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Tour is (almost) over - where do we go now?
Arnuld replied to adamsapple's topic in GUNS N' ROSES - DISCUSSION & NEWS
This probably will not happen but The Sphere in Las Vegas will be looking for legacy rock acts with Gen-X fan bases with money to pour out of their venue and into the casino to gamble at the Venetian. Venue is 18600 seats. I can imagine GNR could sell out at least 10 shows. I saw U2 twice there last month and it is by far and away the best concert experience on earth right now. If GNR does a residency there I might go for a week straight. Wishful thinking…… -
Agreed. Soul Monster probably around 2004-2005. The General probably around 2002-2003
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This is the power of denial. It was over in 2008. NO ONE cared about CD anymore except people like us. It was too late. But if a reunion had come shortly after the CD release Slash and Duff could have done the songs live, more people would have been aware of the album, it would have sold better and they would have made a boatload of money touring. Win. Win. Win. Why would a top industry manager placate you if they knew your choices were going to make everything less successful? GNR was almost at the theater/county fair level in the US by 2014. So Axl was completely wrong in 2008 hence the 2016 reunion.
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You want the Azoff type. A highly educated pit viper who knows everything, everyone, and who everyone owes a favor. CD was DOA no matter what. It was just too late. 2006 was the last point it had any chance of truly being successful. Azoff knew this but I’m sure Axl was probably in denial. Thank God he was there to negotiate that BB deal or maybe CD never happens. And he could read the tea leaves that a reunion was inevitable and the only way GNR was going to be a successful rock act again. But Axl is stubborn and it took another 8yrs for what Azoff knew was inevitable.
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11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
Arnuld replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
Wouldn’t it be midnight est? Which it is now -
11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
Arnuld replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
I’ll never understand why they would wait till the very end of the tour to break this out -
11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
Arnuld replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
True. But pussy full of maggots is not the same as “Daddy Don’t” I mean I think it’s an awesome song but I’m pretty surprised they are potentially playing it live -
11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
Arnuld replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
It is a very delicate subject. I feel like when he starts that daddy don’t stuff the casuals are going to be looking at each other going WTFF is happening right now -
11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
Arnuld replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
I’m not sure he can handle that bridge on soul monster live -
11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
Arnuld replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
So Jealous -
11/02/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl NIGHT 2
Arnuld replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
I debated so hard about hopping on a plane to this show. Would have had to re-arrange my entire week to do it. Decided against it. If they debut the General tonight I’m going to be having massive regret -
11/01/23 - Los Angeles, CA - The Hollywood Bowl
Arnuld replied to alfierose's topic in 2023 Tour Dates
We need a Time Machine to 2006 to retrieve 2006 Axl just to do that bridge live. -
Soul Monster is so so good. (Isn’t it much more enjoyable to refer to it as its original title that we have all been obsessing about since 2008 but I digress) I love the bridge and Slash’s outro. But TWAT is the best piece of Music Axl has released since 1991. It’s an almost perfect Axl Rose song. It has so many elements that it should not work and yet it does. It’s modern and classic at the same time. I do not prefer buckethead to slash at all (great guitar player but what a fucking weirdo) but his outro solo on TWAT is an absolute banger. TWAT is on about the same level as Civil War but not quite on the level of Estranged. I would say Soul Monster is about the same level as The Garden which I personally love and wish they would bring back to the set at some point.
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Slash is definitely on The General. I would bet anything that little riff at the beginning of the song was not there on the original recording. That sounds like something that he would have added to me. Per some feeling the potential hidden track being spoiled. When your releases happen on schedule the chance of this happening drop dramatically. Look at CD- Even if it had come out in late 2006 the vast majority of it had not leaked in any form yet.