Richie Sambora Hits Back At NRL Grand Final Performance Criticism

4 October 2016 | 12:55 pm | Staff Writer

"It's ok if people don't dig where I'm going..."

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Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora has responded to criticism following his performance at the NRL grand final on Sunday night, which some have labelled as the worst grand final gig in the sport's history. 

The majority of the criticism was directed at the 57-year-old musician's renditions of of Bon Jovi classics, Dead Or Alive and Livin' On A Prayer, which he performed alongside touring partner and girlfriend, Orianthi.

Here's just some of the feedback from the performance, including a tweet from Grinspoon frontman Phil Jamieson who asked the NRL to take over booking duties next year.

Sambora took to Twitter on Monday to address the criticism, writing, "I did not get mean... It's ok if people don't dig where I'm going [artistically]..it's ok."

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The criticism comes less than a week after Sambora's Melbourne show was slammed by fans, with some leaving the gig early.

We can probably all agree though that no matter what you thought of his NRL grand final gig, it wasn't nearly as bad as Meatloaf's performance at the 2011 AFL grand final.

That was just...something else.