07/12/16 - Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Field

[tsinindy]

1 hour ago, Original said:

I'll try and  "look" at his voice,,,,

I haven't looked, but I'm willing to bet every one of that dude's posts are about Axl's 2010 voice

[Top-Hatted One]

That performance of Better is pretty terrible. 

 

Seen far better in Portugal, London and even now

Edited July 14, 2016 by Top-Hatted One

[Braxon Raine]

5 hours ago, cotty168 said:

Awesome show and I'm thrilled to see at least the three back together again.   For one night my tattoo I got back in 92 of GNR was relevant again

 

Fuck that.  The tattoo has always been relevant.    

Best one I took.  More when my sister sends me hers, she got some nice ones. 

Edited July 14, 2016 by Braxon Raine

[Crazyman]

Apologies if this was already posted, but this source states there were 45,000 people at the show

[alfierose]

2 hours ago, Cisco78 said:

Caught Axl's mic last night, souvenir of a lifetime from the concert not in this lifetime & the best live show I've ever seen.  

Congrats and welcome to the forum. 

[Philipm787]

Which song did Slash use that green BC Rich on?

[superdave]

2 hours ago, Philipm787 said:

Which song did Slash use that green BC Rich on?

Chinese Democracy 

[cotty168]

I was in section 108, row A.  Pretty disappointed with how far away we were from the corner of the stage, but that's not Guns fault.  Anyway... here are a few links to some video I shot.  You can really hear Axl's mic cutting in and out on Coma.  Gives you an idea of what some of the people on here have been talking about with the sound.  Enjoy...

Coma- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDhrQilgDkc 

Nightrain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-bXV2XFdxU

Sweet Child - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKF52CstyeA

My Michelle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs34BaGuL1c

Paradise City (with fireworks) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPgBPKxK-kM

[cotty168]

9 hours ago, Braxon Raine said:

Fuck that.  The tattoo has always been relevant.    

Best one I took.  More when my sister sends me hers, she got some nice ones. 

LOL... thanks.  As soon as I went off to college in 1992 I went straight to the shop and used the design from Sorum's drums as the inspiration.  It's not identical, but close.  Then the breakup happened... I always kind of figured it was me that jinxed the band. 

 

Edited July 14, 2016 by cotty168
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[fabrph5]

On ‎7‎/‎13‎/‎2016 at 1:10 PM, ironmt said:

Guess you are having a hard time understanding what you are reading because that Is exactly what my post says. The line up matters.

Sorry!  I was actually having a hard time quoting the right people that day.  You were the 2nd one I messed up on

[ironmt]

1 hour ago, fabrph5 said:

Sorry!  I was actually having a hard time quoting the right people that day.  You were the 2nd one I messed up on

It's all good bud. Take care.

[Juliette]

On 13/7/2016 at 1:12 AM, ironmt said:

Isn't that a festival with many bands?

See the video on youtube and you´ll see that all the people went to see the Guns,. You should know that the festivals have a lot of bands but one or two are the real attraction.

On 13/7/2016 at 1:19 AM, ZoSoRose said:

Are you implying the 2001 - 2014 lineups are as popular as gnr with slash?  Cause that's false

Not exactly, I´m saying that is not accurate that Guns without Slash and Duff were playing for small crowds (4k or 12k) that is false. Like it or not, the band sold out a lot of times, in these period, they played for too many stadium from different countries. If you like it more with Slah , me too. but It´s not fair to say that without him the band played without success.

You should see vids and stats in different pages like wik and check what i´m saying.

[ironmt]

6 minutes ago, Juliette said:

See the video on youtube and you´ll see that all the people went to see the Guns,. You should know that the festivals have a lot of bands but one or two are the real attraction.

Not exactly, I´m saying that is not accurate that Guns without Slash and Duff were playing for small crowds (4k or 12k) that is false. Like it or not, the band sold out a lot of times, in these period, they played for too many stadium from different countries. If you like it more with Slah , me too. but It´s not fair to say that without him the band played without success.

You should see vids and stats in different pages like wik and check what i´m saying.

They were absolutely playing to crowds of 4k to 12k the majority of the time other than festivals that Included many bands. There Is no denying that with Slash and Duff on board they are playing to bigger crowds and no one said that they were playing without success. They just were not playing to as large of crowds which makes my point that the line up definitely matters. 

[Juliette]

On 13/7/2016 at 1:12 AM, ironmt said:

 

7 minutes ago, ironmt said:

They were absolutely playing to crowds of 4k to 12k the majority of the time other than festivals that Included many bands. There Is no denying that with Slash and Duff on board they are playing to bigger crowds and no one said that they were playing without success. They just were not playing to as large of crowds which makes my point that the line up definitely matters. 

January 13, 2010	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre	8,500[138]
January 16, 2010	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome	9,000[139]
January 17, 2010	Edmonton		Rexall Place	9,800[140]
January 19, 2010	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre	9,000[141]
January 20, 2010	Regina		Brandt Centre	6,000[142]
January 24, 2010	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum	6,500[143]
January 25, 2010	London		John Labatt Centre	6,000[144]
January 27, 2010	Montreal		Bell Centre	15,000[145]
January 28, 2010	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	21,000[146]	Sold Out[147]
January 31, 2010	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place	8,000[148]
February 1, 2010	Quebec City		Colisée Pepsi	6,500[149]
February 3, 2010	Moncton		Moncton Coliseum	6,000±
February 4, 2010	Halifax		Metro Centre	10,000[150]
February 11, 2010	New York City	United States	John Varvatos Store	100[151]	Acoustic Show
February 14, 2010			Rose Bar	150[152]	Acoustic Show
South America #1
March 7, 2010	Brasília	Brazil	Ginásio Nilson Nelson	13,000[153]	Sold Out[154]
March 10, 2010	Belo Horizonte		Mineirinho	15,000[155]
March 13, 2010	São Paulo		Estádio Palestra Itália	38,000[156]	Sold Out[157]
March 16, 2010	Porto Alegre		Estacionamento da Fiergs	17,000[158]	Sold Out[159]
March 18, 2010	Montevideo	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario	40,000
March 20, 2010	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena	15,000[160]
March 22, 2010	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani	45,000[161]	Sold Out[162]
March 25, 2010	Lima	Peru	Estadio Monumental	45,000[163]
March 27, 2010	Caracas	Venezuela	Poliedro de Caracas	15,000[164]
March 30, 2010	Bogotá	Colombia	Parque Jaime Duque	20,000[165]
April 1, 2010	Quito	Ecuador	Estadio Olímpico	38,000[166]	Sold Out[166]
April 4, 2010	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose	30,000[167]

Look at South America - tour 2010 for example.

 

[ironmt]

1 minute ago, Juliette said:

January 13, 2010	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre	8,500[138]
January 16, 2010	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome	9,000[139]
January 17, 2010	Edmonton		Rexall Place	9,800[140]
January 19, 2010	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre	9,000[141]
January 20, 2010	Regina		Brandt Centre	6,000[142]
January 24, 2010	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum	6,500[143]
January 25, 2010	London		John Labatt Centre	6,000[144]
January 27, 2010	Montreal		Bell Centre	15,000[145]
January 28, 2010	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	21,000[146]	Sold Out[147]
January 31, 2010	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place	8,000[148]
February 1, 2010	Quebec City		Colisée Pepsi	6,500[149]
February 3, 2010	Moncton		Moncton Coliseum	6,000±
February 4, 2010	Halifax		Metro Centre	10,000[150]
February 11, 2010	New York City	United States	John Varvatos Store	100[151]	Acoustic Show
February 14, 2010			Rose Bar	150[152]	Acoustic Show
South America #1
March 7, 2010	Brasília	Brazil	Ginásio Nilson Nelson	13,000[153]	Sold Out[154]
March 10, 2010	Belo Horizonte		Mineirinho	15,000[155]
March 13, 2010	São Paulo		Estádio Palestra Itália	38,000[156]	Sold Out[157]
March 16, 2010	Porto Alegre		Estacionamento da Fiergs	17,000[158]	Sold Out[159]
March 18, 2010	Montevideo	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario	40,000
March 20, 2010	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena	15,000[160]
March 22, 2010	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani	45,000[161]	Sold Out[162]
March 25, 2010	Lima	Peru	Estadio Monumental	45,000[163]
March 27, 2010	Caracas	Venezuela	Poliedro de Caracas	15,000[164]
March 30, 2010	Bogotá	Colombia	Parque Jaime Duque	20,000[165]
April 1, 2010	Quito	Ecuador	Estadio Olímpico	38,000[166]	Sold Out[166]
April 4, 2010	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose	30,000[167]

Look at South America - tour 2010 for example.

 

I think we are all aware of the fact that they have and always will be huge In South America and I am not arguing about that at all. They are currently playing In the U.S. and If you look at your figures you will see that they played to between 4k and 12k In the U.S. They are now playing to 30k to 50k In the U.S. The line up made all the difference.

[Juliette]

Just now, ironmt said:

I think we are all aware of the fact that they have and always will be huge In South America and I am not arguing about that at all. They are currently playing In the U.S. and If you look at your figures you will see that they played to between 4k and 12k In the U.S. They are now playing to 30k to 50k In the U.S. The line up made all the difference.

Well I´m glad that you´ve changed your oppinon  haha. now is only about the US. ok. You talked before in general. Anyway , see that these crodws were not about 4k.

These people (included me) known that was only Axl in the band. For that reason I think Guns is Axl´s band.

 

[ironmt]

1 minute ago, Juliette said:

Well I´m glad that you´ve changed your oppinon  haha. now is only about the US. ok. You talked before in general. Anyway , see that these crodws were not about 4k.

These people (included me) known that was only Axl in the band. For that reason I think Guns is Axl´s band.

 

I guess we could go on and on about this and pull numbers from clear back on the Illusion tour which would conclude that they sold more tickets In South America and around the world with the original members than they did with Axls band In 2010. The numbers prove that the line up with the original members have and will continue to sell more tickets than a band with just Axl. But we are all entitled to our own thoughts and opinions. Take care.

[KeyserSoze]

[ironmt]

After listening to all of the shows since the tour started I think Pittsburgh may be the loudest crowd so far.

 

[AtGame7]

I didn't bother to write a review because I was one of 40,000 or so at the show and figured my opinion really matters very little in the grand scheme of things, which is true, but I've been watching videos and reading others recaps since the show so I thought I might as well add my 45 year old perspective.

 

I could not have possibly asked for more.  I was looking forward to this concert like a 10 year old looks forward to Christmas.  This band, these songs, were the soundtrack to a life misspent in the 80's and 90's.  I've grown up since then and look back at all the mistakes I made during that time in my life and wish I had done things differently for sure (though I have heard to regret nothing because the choices we make are the choices that make us who we are) but I also remember the good times, the good times that (for good reason) are gone and we won't get again.  I remember the friends I had back then and the crazy things we did.  We were happy and cared little about the real world, maybe it was a better time, maybe it wasn't, I really don't know.  I've gotten older and have a job and a family that require my support and I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.  I have one goal left in life and that is to take care of them to the best of my ability, period.

 

I did get, with the blessing of my wife, for one night, the ability to put all that on the backburner for a few hours and recapture at least a little bit of the good time of a misspent youth.  You see, to someone like me to see Axl, Duff and Slash on stage together again is more than just a concert, but what a concert it was.  Since it became obvious the band wasn't going to play together anymore I always said I wish I could see Axl and Slash do "Sweet Child o Mine" together one more time because each did the song with whatever assemblance of musicians they were with, but it will never be SCOM without Slash on the guitar and I like Myles Kennedy well enough, but, well, sorry that just doesn't do the song justice.  What would I pay to hear that one more time?  

 

Turns out $176 was PENNIES compared to what it was actually worth to me.  

 

As far as an actual review of the show, well, it's like talking politics or religion.  You won't change anyone's mind, especially if they went into the show with their mind made up already.  Yea, I could tweak the setlist, yes, Axl's voice isn't like it was in 89 but if all you want to do is find reasons to complain then I won't be able to stop you.  In my opinion the show was more than I could have asked for and I'm very happy for what we got.

 

If Duff is truly responsible for making this happen, thank you sir.  Right now, I gotta get back to work.

[Cisco78]

Atgame7 I couldn't have said it any better.  It took me back to my faster lived years as a youth. For me it was nothing less than epic & the highlight of the night for me was catching Axl's mic a souvenir of a lifetime. & after reading Duff's book how to be a man & other illusions it made me 1 have a new found lust for life & the future & 2 let go of the life altering mistakes of my misspent youth. 

Between seeing axl In 2004 or in there someplace to now was like night and day,  his performance the stage show & just the entire atmosphere was electric undoubtedly the best live show I've seen.

[AtGame7]

38 minutes ago, Cisco78 said:

Atgame7 I couldn't have said it any better.  It took me back to my faster lived years as a youth. For me it was nothing less than epic & the highlight of the night for me was catching Axl's mic a souvenir of a lifetime. & after reading Duff's book how to be a man & other illusions it made me 1 have a new found lust for life & the future & 2 let go of the life altering mistakes of my misspent youth. 

Between seeing axl In 2004 or in there someplace to now was like night and day,  his performance the stage show & just the entire atmosphere was electric undoubtedly the best live show I've seen.

WOW, are you kidding me?  They would burry me with that thing.  Congrats on that and I'm glad you enjoyed the show.  Those that don't understand just won't understand.

Good for you, sir!

[Albertr212]

5 hours ago, Cisco78 said:

Atgame7 I couldn't have said it any better.  It took me back to my faster lived years as a youth. For me it was nothing less than epic & the highlight of the night for me was catching Axl's mic a souvenir of a lifetime. & after reading Duff's book how to be a man & other illusions it made me 1 have a new found lust for life & the future & 2 let go of the life altering mistakes of my misspent youth. 

Between seeing axl In 2004 or in there someplace to now was like night and day,  his performance the stage show & just the entire atmosphere was electric undoubtedly the best live show I've seen.

Woah, nice! Do have any pictures of the mic you can share?

 

[oaka]

Photo from Pittsburgh posted by Fernando

 

[SteveAJones]

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