11/14/2012 - 7th Show of Las Vegas Residency @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas

[Coma16]

It started at 10:40pm local time? Not bad considering the weekend shows start closer to midnight! Too bad they haven't played My Michele of Think About You yet though...

[dizzykeys]

So...I met Del, BBF and Axl. And got autographs and pictures. Life win.

was this after the show ? did you wait out back?

[dalsh327]

I think that was the dude who threw beer too. There were also 3 bras thrown on stage. Also, Axl yelled at security to leave the fans who made BBF the pink panther alone (they had a banner). He ended up taking it onstage.

I was looking at the people around him...LOL, I don't think anyone's kicking his ass.

http://twitpic.com/bdcj9e

[Dariablue]

So...I met Del, BBF and Axl. And got autographs and pictures. Life win.

was this after the show ? did you wait out back?

Yeah it was after the show. We waited for about two hours. This awesome dude I met who had been to all the shows before told me where to go if I wanted to make sure to meet him. He said security brings him out the same way each time, etc.

[dizzykeys]

So...I met Del, BBF and Axl. And got autographs and pictures. Life win.

was this after the show ? did you wait out back?

Yeah it was after the show. We waited for about two hours. This awesome dude I met who had been to all the shows before told me where to go if I wanted to make sure to meet him. He said security brings him out the same way each time, etc.

are you willing to share? either here or message me? Id wait to have the chance to meet axl

[batman007]

So...I met Del, BBF and Axl. And got autographs and pictures. Life win.

was this after the show ? did you wait out back?

Yeah it was after the show. We waited for about two hours. This awesome dude I met who had been to all the shows before told me where to go if I wanted to make sure to meet him. He said security brings him out the same way each time, etc.

Good stuff!

[Dariablue]

So...I met Del, BBF and Axl. And got autographs and pictures. Life win.

was this after the show ? did you wait out back?

Yeah it was after the show. We waited for about two hours. This awesome dude I met who had been to all the shows before told me where to go if I wanted to make sure to meet him. He said security brings him out the same way each time, etc.

are you willing to share? either here or message me? Id wait to have the chance to meet axl

Derr. Sorry dude! I've had an hour and a half of sleep so I'm not really firing on all cylinders at the moment. Definitely not my intention to keep that from anyone.

Here goes: they lined us up by a long hallway by the tables you go to get vip stuff. It's passed double doors, it says 'convention' at the top. There is a huge ass wall hanging of the band. This area is by Fuel, which is a coffee shop (side note: I totes stole the menu, they are just sitting on the tables, I was told these were just put out that day). Basically if you're in the room with the big ass band poster park your ass there. I waited about two hours. However, it could be longer or shorter so don't get pissed if you have to wait longer. This is where Del and BBF came out too. I saw Fortus when we were lined up before the show around there too. A chick wanted a pic and he seemed kinda 'meh I'm in a hurry' about it, but did it anyway. Someone said DJ walked by there too, but I didnt see him.

Hopefully this helps! Let me know if you meet him. Good luck! Also if anyone gets a lithograph I highly recommend having the bell desk hold onto it during the show. (It's right across the casino floor, slightly to the left.) That way it won't get fucked up. The asshole who threw shit towards the stage, fucked up this dude's litho. I would have killed someone.

[DaneisKing1389]

The shows look so good. I didn't expect him to pile Catcher and TWAT on every show. These sets are so good; probably the best we've seen with GN'R since the old lineup.

But the mygnrforum member inside me wants to say, "start swapping the 5+ minute songs around! Throw in Breakdown or Locomotive in place one time to see! Rotate some stuff in and out!"

Oh, the glory of not having to sing these songs makes it so easy to want more.

I have a good feeling about the last couple shows. Whether it means something they haven't played live in a while, something they've never played live, or him just sound great, I don't know. But I'm kind of excited. These shows are what GN'R needed to get them back on track I think.

[dizzykeys]

So...I met Del, BBF and Axl. And got autographs and pictures. Life win.

was this after the show ? did you wait out back?

Yeah it was after the show. We waited for about two hours. This awesome dude I met who had been to all the shows before told me where to go if I wanted to make sure to meet him. He said security brings him out the same way each time, etc.

are you willing to share? either here or message me? Id wait to have the chance to meet axl

Derr. Sorry dude! I've had an hour and a half of sleep so I'm not really firing on all cylinders at the moment. Definitely not my intention to keep that from anyone.

Here goes: they lined us up by a long hallway by the tables you go to get vip stuff. It's passed double doors, it says 'convention' at the top. There is a huge ass wall hanging of the band. This area is by Fuel, which is a coffee shop (side note: I totes stole the menu, they are just sitting on the tables, I was told these were just put out that day). Basically if you're in the room with the big ass band poster park your ass there. I waited about two hours. However, it could be longer or shorter so don't get pissed if you have to wait longer. This is where Del and BBF came out too. I saw Fortus when we were lined up before the show around there too. A chick wanted a pic and he seemed kinda 'meh I'm in a hurry' about it, but did it anyway. Someone said DJ walked by there too, but I didnt see him.

Hopefully this helps! Let me know if you meet him. Good luck! Also if anyone gets a lithograph I highly recommend having the bell desk hold onto it during the show. (It's right across the casino floor, slightly to the left.) That way it won't get fucked up. The asshole who threw shit towards the stage, fucked up this dude's litho. I would have killed someone.

no worries at all on your respose time! late show=tired. Thanks very much for the info I will do my best ! and thanks for the other heads ups. I am pumped for the show, hopefully the last show will bring some suprises maybe even a guest spot. im hoping sebastian bach shows up, thatd be a killer finale.

[Coma16]

[SoulMonster]

Guns N' Roses gets The Joint rocking in Las Vegas

Marco R. della Cava, USA Today

For three hours Wednesday night, Axl Rose wailed and the party raged like it was 1989 as Guns N' Roses stormed The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

3:19PM EST November 15. 2012 - LAS VEGAS -- For three hours Wednesday night, the red-headed banshee wailed and the party raged like it was 1989.

The Axl Rose-fronted incarnation of Guns N' Roses stormed The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with a rock reveille for night owls. Tickets indicated a 9 p.m. start, Rose and his seven accomplices turned up around 10:30, and they finally capped the show with a thundering Paradise City complete with pole dancers and confetti at 1:30 a.m. The later it got, the more animated Rose became.

The general-admission set was a gumbo of three ingredients: tracks from Rose's quixotic labor of love, Chinese Democracy, which the packed house seemed cool to; an onslaught of GNR greatest hits, which unfailingly sent waggled pinkies and forefingers into the air; and an impressive mix of covers ranging from Neil Young to The Who.

Say this much about Rose's bandmates, who included three nimble guitarists: They effortlessly summoned the power of the classic lineup, sometimes lick-for-lick and at others with improvisational abandon, whether pounding through Welcome to the Jungle or soaring through the epic November Rain. There were even cheeky nods to the past, as evidenced by guitarist DJ Ashba's crumpled Slash-style top hat.

Rose took wise advantage of his band's instrumental prowess, often running to the side of the stage for a break or a drink while the band played on. Considering the vocal gymnastics the singer was forced to perform on songs such as the glass-shattering Sweet Child O' Mine, one can hardly blame Rose for seeking brief respite. While he might have been the defacto star, the band more than held its own on pure instrumentals, such as a piano-based rendition of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter.

When he was on stage, Rose strutted much like the bat-out-of-hell who upended the early-'80s hair band era (before Nirvana and grunge in turn took the stuffing out of the Gunners). Dressed in torn jeans, black T-shirt and an ever-changing array of jackets (black leather, tan suede) and hats (cowboy, panama), the frontman revived his trademark shimmy on Don't Cry and You Could Be Mine. As the evening wore on, Rose revved up, running from one end of the stage to the other, dodging scantily clad dancers in the process.

The stage was a fairly simple affair backed by screens that displayed everything from abstract images to short films of a risque nature. Flash pots occasionally exploded. And so did tempers. A few bars into Live and Let Die, Rose halted the band and ordered a security guard to stop harassing a front-row fan.

"Let me see that," said Rose, bending down to grab a homemade banner, which he unfurled with a big grin. "Axl's the sexiest, let us blow on your dice," it read. A few songs later, guitarist Ron Thal berated a man who had thrown a piece of ice at him. That element of momentary danger only heightened the rock 'n' roll atmosphere.

Long past when most Vegas shows call it a night (usually the 90-minute mark), the band was gaining momentum. After November Rain, which saw Rose playing a piano while suspended over the crowd, he quipped, "You gotta admit, that was some (expletive) Vegas-osity."

A few songs later, he was vamping through an inspired Knockin' on Heaven's Door. If Bob Dylan has said that Jimi Hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower was how that song should truly sound, GNR's Heaven could well merit such praise, as Rose's hoarse lament seemed to conjure up a dying Western gunman in this Vegas showroom.

And with that, GNR raced to the station, ripping through a searing Nightrain, followed by a long encore that included Rose doing his best early Young on a cover of Don't Let It Bring You Down and a reverent Roger Daltrey for The Who's The Preacher. Finally, he reminded fans why they'd come in the first place with Patience and Paradise City. For GNR diehards, it truly was.

GNR is midway through a 12-date residency that ends Nov. 24.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2012/11/15/guns-n-roses-las-vegas-concert/1707037/

[SonofaGun]

Last night was awesome. Best GnR lineup and performance I have ever seen. We have mythologized the original line up. This group is better.

[jimb0]

Wow, so Axl took the rasp totally out of Nightrain? At least people are singing along and having fun.

[Bruno P.]

Hope videos of Objectify and Axl yelling at security are up soon.

Yes. I also want to see Ron yelling at that guy throwing ice at him

[oneway23]

Really excited to hear Objectify live. Don't think Ron has toured solo much, if at all, since joining GNR, so hearing any song off of Abnormal live is a real treat.

[Angeles_]

[sailaway]

Hi Angeles,you are an Angel to share all the pictures here

have a great day

[HBK77]

Angeles, your name is Tal?

[Bruno P.]

Really excited to hear Objectify live. Don't think Ron has toured solo much, if at all, since joining GNR, so hearing any song off of Abnormal live is a real treat.

a few shows here and there and yes he did not tour after joining Guns. I would love to hear Objectify as well...

@sailaway, yes, I'm glad we are getting Catcher and TWAT every night.

[Black Sabbath]

no hat or bandana? D:

[bumblecool]

[nightrain86]

Seriously, he looks way better there in that pic then when he's all covered up during the show.

[Dariablue]

As much as I'm not a fan of added covers, I really enjoyed The Seeker. Axl seemed really into performing it.

I need to upload my pictures.

Edited November 17, 2012 by Dariablue

[Apollo]

As much as I'm not a fan of added covers, I really enjoyed The Seeker. Axl seemed really into performing it.

I need to upload my pictures.

They sound amazing on The Seeker. I hope it becomes a staple.

[highvoltage]

Really excited to hear Objectify live. Don't think Ron has toured solo much, if at all, since joining GNR, so hearing any song off of Abnormal live is a real treat.

What's wrong with BBF? First he choses Glad To Be Here, one of his lamest songs as his solo spot, then changes it to OBJECTIFY, that's hardly any better! Why not Dash? Why not Misery? Why not Redeye, if the song has to be from Abnormal. Dude's got so many better songs! Guitars SUCK, Turn Around, RFAD, Overloaded, Thank You, TJonez, or his amazing There's a Kind of Hush cover. I don't get it.

He's choosing songs that have meaning to the situation he's in.