Los Angeles - Bon Jovi have reportedly been hit by a US$400 -billion (S$589 billion) lawsuit - yes, billion.

Website Antimusic.com says a Massachusetts musician Samuel Bartley Steele alleges the rockers copied lyrics from his 2004 song (Man I Really) Love This Team, which he wrote for his hometown's baseball team, The Red Sox.

Steele alleges the band's frontman Jon Bon Jovi heard the song while campaigning for US Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004, and used its lyrics to create his song I Love This Town - which was later used to promote Major League Baseball.

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