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right guys, just got back from reading, what an eventful night. Their set didnt start off to a good start obviously because of the extra hour it took them to hit the stage, my friend told me via text that it was something to do with them not wanting it filmed or something. But i cant comment because i dont know what went on.

The obviously kicked off with chinese democracy which didnt do much to get the crowd going after waiting all that time, then jungle came on, now im not sure if jungle is normally played staright after chinese democracy but it seemed to get the crowd into things. There wasnt much booing at all throughout their set, and some good reactions came when they played Sorry and This I Love.

But it all went downhill when the solo to nightrain started and i think Axl said "thats it" and walked off. At that point i dont think anyone knew that anything was up, but oh boy did i know. It really pained me to see these guys trying to play to the crowd, they even got down to play to the front for god sake. Ron went almost instantly and grabbed his acoustic guitar. DJ seemed furious and threw a micstand and Frank started smashing at his drums. It was a shamble the way it was dealt with, to just pull the plug like that is ridiculous. I know they came on late but we really dont know for what reason yet. So before people jump down Axl's throat, lets see what gets said first.

But in conclusion i thought the band sounded awesome, and was quite surprised that Sorry and This I Love were played. Also they tried to start playing Better when the sound was mostly cut off, could hear DJ playing the intro just and could see Axl singing, but that stopped pretty quick when they realised it wasn't getting heard. The sit down protest for me was both awesome but i was shocked at how the sound being pulled was handled, i know their are curfews but to me it just didnt seem professional.

Im sorry if this post was incoherrent but ive only just got in after being sent out of the wrong exit at reading and standing up all day to see gnr. Man im so glad that i have tickets to see them at the o2, but i feel for everyone else whose only chance was tonight. i'll post some more stuff tommorow.

edit: for those who think that some members might be pissed off and such, would they have tried to continue playing if this was all axl's fault? of course not. But im telling you especially DJ and Ron did not look happy. I didnt see much off Tommy actually. These guys were playing awesome tonight, Ron was killing it.

While i was walking out their was a lot of positive reaction to the band, a lot of people were saying that Axl and the band sounded great!

I don't think you could find a nicer person than Bumblefoot. Please show him some Respec.

well said illusions.

take a look at ron the person, the guitar player, not the person who is there instead of Slash.

well put, strat.

thanks, i think Ron is great.

thanks, hope this is true.

06 Nighttrain for me, simple amazing.

Ron is a legend, and whats with all this trying too hard bullshit, ron is one of the best guitarists around and yet people call him "Bumblefuck" , lol, ron isn't the least bit worried about his image, the giy wears a red suit and plays a kick ass foot guitar, he wears what he wants, when he wants, rather than the same old shit, different day. Ron is a brilliant addition to gnr and those that call him "Bumblefuck" are stupid pathetic idiots that should be ashamed of themselves, take a look at ron the person, the guitar player, not the person who is there instead of Slash. Damn.

and i was just about to get excited

thanks anyway Jackamo

Oh, come on. Why should a random radio dj know more than everybody else?

What if that random DJ is Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith.

*My random GTA San Andreas reference for the day.

didn't Axl do the voiceover for that?

i sure hope you aren't messing with us.

as ron has said, they all bring something to the table that makes it special.

well i believe you and i think it will come out on the 28th. 17 days to go if this is true, thanks for posting the info.

hey everyone - not sure if i can be a huge help to anyone looking for the setlist, but i just got back from the show and can give a really close one....

go for it.

lol, when are we getting the setlist, people are saying Catcher, it would be awsome if it turned out to be true.

lol, the ccover on that slkworms site is just white with slash up Axl's arse

Here's what i think would be best!

November 10th - Axl says the release date for CD!

November 14th - Better is released as a single + video is in heavy rotation, by then news of release date will be everywhere.

November 21st - Chinese Democracy is out!

Now that would be awsome, but very unlikely.

I agree, good topic, i know management reads the boards this is because of Axl's comments about the setlist bitching and the Maine cancelation, if you wont give a date then give us a cover art or final traclist, why you may ask, because we need something so that this time it seems that it really is coming and its not another date that will get delayed, again.

Please Axl!

now RHCP - Tell Me Baby, can someone listen in and record if possible, i got to go somewhere for 20 mins or so.

im listening, i think placebo was just on, sounded like them.

were not saying that the harley commercial had the demo, but the one played on the radio first was a demo sent by someone from HTGTH.

thanks for calling, get info about the single and what they said about CD coming soon and if gnr sent them the single.

after the reactions from the dj's and the callers are to go by, then this will hit top 10, hopefully, i personally think at this time in music, it can reach no 1.

this is great, if this was the demo then they would have been playing it for months, but of a coincidence that we get a single mention, Better is on the Harley Ad and now this, must be studio.

it says check back soon to hear Better again.

well jarmo over at HTGTH said that someone jumped the gun, maybe this wasn't supposed to come out until tuesday, along with a single. Although why is management so scared of people hearing music?

I prefer Rons music to Bucket's, and i think Ron is perfect for the band new look and he cares about the fans a lot.