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Jon Bon Jovi <\/a>and his eponymous rock band have been “livin’ on a prayer” for 40 years, and they’re taking a look back at their roller-coaster journey in the spotlight in a new limited series, <\/span>Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The four-part series, which premieres April 26 on Hulu and Disney+, tracks the band from their breakout single, “Runaway,” in the early 1980s, all the way up to the present day, where they’re gearing up to release their 16th studio album, <\/span>Forever<\/span><\/em>, despite their frontman suffering from vocal cord deterioration, which caused him to have surgery in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n “Day to day, I’m working hard on it,” Bon Jovi told ET’s Nischelle Turner at the iHeart Studios in Los Angeles, noting that he’s hard at work on “vocal therapy” any chance he gets. “Nothing else matters until I work on getting better. It’s up to God at this point. I’ve done everything I can do.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Despite the difficulties, the iconic frontman insisted he isn’t giving up, and also assures, “I won’t fake it…. the legacy matters too much.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I won’t compromise who we are as a band live, because I’d like to think we’re a pretty darn good band,” he continued. “I sang on the new record. I’ve done <\/span>MusiCares<\/a> and nailed it… When I woke up after that night, it was the first time in a decade the only voice in my head was mine — fear wasn’t there, doubt wasn’t there — and [my wife] Dorothea texted the kids and said, ‘He’s back!'”<\/span><\/p>\n His health issues weren’t the only tough subject to tackle in <\/span>Thank You, Goodnight.<\/span><\/em> Bon Jovi and his band also had to grapple with the death of original bassist Alec John Such — who died in 2022 after being fired from the band in 1994 due to issues with drugs and alcohol.<\/span><\/p>\n