The Dissident

16 hours ago, Axeli said:

How is Greta van fleet? Should I go to see them tomorrow when we are in LA? If tickets..

They were fantastic played just under 12 hours a fair bit of extended Jams, they played 12 songs 3 of which were slower in a row creating a bit of a low in the set but it picked up quite quickly afterwords.

SMKC - Living The Dream (I don't get the hate for this what so ever, it is a great album)

Alter Bridge - The Last Hero (Yea production is grating but still amazing songs throughout)

GNR - Chinese Democracy (Not on par with what came out before but by no means a bad album)

Scorpions - Humanity:Hour 1; Return To Forever; Sting In The Tail (Yea they aren't as strong rockers as the early stuff but still quality albums)

Just some examples there are sure to be a few others but these are the ones off hand.

14 hours ago, Amir said:

Add me to the list of MyGNRers who saw Maiden this year (Mexico City). Obviously this is all @Powerage5's fault 

Goes without saying they put GNR to shame when it comes to concerts and setlists.

Saw Maiden twice on this tour, their shows are easily the best two concerts I’ve ever been to.

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Based on circumstances I've had to drop my ticket to see Sabaton leaving just one more show (The Who) currently booked to round off a year of absolutely amazing concerts. 

2019

1. Greta Van Fleet
2. Kiss
3. Lynryd Skynyrd W/ Randy Bachman
4. P!nk
5. Michael Schenker Fest
6. Halestorm
7. Judas Priest w/ Uriah Heep
8. Queen + Adam Lambert
9. Slash ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators
10. Blue Oyster Cult w/ Quiet Riot, David Wilcox and The Romantics
11. Weird Al Yankovik
12. Iron Maiden
13. Iron Maiden
14. Elton John
15. Led Zepagain
16. The Who

Been an amazing year of concerts thus far and there are a couple shows which I might nab tickets for closer to the day but if no more are added to this line up I'll be very much satisfied. 

Potential additions:

• John Fogerty
• Bret Michaels

Just now, Pinball Wizard said:

I fkn love the seeker. Usually I'm the only one in the crowd going nuts when they play it! lol

It is a fantastic short and direct track.

Jon recently revealed the title of the groups next album to be Bon Jovi 2020 . Says it will be politically conscious album so not to expect songs like You Give Love A Bad Name which frankly I wouldn't expect a song like that based off their past albums...

Update:

Weird Al was a great show, incredible comedic timing throughout the show and he sounded fantastic. Ending off with his Star Wars parody songs was amazing and as a whole the show was quite nice.

Due to circumstances including not committing soon enough I missed Billy Idol. However this was fine as  I had the oppertunity to see Iron Maiden two nights on their tour which was absolutely unreal. Fantastic setlist, the band is on fire and they delivered two shows which are easily among the best if not are the best two shows I have ever seen.

These days features some of Bon Jovis best deep album cuts however it does have a fair bit of stuff that doesn’t work for me personally. That being said if he broke out either of Something To believe in or My guitar lies bleeding in my arms at a show I might shit myself 

Seen a couple shows since last time I checked in. The first of which was Judas Priest w/ Uriah Heep. Wow can Halford still scream and Ritchie Falkner is an amazing guitarist. Next up was Queen who put on a fantastic show and delivered a great setlist. Opening with a tape of innuendo was a fantastic way to begin the show. Slash well, was amazing. Myles is one of if not the best vocalist I've seen live and the Conspirators are amazing. 

This weekend I get to see Blue Oyster Cult; Next week is Weird Al and Billy Idol Rounds out the month. September brings Iron Maiden, Ghost, Elton and Led Zepagain which makes for a rocking two months if you ask me.

2019 Concerts

1. Greta Van Fleet
2. Kiss
3. Lynryd Skynryd W/ Randy Bachman
4. P!nk
5. Michael Schenker Fest
6. Halestorm
7. Judas Priest w/ Uriah Heep
8. Queen + Adam Lambert
9. Slash Ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators
10. Blue Oyster Cult w/ Quiet Riot; David Wilcox and The Romantics
11. Weird Al Yankovik
12. Billy Idol
13. Iron Maiden
14. Ghost
15. Elton John
16. Led Zepagain
17. Sabaton
18. The Who w/ Liam Gallagher

2020 Concerts

1. Ozzy Osbourne w. Megadeth

Potential Additions

1. Aerosmith
2. UFO 

Italics symbolizes tickets aren't bought yet. Just confirming fine details. Bold means they have occured already

12 hours ago, frenchie87 said:

Thank you!  Were there any signed items or exclusive specific show merchandise?  

I personally didn't see any. But I also didn't look to hard at the vinyl since I had just recently ordered the double LP Red vinyl off of Amazon.

Show was absolutely amazing, the first few songs were quite well done and fun but once Boulevard of Broken hearts came in the band was on fire for the remainder of the show. Call of The Wild was a good opener but I feel like Myles should sing it higher live it just sounded a little off. By The Sword was unreal, I cannot believe they took it out of the set for so long. Nightrain had the most crowd energy as one can expect Slash's solos didn't go on too long but I would be okay if they were shortened slightly so the band could play something else as well, like The Unholy, The Dissident or Beneath The Savage Sun, or even another of the longer ballads from Living The Dream. The One You Loved Is Gone was amazing the people behind me clearly didn't know Slash wasn't playing much GNR stuff since when the double neck came out they freaked out because they expected Civil War. 

At the show tonight, a hoodie; poster;vinyl;CD;hat and some shirts a few are quite nice but none are outstanding. Don’t have a picture but there was 7 or so shirts 1 was women’s only

My question is why is there no Blu Ray/CD/Vinyl bundle...

Price isn't too bad for the buying them will have to wait a little bit to decide

This is quite exciting! Might have to purchase this one, an absolutely fantastic setlist

Maiden only played 1 album fully live in their career on for a single tour in 2006. 

Def Leppard has started it more recently for Hysteria. Dream Theatre does it and Pink Floyd would do two back to back in the 70s 

It and CD are the two GNR album's I'm still trying to find on Vinyl, never seen either of them. Lies is a higher priority for acquiring...

I will say his voice has had years at a time where it was basically gone then came back, what he needs is to listen to a bloody vocal coach. I believe he quit smoking which should have helped... I just wish he would vary the setlist up with more deep tracks from Slippery through These Days, but I feel those days are gone with Ritchie

2019 Concerts

1. Greta Van Fleet
2. Kiss
3. Lynryd Skynryd W/ Randy Bachman
4. P!nk
5. Michael Schenker Fest
6. Halestorm
7. Judas Priest w/ Uriah Heep
8. Queen + Adam Lambert
9. Slash Ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators
10. Blue Oyster Cult w/ Quiet Riot; David Wilcox and The Romantics
11. Weird Al Yankovik
12. Billy Idol
13. Iron Maiden
14. Ghost
15. Elton John
16. Aerosmith
17. Sabaton
18. The Who w/ Liam Gallagher

2020 Concerts

1. Ozzy Osbourne w. Megadeth

Potential Additions

1. Deep Purple, dependant on how willing I am to be sleep deprived the next day for lecture. 

Italics symbolizes tickets aren't bought yet. Just confirming fine details. Bold means they have occured already

So looking at the full setlist, I'd much prefer a VR or Snakepit song over nightrain. Like Sliter/Fall to Pieces/Beggars and Hangers-On would fit well there and it would be a more rare track that we haven't been hearing Slash play for years on end

A solid reduced setlist. Checked setlist FM. Wicked Stone's note says: "Slash's 15 minute guitar solo" so clearly they had a fair generous non-headlining timeframe

Halestorm was absolutely unreal. Great setlist and phenomenal delivery

Saw P!nk a few weeks back, she put on a great show, 2nd time I've seen her and she is likely the only non-rock artist I will definitely see again amazing show.

Saw Michael Schenker Fest the other night, absolutely unreal show, all 4 singers did an amazing job, the UFO tracks were amazing to hear live. His guitar work was on fire.

Next up is Halestorm

2 hours ago, Towelie said:

Are you serious? I don't think anybody on here would be complaining if six new songs replaced Double Talkin Jive, The Seeker, Shadow of Your Love, Slither, This I Love and Coma (which has sounded dreadful since 2017).

There is plenty of room in the setlist for new songs.

I'd replace 1 of those songs, being TIL. Coma if it gets swapped it would have to be with some other deep cut. 

While new music would be nice, ultimately it would just take away space from classic songs in the setlist meaning that we would complain more about the setlist. That being said id love new music but i'd also like to hear what has been recorded and is stored in the vault

Ozzy rescheduled to next year. Bought Ghost tickets.

Hoping to add Aerosmith tickets at some point and likely Quiet Riot + Blue Oyster Cult

Bought tickets, paid 77 each for 2 side stage in the bowl