The announcement that Burning Bridges will be released on 21 August (15) comes after the Jon Bon Jovi-fronted band released two new tracks this week (beg13Jul15), including a song co-written by former guitarist Richie Sambora before his departure last year (14).

A spokesperson for the Livin' On a Prayer hitmakers told Billboard.com, "Burning Bridges, which will be released August 21st, is an album for fans and will accompany an upcoming international tour. The band is hard at work on their next album, which will see a full-scale release in 2016."

New tracks We Don't Run and Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning - the latter co-written by Sambora - were released on 16 July (15). The band's tour starts on 11 September (15), and includes dates in Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Tel Aviv, Israel.

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