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On 10/5/2016 at 0:07 AM, Powerage5 said:
Are you saying you don't have the...money to just up and do it?
That's not it. I've hardly got the time.
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Hi everyone. It's been awhile. Who's fired up about the South America tour? I'm trying to figure out how to get down there for a show or two.
I know for a fact that the tour routing initially looked different and the Texas dates were supposed to happen at the beginning of the tour. I saw texas shows on the schedule immediately after Mexico City. I think there was a couple weeks in between. There were a few other changes that had to happen along the way. ACDC was not in play in February/ early March when they had tentative holds on football stadiums around the country. They quickly made the changes to accommodate this opportunity for Axl. I think we'll all agree here that ACDC ended up becoming the ultimate tour promotion for Guns N' Roses. Axl delivered and received a lot of great press where the press legitimized him as one of the all-time great singers who can still perform at a high level. This will definitely help ticket sales as they tour across the globe and possibly next Fall when they bring the tour back to the States barring no major incident.
I kind of find it hard to believe that Angus would plot a firing of Brian with so few shows left.
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keep in mind that this tour has a payroll of nearly $300,000 per month, $550,000 in hotel expenses, $110,000 in per diem, and so forth. This doesn't count truck and bus rental, airfare, fuel costs, band member salaries, and more. It is quite possible that it would take 25% of the income to cover all of this. If all of this income is dispersed through a management company controlled by Axl, a 50% cut seems plausible.
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8 hours ago, FuriousStyles said:
Money created the problem, money can fix the problem
We're counting on you @Eddie Money Don't let us down!!!!!!!!
Remember Trey, any fool with a dick can make a baby but only a real man can raise his child.
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1 minute ago, Billsfan said:
What song, FP money? If that's your point then you're absolutely right, just don't forget to add to it the fact that of all the people in the world to play on drums for the song, izzy got Matt Sorum. Matt Sorum. Who knew those two were even speaking for years..?!?!
Matt thought that he would be a part of it and is upset with Slash and Duff for not lobbying to get him in.
1 minute ago, Torb said:So...Axl's gonna sing "Money Talks" with AC/DC?
I wish. I love that song.
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1 minute ago, The Holographic Universe said:
Izzy matters to hardcore fans. Not to the 40k people showing up night after night. This is a fan forum debate. Nobody outside of here has a personal or emotional stake in it other than the band members. And I seriously doubt Slash and Duff want to compensate Izzy.
To some extent, I agree with you, but... GNR are one of the rare bands where you knew all of the players. Most fans during that time couldn't tell you who the guitarist in White Lion was but they could name all 5 guys in GNR. Especially many of the people who can actually afford the high ticket prices - they were invested in this band at some point in their younger years and could probably tell you the name of every band member. It is being marketed as a reunion tour so many of these people are hoping to see Izzy.
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Duff, the well-spoken diplomat should have stepped in to answer the interviewer's question.
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2 minutes ago, Martin Riggs said:
Think Axl or anyone will respond?
If he is smart he will not respond and will save any explanation for his book.
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None of this is surprising to me based on the early stories I heard regarding the band meetings leading up to the tour. I suppose if I were a PR guy working for the tour, I would have coached Axl, Slash, Duff, and anyone else who may eventually take questions about the formation of this tour on exactly how to answer inevitable questions concerning the line up and lack of Izzy involvement. Axl fumbled that question when he should have been as prepared as Hillary Clinton would be for a debate by the time he sat on that couch.
One can guess that part of the reason why no previous interviews or press conferences were given before this were to duck questions on this topic. Remember how mysteriously Axl's appearance on Kimmel was cancelled after the band meetings? I guess history shows that people outside of the United States care less about who is in GNR than the fickle Americans. Axl is the big draw and can generate large crowds with no other original members. It may not affect ticket sales for the next year, but if this thing stays together, they'll eventually be looking to sell tickets back in the States again and stories like this may make a difference to certain fans.
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Axl's voice sounds pretty good on Civil War again tonight. I wish I could have made this show. Stuck in fucking Omaha. Either these streams really suck or my hotel internet is slow. Maybe all of the above. That metfan dude is coming through though.
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I have an honest question for you real musicians out there.
What kind of texture are Mr Reed and Melissa laying down in the background for some of these songs that don't require keyboards? What are they adding to Outtagetme me, for example? I've seen several rock bands use keyboard players on tour for a few songs and the keyboardists don't stay on stage the whole time pretending to play like it seems that these two do.
I don't quite understand it
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On August 5, 2016 at 6:40 AM, Gnrcane said:
Why only an Arena if they come to Miami? They sold out in Orlando in a stadium and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Metro is at least as big as Orlando/Tampa. Miami has a ton of South American immigrants so I would think that would add demand also based on the crowds they draw in South America. Also, Joe Robbie Stadium (now renovated and yet to be renamed again) was the first stadium in North America that GNR ever headlined in (as far as I can tell). I would imagine that had the stadium not been under construction, it would have been a date this summer.
Because they would tour arenas with arena stages and not the one off stadium stage. They would have played Miami in the first place had the stadium not been closed for renovations.
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6 hours ago, killuridols said:
lol... do you google yourself here or something?
Thank you for the Amy scoop!
Now that you're here: how old is Amy and is Bailey her stepfather as well?
I don't know the specifics on their family. I think I heard somewhere that the stepfather adopted Axl and his sister and I'm not sure about his brother. The only thing I really know is that Slash said in his book that the elaborate themed after show parties they planned on the UYI tour were stupid and nobody attended them.
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So I've got nothing important to add but felt like joining in since I poster was inquiring about me.
I can say that Amy Bailey sat near us at the Las Vegas concert. I said hello to her and she was actually quite nice. What was kind of cool to see was when the lights went down and the show started, she and her group seemed like they, like us, were nervous about Axl's voice. Watching them make faces of relief and thumbs up to each other after Axl hit's his first high notes on It's So Easy was great to watch.
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Hard to say what will happen after this tour finishes next summer. As of now, it seems that we'll get the big shows in SA this fall, Australia/Asia in January - March, Europe/ UK in the Summer.
If they come back to North America with this tour, we're probably going to get cities like this in the fall.
ARENAS:
Canada:
Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver
US:
Portland, Sacramento, Los Angeles (Staples Center this time), Salt Lake City, Denver, San Antonio or Austin, St. Louis (big media deal will be made of this), Miami, Charlotte, Birmingham, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Louisville
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This band isn't as flashy as Motley Crue and doesn't need such gimmicks. Let the music stand on its own.
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1 hour ago, Gibbo said:
What do you think was the best show you've seen this tour?
Nashville, by far. I thought Axl's voice was best - the crowd energy was great.
I loved the excitement in Mexico City and the Mexican fans were very cool. The ones around me kept asking me if I was going to vote for Mr. Trump. In that environment, I think I may have gotten trampled if I told them that "we were going to build a wall and Mexico is going to pay for it", so I kind of ignored those questions. Seriously, I had a blast in the CDMX. I felt that the band still seemed a little off though and Axl's voice wasn't nearly as good as Nashville.
Most fun - Vegas, but that's because the strip felt like a big GNR convention.
Worst - Kansas City
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Decent show last night. I was back at my hotel and sound asleep by 12:30. A long weekend in New Orleans can really beat the shit out of the best of us.
I thought the band sounded A+, I'll give Axl a B+. I respect how hard he works to perform and give it his all even when the crowd is lame. In last night's case, I'll give the audience a C- grade. It really lacked energy and excitement compared to the other shows I've seen on this tour. Maybe because it was Sunday night.
As as far as the set list is concerned, I think the current one works pretty well. The casual fans I've gone to the shows with sometimes seem lost somewhere in the middle until Sweet Child is played but overall I think the pace is good. I don't think there is much room to try new songs in the middle of the leg of the tour. The ticket prices are just too high for Axl to mess up the lyrics to a song he doesn't sing regularly. I have no doubt they will change things up a bit when they go south.
I may have seen my last GNR show live but I'm hoping they see enough demand for an arena tour next fall in the markets they didn't hit this time around. The United States is a big place there are lots of places that haven't been played.
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The Seeker must go.
It really kills the encore along with the ever so sloppy Paradise City. I loved the show last night but that ending is rough. I hope for the people of South America that they consider re-working this part of the show.
Another thing, watching KOHD from home can be a bit of a snoozer. Last night, I actually enjoyed it for the first time in awhile in a live setting.
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22 hours ago, KURT19 said:
@Eddie Money Thanks for the insight.
My question is this: Was Izzy, and/or Steven, involved in those rehearsal sessions???
Steven came down to rehearse with the band.
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16 minutes ago, MillionsOfSpiders said:
So...Fall To Pieces in the mix as well, interesting.
How the hell do you "forget" rehearsals as important as gearing up for a stadium tour with Slash? Honestly
I don't know. I just included it because it was one of VR's biggest songs.
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I may be late to the discussion but I am pleased to confirm that Axl didn't specifically ask or instruct Slash and Duff to learn Chinese Democracy songs. Instead, it went like this. The band members got together for rehearsals (without Axl) about 3 weeks before they had the tour meetings that resulted in a failed deal with Izzy and special appearance verbal agreement with Steven Adler. Duff encouraged Slash to learn the CD songs that he had played on the previous tour in which he participated. Axl was nowhere to be found at the rehearsals and actually supposedly "forgot" they were taking place and made other plans. The way I understood it was that Slash didn't necessarily love the idea of playing so many of these songs but thought it would be cool if they also play a song or two of VR. As far as we know Axl hasn't even rehearsed Slither, Fall to Pieces with the band. My communication with certain people involved in the band has been limited recently, and when I speak with them I can't press them for questions that only us forum nerds would care about.
I first reported that CD songs would be played and most of you didn't believe me. At the time, I had heard that they would play at least two songs. I had no idea that they would try and work in 4.
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7 minutes ago, moreblack said:
How much are they spending on pyro this tour?
Maybe as a concession with the venue contract, they negotiate that the venue pays for the fireworks display during the encore. It always looks expensive.
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Alternative Nation and Mr Buchannan suck. My signature line is meant to be a joke.
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What happened with this song? SIDHY
in GUNS N' ROSES - DISCUSSION & NEWS
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This happens to be Mrs. Money's favorite GN'R song. I don't mind it but wish it didn't have the Casio SK-5 sampling keyboard chorus sounds at the lead-in to the first verse or the synth effects at the end. Otherwise, I think it adds a nice variation to the album. If you're listening to TSI in order though, I think it would sound better somewhere in the middle of the album.