[TheAlien]

Padme, on May 26 2006, 05:51 AM, said:

From another newspaper. But almost the same thing

http://www.elpais.es...lpepucul_1/Tes/

... ... Lo que ocurrió en Madrid en mayo de 2006 tiene otro nombre: "Axls Roses".

[shotdowninflames]

Padme, on May 25 2006, 11:51 PM, said:

From another newspaper. But almost the same thing

http://www.elpais.es...lpepucul_1/Tes/

Guns “N” Roses, with the charismatic and outlandish Axl Rose like only original member of the group that at the end of the Eighties was able to vindicate for the great masses a rough rock, declining and urban, offered yesterday in Madrid a concert decaffeinated where they demonstrated to be dinosaurios in free fall. After four performances in the United States, previous to the European tour that the band has initiated in the capital of Spain, Axl in its nth attempt to appear again of ashes to Guns “N” Roses was received by near 10,000 people who jammed the gauging of the Audience Park Juan Carlos I.

The most staunch followers of the singer did not scrimp in saliva to adore to a myth that seems lost in being to itself, whereas a minority dispatched to taste with qualifying grotescos like “farcical” or “imposter-egocéntrico”, insults that one hour before the beginning of the spectacle seemed soeces and outside place. Those qualifying ones became true puyas when after two hours of delay the group had still not jumped to the scene, situation that heated the public, who dedicated itself to take seats and to throw objects to the scene while they insulted to Axl Rose. They were enough agreed of Welcome to the Jungle to return to the calm and finally to initiate a recital that lasted two hours. It's under Easy and Mr. Browstone preceded to Live and Let Die, version of a composition of Paul McCartney.

Too many parones After a good unnecessary beginning parones arrived first from many and. Boring a single one executed by one of the three guitarists who form the excessive establishment of musicians with whom Axl seems to want to fill an irreplaceable emptiness - Slash-, preceded to Sweet Child O' Mine, coreada with passion by the there present ones. Rose, who appeared with glasses of sun, cattle tenders, and the hair gathered in a coleta, underwent a new bassoon with the putting in scene of an eternal and future subject of his new disc, that took step to a single one of keyboard, that connected with November Rain. Chinese Democracy and the version of the song of Christina Aguilera, Beautiful, preceded to a new one to wake up of the public, who with My Michelle again returned to vibrate, although soon was calmed with the captivating Patience. Paradise City, closed the night.

Perhaps Axl Rose has certain fault of dispersed that his group suffered definitively in 1993 and of that still not has known to raise head, as it demonstrates the passage of the thirteen long years in which its hoped new disc Chinese Democracy has not finished, of that today offered a appetizer when interpreting five of his songs. And it is that the musicians who today replaced Steve Adler, Slash, Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan - members that recorded the huge for Appetitte Destruction in 1987 - managed to recreate the subjects of Guns “N” Roses, but with a little comparable attitude to the one of that cyclone that in the Eighties was made call Guns “N” Roses. What it happened in Madrid in May of 2006 has another name: “Axels Roses”.

[Padme]

review from a fan. From here today gone to hell. this guy like the show

I'm just gonna post this here and will move it to the appropiate thread tomorrow.

It's always hard to get started when you have so many things to say, so I'm just gonna give
the facts and then I'll add my personal review. Let me just say the show has blown my mind.

Show Time

The band was scheduled to appear at 10. They didn't show up till 11:59.

People got pissed off. There were already chants agains Axl. It started to get serious when people broke a few chairs and were passing them along towards the front so they could through them at the stage. Security did well and got on the way. Fortunately, some tour manager or assistat announced there had been a techincal failure and that was why the band was late. He apoligised and people calmed down a bit. Then at 12, the band started with Jungle and people when nuts.

Setlist

It's gonna be hard to remember, but this is more or less the order:

Jungle
Easy
Brownstone
LALD
Better
SCOM
KNHD
IRS
YCBM
The Blues
Outta get me
November Rain
TWAT
My Michelle
Patience
Chinese Democracy
Nightrain
Madagascar
Paradise city

---
(the following were perforance throughout the show)

Solos by Dizzy, Richard, Bumblefoot, Robin (two).
Medley. Amazing medley with keyboards...it sounded like jazz music.




Crowd

The show sold out but not till 1130 or so. I don't know if the crowd knew Axl was gonna be late or what the hell happened, but it did finally sold out. The crowd reacted differently to every song. While the classics were very well received, the new songs hardly made an impact. There were a few people moshing but not too many. It was a good crowd, it could've been better had the band appeared on time, but reacted well.

Axl

He was in a very good mood. He didn't interact that much with us - I guess the language barrier there is a factor - but he did say a few things. After the first three songs, he said he was very happy to be in Madrid, and that he was our master of ceremonies for the evening. He then said he was "el matador". People didn't really get that. Bullfighter in spanish is torero not matador (that's in mexican spanish I guess).

For the rest of the evening, when he had something to say, he sounded like he was some kinda of announcer in a sports game. I don't know if he was just joking around, taking the piss or what...but he had this same voice you hear in any nba game..."and to my far right, mr. Richard fortus". He also made a comment about how much he heard the word "puta" (he said punta) tonight. Puta means whore and people were chanting "hijo de puta" (son of a bitch) sometimes at him. He was in good spirits though, in great mood.

He danced like I've never seen him danced before. Very smoothed, the snake dance was there, but it's evolved to something sort of slower. He really moved well, way better than in 2002. He still has the moves, definitely. He was wearing jeans and brownish jacket/shirt. Then, he put on the same shirt he wore at the new york shows. His voice sounded "amazing" even better than in 93. He nailed every single song, even better and IRS.

The band

Lot of chemistry there..specially between the 3 guitarists. I really enjoyed Fortus playing and stage presence. This guy rocks. Robin Fink is the true leading guitar here. I had some doubts about him, but this guy really got involved. Bumblefoot is good, skilled. His stage presence is not as powerful as the other two, but good overall. Tommy is number 2 in GNR these days. Axl was constanly talking to him, putting his arm around him...these two have developed a great friendship so it seems. The rest of the band was ok, didn't pay too much attention to Dizzy, Brain or Pittman.


My review:

Well, what can I say? It's been a hell of a show. I didn't really like the two-hour delay, but the band made it all up to us. If you hear negative reviews from this show, it may have to do with the stigma this band has to carry for the rest of their live than really about the performance we saw tonight. The band put everything they had. It was a 2 and 1/2 hour show, all the hits, the new songs, great sound and Axl in a very good mood...what else you want? well, there are still people who miss Slash and live constanly in the past. That's fine with me, but they will never enjoy this band cause they just can't be open about it.

I'm so thrilled about what I saw tonight. I have no doubt that Axl will have the last laugh. On this note, when you see Axl you know the guy is so confident in what he's doing.- It's like he already knows he is gonna have the last laugh. -

I'm going to be now cause it's 524 am and I'm tired. I'm just gonna add that I met Christos and Mean Machine. We couldn't get to do anything cause they were exhausted and had to catch a plane to Lisbon tomorrow

At last, but not least, if you haven't bought any tickets to any of the upcoming concerts, I don't know what are you waiting for. This has been so fucking worth it.

Have fun at the shows people!!!!!!

This post has been edited by Padme: 25 May 2006 - 10:59 PM

[daveyjc]

thanks guys

so they didnt play rhiad???

[axlfuck]

2 hours of delay,a man said technic porblems,adn the band arriving in their expensive cars around 23 55,shame¡¡¡¡
bad sound
bad axl attitude,making jokes with his band mates
bad scenary,what is that shit,the same things that in new york,with a bigger stage?I dont understand
really,a bad start I give 3 over 10 points,in new york for me was 7 over 10 14th may and 9 over 10 15th may


I forget,the solos of the guitarrists are pure shit¡¡¡¡

[shotdowninflames]

axlfuck, on May 26 2006, 01:42 AM, said:

2 hours of delay,a man said technic porblems,adn the band arriving in their expensive cars around 23 55,shame¡¡¡¡
bad sound
bad axl attitude,making jokes with his band mates
bad scenary,what is that shit,the same things that in new york,with a bigger stage?I dont understand
really,a bad start I give 3 over 10 points,in new york for me was 7 over 10 14th may and 9 over 10 15th may
I forget,the solos of the guitarrists are pure shit¡¡¡¡

Glad you got to go at least.
So they arrived at 11:55 for a 10pm (22:00) show?

Hopefully it was just an off night.

[axlfuck]

yes,at 23 55 more or less,or maybe more,there were many people sending things to the stage(botlles,etc..)including seats¡¡¡¡¡¡¡hahahahaha

[bandita]

I dont think a GNR show has ever started on time I dont understand why this is ever a surprise to anyone really????????????????

[hasham1983]

axlfuck, on May 26 2006, 12:42 AM, said:

2 hours of delay,a man said technic porblems,adn the band arriving in their expensive cars around 23 55,shame¡¡¡¡
bad sound
bad axl attitude,making jokes with his band mates
bad scenary,what is that shit,the same things that in new york,with a bigger stage?I dont understand
really,a bad start I give 3 over 10 points,in new york for me was 7 over 10 14th may and 9 over 10 15th may


I forget,the solos of the guitarrists are pure shit¡¡¡¡

which expensive cars...Bentleys?

[axlfuck]

yes,but 2 hours¡¡¡¡¡¡¡??????this is not usual in spain,but in general for me a bad concert

[Hallucination]

axlfuck, on May 26 2006, 01:56 AM, said:

yes,but 2 hours¡¡¡¡¡¡¡??????this is not usual in spain,but in general for me a bad concert

Sounds like an honest review. especially since you gave the Hammerstein shows such high marks. I don't know people. I could easily see the wheels coming off this thing in a hurry. I hope not but I'm not holding my breath

[Storm88000]

You have to wonder if some of the shows Axl has been/is late for - do you think he was ever just sitting around backstage until he felt like going on?

-J

[smokingarthur]

If Axl had a clue, he would have went to extreme measures to make this concert as trouble-free as possible. And Spain is the wrong country to show up two hours late for anything.

[MoeD]

RJ88, on May 26 2006, 04:05 AM, said:

axl's in-between-song-comments are the best!


and you guys need to stop praying for slash to come back....

yeah, and if you like to scream for slash, than scream for duff and izzy too, not just for slash!!

[FinckFortus]

If you go to a GNR concert, you EXPECT the band to arrive late. Quit you bitching.