Slane Castle 1992 was my first time to see them. There was a LOT of cops at the gig, Iโve never seen as many at any other show anywhere else since. Given Bob Dylan fans had wrecked the Slane cop station in 1986 they had good reason to suspect GNR fans would act similarly in 1992! Faith No More and an Irish band opened and then it was almost 2 hours of Nine Inch Nails being played over the PA before GnR hit the stage. I still have my bootleg shirt from this gig though itโs a long long time since it fit me.ย
I was at this gig and snagged the setlist! Axl barely moved from the drum riser once they came back on but his vocals were definitely strong that night. It was a weird gigโฆ It seemed that people around me were pissed off that they were almost 90 mins late and then got even more pissed off when Axl threw the mic pack at the sound guy during the first tune. Thatโs when I remember the first green plastic bottle landing onstage, he issued a warning or two and then they were gone after 3 songs from what I recall.ย
I was at this gig, I wouldnโt say it was terrible there were a few dips in the set but Axl sounded greatโฆ I was more shocked that they came on a little early (from what I remember) Iโd barely left the tent Therapy? were playing before GnR were suddenly onstage. Thatโs was a fucking hot hot day.ย
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(was the Metallica gig a few days later the St Anger tour or the tour where they played all Master of Puppets? I was at both those gigs)ย
Was meant to the RDS show in Ireland in 2006 but couldnโt due to work stuff. The first I went to was Dublin 2010 which a memorable show for all the wrong reasons. I remember entering the venue and seeing people siting against walls out of their minds on drink. Axl during I think jungle(itโs been 14 years) stopped the show and said very clearly that the crowd needed to stop throwing stuff and the next time it happened, heโd leave. And he did.ย
one memory I have is DJ Ashba coming out to the back gate of what was the O2 and spoke to some of us for a good amount of time. I had his autograph but I think it got chucked out.
I just remembered that last night I had an inception-style dream (where I went two levels down) and in my dream within a dream I heard loud thunder and I still donโt know if it was from the real world or if it was all in my head lol