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3 hours ago, MaskingApathy said:

Oh ok. That sounds kind of annoying tbh, like hurry up and get on stage.

What did you think?

Kicked ass.  Fun seeing Steven live.  Singer was outstanding.  Great band.  Mostly  all GnR songs.   I’d see this again in a heartbeat. Huge crowd.  Steven has that magical smile still.    I just loved it all.  So glad I went!!!!  *** I don’t think Steven was late….rather Vegas billed it as 9-11PM.  Steven was contracted for 90 minutes from what I understand.  So NOT his fault. Vegas wanted the 30 minutes for the stupid ass comedian etc

Do Dizzy and Melissa bring anything to the table?  Literally not needed.  Axl could cover any keyboard/piano that Dizzy does.  I'm clueless as to Melissa's worth.

September in St Paul.   Also we’ll get Pretty Tied Up and the Sail Away intro into SCOM.  Dead Horse returns with Axl on the guitar too!     Oh and an encore with SOD.  (A guy can dream right?) 

Say what you want but fun to read and remember the rock to grunge era.  Some GnR tid bits too.  - https://nypost.com/2021/08/12/how-rock-ruled-in-1991-and-why-its-dead-30-years-later/

There was so much anticipation for Guns N’ Roses’ follow-up to their mega-selling debut, 1987’s “Appetite for Destruction,” that Axl Rose’s gang decided to release two “Use Your Illusion” albums separately and simultaneously.

“It was one of the first real event releases, where people were counting down the days until the albums came out,” said Unterberger. “People were lining up around the block at Tower Records at midnight.”

I’m intrigued by Wolfie VH opening.  Is he worth showing up early for…any early reviews? 

My fave track on CD.   Great song and I think Slash could do it justice.  Maybe it’s just me but I’d much rather have SOD over some of the covers or Absurd etc…

PTU, Street of Dreams, The Garden, Dead Horse, Fall To Pieces, Breakdown.  Special request - 14 Years <with Izzy>.  

They did kinda do their own "Unplugged" - 

13 hours ago, RussTCB said:

The stadiums will be full by the time the shows happen. It'll take deeply discounted and/or free tickets but the stadiums will be full. 

Probably right.  Just as no show is ever truly sold out.  The promoters will paper the piss outta the venues. Get butts in seats. Every person is someone who will pay for $40 parking, $10 beers $5 Hot Dogs, etc….   

Was a total game changer.  July 21, 1987. Happy Birthday!!!   I know what I’m cranking today.  

Regular price PIT tix just opened up again FYI.  $225.  (July 20th).  

On 7/16/2021 at 3:01 PM, GNRfanMILO said:

It's got to be Slane Castle. More than 80.000 people were there.

This video uploaded by Susan is mindblowing:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUom13bg419/

Yowser!   Gives me chills. 

What was behind that name/moniker?   I know he later became Duff “The King of Beers” McKagan, just curious on “Rose” if anyone has any insight.  Thanks!!!

Official videos:  Jungle, SCOM, DC, NR, Estranged, PC and Garden of Eden.  I mean back when MTV was good it was all videos and Guns was dominant.  

I'd love "heavy on the Illusions".  For "unlikely" I would love to hear (one/some of these) in order of preference:  Pretty Tied Up, The Garden, Dead Horse, Don't Damn Me and Back Off Bitch.   

How do we not have any paparazzi sightings/photos of Axl from recent?  Is he that much of a recluse or is he just not that interesting in the eyes of the pap anymore?

1 hour ago, center27j said:

Just did a quick look at some of the major market venues - this is trouble, seats available everywhere: NY, LA, Chi, Dallas.  Playing to a half empty football/baseball stadium has gotta be concerning.  Can they move venues?  This looks like it was really poorly managed/planned.

Mpls was moved from the baseball stadium (40K capacity roughly) to St Paul (20K hockey arena) and hasn't sold jack.  So look for them to paper the crap outta these shows.  I got my PIT tix so I'm happy as hell though.  

Interesting- https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2018/07/14/biggest-rock-band-of-the-80s-and-90s-youtube-says-its-guns-n-roses-by-a-mile/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Could Axl pull off Fall To Pieces? 

On 5/27/2021 at 2:33 AM, DurhamGirl said:

Just watched a vidoe of GNR in Rio 1991 and the crowd are just crazy which made me think are there any bands that ilicit that kind of response today  and if not I wonder why?  Any thoughts...

Do 'rock stars' even exist anymore?  It's all so fake these days it seems.  

Startribune critic/reporter responded right away-

Thanks for your email. No further word about GNR. But a Target Field rep told one of our reporters that the concert isn’t happening this year. As you probably know, Live Nation/Ticketmaster operates in strange ways. So does Axl.

I just emailed the writer of the Mpls Startribune music critic who wrote article that wrote “Target Field representatives confirmed the Guns N' Roses and Green Day concerts will roll over to 2022”?. 

I'll let ya know if/what he says.  I asked for clarification/more info on that.