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1 hour ago, ronartest2004 said:

With what slash just tweeted this-

“Now that the GNR US tour has finally reached its conclusion, I want to thank everybody across the country who made this the best US run in the last 7 years since I've been back in the picture. It was incredible experience, that will never be forgotten, cheers!
iiii]; )'”

That's awesome to hear. You could really see the band was firing on all cylinders every show.  Happy I got to see them perform in Hershey this year. What a kick ass show!  Sad to see this tour ending 

25 minutes ago, JAxlMorrison said:

Is the idea behind that, that everything is just going to on demand, or are we going back to DVDs lol. 

Streaming services lol 

1 hour ago, JAxlMorrison said:

I dunno, a Blu Ray with Axl and Slash? I gotta figure it would sell well, especially since Appetite For Democracy sold well (for a concert blu ray anyways.)

Blu Ray is on its way out.  Best Buy is going to stop carrying blu ray in store and online next year and target is going to stop carrying them at select stores. 

Unfortunately the time for a blu ray is probably passing.  It would be cool to see them put one out tho 

1 hour ago, Skamos66 said:

sad, I love Coal Chamber, Mudvayne & Ill Nino

Same. My girl and I met at a coal chamber concert all the way back in 2002 lol 

25 minutes ago, GNRRHCP98 said:

How we all feeling about the chances of “The General” dropping on streaming this coming Friday?
 

Also, personally, I’m thinking they’re planning a much larger holiday release (perhaps an EP?) which is why there has been no “Perhaps” CD or cassette announcement to date. 

Eh I kinda just feel like the hard skool CD and cassette didn't sell that well so they just did the vinyl this time lol 

Honestly I think what happens is over the next year they release what's left of the unreleased/reworked CD songs.  Wouldn't be surprised if there were 3/4 more after The General and Monsters release. I think they will collect all of them and release them on an album.  And I think they will to and write some new music. Wether it's an EP or a full album or just a few songs to put out on a greatest hits collection. They will release that in 2027 (the 40 year anniversary of AFD) and do another tour for it and then announce a lengthy farewell tour.  This is about a 10 year plan so the farewell tour will probably be in 2031-33.

In 2037 if all the key members of the band are still alive and healthy the AFD5 lineup will reunite for a special 50th anniversary show  at the Hollywood Bowl and call it a day.  

2 hours ago, Rindmelon said:

That's quite a list...

Is this festival a yearly thing? Surely they have fucked there reputation with this if it is. I would imagine GNR will play just due to the legality of having a contract to, but we shall see. This is the last show that we know of right?

This festival has had a lot of issues in the past iirc. Pretty sure GnR was supposed to headline it pre reunion but it got cancelled 

6 hours ago, Rindmelon said:

Scrap that 25 at least. it looks like this could be rocks version of fyre fest

Research Blue Ridge Rock Festival if you want to find rock's version of fyre fest lol 

2 hours ago, ZoSoRose said:

Re doing my rankings-

1. Monsters

 2. The General

 3. Hard Skool

 4. Perhaps

 5. Absurd

 The General really spot up 

This is how I would rank them too!!

4 hours ago, bangit said:

Is this a rescheduled date or something? Kind of odd that they would end the tour with a random festival in Mexico. 

Festivals pay big money

1 hour ago, NachoLZ said:

Absurd
Hard Skool
Perhaps
The General
Monsters

Atlas Shrugged (?)
Wichita Lineman (?)

That's an album right there

The Seeker would be a cool cover.

10 minutes ago, AtlasIllusions said:

happy to have been at the show and witnessed history! Even though it was a short ass show, I can’t complain AT all. 

Gotta imagine it was taxing on Axl to play back to back shows for the first time in a very long time. Dude definitely was out there busting his ass.  Melissa too being sick and all.

Props to the band. They are firing on all cylinders 

15 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

Yeah, but on the other hand it was more than what we expected and were promised.

For sure. I mean I'm not going to complain about getting The General but it's hard to imagine not listening to these two songs together hahaha

51 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

Another possibility is that they originally intended to release them together (probably with Monsters as a hidden track) and that's why they were registered together, but then they found out that the quality on the 7'' was very low, so they sent it again for pressing without Monsters.

This would be devastating 

3 minutes ago, gabmmor said:

Setlist: It’s So Easy, Bad Obsession, Chinese Democracy, Slither, Mr. Brownstone, Pretty Tied Up, Rumble/Welcome To The Jungle, Double Talkin’ Jive, Perhaps, The General, Absurd, Estranged, Live And Let Die, Rocket Queen, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, T.V. Eye, Civil War/(Voodoo Child), Band Introductions, Slash Solo/Sweet Child O’ Mine, November Rain, Wichita Lineman, People Get Ready/Nightrain

Encore: Waiting On A Friend/Don’t Cry, Paradise City

(HTGTH))

Shorter set than last night but THE GENERAL!!

These shows honestly looked amazing. Would love a blu ray from them.

The General sounded great live!

Yoooo they played it lol wtf. What about Monsters tho 😭

Everything going ok with this festival?  I've seen a few bands drop off

45 minutes ago, Skamos66 said:

Melissa 100% there, just heard her lol

Glad she is back and feeling well enough to perform! 

Love this lineup and band

48 minutes ago, Tom2112 said:

Word on the street... I mean come on. 

The word on the street probably stems from the one or two shows recently that Frank seemed checked out. I doubt there's much legitimacy ti this speculation. Melissa? I don't know, there's more chance of her leaving. No 1 she's young and she has solo aspirations and doesn't just want to be forever known as an additional musician for gnr, no matter how much of an honour it is to be given such a huge gig. No 2 she's clearly been having a very tough on this past run with the death of her friend right around the start of the shows. I would be surprised if Frank left or was replaced but Melissa is more likely to want out of these long tours. She might be completely happy with the tours and love the foundation it affords her, who knows! as far as he sickness, wishing her well and hoping she gets to at least play one of these last nights.

I hope Melissa stays. I could definitely see her leaving though. Which would be a shame for the band but understandable.  If it just doesn't fit with her career goals anymore.

I can't imagine Frank leaving unless he just is tired of touring and ready to settle down.

Axl, Slash, Duff, Richard and Dizzy are not going anywhere.

14 hours ago, Cosmo said:

 

 

I know most will disagree and some will want to kill me for this but, IMO, TWAT is the greatest GnR composition ever. SCOM and Estranged do come really close second, though.

I don't know if I would say TWAT is the greatest (it's so hard to pick from your favorites lol) but I would say it's in the top 5 for me for sure.  Honestly SCOM, Estranged and TWAT might also be my top 3 lol

Just every note is played perfectly in TWAT, the vocals are some of Axl's best ever, I love the beat and the rhythm. The only thing that might hold it back from being #1 is the chorus for me. Amazing song though 

14 hours ago, Cosmo said:

 

 

I know most will disagree and some will want to kill me for this but, IMO, TWAT is the greatest GnR composition ever. SCOM and Estranged do come really close second, though.

I don't know if I would say TWAT is the greatest (it's so hard to pick from your favorites lol) but I would say it's in the top 5 for me for sure.  Honestly SCOM, Estranged and TWAT might also be my top 3 lol

Just every note is played perfectly in TWAT, the vocals are some of Axl's best ever, I love the beat and the rhythm. The only thing that might hold it back from being #1 is the chorus for me. Amazing song though 

I have more thoughts than this to mention but I'll start with I think Robin, Richard, Brain Tommy and Axl really would have been a cool fucking band on their own.  There were a lot of additional people who came and went but these guys were the guys IMO.   

No offense to Ron and tons of offense to DJ but the Chinese era was never as fun with them in the band to me.  

Bucket was obviously cool and super talented but I never expected it to work out with him and I don't think the general public was ever going to be really receptive of him. I don't think Guns ever needed a third guitarist and I think Robin and Richard together could have just been really cool. Really love Robin.  

Tommy was the perfect person to fill in for Duff and IMO the only persona who could ever fill in for him again and Brain is just the fucking man.