09/04/21 - Napa, CA - Bottlerock Music Festival

[We love Axl Rose]

1 hour ago, Liquor & Whores said:

full setlist anyone? don't belevie in setlist.fm

It's So Easy

Mr. Brownstone

Chinese Democracy

Slither

Double Talkin' Jive

Welcome to the Jungle

Better

Estranged

Live and Let Die

You're Crazy

Rocket Queen

You Could Be Mine

I Wanna Be Your Dog

Absurd

Civil War

Slash Solo

Sweet Child o' Mine

November Rain

Wichita Lineman

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Nightrain

 

Encore:

Patience

(with Pink)

Paradise City

(with Dave Grohl)

[Blackstar]

It's not the first time the festival has pulled the plug on bands due to curfew (they have done it with the Foo Fighters, Neil Young and the Cure):

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/04/bottlerock-napa-pulls-plug-on-guns-n-roses-set-due-to-curfew/

BottleRock Napa pulls plug on Guns N’ Roses set due to curfew
Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl was onstage with band at the time

By JIM HARRINGTON

BottleRock Napa Valley is very serious about its curfew.

The latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act to find that out was Guns N’ Roses, who had the plug pulled on its headlining set — midway through the song “Paradise City” — after bumping up against the festival’s hard 10 p.m. curfew on Day Two (Sept. 4).

Not that Axl Rose and company noticed that the sound had been completely shut off. The seven-piece group — plus special guest Dave Grohl — just kept right on rocking in silence as BottleRock newcomers wondered what had happened and festival veterans quickly realized that the curfew issue had once again come into play.

The abrupt ending certainly came at an unfortunate time, as the group was in the process of bringing its 2 1/2-hour show to a thrilling conclusion during an all-star encore at the Napa Valley Expo in downtown Napa.

The group — featuring vocalist Rose, guitarists Slash and Richard Fortus, keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese, and drummer Frank Ferrer — was first joined during the encore segment by pop star Pink, who added vocals to the love song “Patience.”

Then out strolled the Foo Fighters’ Grohl, who proceeded to help GNR rip into a big version of “Paradise City.” They were really cooking, nearing the part where Slash’s freight train of a guitar solo kicks in, when the whole thing went silent.

It was an anticlimatic ending to what had been a really strong Guns N’ Roses show, filled with great versions of such fan favorites as “It’s So Easy,” “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Live and Let Die” and “Mr. Brownstone.” Plus, basically every note that Slash played was amazing– especially the ones that populated the leads of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “November Rain,” which formed a powerful one-to-punch late in the set.

Of course, Grohl is no stranger to the hard curfew — which is one of the ways that BottleRock Napa tries to be a good neighbor to those living nearby in the community.

The vocalist-guitarist and his Foo Fighters faced a similar situation in 2017, when they also went past curfew and ended up getting the sound shut off during the song “Everlong.” Like GNR, the Foo Fighters just kept right on rocking.

Obviously, the situation didn’t bother Grohl and company too much, since the Foo Fighters are back at this year’s BottleRock and ready to headline on Day Three (Sept. 5). Perhaps the band will play by the rules this time around and end their set by 9:59 p.m. this time around.

Organizers also pulled the plug on the Cure in 2014, after that legendary modern rock act hit the 10 p.m. mark.

It also happened to Neil Young, who kept right on “Rockin’ in the Free World” after the sound was abruptly shut off at 10:01 p.m. during his BottleRock set in 2019.

For those who are counting, that’s four Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acts that have run into curfew problems at BottleRock.

The GNR curfew violation capped a long day of music, enjoyed by a sold-out crowd of some 40,000 fans. Miley Cyrus was the other big headliner, who drew a huge turnout to see her close out the Verizon Stage on Saturday. She was performing a version of “Wrecking Ball” about the time that Guns N’ Roses were settling into their encore.

[Drakestar]

I actually don’t mind endings like this. Anything that gives a unique experience that fans can talk about after is cool. Obviously not an ideal finish, but it will distinguish this show from others (plus Pink and Dave Grohl). 

[Tom-Ass]

32 minutes ago, Drakestar said:

I actually don’t mind endings like this. Anything that gives a unique experience that fans can talk about after is cool. Obviously not an ideal finish, but it will distinguish this show from others (plus Pink and Dave Grohl). 

Yeah, it was unfortunate but still kind of cool at the same time.. The band kept rocking and was pretty bad ass when the crowd picked up the vocals!

[novemberparadise23]

Agreed that while an odd experience it does make the concert unique. For the people at the show, or for someone that has seen Guns a bunch of times this will be a story they can talk about for the rest of their days. 

[Bitchisback]

7 hours ago, J. Rose said:

The fans singing paradise city after the music sound was cut off because of curfew was simply amazing and magical. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

 

Damn I got goosebumps watching that.  What a fucking cool crowd.  And at a festival too.

 

People around here give Axl and GnR a lot of shit but damn if they still aren't loved and respected in huge ways.

 

So cool

 

[Tom-Ass]

7 minutes ago, Bitchisback said:

Damn I got goosebumps watching that.  What a fucking cool crowd.  And at a festival too.

 

Yeah, just watched a couple Jungle clips... The band/Axl and the crowd were all awesome... \m/

[rocknroll41]

That was cool of the crowd to sing the rest of the song. Made it interesting!

[Pskihq92]

12 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said:

That was cool of the crowd to sing the rest of the song. Made it interesting!

I really enjoyed that too!

[Sweersa]

Was the audio issue a technical glitch or a curfew thing? That's awesome the band kept going. I assume they knew what happened even with their IEM.

[rocknroll41]

1 minute ago, Sweersa said:

Was the audio issue a technical glitch or a curfew thing? That's awesome the band kept going. I assume they knew what happened even with their IEM.

Curfew.

[Free Bird]

I heard they wanted to play Hard Skool right after PC but the Curfew made them change plans.

[Blackstar]

https://twitter.com/BottleRockNapa/status/1434410520732307456

 

[novemberparadise23]

2 minutes ago, Free Bird said:

I heard they wanted to play Hard Skool right after PC but the Curfew made them change plans.

Damn! I knew last night was supposed to be the night. I heard from an insider pink and Dave grohl also guest in the studio version with updated vocals! 😂 

[Ratam]

The crowd reaction was kind an ☝ to curfew. Good reaction.

[Towelie]

Curfew my ass. I think the organisers just heard unacceptable levels of Mickey and took mercy on the crowd by pulling the plug.

[RussTCB]

8 hours ago, J. Rose said:

The fans singing paradise city after the music sound was cut off because of curfew was simply amazing and magical. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

 

Jesus H Christ. That's one of the coolest things I've seen in a LONG time. 

[Tom2112]

1 hour ago, Sweersa said:

Was the audio issue a technical glitch or a curfew thing? That's awesome the band kept going. I assume they knew what happened even with their IEM.

Nah they had no idea, they were dancing around and singing in the mics still. 

Was cool that the crowd kept singing though!! That's a great moment!

[2020_Intensions]

Pink on stage with GnR is so fucking lame 

[Frankfurt93]

39 minutes ago, 2020_Intensions said:

Pink on stage with GnR is so fucking lame 

Pink compared to fuckin' Mel, Frank, Dizzy, Fortus, Buckethead, Absha...is a fuckin' icon!

Imagine '91-'93 someone told Slash and Duff to turn around and imagine Mel with her green hair standing in the left corner!?

Frank playing drums...

It is less of a problem that Pink plays with Guns, the problem is that Guns became the parody of that band Guns was.

[Tom2112]

3 minutes ago, Frankfurt93 said:

Pink compared to fuckin' Mel, Frank, Dizzy, Fortus, Buckethead, Absha...is a fuckin' icon!

Imagine '91-'93 someone told Slash and Duff to turn around and imagine Mel with her green hair standing in the left corner!?

Frank playing drums...

It is less of a problem that Pink plays with Guns, the problem is that Guns became the parody of that band Guns was.

In the 90s they had a bigger band, backing singers and the 2nd keys player. They were by most purists idea already a parody... but you can have your own history if you like.

It's this BS type comment that I love. 

Also, no shit a global popstar is more of a big deal than the majority of people on stage on a guns n roses gig. 

Finally you might want to go over your colours again.

[tkarmy]

Frank’s snare sounds dreadful 

[MillionsOfSpiders]

35 minutes ago, tkarmy said:

Frank’s snare sounds dreadful 

People keep saying his drumming is better this tour but I can’t hear it. It’s horrible. 

[Tom2112]

1 hour ago, tkarmy said:

Frank’s snare sounds dreadful 

I think it sounds about a million times better on this tour than it did from 2016-2020. 

We all have our preferences!

[Tom2112]

47 minutes ago, MillionsOfSpiders said:

People keep saying his drumming is better this tour but I can’t hear it. It’s horrible. 

It's definitely much, much tighter. He's playing some things closer to the original. 

If you want him to be up there a d play all the songs exactly as they are the record I'm sorry but you just don't get what it is to be a musician. Maybe you are a musician? There are certain gigs that require you to play everything to the studio, other gigs like gnr, are not about perfect recreation of the original sound and never have been, Matt added his own fills to AFD songs, double bass, his character... Frank does the same. It's not going to be for everyone. I think he's doing a great job on this tour in particular!

Edited September 5, 2021 by Tom2112