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Drop the damn covers (except KOHD, Duff's songs and maybe LALD). Rotate the CD songs around more and add Street of Dreams. Also rotate other songs like UTLH/Yesterdays, OTGM/My Michelle and rotate Coma with Locomotive and maybe Breakdown. Play more UYI songs (Pretty Tied Up, Bad Obsession, Dead Horse). Basically a UYI tour setlist plus some Chinese stuff.

Not trying to spark another set list discussion, but I still think there's too many covers. They could easily play something like Perfect Crime or You're Crazy in the encores instead of Rosie/Seeker. But it is what it is.

2 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

What on earth is ''hipped me up'' supposed to mean?

I guess they "hipped her up" means they introduced her to "hip" stuff (in this case The Muppets).

Tough choice between 2006/2007 and 2009/2010. 2006 still had Robin Finck and Brain, who are much better than Ashba or Frank Ferrer. However, the setlists in 2009/2010 were amazing and they switched it up comparatively often (unlike 2006). Axl was great in both eras, so ultimately it's probably a tie for me. But if I had to choose, I'll go with 06/07 ever so slightly.

I have a feeling we can thank downliner for this. He probably made Izzy aware of this place. If I'm wrong and Izzy found us himself, even better.

Unless you're Lynyrd Skynyrd or Iron Maiden IMO every rock/metal band should have maximum two guitarists. Three or more are just overkill in most cases and the Slash/Fortus combo is the second-best scenario we can get. Would I prefer Izzy? Of course, but Fortus is a great replacement.

So, y'all are just gonna ignore the post from Derick who was actually at the concert and therefore should know best what really happened? But just keep bashing Axl and the others because they're the devil incarnate.

Nobody knows anything exact, but IMO it was a mix between Axl fiddling around too much with it and the record company not being satisfied and pushing it back to force a reunion. It's quite unfortunate because it if would've been released in 2002 or 2006 it probably would've sold a lot better than it ultimately did and Axl may have been motivated enough to release more stuff. We'll never know.

IMO this is the perfect example on why the band doesn't do high-profile interviews. Because people are going to scrutinize every single word that comes out of their mouth and many are going to try to spin those words into what they wanna hear. I'm not defending Axl here (he has a ton of issues), but I really do think you shouldn't take everythig Steven said for granted. If he really was sacked like he tells here, that undeniably sucks. But you have to see that him being a full-time part of the tour was just too risky. Yes, they could've used Ferrer as backup, but having two drummers at the same time there really seemed crazy/unnecessary, so why not go with the guy who's been there for ten years and has always been reliable. IMO what we got with Steven making guest appearances on songs was the best possible and realistic scenario. Obviously him making appearances more frequently and/or Izzy being a guest as well would have made it perfect, but it was a great moment nonetheless. Also, 95% of the audience at concerts don't care whether Izzy and Steven are there (hell, some might think Fortus is Izzy) and will continue flocking to the shows. This won't hurt their ticket sales at all, especially since there hasn't been any real onstage incident since the tour started (the McBob thing was blown way out of proportion in my book). It has been going very smoothly and the average person that goes to see a GnR show doesn't care or even know about any behind-the-scenes drama. It sucks for the hardcore fans, but those only make up a very small portion of concertgoers. I personally still believe we'll get another album eventually (call me naive) and another big tour and maybe, just maybe there will be more guest appearances in a few years when all this stuff might be out of the way. We have learned that you should really never say never with this band. But even if none of that happens, this is still an awesome way to go out. I'm completely aware that this is not the best possible Situation and it could've definitely been much better, but it also could've been much, much worse. Just my opinion, guys.

2 hours ago, gnrfan2016 said:

You mean the list of the may25-August 27 dates are not the real confirmed ones? They seem to line up accurately 

On one of the two supposed Berlin dates on that list Guns would've played on the same day there as Depeche Mode, which obviously can't be. Granted, just because one date doesn't match up doesn't necessarily mean all of the dates are wrong. Some of them might very well end up being true, but so far there's no indication of them being real.

10 minutes ago, The Black said:

Did anybody see the large list of European dates that had "leaked"?

I can confirm that it is fake, as Depeche Mode are playing the same venue in Berlin on the date that GNR was supposed to be playing.

It was already debunked a couple of days ago.

1 minute ago, scooby845 said:

unpopular opinion here, but the way things are progressing right now I'd rather this tour to cycle endlessly with possible AFD 30 with Izzy and Steven and to dig deep cuts from UYI than have a new album... It's the spirit that matters and I highly doubt they can tame a lightning in a bottle this time again...

Your thoughts?

Nobody expects another AFD from them. We all know that's not gonna happen again (especially not without Izzy), but IMO they can make an album of UYI quality, which would still be pretty good. Hearing UYI deep cuts is certainly a nice proposition, but personally I'll take brand new songs over that anyday.

7 minutes ago, Silent Jay said:

I'm a man of constant sorrow.

Well, I guess we're gonna find out in three days. The wait is gonna be torturous.

9 minutes ago, xBrownstonex said:

Dude, thats just cruel. Give us a hint. New song or illusions?

Judging from his/her wording it sounds like an actual new song. But @Silent Jay could very well just be fucking with us.

15 minutes ago, Asia said:

Yeah, right, Izzy wrote SCOM, never mind that Slash came up with the riff and the melody, Axl with the lyrics and the general idea for the climate and feel of the song, it is Izzy who wrote it. Let's just settle thos once and for all. IZZY WROTE THEM ALL. AXL AND SLASH HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTRIBUTION TO GNR SONGS AND SUCCESS.

Well, to be fair, Slash has said that he just played the riff out of fun once and didn't think much of it but Izzy convinced him to actually use it in a song. Otherwise I agree with you, though. Izzy sometimes gets a little too much songwriting credit around here.

1 hour ago, maxpax said:

Fincks style fits more than 4tus'...And even Slash is copying his cd solos. So that says a lot.

While saying this...2 leads make only sense when you battle like lynyrd skynyrd in free bird. Perfect Studio combo was slash/Izzy. Perfect live combo Gilby/slash.

I know we're talking only GnR here, but Slash and Frank Sidoris are also a killer live combo.

12 minutes ago, Apollo said:

Tour of the year for sure. 

Band of the year should be a band that released music, IMO. 

While I'd normally agree with you, none of the nominees released new music this year, so I'd still vote for Guns.

1 hour ago, stephenchesneymusic said:

Hey, this is not GNR. Just me and some friends! I have a couple of songs I've been working on for fun! i will release it next year or not haha

preview
https://mega.nz/#!KUwxjSKQ!xqRxabTpwEgTJHMez7QxmIQM3Pp-K_uZzbGZsJpuL6Q

You guys are so good with the GNR sound that you even fooled some of us, so congrats on that :D. And your previews sound great.

Yeah, These don't seem to me. I wish they were though, because that could mean new music in the future.

As much as I would love to hear a new album, I don't want that many guest appearances (unless they're from Izzy/Adler). But this is most likely bull anyway.

I disagree with about half of that list. Perfect Crime and Dead Horse are killer tunes. Anything Goes while the weakest song on AFD still rocks pretty hard. Bad Apples got a nice Stones vibe to it and has a great solo, and Reckless Life is fine. I'm okay witht the rest of the list, though the only GnR songs I truly dislike are probably only My World and lyrics-wise GITR and Shotgun Blues.

I'd be very surprised if he (and perhaps even Izzy) wouldn't show up on the LA shows, so I'm guessing he'll be there. Maaaaybe San Diego if he nails it in LA. Can't really see overseas appearances, but who knows?

Hey guys. I've been following the NITL tour and have of course been enjoying it immensely. But I have a question. Which of the shows had the biggest attendance so far (estimating of course). And in your opinion which crowd was the best/loudest so far (if you can measure that at all)? I know this is not really important, but I'm just curious what you guys think about that.

He Looks very happy, but his arms do look skinny. I hope he doesn't have any health problems anymore.