Bon Jovi has signed to play back-to-back concerts Feb. 11 and 12 at Blaisdell Arena, promoter Tom Moffatt announced yesterday.

The last time Bon Jovi played in Honolulu was 1989. Tickets for the February shows go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday at Blaisdell Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, 800-745-3000 and www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are priced at $55, $95 and $125.

The shows come hot on the heels of Bon Jovi's 11th studio album "The Circle," which promptly sailed into the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart when it was released Nov. 11.

Bon Jovi has 135 shows scheduled over the next two years.

EASTWOOD PLANS TO DO FILMING ON MAUI

Clint Eastwood will be on Maui next month to film a portion of his new movie, "Hereafter."

Maui County Film Commissioner Benita Brazier said Monday that after searching the Hawaiian Islands for three months, the production found what it was looking for on Maui.

Eastwood, a part-time resident of Maui, is producing and directing the movie.

The film office says Eastwood will direct three days of shooting during the second week of January. Only one of the stars, Cecile de France, will be on Maui.

"Hereafter" also stars Matt Damon, Mylene Jampanoi, Marthe Keller and Thierry Neuvic.

BLINK-182 EX-DRUMMER SETTLES LAWSUIT

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has settled his lawsuit against several companies over a plane crash in South Carolina last year that killed four people, attorneys said yesterday.

Barker was one of two survivors of the Sept. 19, 2008, crash that killed two pilots and two of his friends. Terms of the settlement are confidential.

GUMBEL REVEALS HIS CANCER SURGERY

Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. The former "Today" show anchor, 61, said a malignant tumor and part of his lung were removed two months ago.

He revealed his condition to Kelly Ripa while subbing for Regis Philbin on yesterday's edition of "Live With Regis and Kelly." (Philbin recently underwent hip replacement surgery.)

2 CHARGED IN EXTORTION PLOT AGAINST ACTOR

Prosecutors have charged two people with threatening to sell photos of actor John Stamos unless he paid them $680,000. The actor's spokesman said yesterday that the pictures were benign.

Allison Coss and Scott Sippola were arrested Dec. 3 on an extortion charge at an airport near Marquette, 450 miles north of Detroit. An undercover FBI agent posing as a representative of Stamos had arranged to meet them there.

— Advertiser Staff and news services