[Mr_Sparkle]

Well, not sure what to say... That show left me speechless. By FAR the best god damn show I have ever been too.


I knew it was going to be a special night when I walked into the joint, to be greeted by none other the Axl Rose. I purposely went late to the show since the venue was so small, I didn't want to stand in line. But, the doors had not opened yet when I got there, so the line was hella long. I decided to walk around the casino for a bit.

About twenty minutes later, Axl Rose walks in the door. If I would have went to the back of the line i would have never seen him. He had a entourage around him but he was very assessable. I walked up to him, shook his hand, he did that funky lean away from me shy handshake thing he did on the MTV Movie awards. i said have a great show, can't wait for you guys to go on.. He said "Thanks see you on the inside." After that everyone else started yelling "Axl, Axl" and they whisked him off to a private area. The cool thing is, he walked down the line and shook everyone’s had that was standing in line towards the front. All i can say was awesome.

So, with all this commotion, I was able to slip in line towards the front. I know I am a bastard but like 30 people left their spot to chase Axl, so I was like meh, why go to the back i will just slip in here. So, I got fantastic spot on the floor. I was about 10 feet away from the stage. Everyone was cool; no one was pushing or shoving where I was. I had a perfect clear view of the greatness.

As far as the set, it was pretty much the same set they played in Europe. No new unheard songs. They did play I.R.S, Better, Magascar, The Blues. They played the usual Appetite songs and November Rain. No TWAT.

the best way I can sum it up is, put the current lineup in the MTV Ritz '88 show. It was a small club like that, everyone was real close together and the stage was about waist high. Axl moved his ass off, it was just like the Ritz show. he was running and dancing likea son of a bitch.

The mix was pretty bad; Axl was low a lot of the time. He did sound fan fucking tastic though. He was on his A game. They recorded the show, I watched them but up giant audience recording microphones throughout the Joint.

During Better something funky happened with his ear monitor. He kept motioning to someone to turn it down. I don't think they ever did cause he got pissed and took it off. There will be another rant tape I am sure. During Paradise City for the 1st 30 seconds I could see him berating Merck off stage. You could tell he was in a tirade just blazing pissed. Then he came back out on stage, sang a few lines and stormed off again. I could see him off stage with Merck just having a total hissy fit. Before that, i could see Axl yelling into the mic, pointing at someone and screaming his head off. Not sure what happened but Axl left the stage mad again, and then came back to finish the song.

Axl was in a pretty good mood for most of the night, until the end. Something pissed him the fuck off. He told a story about Paul McCartney, he said that Paul’s kids told Paul that it was awesome that he covered a Guns n' Roses song. Was pretty funny.

Man, i don't ever want to see an arena show again. Small clubs is where it's at. Nothing like sharing that experience with only 1000 people. Axl was into the crowed all night long, he said it was nice to meet everyone out front..

This show should be all over the net soon. They didn't check anyone for camera's and I saw a few full size cam corders going during the show and about 50 camera phones.

That's about it. Best show of my fucking life.

[f**k_your_enemy]

Very very cool review... Sweet that you met Axl!

[oneAXLinamillion]

nice thanks!

[highvoltage]

Kickass review Sparkle, been dying to hear one.

[jack99]

Cool review, Sparkle! Great to hear you had a good time and got to meet the man himself!

It would be interesting to hear what he said to Merck and what got him that pissed off...

[dally]

That was a werry good review mate,

[Mr_Sparkle]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention. Ron was amazing. He looks totally comfortable up there now. He was running all over the place like a wild man!

[highvoltage]

Mr_Sparkle, on Sep 17 2006, 07:24 PM, said:

Oh yeah, forgot to mention. Ron was amazing. He looks totally comfortable up there now. He was running all over the place like a wild man!

That's awesome that he's settled in and everything. He's easily my favourite guitarist in the new band, so i'm happy to hear that.

[Karri]

Well. I wasn't there, but still I can't see any reason to get mad at your manager in the middle of a song. In the middle of the last god damn song! And sure, the sound guys might fuck things up, but so what? Just keep it flowing. Why not cut the bullshit and just sing the fucking song.

This post has been edited by Karri: 17 September 2006 - 04:35 AM

[deadpool89]

great fuckin story


sounded awesome!

[Mr_Sparkle]

[kannon21]

Mr_Sparkle, on Sep 17 2006, 05:04 AM, said:

Axl was in a pretty good mood for most of the night, until the end. Something pissed him the fuck off. He told a story about Paul McCartney, he said that Paul’s kids told Paul that it was awesome that he covered a Guns n' Roses song. Was pretty funny.

That's just priceless! .... man awesome review, glad you had a blast and that met The Man

Kannon.

[Mr_Sparkle]

Oh yeah, Axl welcomed back Brain.. he said "Brain took a leave of absence to tend to his new born child... they named it Axl"

Another funny thing he said, pointing at some dude with a camera phone, "That will be on the net in the next 15 minutes..... what?? You didn't like that joke??"

Someone threw something on stage, Axl leaned down and asked the guy something, then he said "We have an enemy combatant here, you are a bad boy for throwing things, shame on you"

This post has been edited by Mr_Sparkle: 17 September 2006 - 04:54 AM