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On 8/20/2016 at 0:58 PM, Mararoyce said:

Regarding Steven in this post, I believe he had back surgery just prior to the 'reunion'. As someone who has had 2 back surgeries myself, he would have been in chronic pain before his surgery and after. Recovery takes time, could be 3 months to 1 1/2 yrs to get fully back to normal. Maybe 2 songs is all he can handle right now. Another issue is after surgery he would be on a multitude of different prescriptions, one of them being opioids. I wonder how that was handled given his addiction problems.

He had laser surgery, not full surgery.

On 8/21/2016 at 11:29 AM, Lumikki said:

Not true. I remember Axl even went out of his way to fistbump Steven during one of the shows.

 

Very well said. I agree 100% with these posts.

Quite frankly I'm shocked how nice they're being to him, considering that Steven was still whining about how awful and mean all of them are not even a year ago. Axl, Slash and Duff are acting really gracious and kind and I'm not sure Steven even deserves it. I'd rather never see that guy again at all than risk him screwing up a good thing. Having Axl, Slash and Duff back together is amazing (and if we could add Izzy into the mix, it would be downright perfect), I don't want Steven Adler or anyone else messing with that. Especially when Frank is doing a good job and is a reliable and nice guy that gets along well with everyone.

 

I heard they have Steven under contract for the whole tour.  He has to shut up as part of the deal, or lose his money.  I don't know how much of the band/publishing/merch, Steven is entitled to in the agreement they reached after he sued them, but this may be cheaper than paying him a share of all of that.  He was so happy during his two songs and smiling so big, you couldn't watch him and not feel happy for him.  There is a difference when he plays those songs, the whole band just has a different feel to them.  I was super excited to see him and happy for him, but I don't think he could get along with Axl for a whole tour.  He's like a big, floppy puppy who is so cute and happy, but can't help peeing on your stuff.  At the end of the show, when the band does their bows, he was with them and they were getting ready to lean forward and even though he was on the very end and a 2 song player, he decided to count them down and take charge as to when they would bow.  It was a small, subtle thing, but it seemed like he doesn't know his place.  During Out To Get Me, when Axl sang "some people got a chip on their shoulder" he pointed behind him towards Steven.  Could have been a joke or lingering feelings.

On 8/20/2016 at 11:06 PM, PeterNorth said:

Those two behind the scenes clips from GNR Facebook with Adler playing are amazing.

Two questions:  1) Who do you think did the filming - Team Brazil member? and 2) What on Earth is Melissa doing on Out Ta Get Me besides jumping up and down like she's on some kind of pogo stick?

Duff's wife.

On 8/20/2016 at 10:22 PM, colonizedmind said:

FUCK YESSSS! 

 

This video was done by Susan McKagan.  She did some others and Duff walked over and played to her and her phone.

On 8/19/2016 at 11:48 AM, scooby845 said:

Has anyone spotted Charlie Sheen last night? I mean he always attends GnR or Slash concerts so I figured he would be in the house on this one...

He was at Friday's show.  I was in the pit and he was in the first section of seats behind the pit with a large entourage.

On 8/10/2016 at 10:56 AM, Axl_Fetish said:

I think that's Green Day Dude's daughter... They live in the area

That's Green Day dude's wife, not daughter.

I like the guy next to Dave in the video is wearing a FF tshirt.  He must be freaking out inside.

I think Slash is very happy to be back playing together.  He was very intense at the Troubadour show.  That said,  I thought he was a little irritated at the beginning when Axl was,  shocker, late,  and I thought that's why he waited to come out.  I also think Axl acknowledged it when he introduced him before a solo as "it's weird,  it's pissed and it calls itself Slash."  He  seemed perfectly fine later though. 

2 hours ago, k12 said:

so is it the same Set list tonight? I hope not, I am hoping they are going to mix it up every night but I am guessing it is going to be the same

I'm sure it's going to be the same.  Not only did they not give out the set lists, they left then taped in place and were brushing the footprints off of them.

I was wondering how he got in.   I saw him get nailed by security at Tower, then right before the show was over I saw him behind me and to the right.  I wonder how many other people made it in. 

Locomotive   San Francisco  They need to play it and I want to be there when they do.

48 minutes ago, Original said:

Was there any merchandise at the Troub?

Yes.  The same shirts they had at Tower Records and a poster they didn't have there.  Also the same hoodie.

I can't imagine Duff is ignoring him, they just recorded an album together.  Although, Duff wanted to tour that with Izzy, but he didn't want to. 

Maybe their breakup facilitated the reunion because Slash wanted to get back the money he had to pay out in the divorce.  It's expensive to get a divorce in CA, especially when you have kids.

4 hours ago, maxpax said:

There still must be someone who switched his phone on Audio recording mode before putting it in his Pouch or Pants...

The guy next to me in line said he was going to do that, but I haven't seen anything go up yet.  We both said it would probably sound really crappy.  He was standing right in front of Axl, so at least he was close.

11 minutes ago, Original said:

Where in Vegas will it be?  Message me please if you have to 

Luxor parking lot is what I heard.

2 minutes ago, Original said:

Sweet.  Where do you know?

My friend was there today and the guys who built it were having a meeting about how to take it down and move it.

28 minutes ago, gnr5 said:

A few pages back there is a pic of Duff with the bass he used in '93. It appears he visited the museum today. Is that stikk open btw?

They're taking it down tomorrow morning and they're taking it to Vegas.  They're going to have a popup shop there too with the museum for three days.

Just now, tonsco said:

So I was watching the Jungle video for the 100th time and there is clearly a guy in the audience filming (not professional) holding what looks to be a camera on a mini tripod (maybe even a Go Pro).  Clearly visible after Axl says "I wanna hear you scream".

 

where is this man!!!!!! 

I heard Axl had someone filming the show for his own purposes.  History?  That guy was back further and then moved towards the front near the end.

4 hours ago, GNRSkidRow1 said:

Did he do the intro? And did he leave Bumblefoot and go back to being Duff's tech?

He is Duff's tech.  He was there.  We were crossing the street after the show the same time as he was so we talked for a minute.  I told him to thank the guys, I didn't think I'd ever see this again.  He said he'd been waiting over 20 years for it.  I asked him if he thought they had fun and he said he did and that they had been having a lot of fun the last couple of days at practice.  Then he was gone, so no more info.  He and Richard's techs were right on our left at the show and they were crazy busy.  I saw Richard's tech tune his white Gretsch 4 different times before it even stared.  I don't know if he was nervous about the sound or what, but he kept doing his other guitars and then redoing that one. 

5 hours ago, danijel00 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ARjFgSjySA

Finally a video or photo that proves I was there.  I believe my arm is one of the stars of this video.  Seriously, an unbelievable night.  I'm still glowing and shaking.  I was up against the sub woofer in front of Duff and when they first started playing, I almost fell down from the vibration.

8 minutes ago, madison said:

Norman is a big GNR fan.

I sat with him at the Hammerstein shows years ago.

I didn't know Bradley Cooper was a fan though. Cool.

Bradley was singing along and rocking out big time.