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Not sure what the next tours setlist will be, but would be cool to see him jump up on stage with slash for Always On The Run or maybe a Paradise City to close the night with both of them sharing the stage for the first time in like 12 years

Not really. It’s bad. Really bad. we see through “rose” tinted glasses (quite literally) because we are fans and know his strong points and weak points. everyone else online who sees these clips of the popular songs all say he sounds like Vince Neil… literally look up any Tik Tok of GNR from this tour and the top comment is “Mickey Mouse” and “Man, him and Vince Neil have really fallen from grace.” As GNR fans, thats the perception we have of Crue and Bon Jovi… im sure Vince and Jon KILL some songs, and butcher others… just like Axl

holy shit

Or at least Pearl Jam in the sense that you could really pin point different “eras” of the bands career. Instead, this band had such a big shift early on that its now broken up into 3 main eras: Classic, Chi Dem, and NITL-to now. The only era that produced the most content was the classic era. There is no other music, except Chinese Democracy which they’ve played like 60% of since 2016, and 3 “new” songs from 20 years ago (which they couldn’t stop from leaking!!!!!) If you could pin point different eras like Southern Rock GNR, Nu Metal GNR, “Axl goes Neil Young”, etc etc, the legacy would have been better. Although I must say, the lore and story of GNR sometimes outweighs the music 😂

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This venue was extremely small. The capacity was about 11,000. Compare that to other venues GNR are playing on this tour that have a capacity of 30 to 40 THOUSAND. It was mostly sold out months in advance. Another reason why the show was not #1 for me, it was supposed to be small and intimate and rowdy. Instead, people left early because it was long, a school/work night, and they had already gotten Sweet Child O' Mine, which is basically the casual fans money's worth.

Why would it not? It lasts more than 4 minutes most nights, has a song structure, and sounds like it could be something from Snakepit-era southern-blues Slash... Since 2017 i've considered it to be it's own song/thing.

Well, that was one hell of a show. Longest show by the band since the Vigo/Madrid shows in June. My 6th show of the reunion and I got 8.5 new songs, with the ".5" being People Get Ready. By far the longest GNR show I've seen at 32.5 songs, and might take the cake for the longest Concert i've ever seen at almost 3 and a half hours long. Those 3 and a half hours were quite interesting. I'm so glad I ended up pulling the trigger to buy these tickets. The people I sat around bought tickets in the rafters, then RE BOUGHT new tickets in the level I was sitting in when the prices dropped earlier today. Talk about an old money city. Again, I got this ticket for $60 out the door on the day of the show. When I was on the way to the venue, that same section had seats selling for $149, without fees totaled in yet. Get fucked ticketmaster.... The setlist this go round is super tailored to the hardcore fan. And I was getting that vibe being around ALOT of people who had yet to see the band since they "reunited." By the time we got to WTTJ in the set, about half the venue was sitting down. As rehashed as 2016's setlist became, I don't think it had the same effect on the common fan. Bad Obsession, Chinese Democracy, and SLITHER back to back to back with a hop skip and a jump to Pretty Tied Up is a hardcore fans wet dream.... I can't say the same for the old folk of Biloxi Mississippi. The crowd just seemed to be lost. I can't vouch for what @Rjuncajun is saying here, because I just didn't see it. Yeah they were loud, of course they were. They were drunk! It was filled to the brim at the beginning, but closing in on the 3 hour 15 minute mark, when the lights were going crazy for Coma, you could literally see massive spots in different sections where people had just up and left. The parking lot as i was leaving reflected that as well. Many people stopped clapping half way through the show and just waited for the band to start the next number. Although the people who stuck around made up for in droves. When the band stopped and the lights went down, there was always a massive response. Sigh. Now that I've gotten my major complaint out of the way, lets talk about what really matters: how did they sound? Theres no denying it anymore, there has been a collective agreement made somewhere along the line to start "hiding" Axl's voice. It would come up. It would come down. It would fade away. It would be prominent as fuck and then just disappear completely. Thats not working a shitty sounding room, thats a sound man pulling you up and putting you back down. At times Melissa sounded more prominent than Axl. To me thats a sure tell Axls mic is being fucked with. No one is touching Melissa's voice because its sitting in the background, so when she comes in she's way in front of Axl, who's been pushed deep in the mix. The low vocal start to the set really does wonders for Axl though later in the set, and I think for the Hardcore fan, getting all of those songs together with Axl saving his voice earlier on is more than worth it. This was my first time seeing Hard Skool and I was actually super excited for it, then Axl forgot where he was after the solo. It sounded like a complete and utter train wreck. I was watching Duffs face the whole time and he had to look up to the sky and verbally keep time to get through it. Thats how behind Axl was. Other "clunkers" up until that point were Jungle and Slither. YCBM was alright. He really spit some venom at the end. Perhaps actually sounded pretty amazing and had a bunch of people who seemed to be casual fans interested. It really made me think that people probably could have gotten extremely into that song if it was marketed better. It has all the making of a traditional GNR song. Reckless Life also sounded fairly good. The band actually made Absurd sound really good tonight as has been explained already. Slash was having a good night tonight. He seemed super into it and not "over-adding" things to the songs like he has been known to in this post-COVID era of touring. I think he even tagged a little bit of Hendrix onto KOHD, or maybe it was the notes Cajun is talking about at the end of LALD. I was trying to think of the song, but I couldn't off the top of my head (too much weed...) but i could see Slash sitting in it and enjoying it. I think it was around this time that someone threw a pair of glasses at Axl that he put on which made him look like his 2002 former self. It was a trip. I think Axl kept them and brought them out later. They might have been super expensive, who knows. The solo for Rocket Queen is super digestable now and actually sounds really fun. Fortus is putting a lot of Funk into it and Slash seemed to be playing off of him well. Even Frank was going off on little fills that sounded great. It sounds like a more cohesive jam from where they started in 2016. I think the LALD screams are where you can see the biggest hit to where the vocals once were, even in 2016/17. And that truly means it can only go more down hill from here, not to be totally grim. It still rocked! TV Eye was new and Duff sounds really good on it. It's a little long and monotonous, but it gives Axl a break, and it was new for me so I enjoyed it. Down On The Farm and Anything Goes were new highlights for me as well. I thought Axl sounded really well on those, given they use 2 vastly different styles. He killed it. Don't Cry got a wonderful reception. I think Don't Cry and Patience together always belong in the set, especially if you're doing 32 song sets. I took a pee break during Sweet Child O Mine... big for me as I try not to miss any of the show. I had someone ask me in Wichita Lineman was an original.... yeah.... Axl was really feeling it though and dare I say it sounded professional and nice on the ears. Madagascar had me equally happy and sad. Happy because its one of my favorite CD tracks, but sad because we weren't getting Street Of Dreams. I had gotten Madagascar the last time I saw the band in 2021, so when I saw The Blues was sound checked, I got super excited only to have that rug ripped from under me. Axl was speaking into the mic after every song and you could really see that he was going on a limb and trying to pick songs or remember songs off the top of his head. It made for some really great call outs. The longest one I can remember actually was before Madagascar. Axl stood in the middle of the stage speaking into the band/crew channel while everyone else was just looking at him. I can only assume he was calling out the next couple of songs: Madagascar, Coma, Patience, My Michelle and then bring em home. At least thats the way it seemed. I left early as they kicked into Paradise. I feared I would get stuck in the parking lot after just having experienced that at a Pearl Jam show, and I didn't want to be in a parking lot for an hour facing an hour and a half drive. All in all, if this was the last show I saw them perform ever, I think i'd be completely and utterly satisfied. Nothing will ever beat Nashville 16, but this one certainly tried. If the crowd was more receptive, I think it would have taken the cake. goodnight EDIT: I hope Axl ( @Dexter ) saw my original post in here and thats why they played 32 songs. Okay goodnight

Still driving home, but i’ve got thoughts. Lots of thoughts

Houston or something from South Anerica. They have the video from the selects, just clean up the audio

Show was 3 hours and 20 minutes

Both were played. Hard Skool was shite

They played so long about a quarter of the venue left by Paradise city

Hard Skool was fucking god awful

To put this argument in perspective, I saw Pearl Jam TWO times last week in Dallas. Over just those two nights, I got 48 different songs. Over the whole 8 date tour they played 105 DIFFERENT songs. If you want bands that do variety, they're out there.

Not feeling that litho, or any of the lithos GNR has been doing on this run... Metallica and even Pearl Jam's newest, which didn't get a great reception in the fan community, are miles above. Even smaller jam bands like Umphrees Mcgee get better posters than this band. I shall save my money in that regard lol

Waited till the last possible minute to see if prices would go down... Scored the first level off the floor, row FOUR on Duff's side for $60... Thats about half the price of the tickets that were being sold in the rafters.... Lets go! I'll see y'all tonight EDIT: theres some floor tickets in the back that have opened up for $40 as well. Crazy.

. Its So Easy 2. Bad Obsession 3. Chinese Democracy 4. Slither 5. Hard Skool 6. Mr. Brownstone 7. (Rumble) Welcome To The Jungle 8. Pretty Tied Up 9. Absurd 10. Double Talkin' Jive 11. Estranged 12. Down On The Farm 13. Live and Let Die 14. Rocket Queen 15. Reckless Life 16. You Could Be Mine 17. TV Eye 18. Anything Goes 19. Civil War

3/4 of the four songs sound checked tonight have been played. the only one that hasn't is Perhaps.

1. Its So Easy 2. Bad Obsession 3. Chinese Democracy 4. Slither 5. Hard Skool 6. Mr. Brownstone 7. (Rumble) Welcome To The Jungle 8. Pretty Tied Up 9. Absurd 10. Double Talkin' Jive 11. Estranged 12. Down On The Farm 13. Live and Let Die 14. Rocket Queen 15. Reckless Life 16. You Could Be Mine 17. TV Eye 18. Anything Goes

1. Its So Easy 2. Bad Obsession 3. Chinese Democracy 4. Slither 5. Hard Skool 6. Mr. Brownstone 7. (Rumble) Welcome To The Jungle 8. Pretty Tied Up 9. Absurd 10. Double Talkin' Jive 11. Estranged 12. Down On The Farm 13. Live and Let Die 14. Rocket Queen 15. Reckless Life 16. You Could Be Mine 16. TV Eye

1. Its So Easy 2. Bad Obsession 3. Chinese Democracy 4. Slither 5. Hard Skool 6. Mr. Brownstone 7. (Rumble) Welcome To The Jungle 8. Pretty Tied Up 9. Absurd 10. Double Talkin' Jive 11. Estranged 12. Down On The Farm 13. Live and Let Die 14. Rocket Queen 15. Reckless Life 16. You Could Be Mine

1. Its So Easy 2. Bad Obsession 3. Chinese Democracy 4. Slither 5. Hard Skool 6. Mr. Brownstone 7. (Rumble) Welcome To The Jungle 8. Pretty Tied Up 9. Absurd 10. Double Talkin' Jive 11. Estranged 12. Down On The Farm 13. Live and Let Die 14. Rocket Queen 15. Reckless Life

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1. Its So Easy 2. Bad Obsession 3. Chinese Democracy 4. Slither 5. Hard Skool 6. Mr. Brownstone 7. (Rumble) Welcome To The Jungle 8. Pretty Tied Up 9. Absurd 10. Double Talkin' Jive 11. Estranged 12. Down On The Farm 13. Live and Let Die 14. Rocket Queen