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The show was packed! 

I didn´t even know Axl had attended LM´s funeral. I´ve been busy and it wan´t untill yesterday evening that I knew of Axl´s performance  when it appeared on my YT feed when I was browsing to play some music while I was working. The performance and the speech were very touching. It must have been so taugh for Axl to sing in these circumstances. 

I hope Axl´s doing better. Anxiety attacks can be really hard to deal with. Whatever it is that´s happening to him, I prefer him to take all the time he needs to rocover instead of going on with the tour, with all the pressure and damaging his health or his voice. If he needs a few days or a few weeks or even a few months, so be it. We better have him well and healthy. 

"The empire of pain" by Patrick Radden Keefe. 

Whatever the value is I hope they don´t end up selling their catalogue to one of those vulture funds that are monopolizing the culture industry. 

The loss of a pet is very painful, they are not just animals but family. Axl must have suffered a lot. 

I can´t believe you forgot to mention "Mambo number 5" 

21 hours ago, -Jaro- said:

Noone of them knows shit. One day could be seasonal, other day it is permanent, one day masks help, other don't...

In one country 2weeks quarantine in other 3... world is gone nuts... "experts" are leading most of us, but sute seem like noone knows what is doing...

I think all the western countries made the same mistake of thinking the virus wouldn´t spread outside China and didn´t take any measures to prevent. They didn´t take it seriously and tried to convince people saying it was like a regular flu which was a lie. Then they reacted too late and we are now suffering the consequences. Here in Spain the situation is pretty bad and they are extending the quarantine every two weeks but most people know deep inside that this won´t end at least untill May/June. It´s a disaster. So many lives lost and the economy is ruined.

On 27/3/2020 at 2:54 AM, pentatonicamenor said:

I really hope this one not to be cancelled.

I´m almost sure it will be cancelled. Things are pretty bad here in Spain and the quarantine will probably last untill May/June.

Two shows in Spain and I won´t be able to attend any of them 

On 10/11/2017 at 12:29 AM, Graeme said:

Under the right of all peoples to self-determination, written in international law, all regions in Spain SHOULD have the right to vote on their independence IF they elect a government that wants to hold a vote.

If Spain is that confident that the majority of Catalans don't want independence, let them vote legitimately, like most of them want to do. Your side will win and, though I don't imagine you'll end the independence movement, you'll have a legally binding decision from the people of Catalonia to remain part of the Kingdom.

Also, unless you're arguing for the dissolution of all nation states and a move to a world without borders, you're a nationalist too, you're just saying that Spanish nationalism is in some way morally superior to Catalan nationalism.

No, all the regions don´t have the right to vote for independence. With that logic, all the countries should have the right to vote and divide themselves in little countries. Why this need for breaking up a whole country? I am not a nationalist and we are not morally superior. We just want to live in peace and don´t need to be devoured by sectarian and fanatic people who want to impose their nonsese at all cost. And that nonsense is based on lies, manipulation and political corruption of certain guys who just care for their own interest.

They don´t care about anything nor anybody. They are using people to do the dirty job whereas they are protecting their own interests. Almost 2000 companies (including banks) have left Catalonia and unemployment is rising because of that. Their economy is being seriously damaged yet these fanatics say these companies are gone for good . They wouldn´t mind ruining Catalonia if that meant having their lame independence. 

And guess what?. The former president of Catalonia ran to Brussels under the excuse of not trusting the spanish justice (and because the coward KNEW that he would go to prison) when the truth is that he is using all this conflict to challenge the spanish government once again, and to cause havoc trying to revive all the nationalisms of Europe in order to have their support for the catalan cause. 

The catalan nationalists are even collecting money from the average joe to pay the fines of catalan politicians who are in prison. This is incredible. These people challenge the governmet of Spain, disobey the laws, ignore the constitution and they still manage to get more money from people´s pockets. They are so blind they have lost touch of reality. 

Comparing Scotland to Catalonia is absurd. They are completely different matters and the links you provided just prove what I already said. People supporting independence preach the same lies like parrots and adopt a position of victimhood based on manipulated assunptions. As I stated in my previous post, they think they are special and over the rest of Spain, as if their problems were more important when the truth is that they are suffering the same problems than the rest of Spain. The whole country suffers the consequences of the devastating echonomical crisis, the political corruption of most of the people in the party that rules the government of Spain, unemployment, lack of investment...etc. These problems are suffered by ALL the spaniards, not just the catalan people. And that is not a reason to justify their independence. By following that rule all the regions in Spain would have the right to vote and ask for their independence. 

Just a matter of curiosity so that you can see what an idiotic behavior the nationalists have: As you have probably heard, the regional police of Catalonia, called Mossos, were/are used as a political weapon by the Catalan government (nationalists). When the terrorist attacks that happened in Barcelona three months ago, they didn´t allow Guardia Civil (a police squad from Spain) to work and use their experts in terrorism. Prior to the attacks in La Rambla, there was an explosion in a house where the terrorists were planning stuff. Since the beginning Guardia Civil suspected there might be evidence of terrorists but the Mossos ignored them and didn´t allow their experts in explosives and bombs to investigate. Had they allowed the experts they could have probably avoided the attacks in Barcelona. Another exemple: during the demonstration after the terrorist attacks, the supporters of the independence acted selfish by putting their political stance ahead of the respect for the victims and turned the demonstration against terrorism into a political demonstration to claim independence. They are completely blind and brainwashed and have lost touch of reality. 

Nationalism brings nothing but hate and disdain, and when it goes hand in hand with ignorance it becomes not only absurd but also dangerous. 

I don´t know what to think on this matter. A lot of people (including myself) thought that the old guys would never play together again and here they are, playing a very successful tour. So you can never say never. 

Catalonia has never been an independent country itself. It was part of the Kingdom of Navarra and later part of the Kingdom of Aragón and that happened centuries ago. A few decades ago, in the 1970´s, after dictator Franco died and the country opened to democracy, the catalan nationalists took advantage of this fact and started to initiate their independent ideas to the catalan society. They manipulated historical facts to suit their agenda and started to teach that stuff at schools, manipulating and brainwashing people at schools, universities...etc. They always twisted and manipulated everything portraying themeslves as the victims. And you know, when certain lies are repeated over and over and over for decades they turn up to be true. And that is basically what´s happened. 

All those people fighting for idependence are those generations who were brainwashed since they were kids. The regional governments of Catalonia have been threatening with independence and blackmailing the Spanish governments for decades. Asking for more money and more power. And the Spanish governments always gave in to their demands and turned their cheeks to the other side, because  they thought something like this would never happen. Catalonia is the region of Spain that has more powers and self government. And one of the richest. A big part of the industrial net is there. They have more than any other region yet they insist on portraying themselves as the poor oppressed victims. And since they didn´t have enough with the educative brainwashing, they forced that attitude to the catalan society. In some places you are not allowed to work if you don´t speak the catalan language. They don´t allow schools to teach in Spanish and they teach in catalan language. 

The catalan nationalists have caused a big rupture in the catalan society. They are a very powerful minority with the support of the catalan governemt. The majority of catalan people don´t want the independence. These people have been silenced for years. They were afraid to speak out their support to Spain, to the point in which they couldn´t even show a spanish flag for a football match because they were attacked by the nationalists. 

This referendum was a fraud. They ignored all the spanish laws and the spanish constitution. They forced the referendum even though they knew it was illegal and that the spanish governmet wouldn´t allow it. They manipulated figures. Ballot boxes were not transparent and some of them were already full of ballot papers before the votings started! A lot of people cheated and voted several times. There weren´t any guarantees for the authenticity of the votes. They manipulated figures and counted the votes in churches without any security to prevent manipulation. It was all a fraud since day one. The majority of catalans didn´t vote because that referendum was illegal and was a farce. The nationalists behave as if that part of the catalan society who don´t support independence didn´t exist. They declared the republic ignoring all the political parties who don´t share their views. 

They are acting like fascists yet they present themselves as the poor victims, manipulating people and making up a lot of stuff to make them appear to be credible. They say "Spain is stealing us" when the truth is that the ones who were stealing were the nationalist politicians. They use the echonomical crisis as an excuse to justify the independence making people believe that they deserve more than any other part of Spain when the truth is that the whole country are suffering the same restrictions and the same problems. But no, they prefer to believe that they are special and that their problems are different than the problems of the rest of the country. They discriminate and attack those who don´t think like them, pointing people who don´t support independence and having the same behaviour than the nazis had with the jews.

And now, since all those politicias are in prison they portray spain as an oppressive country because they had the balls to challenge the spanish laws and now they don´t have the balls to face the consequences. Do you know why they wanted to declare independence at all cost? Because a lot of politicians and a lot of members of the catalan bourgeoisie have evaded taxes and have their money hidden in Switzerland, Andorra and in several tax havens. So, if they become an idependent country, they won´t have to face spanish justice. It´s all a huge hypocrisy and it´s a pitty to see how blind and narrow minded people are being manipulated and doing the dirty work whereas the politicians only care for their own interest. 

I wish I was there tonight

I´m trying to make it to  the Madrid show but the date is not too good for me...

On 30/8/2016 at 5:40 AM, sonofnazareth said:

 

On 30/8/2016 at 5:40 AM, sonofnazareth said:

These vocal coaches are a waste of time - they know f'all about raw, raspy rock n' roll voices - they want you to sing so that you don't harm your voice - sing cleanly. It's good for Axl to protect his vocal chords, but we will never get a full show of raspy, mid range Axl. 

You aren't talking seriuosly, are you? Axl's work tool is his voice/vocal chords and if he doesn't take care of them he's fucked. 

I think what Kieffer does is good, especially for all of us who can´t attend any show. But on the other hand I think he should ask for permission before using other people´s recordings. Some people will agree and some others won´t but imo that´s the fair thing to do.

I just saw it in the news. So awful. What´s wrong with people?

Spain. I wish we weren't part of that farce whose only purpose is to anihilate all the autonomy from the countries little by little and leave them unable to rule their own economies. The EU is nothing but a mere disguise where the citizens are treated as objects and whose rights are being taken "legally" in front of their own noses. 

I am not an AC/DC fan but oh my fucking god!!! I wish I could attend the next show in Seville. 

15 minutes ago, Andy14 said:

Yes, the red eyes have a special charm 

Lol that's because of the contact lenses. But yes, he looks good and happy.

4 hours ago, SerenityScorp said:

I really love this! 

That looks pretty cool! 

2 hours ago, Caught_in_a_Coma said:

I wonder if Axl knew the info he offered in that little encounter would make such a big deal on the net.

Obvious! It's not the first time it happens and this is not new for him. But I think it's normal that the fans who meet him want to share their experiences, it is an exciting moment.