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Yeah, I generally love ChiDem but Tommy got done dirty, and his bass is part of why the demo of Riad is better than the album cut. His bass is super loud on the demo for the title track, too, but in that case it may be a bit too much, somewhere in between the demo and the album version would likely be ideal. I got the impression Tommy was probably involved in the mixes of the early demos which would explain why his bass is super loud, similar to how Mike Clink said that for Appetite Axl and Izzy would prefer mixes where they were more prominent, and Slash and Duff would prefer ones where they were the loudest, and Clink had to fight to get a properly balanced mix

I remember having to turn down the volume every time I would switch from listening to ChiDem to Death Magnetic. I'm not an audiophile and normally can't tell how compressed something is, but Death Magnetic was particularly egregious. Good thing we got those Guitar Hero mixes.

I looked on eBay but they all go for ridiculous prices :/

Saw merch tents outside arena at Paris and outside stadium in Bucharest.

Was a nightmare trying to buy anything at Saitama shows in 2017, think they sold out of most event tees and lithos by 1pm, people rocking up with suitcases :/ Managed to get a litho at the second show for ZoSoRose by turning up not long after noon, but still gutted I couldn't get a Godzilla tee.

People asking for up to $10,000 for resale tickets for the Florida gig, would like some of what they're smoking

Countdown still up on Ototoy: https://ototoy.jp/_/default/p/1766070

I tried a few hours ago and each time I would select the song, it wouldn’t play, so I think the song itself has been pulled.

Some of the greatest guitar solos of all time are comped from different takes:

Available on the jukebox at Stokenchurch Memorial Hall Social Club:

Now I’ve got Jukebox Hero stuck in my head.

<tinfoil hat time> If this is actually all planned and part of the marketing campaign, hats off to them for originality, it’s certainly different.

Wahey, called it 😉 Well done @BillConnor_1982, will have to buy you a drink at a bar some time, will let you pick what to play on the jukebox 🎸

Makes sense to play Hard Skool and Reckless Life earlier in the set since they are the more demanding songs vocally, like how YCBM was the opener for La Paz, Bolivia in 2014.

More setlist fun, was looking to see last time Dust N' Bones was played, and apparently it was played once in '92, after Izzy had left: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/guns-n-roses/1992/the-pyramid-arena-memphis-tn-bd6193a.html Did a search on YouTube and someone uploaded an audio bootleg of the performance; Axl sings throughout, trying to figure out who the backing vocals are. Gilby and/or Duff?

Yeah, but on the plus side I did spot myself a few times But seriously, compare it to Appetite from Democracy that was shot the same year, RockFuel did a pretty tasteful job with the editing on that one. Been thinking about getting the 3D Blu-Ray so I can rip it and watch it in VR on a headset 🤔

Was looking at how the setlist has evolved since the start of the reunion: 2016: + Double Talkin' Jive + Coma + Out Ta Get Me played most times since 2006 (occasionally My Michelle played instead) 2017: + Yesterdays + Black Hole Sun + My Michelle (occasionally subbed out for Out Ta Get Me) + TWAT & Prostitute for the final North America shows 2018: + Shadow of Your Love + Slither + Wichita Lineman 2019 Locomotive and Dead Horse played at a very select few gigs at the end of the year 2021/2022: + Absurd + Hard Skool (genuine new song!) + Reckless Life 2023: + Bad Obsession + Pretty Tied Up + Anything Goes + Down on the Farm ChiDem songs more steadily in rotation (SoD, TWAT, Sorry, TIL, Prostitute) Locomotive occasionally played in place of Coma It's been a pretty good progression of adding (and occasionally removing) songs. 2016-17 and 2023 it also felt like setlists could change from night to night, whereas 2018 especially was often static. If you went back to 2010 and told someone this is what the setlists would look like (and that Slash and Duff would be back in the band) they'd call you mad.

Is there a timeline on the 2013 shows becoming available? Would like to pick up at least my first show (the first London show that year), along with maybe the second London gig, good mix of songs between the two.

08 / 18 / 23

Every once in a while I remember that the first London 2012 show was proshot and get excited to watch it… and then a few moments in I realise the editing is why I’ve never been able to watch the whole thing. Would swear they were getting paid by the edit for how many cuts there are :/

The tickets for the Atlantic City show that year said "DOORS OPEN: 9PM" Similar thing with GNR starting after midnight and finishing after 3am, was a great gig. Then in Japan in 2017 on a Sunday night they started at 18:30!

Was also looking at number of times I've heard Wichita Lineman live (six), and these two shows really stood out to me. Not only did they play both Wichita Lineman AND The Seeker, but they also played Black Hole Sun (the setlist was exactly the same between the two shows). Three covers when they could have played original GNR songs. The 2023 setlists have been really good in my opinion, such an improvement over 2018. I'd take Bad Obsession + Pretty Tied Up over The Seeker + Black Hole Sun any day (thankfully haven't heard either song live since 2018), and they mix things up a lot more than in 2018. Highlight of 2018 by far was Shadow Of Your Love, Axl killed it, was happy to hear that at a couple of shows this year as well. The one cover I do actually miss is the Another Brick in the Wall intro to November Rain, I loved that, but I'm cool with it being cut to make room for more actual songs (another plus point of the 2023 setlist, cutting out a lot of the jams). To bring this back to the new album topic, cutting out covers and jams will leave room for more new tunes once they surface without having to sacrifice the hits most of the crowd is there to hear.

Was wondering just how many times I've heard it live: Abu Dhabi 2013 Buenos Aires 2014 Toronto 2016 Saitama 2017 Saitama 2nd night 2017 London 1st night 2017 Stockholm 2017 Prague 2017 Paris 2017 Tallinn 2018 Oslo 2018 Guadalajara 2019 12 out of 31 gigs I've been to... I remember I used to really like the song as my dad would play it a lot, and I was happy the first couple of times I heard it with GNR... But I think it's been played more than enough times now 236 in total, almost as many times as The Who themselves have played it! Wichita Lineman is now on 145 times live, and again is a both a song that I like, and that I think GNR do a good job of, but is taking up space in the setlist for an actual GNR tune (and one that gets zero audience reaction outside of North America).

To be fair I can also hear that bloke's voice in my head sometimes when they trot out The Seeker or Wichita Lineman for the umpteenth time