09/20/23 - Biloxi, MS - Mississippi Coast Coliseum

[Blackstar]

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[Blackjacker]

5 hours ago, AxlRoseCDII said:

Are the recent lithos done in AI?

These are (Adobe Firefly.) I think you're on to something.

Prompt: concert poster for band titled "G N' R". vibrant colors, skulls and skeletons and guitars and top hats.

 

Prompt: concert poster for band titled "G N' R" in a realistic style. lots of skulls, guitars, an old steam train and a top hat and long-stemmed roses.

[Blackstar]

Looks like a great setlist - My Michelle right now.

[GNRRHCP98]

1 minute ago, Blackstar said:

Looks like a great setlist - My Michelle right now.

Was about to say… doesn’t look like they wanna stop playing 

[KeyserSoze]

They played so long about a quarter of the venue left by Paradise city

[Dani_1455]

No YCBM and no Hardskool

[KeyserSoze]

1 minute ago, Dani_1455 said:

No YCBM and no Hardskool

Both were played. Hard Skool was shite 

[Blackstar]

1 minute ago, Dani_1455 said:

No YCBM and no Hardskool

They were played. From HTGTH:

Setlist: It’s So Easy, Bad Obsession, Chinese Democracy, Slither, Mr. Brownstone, Pretty Tied Up, Rumble/Welcome To The Jungle, Hard Skool, Double Talkin’ Jive, You Could Be Mine, Perhaps, Reckless Life, Absurd, Rocket Queen, Live And Let Die, T.V. Eye, Don’t Cry, Down On The Farm, Estranged, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, Anything Goes, Civil War/(Voodoo Child), Band Introductions, Slash Solo/Sweet Child O’ Mine, November Rain, Wichita Lineman, Madagascar, Coma, People Get Ready/Patience, My Michelle, Nightrain, Paradise City

 

 

[doooodickiebr]

1 minute ago, Dani_1455 said:

No YCBM and no Hardskool

Played both actually 

[KeyserSoze]

Show was 3 hours and 20 minutes

[Dani_1455]

2 minutes ago, Blackstar said:

They were played. From HTGTH:

Setlist: It’s So Easy, Bad Obsession, Chinese Democracy, Slither, Mr. Brownstone, Pretty Tied Up, Rumble/Welcome To The Jungle, Hard Skool, Double Talkin’ Jive, You Could Be Mine, Perhaps, Reckless Life, Absurd, Rocket Queen, Live And Let Die, T.V. Eye, Don’t Cry, Down On The Farm, Estranged, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, Anything Goes, Civil War/(Voodoo Child), Band Introductions, Slash Solo/Sweet Child O’ Mine, November Rain, Wichita Lineman, Madagascar, Coma, People Get Ready/Patience, My Michelle, Nightrain, Paradise City

 

 

Okay, I just checked setlist Fm😂

[Blackstar]

1 minute ago, Dani_1455 said:

Okay, I just checked setlist Fm😂

Yeah, I think it was mostly updated by someone whose friend was at the show, but didn't remember all the songs or the exact order they were played.

[doooodickiebr]

Just got back to hotel....what a blistering setlist. They were all on fire!! Almost 3 and a half hours of amazing music. Loved every second of it. So thankful for the setlist additions for this tour. Only complaint was the sound mix...we couldn't hear Axl during quite a bit of songs. This band is awesome.

[KeyserSoze]

Still driving home, but i’ve got thoughts. Lots of thoughts 

[Rjuncajun]

My opinions...

Show was GREAT!  I thought All sounded very good much of the night.   But he obviously did have some weaker points.   But honestly,  I've seen them quite a few times since the reunion, and this was a really good night for him.   The band itself was incredible and I'm not sure but at the end of Live and Let Die,  Slash adlibbed some notes that REALLY stood out and I wish he would add more of that into the song.   It wasn't major, but nice.   If that makes sense. 

As was mentioned, Axl did get drowned out from time to time.   More toward the end of the show than early on.   And I don't think it was from him singing poorly or intentional.  Everyone else is just set really high, so if be isn't adding power at those times he vanishes.  It's not like what I thought was happening when I watch other videos.   He still had a good bit of power and range even up until Paradise. 

Hard Skool, not so good this go.  Perhaps was good,  ABSURD was VERY GOOD (borderline GREAT).  Although this may be an unpopular song to many,  Wichita was GREAT.   

I certainly could go on and on.   But ill just say again it was a REALLY good show.   Some people I know that went, that weren't even big fans, LOVED the show.   It was their first one and they raved about it. 

A saw a poster that wasn't at the show mention it looked dead at the show.   I assure you, it wasn't.   It was filled (very, very close to capacity of what was sold).  Not everyone was bouncing around like teenagers, but I certainly looked like most were enjoying themselves.   With a 3 1/2 show, there were some lulls.   But they picked up the pace at just the right times. 

[KeyserSoze]

Well, that was one hell of a show. 

Longest show by the band since the Vigo/Madrid shows in June. 

My 6th show of the reunion and I got 8.5 new songs, with the ".5" being People Get Ready. By far the longest GNR show I've seen at 32.5 songs, and might take the cake for the longest Concert i've ever seen at almost 3 and a half hours long. 

Those 3 and a half hours were quite interesting. I'm so glad I ended up pulling the trigger to buy these tickets. The people I sat around bought tickets in the rafters, then RE BOUGHT new tickets in the level I was sitting in when the prices dropped earlier today. Talk about an old money city. Again, I got this ticket for $60 out the door on the day of the show. When I was on the way to the venue, that same section had seats selling for $149, without fees totaled in yet. Get fucked ticketmaster.... 

The setlist this go round is super tailored to the hardcore fan. And I was getting that vibe being around ALOT of people who had yet to see the band since they "reunited." By the time we got to WTTJ in the set, about half the venue was sitting down. As rehashed as 2016's setlist became, I don't think it had the same effect on the common fan. Bad Obsession, Chinese Democracy, and SLITHER back to back to back with a hop skip and a jump to Pretty Tied Up is a hardcore fans wet dream.... I can't say the same for the old folk of Biloxi Mississippi. 

The crowd just seemed to be lost. I can't vouch for what @Rjuncajun is saying here, because I just didn't see it. Yeah they were loud, of course they were. They were drunk! It was filled to the brim at the beginning, but closing in on the 3 hour 15 minute mark, when the lights were going crazy for Coma, you could literally see massive spots in different sections where people had just up and left. The parking lot as i was leaving reflected that as well. Many people stopped clapping half way through the show and just waited for the band to start the next number. Although the people who stuck around made up for in droves. When the band stopped and the lights went down, there was always a massive response. 

Sigh. Now that I've gotten my major complaint out of the way, lets talk about what really matters: how did they sound? 

Theres no denying it anymore, there has been a collective agreement made somewhere along the line to start "hiding" Axl's voice. It would come up. It would come down. It would fade away. It would be prominent as fuck and then just disappear completely. Thats not working a shitty sounding room, thats a sound man pulling you up and putting you back down. At times Melissa sounded more prominent than Axl. To me thats a sure tell Axls mic is being fucked with. No one is touching Melissa's voice because its sitting in the background, so when she comes in she's way in front of Axl, who's been pushed deep in the mix. 

The low vocal start to the set really does wonders for Axl though later in the set, and I think for the Hardcore fan, getting all of those songs together with Axl saving his voice earlier on is more than worth it. 

This was my first time seeing Hard Skool and I was actually super excited for it, then Axl forgot where he was after the solo. It sounded like a complete and utter train wreck. I was watching Duffs face the whole time and he had to look up to the sky and verbally keep time to get through it. Thats how behind Axl was. Other "clunkers" up until that point were Jungle and Slither. YCBM was alright. He really spit some venom at the end. 

Perhaps actually sounded pretty amazing and had a bunch of people who seemed to be casual fans interested. It really made me think that people probably could have gotten extremely into that song if it was marketed better. It has all the making of a traditional GNR song. Reckless Life also sounded fairly good. The band actually made Absurd sound really good tonight as has been explained already. 

Slash was having a good night tonight. He seemed super into it and not "over-adding" things to the songs like he has been known to in this post-COVID era of touring. I think he even tagged a little bit of Hendrix onto KOHD, or maybe it was the notes Cajun is talking about at the end of LALD. I was trying to think of the song, but I couldn't off the top of my head (too much weed...) but i could see Slash sitting in it and enjoying it. 

I think it was around this time that someone threw a pair of glasses at Axl that he put on which made him look like his 2002 former self. It was a trip. I think Axl kept them and brought them out later. They might have been super expensive, who knows. 

The solo for Rocket Queen is super digestable now and actually sounds really fun. Fortus is putting a lot of Funk into it and Slash seemed to be playing off of him well. Even Frank was going off on little fills that sounded great. It sounds like a more cohesive jam from where they started in 2016. 

I think the LALD screams are where you can see the biggest hit to where the vocals once were, even in 2016/17. And that truly means it can only go more down hill from here, not to be totally grim. It still rocked! 

TV Eye was new and Duff sounds really good on it. It's a little long and monotonous, but it gives Axl a break, and it was new for me so I enjoyed it. Down On The Farm and Anything Goes were new highlights for me as well. I thought Axl sounded really well on those, given they use 2 vastly different styles. He killed it. 

Don't Cry got a wonderful reception. I think Don't Cry and Patience together always belong in the set, especially if you're doing 32 song sets. 

I took a pee break during Sweet Child O Mine... big for me as I try not to miss any of the show. 

I had someone ask me in Wichita Lineman was an original.... yeah.... Axl was really feeling it though and dare I say it sounded professional and nice on the ears. 

Madagascar had me equally happy and sad. Happy because its one of my favorite CD tracks, but sad because we weren't getting Street Of Dreams. I had gotten Madagascar the last time I saw the band in 2021, so when I saw The Blues was sound checked, I got super excited only to have that rug ripped from under me. 

Axl was speaking into the mic after every song and you could really see that he was going on a limb and trying to pick songs or remember songs off the top of his head. It made for some really great call outs. The longest one I can remember actually was before Madagascar. Axl stood in the middle of the stage speaking into the band/crew channel while everyone else was just looking at him. I can only assume he was calling out the next couple of songs: Madagascar, Coma, Patience, My Michelle and then bring em home. At least thats the way it seemed. 

I left early as they kicked into Paradise. I feared I would get stuck in the parking lot after just having experienced that at a Pearl Jam show, and I didn't want to be in a parking lot for an hour facing an hour and a half drive. 

All in all, if this was the last show I saw them perform ever, I think i'd be completely and utterly satisfied. Nothing will ever beat Nashville 16, but this one certainly tried. If the crowd was more receptive, I think it would have taken the cake. 

goodnight 

EDIT: I hope Axl ( @Dexter ) saw my original post in here and thats why they played 32 songs. Okay goodnight 

Edited September 21, 2023 by KeyserSoze

[DSTK]

31 songs, Slash's solo doesn't count surely 

[Amir]

Looks like it was a good show  Yeah, they definitely have someone turning Axl's volume up and down at these latest shows, was super noticeable to me at the Bucharest gig, but it is what it is. The setlists have been fantastic this year. Looking forward to hearing Perhaps in person, and I keep telling people that ABSURD is fucking awesome live Hard Skool is one of those songs (along with Slither) that I wish was performed before 2018 when Axl could still really go for it (god, imagine 2006-era Axl on Hard Skool...), but at least ABSURD and Perhaps are sounding good these days 

[KeyserSoze]

42 minutes ago, DSTK said:

31 songs, Slash's solo doesn't count surely 

Why would it not? It lasts more than 4 minutes most nights, has a song structure, and sounds like it could be something from Snakepit-era southern-blues Slash... Since 2017 i've considered it to be it's own song/thing. 

[rebeldhipi]

Interesting that many left during the show. Ive never seen GNR in the states. 

Quite a difference comparing to europe where everyone stands in the floor (theres no seats) and the stadium stays completely full until the bow in the end. Even at 3,5hour shows.

[colonizedmind]

We seemed to spend a lot of time up until the eve of the US tour saying the sales were an absolute bomb scare but no mention basically since and most dates look full if not 90%+....how so? Do they hit the streets on the morning and just gave away a bunch to hot chicks?

[Tom2112]

1 hour ago, Amir said:

Looks like it was a good show  Yeah, they definitely have someone turning Axl's volume up and down at these latest shows, was super noticeable to me at the Bucharest gig, but it is what it is. The setlists have been fantastic this year. Looking forward to hearing Perhaps in person, and I keep telling people that ABSURD is fucking awesome live Hard Skool is one of those songs (along with Slither) that I wish was performed before 2018 when Axl could still really go for it (god, imagine 2006-era Axl on Hard Skool...), but at least ABSURD and Perhaps are sounding good these days 

I was listening to an Interview with the Rolling stones FOH guy, he basically said he had to constantly bring Micks mic level up and down throughout each song, figuring out the loud bits vs quiet bits so that they'd be equally audible... this is what I was suggesting for gnr a few months ago,outside of Axl improving his volume by himself

[DSTK]

1 hour ago, Amir said:

Looks like it was a good show  Yeah, they definitely have someone turning Axl's volume up and down at these latest shows, was super noticeable to me at the Bucharest gig, but it is what it is. The setlists have been fantastic this year. Looking forward to hearing Perhaps in person, and I keep telling people that ABSURD is fucking awesome live Hard Skool is one of those songs (along with Slither) that I wish was performed before 2018 when Axl could still really go for it (god, imagine 2006-era Axl on Hard Skool...), but at least ABSURD and Perhaps are sounding good these days 

Not really on Slither and hard Skool, be needs to sing the chorus like he does on PTU

[KeyserSoze]

3 hours ago, colonizedmind said:

We seemed to spend a lot of time up until the eve of the US tour saying the sales were an absolute bomb scare but no mention basically since and most dates look full if not 90%+....how so? Do they hit the streets on the morning and just gave away a bunch to hot chicks?

This venue was extremely small. The capacity was about 11,000. Compare that to other venues GNR are playing on this tour that have a capacity of 30 to 40 THOUSAND. 

It was mostly sold out months in advance.

Another reason why the show was not #1 for me, it was supposed to be small and intimate and rowdy.

Instead, people left early because it was long, a school/work night, and they had already gotten Sweet Child O' Mine, which is basically the casual fans money's worth. 

[colonizedmind]

1 hour ago, KeyserSoze said:

This venue was extremely small. The capacity was about 11,000. Compare that to other venues GNR are playing on this tour that have a capacity of 30 to 40 THOUSAND. 

It was mostly sold out months in advance.

Another reason why the show was not #1 for me, it was supposed to be small and intimate and rowdy.

Instead, people left early because it was long, a school/work night, and they had already gotten Sweet Child O' Mine, which is basically the casual fans money's worth. 

That's it settled then, they should do what other bands do and play the only #1 they have LAST. SC as closer. PC as opener....happy folks?