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  1. 52 minutes ago, bangit said:

    My review:

    Overall an awesome gig. Thoroughly enjoyed the GNR show and the day itself. My 11th Guns gig since 2006. Download is a brilliant festival to go to. For those considering day tickets in the future, i used the 'big green coach' service and it was spot on. I was home by 1.30am. The crowd at Download is a much more mature audience than other festivals in the UK, i'm 33 and felt like i the average age was probably late 30s. 

    Axl was in a good mood and on form. I spotted a helicopter circling the site and thought to myself that it could be Axl... turned out to be right! 

    Slither got the biggest reaction of any song i think... went down really well and people were rocking out more to that than Jungle. No joke. Axl smashed it. 

    I watched the first half of the show from near the front / centre about 30m back. They came on 2 mins early which was a surprise. Sound quality was good and Axl sounded great on all the usual songs he finds easier to sing. As usual he didn't sound brilliant on aspects of some songs but this did not detract from the overall quality of the show. The crowd was on side throughout and i didn't hear anyone moaning about his voice etc. He is not the same as years ago and never will be but he is still the best front man in rock history in my opinion and does still have a fucking brilliant voice but it isn't as consistent on GNR tracks anymore. My view is that generally people know this now and go to the gig with more realistic expectations than in the past. 

    The second half i watched from further away, the sound quality was good and it was nice to have 2 different perspectives on the stage etc... 

    The only issue with this show and is that there is a big 'dip' in the middle where it slows down for the solos etc which does take a bit of steam of it. For me it could be a 2.5 hour show and just as good. I didn't notice this as much in London last year but it was probably because it was an extremely long day yesterday! 

    He struggled the most on TIL and it was noticeable. I love the song and have seen it performed live many times but this was poor. I would drop it. He used literally about 4 of his voices on it! I actually had a little chuckle to myself about that!

    Why they don't include out to get me i don't know... Axl sounds great on this and it would suit his current vocal style. 

    I'm travelling to Tallinn for the Estonia gig and can't wait to do it all over again! 

    For anyone going to see GNR in the coming months, you will have an awesome time, ignore negative shit on here... it is a great show and Axl (mostly) sounds great!

     

    Anyone know how many people were there yesterday? I think it was the largest crowd i have ever seen at any festival / concert. It was enormous!

     

     

     

     

     

    Agree with everything you have said here. It was an excellent day and an excellent performance. 

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