HiredGun

One of best Nightrain ever' 

Wow I'm so happy, sounding better than I ever expected. Slash and duff really make a difference and Axl is digging deep. 

Maybe he sounds so good cause he's not running around.  It's def weird seeing him sit there.  Sounds awesome tho. 

You guys all have good points.  However this is GnR they are just a rock band, an aging former great band,  5 guys.  Ok so maybe 8 guys now or 11 or whoever knows how many will be involved.   The point is they don't need to be best friends to make it all work, I doubt they ever we're to begin with. They just need to go on stage together.   With that being said to really recapture what they were there has to be some kind of familiarity with each other. That's what made it great in the first place.    Does anybody here think these guys have every even been in the same room together to try to work this out in the last 6 months.  If your managing this thing and your serious about it wouldn't you try to get everyone together for dinner or coffee or anything for that matter and  sit down and discuss what the plan is and at least give everyone a chance.   If you said ok we are all meeting in the studio on Friday to talk without lawyers or any bs and try to work something out.  What is stopping that from happening? Is anyone really suggesting that wouldn't happen because of Izzy?  Really?  He showed up in Europe and other gigs to basically be a 3rd or 4th guitarist for couple songs with no fanfare.  Now people are suggesting he doesn't like touring so he won't be bothered to drive an hour to Palm Springs for the biggest show of his life in over 25 years.  Give me a break.  Let go of the egos.  Hire some people to watch Adlers every move like a hawk and bring him out for 4 or 5 songs. Go kick ass one last time.  If it happens Axl could walk away from this a hero in everyone's eyes and a lot of his past antics will be forgiven and just make a better story in the history rock lore.  I love him as the bad guy but it's time to be the good guy for once.  They are so close and that's why it's soo frustrating.  I relize it's complicated but for history's sake they need to just do it. They are gunnna be shrivelled up old men in 10 years, this is the band and all of the fans last hurrah.  

It doesn't make a lot of sense how this is being managed.  These guys are hard rock musicians in there fifties, how many more chances to play these venues are they gunna get.  Like it or not as a band there live playing days are almost over and then this whole discussion is all irrelevant.  Everyone loves the original lineup and the nostalgia factor and Hollywood happy ending  will protect them from scrutiny.  As a promoter it seems so simple just get everyone together even if it's only the first few gigs.  The $ issue will sort itself out,  you have to figure there is way more financial upside to having the original lineup together than  apart.  Come out swinging, blow everyone away and the sky's the limit.  IMO the first gigs of this tour are the most important.  Everyone is gunna be watching the concerts, highlights the you tube clips. The media will be all over any slip ups. This is all happening pretty soon,  treating vegas like warm up gigs would be a big mistake.   

It really shouldn't be this hard to get 5 guys together.  The only thing that makes it interesting is the fairy tale of possibly making one more album and  putting back together one of rocks greatest bands after  a vicious 20 year feud.  It's fair to say the music world and the fans view this as GNR's swan song.  There final farewell and one last chance to be the worlds most epic rock band.  They have all this positive momentum going and really all they have to do is get the original guys together, be in somewhat respectable shape and play a 2 hr set of 30 year old songs to turn back the clock for a handful of concerts and they will be praised and the whole thing will be succesful.   It will cement there legacy, give the fans and media what they want and they will make heaps of $.   Then they can all sail away into the sunset and go out on top.  Storybook  

Or.....they can show up lazy unprepared and disorganized or worse with some gnr hybrid band risk losing everyone's interest and be scrutinized and ridiculed for the rest of there lives.  Hopefully for there own best interests and for all of the fans that love them. They  will see this as there last chance.  Hopefully  they are working there asses off for this because it will be sad if this turns into a disaster.  Not having Izzy is a big blow to whole concept and spirit of what made this reunion great in the first place. I know Myself and many others was/am hoping/expecting there would be some kind of cohesion between axl,slash,duff,izzy,adler in order to capture the spirit of gnr and to make the concerts a great and very meaningful experience.  I think this could be awesome I really hope they don't fuck it up.