Scumcat Esq. Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's alright. Eagerly waiting for Mr. Ignorance-Is-Bliss to tweet the same stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlossacanell Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 What a shame ... I hope they play the concert in other date.We are having everything during the tour ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic56 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Very sad to hear that the venue got trashed by heavy winds. I seen some people questioning how... Well, I do audio/video rigging and staging. I can tell you this. The stage, temporoary or permanent, is built well. What happens is the rain soaked ground gets soft and the support braces under the main stage, begin to bowe (bend) causing a lot of tension on the braces, other supports, scaffolding etc. All this shit weighs a ton. Then when the wind catches the structure, down it goes. Picture a house, with a basement. If ya have any crumbling support, it will bring down the house, literally. If the basement is built with a solid foundation, under the concrete. It is rock solid. Sounds pretty childish to explain it like this but it is the case. If it was indeed a tornado, then anyone can tell you, the venue got lucky. I remember the concert in Calgary with couuntry artist Tim McGraw. A small tornado ripped through that area and tore the staging to pieces.I would assume, if there is a re-scheduled show tomorrow night. GNR will indeed be using the Brasilia/Belo Horizonte/Alegre stage. Smaller but it is easy to setup and there shouldn't be any damage to it, if it was in storage. That small stage can be built in a few hours vs. the full show stage that takes 9+ hours from ground to rigging.Again,Glad 2 hear everyone is safe. Hope the fans don't hold this against Axl and GNR. It's one of the downsides of an "open air" stadium. Would have been a killer show. From what I've read, fans seem to be quietly disgressing about the show cancellation. Probably quite thankful they weren't in there when this happened. If fans were in the venue. It's almost a certainty that there would be fatalites.Props to all of the rescue workers who evacuated quickly and got the place under control.And give it up to Axl, for personally tweeting out the message to his fans instead of a sign at the gate. Let's hope for another show tomorrow!its amazing it only takes 9 hours to put the full stage up, you guys must work your asses off, people forget how important the stage crew are for the tour to work, i now have a new appreciation for you guys , im glad noone was badly hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR Pyro Guy Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Thanks for this pic. I wanted to share something for a while, but lacked solid proof: left side and main stage are up as you can see, the right side (big screen) are gone. I think if they remove the junk, gig is doable tomorrow.Gear is trashed due to the heavy rain. We are all safe but no gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) Thanks. Good to know you are all safe, bummer to know no gig for Rio. Hopefully the damage can be repaired/replaced in time for the one in Porto Allegre. Edited March 15, 2010 by Granny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God of Thunder Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Good to know that everybody is safe and sound! Too bad that the stage got destroyed partly....I hope that you guys can rebuild it in the time for the next outdoor concerts....and hopefully you can reschedule Rio. I reckon Guns is insured against these kind of incidents..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaramouche Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Those photos... So happy that didn't happen during the show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Any confirmation tonight is a no-go, or still speculation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlossacanell Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Any confirmation tonight is a no-go, or still speculation?Speculation i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratus Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Gear is trashed due to the heavy rain. We are all safe but no gig.Glad to hear you're all safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Money Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Gear is trashed due to the heavy rain. We are all safe but no gig.GNR Pyro Guy- are you the guy who created the "No Sleep Til Moncton" t-shirts and brought them to Calgary? You're work on this tour has been awesome. I've seen 4 shows and am planning on coming to Europe this summer fearing that there will be no US Tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Morrison Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 This was a complex stage setup; w/ the computerized lights-etc, I'm sure asessments of damage and workability of actual undamaged eqipment isn't an easy task ta undertake.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateChick Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Thanks for this pic. I wanted to share something for a while, but lacked solid proof: left side and main stage are up as you can see, the right side (big screen) are gone. I think if they remove the junk, gig is doable tomorrow.Gear is trashed due to the heavy rain. We are all safe but no gig.Thank God you are all safe, that's all that matters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Rose Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) I was just watching the local news here in Rio and they said that promoters are in a meeting this very second deciciding if they are gonna reschedule the show or refund people.RESCHEDULE THE SHOW PLEASE!! Edited March 15, 2010 by Deb Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSORRY Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 so is this going to affect the rest of the tour? there is only one stage? or they have a couple more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaramouche Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 so is this going to affect the rest of the tour? there is only one stage? or they have a couple more?Personally I don't think it will. Don't think that much material got destroyed, and they hopefully will find some way to fix the stage one way or another. If it woul affect some other shows I think we'd already know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Rose Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 it won't affect anything. I heard they have 3 stages. the others are probably already being prepared in the other places.The only thing it affected was my happiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew07 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 hopefully this gets rescheduled, i think the fans in rio deserve a show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Rose aka God Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 IF the stage collapse affects the whole tour, I'll be so disappointed. Not just because the show, or even a tour was affected but mainly cause Axl's been going strong since December, voice in full gear, receiving positive press, etc. Then the stage gets destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realpoti Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's not happening today. I don't think it will be cancelled, but reeschuled as soon as possible. That means probably April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Rose Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's not happening today. I don't think it will be cancelled, but reeschuled as soon as possible. That means probably April They could do it Friday or saturday... Saturday was Argentina's, but it got moved to monday. Monday was Chile's, which they'll probably do at the end of the tour... thursday- montivideo --> Friday or Saturday, come back to Rio It's a pain, but it's still pretty close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Morrison Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's not happening today. I don't think it will be cancelled, but reeschuled as soon as possible. That means probably April They could do it Friday or saturday... Saturday was Argentina's, but it got moved to monday. Monday was Chile's, which they'll probably do at the end of the tour... thursday- montivideo --> Friday or Saturday, come back to Rio It's a pain, but it's still pretty close.That would mean multiple shifting of dates, Let's wait for the official announcement, the rest is simply supposition and guesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsguy Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I am going to wait for official decisions, guessing or assuming anything is not a good thing right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Rose Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) It's not happening today. I don't think it will be cancelled, but reeschuled as soon as possible. That means probably April They could do it Friday or saturday... Saturday was Argentina's, but it got moved to monday. Monday was Chile's, which they'll probably do at the end of the tour... thursday- montivideo --> Friday or Saturday, come back to Rio It's a pain, but it's still pretty close.That would mean multiple shifting of dates, Let's wait for the official announcement, the rest is simply supposition and guesses. The dates were already shifted for other reasons, according to our Argentinian friends here, weren't they?The show couldn't be at River Plate anymore, so they moved it to another stadium, and moved it to monday, when the Chile show was supposed to take place. No word on when the Chile show is going to take place yet...So, if everything they posted on other threads here is true, they ARE free on Saturday.And I'm not guessing or assuming or saying this WILL happen.I just remembered the other threads and thought they could take that into consideration. That's all. Edited March 15, 2010 by Deb Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Morrison Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 It's not happening today. I don't think it will be cancelled, but reeschuled as soon as possible. That means probably April They could do it Friday or saturday... Saturday was Argentina's, but it got moved to monday. Monday was Chile's, which they'll probably do at the end of the tour... thursday- montivideo --> Friday or Saturday, come back to Rio It's a pain, but it's still pretty close.That would mean multiple shifting of dates, Let's wait for the official announcement, the rest is simply supposition and guesses. The dates were already shifted for other reasons, according to our Argentinian friends here, weren't they?The show couldn't be at River Plate anymore, so they moved it to another stadium, and moved it to monday, when the Chile show was supposed to take place. No word on when the Chile show is going to take place yet...So, if everything they posted on other threads here is true, they ARE free on Saturday.And I'm not guessing or assuming or saying this WILL happen.I just remembered the other threads and thought they could take that into consideration. That's all.Okay-I still think Gunsguy has the right idea and I'm waiting for the official announcement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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