GnR Chris

When was the PERHAPS EP supposed to ship again? End of October? I can’t even remember. It will be hilarious when my vinyl arrives. I have no way of playing it. I will only be able to stare at side R with “The General” on it. LOL. I hope it’s released to streaming sites same time.

I put Chinese Democracy third behind Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion 2. Not that it really matters where people rank the album. It's a GNR record despite some people here pretending it's not.

Not a fan of the backing track. Or of Axl trying to do both live. Melissa and Duff are capable of the low part of the studio song and Axl can wail “You’re All Alone.”

No, that’s not a mystery. Yes, it was intentional.

Wrigley wasn’t empty.

Or you’re being dramatic and Axl or someone else in the band is sick and they have to take some dates off.

I also think the live version of “Perhaps” has improved since its debut. Chorus sounds good with Duff and company singing it and Axl wailing “You’re all alone.” I do love that he comes in full rasp, “you used to be a little crazy …” Fuck. Makes me kinda wish for the last chorus of the studio version, we had full rasp on that final line.

I just wanna be able to see Izzy live in some capacity. Solo or especially with Guns. I never would have imagined he wouldn't have popped in at some point like he did throughout the Chinese Democracy years.

My thoughts.

I like Kat’s photography. I’m not sure why a black and white photo equates to “uninspired.” A good photo is a good photo whether you color correct in post or choose to make it black and white. Kat’s had some great shots of Axl and GNR through the years. People here are hating or questioning her abilities due to how she may have gotten her start to her photography career (friend to the band?). But GNR has long kept it friends and fam, right? Is the new photographer not part of the Lebeis family?

Glad you made it! I got there as doors opened and I didn’t see any event tees at the merch booth closest to the pit! How TF did they sell out so quickly? Almost no one was at the park at the time. Unless they simply kept more in the concourses or sold a lot outside at Gallagher Way. I didn’t end up with a shirt or litho. Considering getting a shirt from the tour truck, but I don’t love the prints on them compared to the actual concert shirts.

This is why I don’t like baseball park concerts. Yes, it’s common to rope off the infield diamond. And some of the spots behind the home plate where the sound booth would interfere with sight lines to the stage. The place definitely wasn’t sold out, and I can guarantee some were no-shows due to the heat. Definitely the majority of people waited till GNR hit the stage to file their way in. If I were to guess, I’d say it was 80 to 85 percent capacity. And honestly, the high prices is likely what kept people from buying. They came way down week of show. But a casual fan isn’t gonna wanna spend $200 on nose bleeds.

I think Axl was making a dad joke. He said “jet leg” not “lag” and pretended to limp or something. Got there at 4 and seriously wondered if I’d be able to endure that heat. Lots of free waters from security, and people were walking around spraying water too. This was probably a top 3 Guns show for me. It was great. Had such a good time, and I heard a bunch of songs I’ve never heard live before.

Sorry, just seeing this now. I was off grid. It was so hot I had to turn my phone off at one point so it wouldn’t overheat.

Someone said the lithos being sold outside at Gallagher Way are already sold out. Wild.

On here?

With this heat, it’s ridiculous they’d open doors at 4

Honestly I’m not sure. It was just me guessing if doors are 5:30 and Pretenders 6, GNR around 7 or 730.

They say this a lot and it means nothing in terms of surprises.

Ticketmaster is the affiliate despite it being a Wrigley Field show. They did drop floor seats from $300+ to whatever it is now, in the hundred+ range . Maybe there aren’t that many pit left.

I’m bummed they seem to have dropped “Pretty Tied Up” as a staple. There have been some shows this recent Euro leg where there are six to eight songs in the set I’ve never heard live. Tonight I’m hoping for “Catcher,” “Bad Obsession,” “PTU,” “Reckless,” “Hard Skool,” and “Perhaps” among others.

I’m not trying to be argumentative in the least. But from your list, I saw them play “There was a Time,” “Madagascar,” “My Michelle” and “Sorry” all at the same show in Chicago, 2017. One of my favorite GNR gigs I ever attended.

Same! Proudly hanging in my dining room next to Coachella week 1 litho. lol

This just isn’t true. If they go on at 7:30 tonight, that’s three and a half hours till hard stop. I saw them play nearly three hours at the United Center in 2017. If they cut bangers like “Locomotive,” it’s definitely not due to curfew.

They’ve done five shows in Chicago since NITL. Three of the five lithographs have been mafia-themed. There is so much culture and history in Chicago. Mafia theme is disappointingly lazy. But it saves me money. And I don’t have any more wall space.