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As an old returning fan (yeah sorry, but Iron Maiden has kept me occupied the last 20 years) I am so not following what is going on in the GnR community. I am trying to keep up, but since being away for so long, it's like stepping inside the oval office of Donald Trump - pointing fingers in every direction, hating, fake news, accusations... GNRtruth?? Why does the same kind of people that are drawned to conspiratory communities like 9/11 or the moon landing seem to drawn to GnR? They use the same vocabulary and phraseology. Has it always been like this? This is serious question. I'm not seeing this sentiment, not by a long stretch, in other band communities that I am involved in. It's like a religious movement that has divided in two different paths and you choose one to follow (don't get me wrong, Maiden is a religious movement also, but I have never felt that we are anything but united).

7 hours ago, blixten_no1 said:

That guy was me

Just curious.. What kind of mic is it? Do you see a brand name (it's probably common knowledge but I'm to lazy to Google)? I'm sure it's not something you find in a kinder egg but maybe not $9000. The fact that Axl used it during the gig adds so much value. I'm glad you kept it! Maybe post a picture?! 

1 minute ago, Martinski said:

Come to think of it, why are critics always in the stands quite often a good way from the stage as well? Is there a reason why they are seated in the same section as the press are at football games? Why are they never in the floor and in the pit section? 

Of course you will have a worse experience if you are that far away...

Because they are there to work, not party like the rest of us. They need proper internet because they are live tweeting/reporting and they need a desk so they can write. Probably a coffee or two as well. 

1 hour ago, Martinski said:

Yeah i cant comment too much on the sound myself as 1. I am pretty much never in the stands 2. I always use earplugs as the sound gets too overbearing and distorts your hearing otherwise, also to protect my hearing of course. 3. I always try to be in the pit/golden circle/barricaded area in front of the stage. 

And i 100% agree with the comparisons on atmosphere between the 2 places. You barely notice in Stockholm if there is a concert in town, but if there is a gig at Ullevi you see it all over town. With pre-parties all over town blasting the music of the artist, people drinking in parks nearby and so on. 

I have been to Metlife Stadium for a concert and it was pretty much the same thing as going to Friends Arena as you have to go there by car or public transport. Better venue overall though.

You absolutely should wear earplugs, I am with you on that one. My point was that people in general will eat anything the critics say, as long as the critique isn't towards the band they just saw. On a concert that draws 50 000+ people, a large portion will have no clue whatsoever on what the sound is supposed to be, because they rarely attend concerts in this magnitude. I am sure the critic is right when he/she writes in the paper that the sound in the venue was bad (we are still talking about friends arena in this example), but it makes me nauseous when this becomes the general consensus. Exactly that was expected to happen last year in friends, and it did happen. And because gnr now draws people that was brought up listening to gnr, had a crush on Axl, spent their teenage years listening to nothing but UYI, you hear this sentiment brought up in the second sentence when you ask them what it was like, because they haven't been to a concert in this magnitude for 25 years, or ever. If a critic, who goes to gigs all week, has an opinion, then that must be true, is often their line of thinking.

I am perhaps ranting too hard on the subject, you will have to excuse, but this has been bugging me for too long. 

1 hour ago, Martinski said:

Every show is just better at Ullevi than at Friends Arena, it is just a matter of fact. 

There is a reason why Ullevi is considered a classic concert venue and Friends are more or less infamous for its problems with acoustics and whatnot. Also Ullevi is at ideal place in a city where you dont have to use any sort of public transport to get to it. 

But to be fair i had a great time at Friends this year seeing Eminem there. But the Springsteen shows at Friends vs Ullevi isnt even close to which was better. 

I'm not gonna bash the sound problems in friends because I think that most people just go by what the paper critics say. The ordinary Joe with earplugs tucked deep in their ears doesn't have a clue what it's supposed to sound like. That being said, I kind of hate going to gigs in friends. It's an awful dark hangar like place where you're not sure if you are in a very dark living room or just buried underground. The atmosphere is just so very very bad. On the contrary, Ullevi manage to create intimacy and just builds this huge party with 64 000 people. It's just fantastic and the sound is phenomenal if it's not too windy. 

13 minutes ago, youngswedishvinyl said:

 

Honestly, I haven't heard SOYL on this leg until last night and I was mighty surprised at the performance. This is the middle of the set, and Axl really puts some effort into it! 

21 minutes ago, Waemoth said:

From Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet:

"Det finns sämre och tråkigare musiker än Slash och Richard Fortus. Men ibland önskar man att någon vänlig själ hade kapat deras sladdar."

"There are worse and more boring musicians than Slash and Richard Fortus. Though sometimes you do wish that some kind soul would cut their cords. "

What the actual fuck. They also thought SCOM was a highlight and rated that as 4/5 and Maddy at 1/5. Like, yeah buddy! 

 

Don't even bother! It's their job to whine, stir up emotions and get a reaction. The only thing I can get annoyed with is when you get back home and talk to friends about the gig, and I say it was fantastic and they say, "oh really, I heard it was so so".