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It wasn't great, but it wasn't the worst. Manchester was marginally worse. I'm just glad Mammoth WVH took the hit. Their first song was terrible (song was great, sound wasn't) with the snare drum drowning out everything. I didn't find Wembley too bad during the Slash set, but Birmingham six days before was one of the best sounding gigs I've ever been to. Everything was down hill after that. If I hadn't gone there, I probably wouldn't have noticed Wembley being a bit off

I felt the same – and I'd been going to every other show too so I only heard Bad Apples. Then stood in Wembley, me and my friends noticed Brent leaked the setlist on IG and we knew we were in for a good night!

He's relevant because he's in the band. That's the top and bottom of it. Other bands have a touring member on keys and percussion, GN'R chose to make theirs a full member. People don't need to like him, but at the end of the day he's entirely in the band

None of that equates to the band's downfall though. It was still huge despite the loss of Steven. You're describing something entirely different. The downfall wasn't due to the band's sound, it was due to personalities that remained in the band way after Steven left.

The core lineup lasted years after Adler went! They had their most successful tours after he left, too

I'm doing Dublin too. Wanted Manchester but all of his UK shows clash with a work trip to the US, so I'm hopping over to Dublin before heading over the pond. Can't wait! Last Duff solo show I did was great fun!

Only just seeing this, but maybe 'daddy' is 'the general'? The way he ruled over the person whose perspective the song is being sung from could be militaristic, so 'daddy' behaved more like a 'general' than a father. That's how I interpret it anyway

Meh, I liked it, but each to their own 🤷‍♂️ I'd much rather it get played by a band with Slash in it than not, especially given that GN'R won't touch it these days

Perfect Crime got a run out in Budapest! Fuuuuuuuuck!

I thought it was pretty common knowledge that Chinese Democracy was a Josh Freese song

That's not a mistake. Axl (the man) rose (ascended) to fame

I wonder if a book could be on the way?

I'm away working for all UK dates... ...so I might've just accidentally booked cheap flights to and from Dublin

They did Europe two years in a row before the current hiatus though, US is more likely

Why another NITL set? They haven't played that for a while now. Last year's set was a considerable overhaul

That's the reported value/asking price and has been for some time 🤷‍♂️ Although Hammett claims to have paid a bit under that

I saw Kirk play it at the Jeff Beck tribute shows last year. One he finished with it, he tossed it to his tech like it wasn't a $2 million instrument! Still, it's awesome it's being used live though! A little less awesome he's engraved his initials into it... Anyway, Chris Stapleton's the musical guest on SNL this weekend. Shame Slash isn't available

Some of my phone photos from the UK leg of the tour

Thank you! Is there a way to do it without uploading them to another site first?

Agreed! I went to three shows and got Bad Apples at both of the others. Definitely not complaining there, but I was desperate to experience Don't Damn Me live at least once. On a related note (and some might get mad at me), I never cared much for Bad Apples before – I'd often skip it – but it's almost been on repeat all week. Sometimes you just need to experience a song live to get a proper appreciation of it

I should really venture to this part of the forum more often... I did Birmingham, Manchester, and London. Had an amazing time! Got a pick in Manchester and a setlist in London! Here are some photos I took: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5bLyQWIoKL/?igsh=MXJoODI3aHB6OXJ5

Honestly, I think they would decline. They'd never get asked anyway though so it's a moot point

You weren't wrong... damn, last night was fun! Roll on Tuesday and Friday!

Yeah but the GN'R of 2006 was a very different beast. You'd never see the current band opening for anyone, including the Stones

No new album + Hiatus + MyGNRForum = 😂