the fact that certain copies had a print that was difficult to see against a dark background.
Following the criticisms on social media from fans, Jon Bon Jovi has yet to comment on the matter at the time of writing this article.
