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I've been waiting for this for 2 years! Who else is going on Saturday?

Bring on 2021!!

1 hour ago, metallex78 said:

Just got my tickets for Sydney. First time being front row for GN’R. Aside from 2013, but does that even count...? 

Apparently presale tickets for Sydney have sold out I think?

That's awesome if true! No doubt they left the Saturday night free to schedule a second Sydney show.

I also just got my ticket for Melbourne. Can't wait to see the MCG packed once again! So glad I have this to look forward to on the horizon 

1 minute ago, Gibbo said:

Well fellas that was just magic now I finally know what everyone means when they say you have to see it ro beleave it

Amen to that. It's truly magical seeing it in the flesh. Thanks for the stream as well. It was awesome!

37 minutes ago, Gibbo said:

Open mate

Thanks mate, will head down in the next hour.

2 minutes ago, KeyserSoze said:

Man those shirts look awesome! Can't wait to get down there and get one (or a few)!

7 minutes ago, megaguns1982 said:

For a concert like this, it can hold around 80k and has in the past for sound relief back in 2009. But it's biggest crowds are sports crowds, as high as 110000 for afl games or cricket.

Yeah it's a massive stadium and will hold 70,000 no problem. The MCG tweeted last night that they are expecting 75,000 tonight. Could be more if people continue to buy tickets today.

The stage is set!

23 minutes ago, Kyles said:

Thanks for filming as I'm at the exact same spot on the other side! Hehe 

My pleasure mate! Being so close I had to film something! You were lucky getting to see Axl play the piano on your side! 

A couple more of my videos:

Hey everyone, what a night! Here are some of my videos from the show! I'll never for get it!

I'll be there as well! Can't believe they're playing at the 'G! Bring on Tuesday!

I'll be there on Friday! Going to drive up from Melbourne on Thursday. See you all there!

Was it some other year or did they just play Leeds in 2002?

It was just Leeds that year.

My mistake. Thanks for clearing that up.

Ok, as I was there I will try to help you.

This story begins years before the Reading show in 2010. In 2002, GNR headlined the Reading festival and ran way over time. Probably to avoid a riot the promoter and the council yielded on this occasion so that they could finish their set. For doing this, the festival was fined heavily and many complaints were made by residents in the area. Despite the festival being in a park, there are a number of houses surprisingly close to the area where music is played.

So 2010 rolls around and in the days before the festival, the promoter warns Axl that he won't tolerate him running over time again and will cut the power off if he does. Subsequently, that's exactly what happened. Axl and GNR protested by remaining on the stage and played some of Paradise City. The video you have with the fireworks above is at Leeds, not Reading.

So yeah, it was an interesting night to say the least. Some moments were great like when it rained during November Rain and some of the performances were very good. However, I do remember that there were a lot of upset GNR fans walking home after this episode, plus a lot of 'neutrals' were dead set against the band before they even hit the stage and were yelling abuse relentlessly. I vowed never to go back to Reading after this and it's one of the reasons I won't go to see GNR at a festival ever again.

Why is it Reading's fault and not this overgrown toddler we call Axl?

A/ The Reading festival has been running since 1961 and is consequentially considered one of the United Kingdom's more successful festivals; most bands manage to play their and meet the curfew. Since GN'R's 2010 disaster there have been five more festivals which have seen bands - Foo Fighters (2012), Queens of the Stone Age (2014), Metallica (2015) - play successfully.

B/ The curfew and proximity of residents was extent, widely known about and something which could not be ignored.

C/ The band were warned in advance by the festival that they would be pulled from the bill if they failed to comply with the time regulations.

From every aspect you care to analyse it, it is surely toddler Axl who is to blame and not the festival.

Ummm, buddy, why are you so sensitive? I didn't apportion sole 'blame' to anybody.

The "I vowed never to go back to Reading after this.." is in relation to the aforementioned people yelling abuse at the festival and generally displaying an anti GNR/Axl hostility. I also mention after that, that I don't want to see GNR at festival after this evening. I'm more than happy to see them at their own shows. Did you fail to see that part?

By the way, if you can get past the 'toddler' name calling, would you care to offer me a refund on behalf of this 'great' festival for the portion of the show I paid money to see and didn't?

But then the ''aforementioned people'' were ''yelling abuse...and generally displaying an anti GNR/Axl hostility'' for good reason? I repeat, Reading occurs every year without similar scenes. GNR/Axl should feel morally obliged to refund your money. They knew of the curfew and warning (they probably knew of this when they signed the original contract to play) yet did not meet their obligations; why should Reading pay for Axl's playground temper tantrums and laziness?

LOL. "For good reason." Not in my opinion, and I was actually there. Were you? So far all you do in your responses is bend my words to suit your argument.

You state things very definitively regarding GNR's contract with the festival which is concerning. How do you know? Do you have a vested interest in the Reading festival or something? Besides, who cites a 'warning' issued days before the gig as a contractual term? Ridiculous.

"Why should Reading pay for Axl's temper tantrums and laziness?" Ummm, what temper tantrum exactly. They show didn't cease due to a 'tantrum' it ceased because the power was cut. I think you just have an axe to grind so to speak.

Either way, personally, I won't miss attending the Reading festival.

Ok, as I was there I will try to help you.

This story begins years before the Reading show in 2010. In 2002, GNR headlined the Reading festival and ran way over time. Probably to avoid a riot the promoter and the council yielded on this occasion so that they could finish their set. For doing this, the festival was fined heavily and many complaints were made by residents in the area. Despite the festival being in a park, there are a number of houses surprisingly close to the area where music is played.

So 2010 rolls around and in the days before the festival, the promoter warns Axl that he won't tolerate him running over time again and will cut the power off if he does. Subsequently, that's exactly what happened. Axl and GNR protested by remaining on the stage and played some of Paradise City. The video you have with the fireworks above is at Leeds, not Reading.

So yeah, it was an interesting night to say the least. Some moments were great like when it rained during November Rain and some of the performances were very good. However, I do remember that there were a lot of upset GNR fans walking home after this episode, plus a lot of 'neutrals' were dead set against the band before they even hit the stage and were yelling abuse relentlessly. I vowed never to go back to Reading after this and it's one of the reasons I won't go to see GNR at a festival ever again.

GnR didn't play Reading in 2002.

Was it some other year or did they just play Leeds in 2002?

Ok, as I was there I will try to help you.

This story begins years before the Reading show in 2010. In 2002, GNR headlined the Reading festival and ran way over time. Probably to avoid a riot the promoter and the council yielded on this occasion so that they could finish their set. For doing this, the festival was fined heavily and many complaints were made by residents in the area. Despite the festival being in a park, there are a number of houses surprisingly close to the area where music is played.

So 2010 rolls around and in the days before the festival, the promoter warns Axl that he won't tolerate him running over time again and will cut the power off if he does. Subsequently, that's exactly what happened. Axl and GNR protested by remaining on the stage and played some of Paradise City. The video you have with the fireworks above is at Leeds, not Reading.

So yeah, it was an interesting night to say the least. Some moments were great like when it rained during November Rain and some of the performances were very good. However, I do remember that there were a lot of upset GNR fans walking home after this episode, plus a lot of 'neutrals' were dead set against the band before they even hit the stage and were yelling abuse relentlessly. I vowed never to go back to Reading after this and it's one of the reasons I won't go to see GNR at a festival ever again.

Why is it Reading's fault and not this overgrown toddler we call Axl?

A/ The Reading festival has been running since 1961 and is consequentially considered one of the United Kingdom's more successful festivals; most bands manage to play their and meet the curfew. Since GN'R's 2010 disaster there have been five more festivals which have seen bands - Foo Fighters (2012), Queens of the Stone Age (2014), Metallica (2015) - play successfully.

B/ The curfew and proximity of residents was extent, widely known about and something which could not be ignored.

C/ The band were warned in advance by the festival that they would be pulled from the bill if they failed to comply with the time regulations.

From every aspect you care to analyse it, it is surely toddler Axl who is to blame and not the festival.

Ummm, buddy, why are you so sensitive? I didn't apportion sole 'blame' to anybody.

The "I vowed never to go back to Reading after this.." is in relation to the aforementioned people yelling abuse at the festival and generally displaying an anti GNR/Axl hostility. I also mention after that, that I don't want to see GNR at festival after this evening. I'm more than happy to see them at their own shows. Did you fail to see that part?

By the way, if you can get past the 'toddler' name calling, would you care to offer me a refund on behalf of this 'great' festival for the portion of the show I paid money to see and didn't?

wow, that's very interesting & insightful, thanks

My pleasure. It's cool that these memories are of some value! Haha

Ok, as I was there I will try to help you.

This story begins years before the Reading show in 2010. In 2002, GNR headlined the Reading festival and ran way over time. Probably to avoid a riot the promoter and the council yielded on this occasion so that they could finish their set. For doing this, the festival was fined heavily and many complaints were made by residents in the area. Despite the festival being in a park, there are a number of houses surprisingly close to the area where music is played.

So 2010 rolls around and in the days before the festival, the promoter warns Axl that he won't tolerate him running over time again and will cut the power off if he does. Subsequently, that's exactly what happened. Axl and GNR protested by remaining on the stage and played some of Paradise City. The video you have with the fireworks above is at Leeds, not Reading.

So yeah, it was an interesting night to say the least. Some moments were great like when it rained during November Rain and some of the performances were very good. However, I do remember that there were a lot of upset GNR fans walking home after this episode, plus a lot of 'neutrals' were dead set against the band before they even hit the stage and were yelling abuse relentlessly. I vowed never to go back to Reading after this and it's one of the reasons I won't go to see GNR at a festival ever again.