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Wait, now Ron is saying that it was Axl's fault that he the concert was late? I thought it was a technical problem, huh?

Anyway, he said everything is fine now, and I hope it's true. Don't wanna miss Ron, and concerts should really start on time. And I know Better, GUNS N' ROSES WAS 3 HOURS LATE in São Paulo, 3 hours on my feet after 3 opneing acts with 40,000 people behind me trying to take my place. Holy shit... Gotta say though, I forgot everything and all the pains when the concert started. But it could have been WAY better.

He did not blame Axl at all. But how the situation was handled. He did not place blame on any individual. Just expressed his concern to his fans, like a great guy in his position should do

So Bumblefoot was supposedly pissed during Jungle because he made a gesture asking what time it was, or something about time?

Okay...

Dont know if a similar review was posted, but here ya go.

My dad and I got there at the end of rev theory. The place wasnt close to half full. We got up pretty close for AIC and kept our spots for GNR. AIC got off around 11:10 i think. The stage was ready at about 11:40 for GNR. Around midnight we could see Ron walking around the left side of the stage with his guitar. About ten minutes later he was poking his head out making hand signs that he was sorry and and he loved us. The crowd was getting restless and a ton of people started leaving around 12:30. We actually had a crazy group of about 8 people that we were going nuts for GNR at mindnight, but got tired of waiting and just left before the show started. People were throwing water bottles and full cans of beer on the stage, one actually about hit Ron when he was waiting on the left side of the stage. They were booing and chanting bullshit during the whole wait, i thought a riot was going to start.

They finally came on a little before 1 i think. It was ridiculous how quiet it was during the opener. There was a steady stream of people leaving during the concert. Of course..it was late, people had already been drinking and riding their bikes all day.

As for Ron... I really like the guy. He was obviously pissed at Axl, or whoever delayed the start of the show. I think it was during the middle of sorry he just walked off stage and didnt return for about 5 songs. If you look at the setlist, that will prove he was not on stage, because those are all DJ based guitar songs (or he played all the solos). When he returned, he just stood their and played his parts with no emotion. I dont blame the guy for being pissed. Over half the people that were there at the start, left nearly halfway through the show. He avoided Axl at all costs when on stage and would occasionally point at his watch and shrug his shoulders in disgust.

When Sweet Child came on, the crowd that was left livened up a bit. Then after that was over, a ton more people left. I was about 30 feet from the stage and then after sweet child i stepped on the beer vendors cooler to see how many people were left. Barely no one. It looked like a county fair concert that was staring Winger or something. It was pretty pathetic.

Now I am not trying to bash the band here, this is an honest personal review from what I saw. The band was awesome, and Axl sang like crazy. The only technical issues I heard was Frank's drumming was very mediocre. The bass at the venue was very loud and you could here when Frank messed up very clearly.

I know a lot of people that live in the Sturgis area and they said they heard RUMORS, that GNR was putting up a fuss about playing at Rock N Rev instead of the Blue (or Buffalo) Chip Casino Campground across the street. During GNR, Scorpions were playing at the Blue Chip, or buffalo chip, whatever its called. So take that how you want it.

IMO Axl needs to get off his high horse and start catering to his fans. I know he lost a lot of fans that night, one being my Dad. My dad was an old gnr fan from the late 80's, and he said he couldnt believe how great the band was, but cannot believe that Axl acts like a retarded rockstar with an ego that will get his ass kicked. But, hey we know thats how he is. I lost a lot of respect for the guy Friday night and won't waste my time seeing HIM again unless theres a reunion.

But...whoever has the chance to see how great Ron, DJ, Dizzy, and Tommy are, go for it....those guys rocked!

What time do they go on stage? Will this be pro shot footage?

they are scheduled to go on at 11:30 pm after Alice in Chains. Im sure they will recording it, but who knows if we will ever see the footage. VIP tickets let you watch the concert from your bike towards the front of the venue. Those were sold out a while ago.

im in sturgis now and they said 70,000 showed up for Kid Rock earlier this week.

I believe that is a different venue, but a huge crowd!

ok i may be thinking of the bowl

im in sturgis now and they said 70,000 showed up for Kid Rock earlier this week.

YES!! Getting my bike ready, picking my Dad up in Bismarck, ND then riding our bikes down to Sturgis. My dad's first rock concert, can't wait!!!!!!

Wow, they went from too much security to a lack of it?

I was at the show, it was a Monday night and everyone waited almost two hours for GNR to come on after Bach. They needed to do something to get the crowd up and going. I was looking around when we were waiting and half the crowd was about asleep. Myself and about 4000 other guys in the audience enjoyed the babes they were showing on the big screen. Sure as hell got me hyped!!!

Paradise City, amazing, crowd looks awesome

Sorry but the ceowd looks like shit... don't these guys have blood in their veins... well,,,

The crowd was very good. Far less than a packed house though! AWESOME show. I was front row for the whole concert, Axl sounded amazing as well as everyone else. I took about 30 pictures from the front row that came out suprisingly well. I can post them on here but I dont know how to. Sorry I'm kinda new to this forum stuff