In a Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, file photo, singer Jon Bon Jovi attends the premiere of "New Year's Eve" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Bon Jovi wants fans to know he's not dead, and he has posted a photo proving it. False reports of the New Jersey-born musician's death spread online after a fake news release surfaced Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, on social media sites. AP PHOTO/EVAN AGOSTINI
RED BANK, New Jersey—Jon Bon Jovi wants fans to know he’s not dead, and he has posted a photo proving it.
False reports of the New Jersey-born musician’s death spread online after a fake news release surfaced on social media sites.
Bon Jovi is shown in a picture on his Facebook page holding a sign that reads, “Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.” Below that is scrawled Monday’s date.
Bon Jovi was performing at a charity concert that night. His publicist confirmed Bon Jovi was alive and well and playing the show.