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I just read this on GNR Bar....yes I am an insomniac-

I cannot confirm if this is true:

From Matt "Roadcrew" from DN'B's mailing list:

"Okay... I can't really tell you how I found out or how I got on the

list without betraying a friend's confidence, but I got a call around 6

p.m. that Rosario Dawson, the actress from RENT, ALEXANDER, etc., was

having a birthday party tonight at a small club near my apartment that

I'm told is called Plum (I feel like an idiot but I honestly have never

seen a name on the marquee and now I can't find a club called Plum on

citysearch.com, so I apologize if that's not right.) and that GN'R WERE

GOING TO PLAY. Some of my co-workers and I were able to get our names

on the list. I was told to keep my mouth shut b/c it was all supposed

to be a secret.

Anyways, I have been here once or twice before, and it's a pretty

small, chich nightclub. It has 2 floors and holds maybe 800, 900 people

tops - someone told me capacity is actually around 500 people, I don't

know how accurate that is and tonight, it was definately filled

wwwaaaayyyy beyond capacity. I don't mean to make light of a tragedy

but if God forbid there had been a fire, it would have been The

Station x10.

So doors are at 11 p.m. and we show up around 12:30 a.m. and... we're

told we can't go in. Allegedly Axl got into a fight with a club goer (I

can't verify this) and they subsequently shut down the doors. Of ther

dozen or so people I was with, all but my friend Ken split. It was at

that point that Ken had the brilliant idea that maybe now they would

let us in since there was just 2 of us. We pleaded with a bouncer who

verified that we were actually on the list and - yes! - we were in.

Like I said, the place was packed, but we managed to find another good

friend who had a table up front near the stage. The joint was crawling

with celebrities: Kid Rock, Mickey Rourke, Eric Balfour, and God knows

who else. On the way up I heard buzz first that the original band was

there (which I knew was B.S.), and then buzz that it was just Axl and

Izzy and Matt Sorum (which seemed feasible in light of Axl's recently

making-nice with both former Gunners). I saw Dizzy wandering around

before we took our spot up front, maybe five or ten feet from where the

band was and right next to Del James.

The band finally came a little after 1 a.m. I think. The stage was

incredibly small and everyone surged forward to the point where tables

were knocked over; my legs and feet are currently soaked in champagne

and God knows what else. Anyway, Izzy and Matt were NOT there (or if

they were, they didn't play), and if Brain was there, I didn't see him,

either.

But Axl, Robin, Richard, Tommy, Bumblefoot, Dizzy and Chris all took

the stage. Everyone played acoustically except Robin, who played a

semi-hollow Gibson, and Tommy, who played his usual bass; for KOHD,

Robin and Richard switched instruments. Chris and Dizzy played maracas,

congos, tambourines, and occasionally the keyboard, which was crammed

in the corner. Axl introduced the show as the "karaoke version" of GN'R

as a movie screen-sized monitor with all his lyrics was behind him

(BTW, I don't know about everyone else, but all this time I've thought

the lyric is I.R.S. was "All the legions," but it's actually "All the

reasons that you give, I'll follow you.") . Everyone seemed to be in a

great mood; they played some old tunes from LIES that they haven't done

since Slash was in the band, and Axl said they had learned the songs

just 20 minutes before arriving at the club. Before I.R.S., Axl asked

the band if they felt like trying it even though they hadn't rehearsed

it, and Tommy screamed out "I'm fucking fearless, I'll try anything!"

November Rain, for which only Robin did an electric solo, sounded

better than it did at the Hammerstein shows; Richard and especially

Bubmlefoot's acoustic solos just sounded astounding.

Needless to say, the whole place went apeshit... it was a really

intimate, really amazing show and a nice way to close out the week

after the 4 Hammerstein gigs. I don't remember the precise order of the

set list but here is what they played:

USED TO LOVE HER

MR. BROWNSTONE

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

YOU'RE CRAZY (LIES version, not the APPETITE version)

PATIENCE

KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR

THE BLUES

I.R.S.

SWEET CHILD O' MINE

NOVEMBER RAIN (Axl on keyboard)

PARADISE CITY

I don't think I missed any songs; the whole show lasted a little over

an hour, maybe. At the end Axl came back out and said "I forgot to do

something b/c I'm a fucking idiot" before bringing Rosario Dawson out

on stage and leading the audience in a rendition of "Happy Birthday."

The Rosario grabbed the mike and went nuts - "THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED ALL

ACOUSTIC, THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING, HOW MUCH DOES THIS MAN FUCKING

ROCK," etc.

Okay. I have work in the morning so I'm going to bed. If I forgot

anything I'll type more later...

-Matt

a.k.a. The Luckiest Bastard in the World"

Source; http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...ewsitemID=52498

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uhm... ok i found this http://p087.ezboard.com/fgunsnroses14385th...cID=33399.topic

"Okay... I can't really tell you how I found out or how I got on the list without betraying a friend's confidence, but I got a call around 6 p.m. that Rosario Dawson, the actress from RENT, ALEXANDER, etc., was having a birthday party tonight at a small club near my apartment that I'm told is called Plum (I feel like an idiot but I honestly have never seen a name on the marquee and now I can't find a club called Plum on citysearch.com, so I apologize if that's not right.) and that GN'R WERE GOING TO PLAY. Some of my co-workers and I were able to get our names on the list. I was told to keep my mouth shut b/c it was all supposed to be a secret.

Anyways, I have been here once or twice before, and it's a pretty small, chich nightclub. It has 2 floors and holds maybe 800, 900 people tops - someone told me capacity is actually around 500 people, I don't know how accurate that is and tonight, it was definately filled wwwaaaayyyy beyond capacity. I don't mean to make light of a tragedy but if God forbid there had been a fire, it would have been The Station x10.

So doors are at 11 p.m. and we show up around 12:30 a.m. and... we're told we can't go in. Allegedly Axl got into a fight with a club goer (I can't verify this) and they subsequently shut down the doors. Of ther dozen or so people I was with, all but my friend Ken split. It was at that point that Ken had the brilliant idea that maybe now they would let us in since there was just 2 of us. We pleaded with a bouncer who verified that we were actually on the list and - yes! - we were in.

Like I said, the place was packed, but we managed to find another good friend who had a table up front near the stage. The joint was crawling with celebrities: Kid Rock, Mickey Rourke, Eric Balfour, and God knows who else. On the way up I heard buzz first that the original band was there (which I knew was B.S.), and then buzz that it was just Axl and Izzy and Matt Sorum (which seemed feasible in light of Axl's recently making-nice with both former Gunners). I saw Dizzy wandering around before we took our spot up front, maybe five or ten feet from where the band was and right next to Del James.

The band finally came a little after 1 a.m. I think. The stage was incredibly small and everyone surged forward to the point where tables were knocked over; my legs and feet are currently soaked in champagne and God knows what else. Anyway, Izzy and Matt were NOT there (or if they were, they didn't play), and if Brain was there, I didn't see him, either.

But Axl, Robin, Richard, Tommy, Bumblefoot, Dizzy and Chris all took the stage. Everyone played acoustically except Robin, who played a semi-hollow Gibson, and Tommy, who played his usual bass; for KOHD, Robin and Richard switched instruments. Chris and Dizzy played maracas, congos, tambourines, and occasionally the keyboard, which was crammed in the corner. Axl introduced the show as the "karaoke version" of GN'R as a movie screen-sized monitor with all his lyrics was behind him (BTW, I don't know about everyone else, but all this time I've thought the lyric is I.R.S. was "All the legions," but it's actually "All the reasons that you give, I'll follow you.") . Everyone seemed to be in a great mood; they played some old tunes from LIES that they haven't done since Slash was in the band, and Axl said they had learned the songs just 20 minutes before arriving at the club. Before I.R.S., Axl asked the band if they felt like trying it even though they hadn't rehearsed it, and Tommy screamed out "I'm fucking fearless, I'll try anything!"

November Rain, for which only Robin did an electric solo, sounded better than it did at the Hammerstein shows; Richard and especially Bubmlefoot's acoustic solos just sounded astounding.

Needless to say, the whole place went apeshit... it was a really intimate, really amazing show and a nice way to close out the week after the 4 Hammerstein gigs. I don't remember the precise order of the set list but here is what they played:

USED TO LOVE HER

MR. BROWNSTONE

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

YOU'RE CRAZY (LIES version, not the APPETITE version) PATIENCE KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR THE BLUES I.R.S.

SWEET CHILD O' MINE

NOVEMBER RAIN (Axl on keyboard)

PARADISE CITY

I don't think I missed any songs; the whole show lasted a little over an hour, maybe. At the end Axl came back out and said "I forgot to do something b/c I'm a fucking idiot" before bringing Rosario Dawson out on stage and leading the audience in a rendition of "Happy Birthday."

The Rosario grabbed the mike and went nuts - "THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED ALL ACOUSTIC, THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING, HOW MUCH DOES THIS MAN FUCKING ROCK," etc."

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:o:o

This is amazing stuff!!! And eventhough it sounds like the kinda thing that doesn't get bootlegged a lot...I so hope it was! :unsure:

Phones most likely, shite quality too :(

Unless that too was recorded for release? Perhaps?

Would explain why Axl went off, AND THEN came back on, rather than staying on and singing happy birthday.

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