A sore throat forced Jon Bon Jovi to cut short his band’s show last night in Pittsburgh.

He told the audience at the PPG Paints Arena, “I apologize, but I’m gonna keep pushin’ on and if you stick it out with me, I’ll stick it out with you.”

Later on he added, “This is the day when I need a karaoke singer. Which one of you guys in a bar band knows all the words to Bon Jovi songs?”

Bon Jovi is scheduled to play tomorrow and Saturday in New York at Madison Square Garden.