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    New Years Eve VEGAS!

    in 2011

    Posted · Edited by mustaine

    Got mine GA floor. Haven't quite figured out the travel situation yet though! Wife's probably gonna kill me so contact her to buy my ticket!

    I got a floor ticket too. I won't be jamming myself up front though. Too small and frail to be taking a beating. Are you anywhere around Huntington Beach? I'm gonna drive my Jeep Liberty there.

    this show should sell out easy right guys??

    4000 seats only. Really intimate for this band.

    Thanks for the offer but I'm on the other side of the USA!

    If I was on the other side of the county I'd make the trip. But I'm in Iceland, the total package is way to expensive on such a short notice. If they would have planned the show a good 3-4 months earlier I might have been able to work something out.

    Usually my wife wouldn't have a problem with it but I've already seen them twice this year and will see them again on dec 5th. Not to mention all the flights I've found are 500+ RT. if I'd known further in advance I could've planned a bit better but I bought anyway. I'd hate to wait for it to sell out and then have to buy from a scalper, there's no chance I could go that way. So I took a chance today and hopefully I can get it worked out. If not I don't think it will be hard to get my money back on it.

    Good man, I hope you make it, this is a dream show. There is no better way to start the new year in my opinion. If you can't get it worked out I'm sure you'll get your money back easily ;)

    New Years Eve VEGAS!

    in 2011

    Posted · Edited by mustaine

    Got mine GA floor. Haven't quite figured out the travel situation yet though! Wife's probably gonna kill me so contact her to buy my ticket!

    I got a floor ticket too. I won't be jamming myself up front though. Too small and frail to be taking a beating. Are you anywhere around Huntington Beach? I'm gonna drive my Jeep Liberty there.

    this show should sell out easy right guys??

    4000 seats only. Really intimate for this band.

    Thanks for the offer but I'm on the other side of the USA!

    If I was on the other side of the county I'd make the trip. But I'm in Iceland, the total package is way to expensive on such a short notice. If they would have planned the show a good 3-4 months earlier I might have been able to work something out.

    Does anyone like Myles Kennedy?

    in MY WORLD

    Posted · Edited by mustaine

    I don't need to say anything. Just listen.

    He can sing for sure... but I don't enjoy his voice all that much when he goes to the higher notes. When he keeps it in the lower register he sounds much better to me. I always feel that he's about to cry when he goes to the high notes and he lacks the rawness and balls that Axl brings to the table. He does an alright job for what it's worth but GN'R songs just never sound the same without Axl. Actually most of the time they sound like shit without Axl, with Myles they sound like watered-down versions but still ok and better than most other GN'R covers to be fair.

    Minneapolis show 11/13/11 UPDATE THREAD

    in 2011

    Posted

    A positive review and very good photos:

    http://musictourreviews.com/2011/11/16/guns-n-roses

    I was introduced to the most dangerous band in the world(back then) in 1986. Live like a Suicide was the record and I did not like it at first. I had Thought who ever was singing was horrible. But after them playing non-stop for about 4 months; I thought “Hey this is kind of good.” Then history was made by Appetite and the Use Your Illusion CDs. We all know the stories, the late concerts, the drugs, the videos, the fights, and of course; the break up.

    When Axl was to continue with the band with out the former members we all had our doubts. After many personel changes Chinese Democracy came out. We waited 13 years for the CD, and it was mediocre. To be fair, it was hard to judge something when you wait that long. Over the past 13 years GnR has been in the states for 3 tours. Having seeing the one in 02 and 06 I was excited to see the changes this time around. Only band change this time was DJ Ashba replacing Robin Fink on guitar. Being familiar with Nikki Sixx’s Sixx AM I was excited to see how he would be with GnR.

    Adelitas Way opened up the show for a brief set. For more in on them check out there web page www.adelitaswaymusic.net. After an hour and 15 minutes headliner Guns N’ Roses took the stage at 11:15.

    With DJ Ashba on the drum riser above Frank Ferrer and giving the salute of metal we were under way.

    Axl came out wearing a Black Hat, Jacket and shades. He was looking like he was competing with Kid Rock. Throughout the show, he kept his wardrobe the same with the exception of the hat and shades. Good to see the corn rolls of the past were gone. I was never a fan of the look.

    The almost 3 hour show was loaded with new tunes from Chinese Democracy. The rest was a mixture of a lot of Appetite and a lot of cover tunes. Thrown in was AC/DC’s Riff Raff and Whole Lotta Rosie, which was the ‘B’ side to Welcome to the Jungle in 1987. I thought it was cool but some people did not get those 2 songs. Personally I was a little disappointed with the lack of Use Your Illusion songs as there are too many to be ignored. The show lasted quite a while with a lot of individual jams and cover tunes in between their songs.

    Axl’s voice was as good as ever. Hitting all the notes on Sweet Child Of Mine and the highs on Knocking On Heavens Door. He worked the stage like a young Axl from the past which was good to see with the classic dancing during a few songs. As the night got later, you could see the crowd getting smaller. Like waiting for there favorite song and then getting on home. But I believe that there is no way can you leave early when a band that comes around every 5 years. Just plan the evening accordingly, and even take the day off the next day if necessary. It was nice to get up close when they were leaving. When you are getting close to the bands you always get to see the band interact with the crowd. After Richard gave a fan a pick on the front row on the side of the stage the fan offered him a bite of his cheese burger. Not sure why but made for a good laugh seeing him refuse the food.

    With the band playing their heart out they could have lasted another 2 hours and most of us would have stayed. But then again we would have been there until 5 AM.

    Guns N Roses is:

    Axl Rose – Vocals / Piano

    Dizzy Reed – Piano / Keyboards

    Tommy Stinson – Bass

    DJ Ashba – Guitar

    Richard Fortus – Guitar

    Ron Bumblefoot Thai – Guitar

    Frank Ferrer – drums

    Chris Pitman – Keyboards / Piano

    Chicago, Illinois - 11 - 15 - 2011 Setlist, Pictures, Video etc.

    in 2011

    Posted

    Another good review:

    http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2011/11/guns_n_roses_want_to_rock_and_.html

    Axl Rose and his hired guns -- still parading around under the name Guns N' Roses, even though the creative core of that band dissolved two decades ago -- are now more famous for their delays than their music. Not only did it take 17 years to produce the band's so-so latest album, 2008's "Chinese Democracy," Rose and his crew are notoriously late arriving on stage for concerts. Tuesday night's start time at the Allstate Arena was 9 p.m., but the Guns didn't fire until 11:10 p.m. By 2 a.m., the final confetti was just starting to fall.

    "You want 8 o'clock shows, go find F-R-I-E-N-D-S or hit a cinema somewhere," read a recent Axl-ish post from Guns N' Roses on the band's Facebook page. "This is Rock N' Roll! ... This is Guns N' Roses and when the time is right the stage will ignite."

    Given the unnerving professionalism and tightly regimented scheduling that now rules most pop concerts, at least give Rose credit for thumbing his nose at your day job and shaking us nearly all night long. I'd almost forgotten the anticipation, anger and at least some momentary sense of long-forgotten mystery (each a vital ingredient for rock and roll) generated by a simple late start.

    The trick is, when you finally show up, to give the crowd something worth waiting for.

    This reconstituted GNR, touring for the first time since the release of "Chinese Democracy," hit the stage and largely acquitted themselves as perhaps something just barely more than a wicked GNR cover band. Last month, Billy Corgan and the latest roster of Smashing Pumpkins blew through town and pounded the Riviera Theatre; likewise, Axl & Friends were happy to have a mostly full arena of fans who came for his klaxon wail and kicking shimmy rather than to grouse about absent top hats and buckets.

    This GNR doesn't just cover GNR, either -- they covered everybody. Each of the three, count 'em three, guitarists enjoyed a showcase solo, with the nimble Richard Fortus torturing the James Bond theme (as an entry point for the pyro-filled "Live and Let Die," of course), newest member D.J. Ashba knitting "Mi Amor" and top-knotted Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal tiptoeing through the Pink Panther theme. After former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson (read our interview here) sang the Who's "My Generation," pianist Dizzy Reed followed with a Yanni-worthy instrumental of "Baba O'Riley."

    The band was most alive during the two, count 'em two, AC/DC covers -- first "Riff Raff," with Fortus beating the holy hell out of his guitar, and "Whole Lotta Rosie," a blast of musical pyro that Rose sang with a perfectly blissful, slightly evil grin. Most of Tuesday night, we saw a happy, boyish Rose, now 49 and paunchy, joshing with bandmates and tossing mike stands around the stage with joyful abandon. By 1 a.m., this infectious energy did more to keep the crowd awake and engaged than the occasional cannon blasts.

    The set was heavy on new songs -- yet another defiant Rose gesture -- though the hits were sprinkled throughout the night, from "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child o' Mine" to encores of "Patience" and "Paradise City," as well as some fiery album cuts, including slashing takes on "Better" and "Rocket Queen." Axl sat at the piano for "November Rain," after noodling a bit with Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"; there were several such ballady moments, but they served more as breathers than padding. Guns N' Roses are best when they kick hard and keep moving, and amazingly that's what they did for three long hours Tuesday night. And Wednesday morning.

    Guns N' Roses Tuesday night set list:

    "Chinese Democracy"

    "Welcome to the Jungle"

    "It's So Easy"

    "Mr. Brownstone"

    "Sorry"

    "Riff Raff" (AC/DC)

    "Estranged"

    "Better"

    Solo, Richard Fortus: "James Bond Theme"

    "Live and Let Die" (Wings)

    "This I Love"

    "Rocket Queen"

    "My Generation" (The Who)

    Solo, Dizzy Reed: "Baba O'Riley"

    "Street of Dreams"

    "You Could Be Mine"

    Solo, D.J. Ashba: "Mi Amor"

    "Sweet Child o' Mine"

    "Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2" (Pink Floyd)

    "November Rain"

    Solo, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal: "Pink Panther Theme"

    "Don't Cry"

    "Whole Lotta Rosie" (AC/DC)

    "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)

    "Nightrain"

    Encore:

    "Madagascar"

    "Shackler's Revenge"

    "Patience"

    "Paradise City"

    What Tommy said to Axl

    in 2011

    Posted

    After Patience in RIR, Tommy said to Axl: "I haven't seen you in little over a year. This can't be fuckin' good as far as I'm concerned"

    I didn't hear all of it before. Dunno...I just thought it was funny to share, in case people didn't capture the full sentence before :xmassrudolph:

    He actually said something more like: "... you sound good as far as I'm concerned".

    Embrace the future

    in 2011

    Posted · Edited by mustaine

    I've grown increasingly annoyed at some of the comments on this board. The old band vs. new band and The Slash vs. everybody else who dares to play a guitar with GN'R thing is getting plain stupid.

    Why do people think that this is a competition? The old band played the songs their way and it was great and the new band is doing it their own way and it sounds great as well. This isn't a competition. Slash is great and all that but move on already, he's gone and doing his own thing. I don't get this being a Axl fan vs. being a Slash fan. Both are great, both are part of the original GN'R lineup and contributed heavily to the bands success along with Izzy, Duff and Steven. Only one of those guys remain and now we have other guys playing old songs, they won't sound the same but different doesn't make it worse. The "new" guys sound incredibly tight and do a wonderful job of doing the old songs justice. The new stuff sounds awesome as well. The current lineup seems like a proper band as well, they have fun playing together and seem to be good friends.

    Axl looks like he's very happy with his current lineup, they have toured all over the world with success and the US audience is finally coming around. Hopefully we'll see a new release from GN'R soon. Having said that. Slash, Duff and Izzy also seem to be very happy in what they're doing and that's the most important thing. Hopefully Steven is happy is well. I personally don't care if a reunion ever happens, we have all the old albums, dvd's and bootlegs to relive the old days. Why can't we just all look forward to the future for what it is? It doesn't matter how much fans complain about all the stuff in GN'R-World, it won't change a thing. Axl will keep doing his thing and the others will as well.

    Like it or not, Guns N' Roses is Axl, Bumblefoot, DJ, Fortus, Tommy, Dizzy, Chris and Frank. They do a damn fine job of representing GN'R around the world, they give it their all and for that they deserve a hand. It can't be the most easy gig in the world with all the bitching and moaning that surrounds GN'R.

    Bottom line is this... living in the past, trying to belittle past or current members of the band, bitching, moaning and attacking other fans because they don't share your views (whatever side you're on) is plain childish. Try to celebrate the past and embrace the future.

    Norman, OK 11/9/2011

    in 2011

    Posted

    Review in NewsOK.com:

    One month ago, a viral video of Guns N' Roses performing "Welcome to the Jungle" in Rio de Janeiro immediately downgraded expectations for Axl Rose's Wednesday/Thursday performance at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. In the widely circulated clip that hit major music blogs in early October, Rose looked desperately out of shape and sounded just as desperately out of tune.

    But what a difference a month makes.

    When Rose took the stage at 10:45 p.m. after an opening set by Oklahoma City's Hinder, he looked fit and sounded much like the snake-dancing dervish who dominated stadiums in the late-1980s and early 1990s. Launching into the title track from 2008's "Chinese Democracy" and immediately hitting the crowd with "Jungle," he seemed to have no trouble reaching the high notes and, just as importantly, sustaining them. And he kept doing it for three solid hours, a massive march through "Appetite for Destruction," "G N' R Lies," "Use Your Illusion" and "Chinese Democracy" that drove roughly half the crowd back to their beds before the last explosive notes of "Paradise City" rang out at 1:45 a.m. Thursday morning.

    This has been standard operating procedure for Guns N' Roses on this tour: start late, play long. Rose seemed to relish the wee hours, telling the crowd at the start of the 1 a.m. encore, "I hope all those who left early enjoyed their Lady Gaga albums."

    But along the way, the 49-year-old Rose gave the audience nearly everything on their wish lists, running through "Appetite" classics such as "It's So Easy," "Mr. Brownstone" and "Rocket Queen" and carefully dispensing tracks from "Chinese Democracy" such as "Sorry" and "Better" in between the crowd pleasers.

    Of course, that wry title for G N' R's most recent album almost describes what the band has become. Thanks to a legal maneuver dating back two decades, Rose owns Guns N' Roses, but by all appearances he is a benevolent dictator, showcasing his band members throughout the set. While most Guns N' Roses fans acknowledge that the quintessential lineup would include Slash, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin and either Steven Adler or Matt Sorum playing behind Rose, the current lineup is more than up to the task of performing G N' R's back catalog. Rose first ceded the spotlight to guitarist Richard Fortus for a hard-edged take on the James Bond theme before segueing into "Live and Let Die." Bassist Tommy Stinson sang lead on The Who's "My Generation" and longtime keyboardist Dizzy Reed played a solo version of The Who's "Baba O'Riley." Lead guitarist D.J. Ashba took an extended lead before playing the familiar opening notes of "Sweet Child O' Mine," and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal played "The Pink Panther Theme" as a lead-in to "Don't Cry."

    Along the way, Rose indulged in two choice AC/DC covers from the Bon Scott era: "Riff Raff" and "Whole Lotta Rosie." All these detours pushed the running time for the concert into endurance test territory, but just when energy started to lag in the arena, a stone-cold classic like "November Rain" or "Nightrain" would shock the crowd back to life.

    Rose, who frequently left the stage to change hats or leather jackets, kept a quick pace, running up and down the stage ramps during the encore -- Ashba couldn't quite keep up, tumbling down a ramp near the end of the show. But Rose's pace was better than the concert's as a whole: as much as he might resist it, trimming some "Chinese Democracy" tracks in favor of the better and better-known early material would keep more people in the seats, even late into the night. But Rose proved that he could still cut it, and that the online evidence of his decline was either greatly exaggerated or simply no longer true.

    Read more: http://newsok.com/concert-review-guns-n-roses-play-lloyd-noble-center/article/3621607#ixzz1dIl0M4tr

    Look at the comments below... top comment... Patricia A. Reed... "Band of the Century! Dizzy's Mom". A mother supporting her son, can't disagree with her either rock3

    That Metal Show with guest Axl Rose [Sneak Peek]

    in 2011

    Posted · Edited by mustaine

    On the "late starts" segment, something came to mind about people lying, and the symptoms:

    Unusual Body Language: Body movements and facial expressions are the best indicators of catching a lie. When a person is telling a lie his body language will slightly start changing. The person's body would soon get stiff because of the nervousness and his body movements will talk about his discomfort. There will be a change in his breathing pattern. Usually the breathing gets deeper and can get audible at times. There will be unusual and untimely postural shifts in his body. His actions will start looking defensive, with his shoulders pulled up and elbows more into sides.

    Hand Movements: A person who is lying will have two types of hand movements. The first type is defensive in which palms are closed and fingers are tight. The second type is fidgety in which a person will fidget a lot with his hands while talking. He will be restless and will make too many hand movements that could be easily noticed.

    Unusual Pauses: The speech of a liar will be full of unusual pauses. This happens because while a person is telling a lie he has to think of a story which he fakes as an answer to any given question. Thinking about a picture and making up a story takes time. Even an ace liar will take at least a few seconds to think of a story and tell a lie. So, watch out for unusual breaks in a liar's speech.

    Slight Delay in Replying/Answering: The reason behind the slight delay in replying is same as that of unusual pauses. It also happens because a liar's sensory pattern slows down while telling a lie. On being asked a question about minute details, the person will tend to get defensive at first to avoid a delay in replying. He would then, take a little pause and continue telling a lie. One should be able to read between the lines, besides just observing the body language.

    Now, the thing that I noticed the most was his hand movements whilst explaining everything. He also wasn't being direct about the reason why he starts late, he kind of talks around the situation and remains vague. If the whole interview is aired, and it is prooven that he only does this in specific parts in the interview such as this, I'm afraid he's lying (making up stuff).

    Try doing a television interview... it's uncomfortable as hell. When you're in that situation you tend to get a little stressed. Also, it's Axl's first real sit down interview in front of a camera for about two decades. The guy is truly the "Howard Hughes" of rock and roll in the sense that there is so much stuff said about him (truth or not), it must be extra uncomfortable to do an interview under those conditions and he'll want to choose his words carefully.

    Dallas November 5!! Info and Update Thread

    in 2011

    Posted · Edited by mustaine

    I agree with all of you that it's a crappy review, I hate it when people walk into a concert and have decided what it's going to be like. It's also annoying to read stuff that is just pure bullshit (the weight issue that really isn't an issue and Axl's look...).

    That being said... I just find the reviews and share them :thumbsup:

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