RnRHOFGNR Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, ckgent said: The Darkness are support at Hyde Park. If that's true then i'm quite happy with that I've never seen them live but I like their music I think they would be a good fit as an opener for GNR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckgent Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, RnRHOFGNR said: If that's true then i'm quite happy with that I've never seen them live but I like their music I think they would be a good fit as an opener for GNR. Also the Pretenders and larkin poe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay.Of.Execution Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 25 minutes ago, ckgent said: The Pretenders , The Darkness and Larikin Poe. are support for Guns at Hyde Park Pretty lame so far, saw the darkness once with gnr and that'll do for me. but their post says that many more will be announced. still hoping for something more epic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 2 hours ago, ckgent said: The Pretenders , The Darkness and Larikin Poe. are support for Guns at Hyde Park Glad I'm not going then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin82 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 The Pretenders The Darkness Larkin Poe Will be GmR support for Hyde Park well i have just had the Email THE PRETENDERS, THE DARKNESS, LARKIN PARK + MORE JOIN GUNS N' ROSES! Global rock phenomenon Guns N’ Roses will headline American Express presents BST Hyde Park for the very first time on Friday 30 June, and we're delighted to share the first wave of special guests joining them! Prominent English-American rock band The Pretenders are coming to BST Hyde Park, plus theatrical rock heroes The Darkness, and Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist sisters Larkin Poe, plus many more TBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Signs Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 The Pretenders are a group I probably know a couple songs by,but I'd watch if I were there for Gn'R. Same with the Darkness. No clue who larkin poe is. I remember Poe who had a couple minor radio hits in the States decades ago. I'm guessing these openers are better than whomever will be playing with Gn'R in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay.Of.Execution Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 Wasn't the singer of the pretenders in a Friends episode where she sang at the central perk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 9 hours ago, Stay.Of.Execution said: Wasn't the singer of the pretenders in a Friends episode where she sang at the central perk? Yes she was, Chrissie Hynde, she's a great singer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surforia Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Wasn’t gonna go this tour but might go to Power Trip. Wonder who will headline on Friday as between GNR and Maiden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 8:15 PM, Spiritual_Chaos said: Switching between St Anger and Frantic between shows isn't switching it up. Not when you go to Pearl Jam and later era Neil Young shows. Nonsense. there's a minimum of 4/5 songs of the 18(ish setlist) switched out every night, if you see them multiple times well then sorry, you will eventually see repeats but that's still pretty decent. End of the day, Metallica like to include the songs they know people want to hear and they have A LOT of those songs, so automatically you're eating up a good 10 spaces on the set, and that's being very conservative considering you could play 5/6 alone from the black album very easily. Fair play to Pearl Jam for having a bigger song list and fair play to Neil Youngs band for remembering so many of his songs... but you cannot beat Metallica for not changing it up.... especially when we're on a GNR fansite🤣 Pearl Jam/Neil Young might be the extreme, Metallica are somewhere behind them and right at the end of the line there's GNR beating a dead horse 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 11 hours ago, Subtle Signs said: The Pretenders are a group I probably know a couple songs by,but I'd watch if I were there for Gn'R. Same with the Darkness. No clue who larkin poe is. I remember Poe who had a couple minor radio hits in the States decades ago. I'm guessing these openers are better than whomever will be playing with Gn'R in the States. Larkin Poe are two sisters that play kinda heavy blues / bluegrass music (with a bunch of other influences from folk through to electronic), some nice slide guitar and good vocal harmonies... I imagine they'll be mostly ignored like most support acts, but they will be pretty good nonetheless and worth checking out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlashrose Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers auditioned to drum for Guns before Matt Sorum in 1990 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixGNR Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 the tour is still selling poorly. the band will not play stadiums again in the US after this. ( i think change of venues are in the cards) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 The Pretenders are a great band, that’s a cool addition to the bill. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskingApathy Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 3/30/2023 at 6:18 PM, Tom2112 said: Larkin Poe are two sisters that play kinda heavy blues / bluegrass music (with a bunch of other influences from folk through to electronic), some nice slide guitar and good vocal harmonies... I imagine they'll be mostly ignored like most support acts, but they will be pretty good nonetheless and worth checking out! And one of the sisters is married to Tyler Bryant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsinindy Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 11 hours ago, felixGNR said: the tour is still selling poorly. the band will not play stadiums again in the US after this. ( i think change of venues are in the cards) We said this after the last tour.....not sure how or why but people are making money off them not selling well in some stadiums apparently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani_1455 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 12 hours ago, felixGNR said: the tour is still selling poorly. the band will not play stadiums again in the US after this. ( i think change of venues are in the cards) In Spain the tickets were already sold out in the first/second day, now you can buy some of them but at 400€ and not on any good place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 12 hours ago, felixGNR said: the tour is still selling poorly. the band will not play stadiums again in the US after this. ( i think change of venues are in the cards) That’s what I thought last time, but here they are playing MetLife, Hershey, Wrigley and Fenway again. I have no problem waiting for week of the show to buy my tickets at the price they should’ve been listed at to begin with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, tsinindy said: We said this after the last tour.....not sure how or why but people are making money off them not selling well in some stadiums apparently. Because they don't need to get to 80/90/100% capacity to break even, it's probably closer to once they hit 40/50% they've broke even and then it'a all profit. I just don't know how any other scenario would make sense 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixGNR Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, tsinindy said: We said this after the last tour.....not sure how or why but people are making money off them not selling well in some stadiums apparently. last time we had tons of covid restrictions. they were one of the 1st band to get back on the road . tickets were still selling better than now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 59 minutes ago, Tom2112 said: Because they don't need to get to 80/90/100% capacity to break even, it's probably closer to once they hit 40/50% they've broke even and then it'a all profit. I just don't know how any other scenario would make sense Yeah that's my theory too. Otherwise it all makes no sense -drop down to Arenas for a bit, then ramp it back up to stadiums with the same setlist, a tired band and a general public who have had many opportunities to see the same thing? That would make no business sense at all. I'd say that ticket prices are so high now that selling a small amount makes a profit. Then you reduce prices significantly, give some away to fill up the place and hope people buy merch/beer etc. Live Nation/Ticketmaster are greedy, nasty, calculating and fan-exploiting bastards so there is no way they'd have booked GNR onto this tour if they'd thought there was even a small risk of losing money. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnRHOFGNR Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 The ticket prices for PowerTrip are sky high, impressed they will sell any at those prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) In the promotional video they just posted they list Wrigley twice and leave off Charlotte. Classic. Edited April 4, 2023 by Stryker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_rose Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) On 4/3/2023 at 3:10 PM, Tom2112 said: Because they don't need to get to 80/90/100% capacity to break even, it's probably closer to once they hit 40/50% they've broke even and then it'a all profit. I just don't know how any other scenario would make sense Think you're probably right and they'll do this for as long as they can before having to drop back down to arenas. Make hay while the sun shines... Edited April 4, 2023 by invisible_rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Stryker said: In the promotional video they just posted they list Wrigley twice and leave off Charlotte. Classic. WhatsApp, twitter, mygnrforum. I GET it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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