Gordon Comstock

I think they've only played amphitheatre's a few times. I was at the Gorge show, it's a great venue. Wish they'd do more amphitheatre and outdoor shows in North America. The shows in Montreal and Atlanta are in parks, but the Atlanta show is a festival.

GNR ended Paradise City with proper fireworks (plus normal stage pyro) on the 2016 tour. The intro to CD in 2010 where the pyro wrapped around the stage was pretty cool, as were the sparks in November Rain. It isn't really necessary, but you can't see why it would add to a stadium or arena show for a lot of the crowd? If they're just gonna keep touring the same couple dozen songs, they could at least at some 'flash' to the show if they expect to fill stadiums.

Saw that earlier. Everyone saying "Axl would never go on a show like Rogans" should watch this. They could talk about comedy and totally random stuff, it would be great.

Weeks? Assuming it will just be a digital release at first, and Axl was recently in a studio known for mastering work, if it isn't out this Friday or at least played at the show on Saturday, people should assume plans have changed and abandon hope for new music this year

For some reason, they're all wearing different shirts on the different legs/advertisements.

No, I know the one your thinking of with the Mao head and a roller coaster, but I think it was just other artwork by the same artist who did the red hand, and someone used it to make a fanmade cover. I think they also used the red hand artwork for the tour program in 2012... edit:

Yea the cover was always gonna be the bike. Axl showed the artwork to the crowd at the first 2002 show in Hong Kong, but it was black and white instead of sepia or whatever it ended up being. I think the red hand or red star artwork was also used for Shackler's in Rock Band before the album was released though? I could be wrong about that.

What's hard to understand? They are obviously recording their parts for a new cover of the classic song Anxious Disease.

The Struts new album is supposedly coming out in November, hopefully I'll hear a bunch of new songs. Pretty Vicious (the title track) is the best song they've released so far, and they've only released a live version. Found out Mac Saturn are opening for them. They're pretty good, I saw them open for Dirty Honey last year. Really looking forward to this show...

No shit the band gets paid regardless, which part of my post made it seem like I thought otherwise? The rest of your reply has nothing to do with my post and is common knowledge, but thanks for chiming in

They will heavily discount the tickets leading up to the shows, and give away tons of tickets. Worst case scenario they'll close off the upper sections in some venues. I guess it all balances out if you gouge a few thousand people, then give away free or dirt-cheap tickets to another few thousand. But it's a shitty way to do things and bands like GNR are absolutely complicit with ticketbastards dynamic pricing. It would be nice if they made some news by dropping a song before the tour starts, discounted tickets and did a social media blitz all at the same time.

Yes, I could either get a cheap ticket for GNR, or: a floor ticket for Maneskin, QOTSA, Arctic Monkeys, Rod Stewart/Cheap Trick, Iggy Pop/Suicidal Tendencies, Nas/Wu Tang, Sting, multiple tickets for The Struts... there's more competition, and a lot of bands that offer a better value for the cost of expensive tickets like Iron Maiden, Tool, RHCP, etc. The show in Moncton isn't even in a big venue compared to the rest of the tour, but there's tickets available in every section a week before the show and pit tickets are $375. Montreal is $125 for GA, $300 for FOS, Pit tickets for Vancouver are $440, and that's not a VIP package, it's standard admission. Those prices are all before taxes and fees. When the tickets for the 2017 shows went on sale, people could look up recent performances and see Axl killing it on WTTJ, OTGM, LALD, etc. Now if they look up recent performances of those songs and see even higher ticket prices, it shouldn't be surprising when they decide to spend their money elsewhere.

I think it was the rumoured CITR 2002 video, but from what I remember they filmed it in Hong Kong and it didn't feature any of the band members. It was something like bank robbers running around the city trying to escape, or something like that, which totally didn't fit the vibe of the song...

I remember that. Motormouth, We Were Lying, and maybe 1-2 others. CD was a fun forum

I mentioned this in another thread, but basically they're charging more for a worse show. People are aware of how bad Axl sounds, the stage show is bare-minimum, and tickets are stupidly expensive. It's not complicated. They haven't played Canada in 6 years and most of those shows are selling poorly. You'd think there would be at least some appetite for these shows, they certainly haven't over-saturated Canadian markets, but in reality the price of tickets is absolutely not reflective of the quality of the product. There's plenty of other bands I could see for a fraction of the price, or who give a way better value for high ticket prices.

Just looked it up - they opened with YC for all of the Japan, Australia and NZ tour (9 shows), some of the Aerosmith tour (at least 11 shows) and the last US show opening for INXS. There's info missing for a lot of the Aerosmith tour though. And I don't count the Fox Late Show since it was only 2 songs, and the 2010 acoustic shows were more like private or after party shows. But it wouldn't really be out of place as an opener, especially if Frank plays the drum intro in the dark and then the stage lights come on when the riff starts.

RHCP were the first example to come to mind because I saw them earlier this year, and Black Summer definitely got the biggest reaction out of the new songs they played. But GNR don't have to release WTTJ 2.0 or anything epic. Just a decent, catchy song. Perhaps is probably the best radio single out of the songs we've heard, it's catchy enough and the hey-hey's are a classic Axl-ism. SOYL got a lot of airplay here when it was released, I could see Perhaps being just as popular if it's mixed well and has a decent solo. But they'd have to operate like a professional band, and we know that's not gonna happen.

Yea, a new single isn't gonna fill stadiums, but it helps keep things fresh and gives the impression that GNR are a real band. I still hear Black Summer regularly on the radio, and when I saw the Chili Peppers earlier this year it got a good crowd response. I think GNR could do similar with Perhaps. If they released a single with a video, maybe a live performance, and promoted it like professionals, it would at least get casual fans talking.

I think late 1988 was the only time they did it somewhat regularly, then some random 2012-13 shows. It's a good opener though.

GNR haven't played in Canada since 2017 and those shows are selling poorly, too. Fact is, they're charging more for a worse show. Casual fans don't live in this weird bubble where Axl "doesn't sound too bad for a guy in his 60s". His voice has deteriorated, they've released nothing but old songs and overpriced box sets, stripped the stage show right down, and they're charging a lot more than 2017. It shouldn't be surprising that most fans will either wait until they heavily discount the tickets, or spend their money on a better show.

Got tickets to see The Struts in November

Well duh. Why would I spend 3-4X the money when tickets go on sale, if they're gonna be heavily discounted a week before the show? I got cheap-ish seats for the Vancouver show but I'm keeping an eye on the Seattle show. If I can get a pit ticket for somewhere between $100-200 a few days before the show, I'll pull the trigger. But I'm definitely not gonna pay the almost $500 price they're asking for pit tickets right now.

You know how every few months, someone will post evader's version of The General thinking it's a real leak? This project almost guarantees another decade of new fans posting "Oklahoma with vocals!", "Zodiac with vocals!", etc.

Adding staples to the set that fit Axl's natural voice was a great decision, I'd been hoping for Bad Obsession, Down On The Farm and Pretty Tied Up for ages. Only other deep cuts they should've brought back were You Ain't The First and the slow You're Crazy, but maybe we'll see those later in the year or next year. Overall this was Axl's best tour since 2017. It seems kind of insulting to the European fans not to release Perhaps, though. They soundchecked it at several shows and it seems ready to be played live, if not released, so they should've given those fans something new. I'm a bit more hyped for the Vancouver show now than when I initially bought the ticket. Hopefully I'll hear one or two new songs at that show.

I don't care what name it's released under, but studio versions of Wichita Lineman, The Seeker, Walk All Over You, Marseilles, etc. with Axl and Slash would be fucking awesome.