Jon Bon Jovi has given fans an update about his voice, four years after undergoing surgery to fix a damaged vocal cord.The 64-year-old rock star – whose son Jake is married to Millie Bobby Brown – previously said in 2024 that he did not know if he would be able to tour again following the ordeal.But now, the Bon Jovi frontman revealed to People magazine, ‘I’m fully recovered. It was longer than I’d ever expected, but it had to be right. We never lost faith.’He recalled the shock of finding out his cord was impaired.’I’d often joked and said the only thing that’s ever been up my nose was my finger. I never did anything to hurt the cords; I didn’t have any excesses,’ he shared.’I’m a trained vocalist. I’ve practiced the craft,’ the singer explained. ‘So when a doctor had to explain to me that one of the cords was literally atrophying, it was confusing.’ Jon Bon Jovi has given fans an update about his voice, four years after undergoing surgery to fix a damaged vocal cord; pictured in October 2025 The 64-year-old rock star previously said in 2024 that he did not know if he would be able to tour again following the ordealIn June 2024, two years post-surgery, the Bon Jovi frontman said he was slowly ‘getting back’ to performing live.It came as his band released their album Forever.At the time, he told People, ‘We performed last night in Nashville, and everything was very good. So step by step, I’m getting back to it.’That same year the performer got candid about the vocal surgery during a cover story for AARP’s June/July 2024 issue.While speaking with the outlet, he shared his initial reaction to potentially suffering permanent vocal loss.’People had to talk me off the ledge, because you’re like, “I didn’t do anything wrong! What’s wrong?”‘ he said.He ruled out lip-syncing and auto-tune when it came to live performances, emphasizing, ‘I’d rather get hit by a bus on the highway.’The New Jersey native had been weighing his options when fellow musician Shania Twain recommended her doctor after she suffered voice issues of her own. The Bon Jovi frontman has revealed, ‘I’m fully recovered’; pictured in February 2024 The singer pictured alongside wife Dorothea Bongiovi in Monday at the James Beard Restaurant And Chef Awards The longtime rock group will kick off their Forever Tour in JulyThe doctor, Robert Sataloff, told the publication, ‘Jon has worked, throughout his career, harder and more diligently than most of his fans would ever have guessed.’He explained that the star’s vocal cord thinning was not caused by injury or illness – but due to aging. ‘Eventually it catches up with all of us.’Bon Jovi’s Forever tour will begin in New York City in July, and end in London in September.The star said about the upcoming performances, ‘It’s not about perfection. It’s about excellence.’He added: ‘It’s like I have the gift to be able to hold this light. The gift that I receive is being in the reflection of that light when it hits the audience, and that’s what I’ve been working for – I’ve been training to find the ability to hold that light.’It’s like this whole spiritual communion between the band and me and the audience.’