08/21/23 - Boston, MA - Fenway Park

[there is no dana only zool]

Man like, despite the curfew, that's still a VERY generous set list.  Hope everyone had a great time

[Lethalis]

4 hours ago, ZoSoRose said:

The General orchestra playback

I’m just fucking with y’all, it’s November Rain

They could tease us with it lol... like play it for 30 seconds and then do something else

[DSTK]

9 hours ago, kingcanyon said:

Axls cheating on Carrie underwood 

To be fair, she'd make a great sound..what a voice 

[axljungle]

6 hours ago, Blackstar said:

Setlist: It’s So Easy, Bad Obsession (with Chrissie Hynde on harmonica), Chinese Democracy, Slither, Welcome To The Jungle, Hard Skool, Reckless Life, Pretty Tied Up, Double Talkin’ Jive, Perhaps, Absurd, Rocket Queen, You Could Be Mine, Estranged, Live And Let Die, T.V. Eye, This I Love, Anything Goes, Civil War/(Voodoo Child), Band Introductions, Slash Solo/Sweet Child O’ Mine, November Rain, Patience, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, Nightrain, Paradise City

(HTGTH)

Bad Obsession with Chrissie Hynde on the harmonica. Great 

[colonizedmind]

Any vids of 8 Ball?

[rocknroll41]

I had a dream I was at the Boston show last night and that it was raining very hard, and then woke up this morning only to find that that’s what actually happened. Freaky stuff!

[rumandraisin]

Just watched Bad Obsession with Chrissie, have to say it's one of the coolest things they've done in years. She's great!

[mace2121]

[Blackstar]

6 minutes ago, mace2121 said:

No Perhaps. I guess they just reprint the setlist of the first show in Abu Dhabi.

[We love Axl Rose]

Fight during yesterday's show:

[Blackstar]

A few videos on "Concert Chick" youtube channel.

[Drakestar]

35 minutes ago, mace2121 said:

Nice, I asked the sound guy at the mix in Pitts for the list, he made a fuck you face and shook his head. It was right there. All he ahad to do was take four steps and hand it to me. 

[downzy]

42 minutes ago, mace2121 said:

So there was a possibility Wichita Lineman and It’s So Easy gets played twice?

🤪

[colonizedmind]

9 hours ago, rumandraisin said:

Just watched Bad Obsession with Chrissie, have to say it's one of the coolest things they've done in years. She's great!

She should just come out and do that every night....we missed the harmonica and now it's back! Brilliant and seemed like a bit of trip her performing on stage for Axl and Slash especially! Axl seems extra courteous when he has a woman on stage with him these days....great moment 👍

Edited August 22, 2023 by colonizedmind

[colonizedmind]

Axl's take 2 of Perhaps is an imporvement in the right direction, shiity video sound from miles away in tough weather conditions so hard to judge properly....he used deep voice for a few more of the sustained "haaaaaaaeeeeeys"...I guess it's gonna be his thing not to do the last line or perhaps after all that chorus he's outta gas...same in first half of song! Someone, i.e Melissa needs to take that line with duff...so it takes the gap away and then it's cooking...or just write a slight delay into it at the end so he can deliver it himself....considering almost nobody thought he attempt the chorus live and in fact it was being stated quite matter-of-fact that Axl would only be doing the "All Alone" bits live and those samples Melissa was queuing in soundcheck would be what we hear instead, so I myself am quite impressed/satisfied early doors already that that isn't the case...it will only get better as he feels more at home with the song...I'll be interested for example to hear how Perhaps take 10 sounds! He also seems pretty into doing it and with it being "new" material, that's cool...

1 hour ago, downzy said:

So there was a possibility Wichita Lineman and It’s So Easy gets played twice?

🤪

Yea...just original set list and then they work out decided on the night...it's interesting that sadly Michelle and Nice Boys basically got dropped night one (Michelle once more...) Which a shame as he sings Nice Boys well still...

Edited August 22, 2023 by colonizedmind

[Gibbo]

 

[Georgina Arriaga]

@Gibbo I ask if you have the Band Obsession video with Chrissy?

[Cosmo]

17 minutes ago, Gibbo said:

 

He shouldn't go falsetto/mickey for the second verse like that and should leave the shouting vocals to Duff and Melissa.  It'd be better if he sang it with his normal talking voice up until "you're all alone now"

[Blackstar]

3 minutes ago, Georgina Arriaga said:

@Gibbo I ask if you have the Band Obsession video with Chrissy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsLBWEECGhc

 

[ZoSoRose]

I really had a great time at this show. This was my 9th GNR show going back to 2010!

I said the same thing in 2021, but you really don’t notice vocal issues in person much. I’m not saying YouTube magically makes things sound bad, it’s just when you have the live mix, natural reverb, volume, etc, it all makes for a completely acceptable (and beyond) performance. They really are still a force to be reckoned with live. You get your money’s worth with live GNR and there are few stadium/arena legacy hard rock bands that perform on this level in terms of energy and show length.

Axl- Overall, Axl did a killer job imo. Sometimes he would do the “mush voice” (where the rasp and high pitched notes come through live and he hits the notes, but the words aren’t very clear), but he was really giving it his all. It’s incredible the dude can still hit some of the notes he does with the power required. A good example was the end of Anything Goes, holy cow was I impressed. There were lots of great vocal moments in a live setting. He had a superb energy, was relatively talkative, and probably looked the best I’ve seen him going back to 2010. It’s wild he can still perform at this level at his age. The vocals may not be 2016, but that is okay. He gets MVP of the night for me

Slash- There isn’t much to say about Slash that I haven’t been saying since forever. The dude kills it, live. For all the bitching about shredding or whatever, it doesn’t matter at all live. Slash belongs in GNR. The end. I loved the 3 NuGNR shows I saw and cherish those memories, but it’s just a massive need to have Slash up there in his rightful place. He’s basically another frontman. Killer tone, last night. He changed up the second Estranged solo, again, but it was really cool in the rain. I actually loved his TiL solo, too. When they started the song, I was bracing for a mess based on all the “SlAsH SuCkS oN TiL” posts over the years (I always thought it was great in 2016, then it got meh), and I haven’t heard newer versions. It was one of the best solos of the night, he made his guitar scream. Perhaps solo was pretty cool, live. I liked it with the added power and saturation of being live and with that rig. He had a tiny flub at the start of the NR solo and maybe SCOM (or slightly out of tune), but other than that, flawless. 

Rest of the band- Duff is Duff. TV Eye was cool, and I dig the Stooges. They are wisely utilizing backing vocals a lot more this tour. I think it’s smart to do to help Axl out. Axl is very much still singing all his parts, and the added Melissa and Duff vocals help fill the sound and help Axl. New vocal arrangements freshen up some tunes like Civil War imo. As a guitar nerd, Fortus’ tone is absolutely amazing and he is such a good compliment to Slash. They use him just enough imo, and his RQ and KoHD solos are great (another duet like WYWH would be neat). Frank sounded fine. Drum tone was not tinny or overpowering. Dizzy played piano. Tempos are also still at the proper level like in 2021. The band is very tight. 

Setlist- Fuck yeah. 6 songs (not including covers) that I’ve never gotten before- Bad Obsession, Pretty Tied Up, Reckless Life, Perhaps, Hard Skool, and Anything Goes. The first half of the show was super exciting for me because of the deep cuts and new songs. After following this band religiously since 2006 or 2007, it was surreal getting Hard Skool and Perhaps. I really dug HS live, in particular. The classic songs all killed, too. Harmonica on BO, I love PTU, and the vocals on Reckless and AG were a treat. I would have been stoked if they played TWAT or Locomotive, but I really can’t complain with the setlist (maybe a new opener like Nightrain, but that’s whatever). This refresh was so needed. Dusted off deep cut classic songs AND new songs, it is what we have been wanting for years and years. They even changed RQ a bit and it sounded excellent. 

My one big setlist complaint is fucking Silkworms. As soon as they did Absurd it killed the energy for me briefly. As a novelty, it was goofy in 2021, but man this song sucks and it sucks live. Hearing Axl shout those garbage lyrics in full clarity and repeating them 3 times is a total miss. The guitars were changed live and were cool, but it still is awful. Other than that, I enjoyed every song.

One of my favorites of the night was shockingly Slither. I never thought Axl sounded great on Slither, and he probably didn’t last night- but the monsoon rain started coming right during Slither and it was magic. It carried into Jungle and made everything super memorable.

Misc- Saw them with a really good college friend I don’t get to see much. She was exhausted and doesn’t know GNR but she toughed it out so we could hang. She left early cause she was tired from work, but she was really impressed with the band. Met another old friend after which all made for a great night . Both were college friends and they remember my peak GNR obsession in 2009 and 2010.

It’s always fun to see GNR in another city, and the Boston crowd killed my native Detroit crowd. Maybe it was the rain, but the energy in Fenway was electric. Sound and seats were also fantastic. All the horror stories of Fenway didn’t pan out for me. I loved the venue. Great to be in such a historical ball park

Overall, fucking killer show. I had fun in 2021, but this was a better show on every level. Fresh setlist, new songs, great performance and energy. What a great night, so glad the stars aligned and I got to see them this tour 

Edit- I forgot! I caught the second half of The Pretenders and dug their set! Great opener choice this tour

Edited August 22, 2023 by ZoSoRose

[ZoSoRose]

Also my friend said-

“It’s the mad hatter, Severus Snape, and the dad from Shameless” 

[Dani_1455]

Maybe I am hearing wrong but this show seems one of the best Axl performance on this tour, Reckless sounds incredibly raspy, Jungle average but a little bit better than other shows,  This I Love pretty solid even the outro of Rocket Queen seems to be better than other shows

[bmus1]

This was my second GNR show after Foxboro N1 2016, and the first as a "real fan" and not a guy who likes Appetite and a couple other songs. I remember being bummed at Foxboro by all the Chinese Democracy and last night I was sad they only did two songs from it

The band sounded great and can definitely entertain an entire stadium. There were actually a few points where I was like "dang this is a lot of deep cuts in a row" but the audience was still loving it. The only drag I felt in the set was Perhaps -> Absurd because it was bookended by two jammy songs. The audience around me could've used a sing-y hit somewhere in there. Perhaps sounded rough, but it was nice to get to see the second performance.

The setlist is definitely written specifically to save Axl's voice early on, and give him a few "classic Axl" moments scattered throughout without going too crazy until the end. I knew songs like Bad Obsession and PTU were probably added to help Axl's voice, but seeing the set play out in person shows how much more baritone voice he's using now than the 2016 sets, and the band sounds much better because of it. Axl's falsetto + rasp is also improving, so even though I'm not dying for a 2023 live album, the Mickey moments with the super clean falsetto weren't happening too much. When Axl did switch to that voice though the volume drop on the vocals was a little ridiculous, and my mom asked once if his mic died, I believe during Perhaps. And on the flipside, when Axl came back from falsetto voice with a lower note, from where I was standing the vocals were 5x louder than anything else for a few moments. Definitely noticed a lot of fader riding on the mixer; a lot of Slash's solos weren't punched up until 1-2 seconds after they started, and Axl's vocals had that same up and down effect.

Highlights overall were Bad Obsession with Chrissy (amazing surprise, it's so GNR to have the guest song be the second on the set because they don't want to move the song to later), Reckless Life, This I Love, and SCOM. Knocking On Heaven's Door is also super fun in person even though I'm usually not listening to it on my own time. It was really Richard's only time in the spotlight too (besides ChiDem, and the Nightrain solo after) so it gave a little boost of energy to have what felt like a guest guitarist up there for a song. I remember in 2016 there was way more co-lead guitar moments and I'd love to see that return. RF is really fun to watch.

Lowlights were Absurd (I love the song but Axl almost sing-songs this one now) and Rocket Queen just drags with the jam. Like I said before, I think this was worse too after the DTJ jam, Perhaps, and Absurd all preceding it.

Overall, I'm so gd fortunate to have gotten to see them, and on the floor no less. At least 12 people around us left about 10 minutes to the rain so we had about 6 seats in our row and directly in front of us all to ourselves. The rain was so much fun and added to the ambience so much. It wasn't too cold and after you're soaked you don't notice anyway!

Edited August 22, 2023 by bmus1

[kozydogg]

24 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said:

I really had a great time at this show. This was my 9th GNR show going back to 2010!

I said the same thing in 2021, but you really don’t notice vocal issues in person much. I’m not saying YouTube magically makes things sound bad, it’s just when you have the live mix, natural reverb, volume, etc, it all makes for a completely acceptable (and beyond) performance. They really are still a force to be reckoned with live. You get your money’s worth with live GNR and there are few stadium/arena legacy hard rock bands that perform on this level in terms of energy and show length.

Axl- Overall, Axl did a killer job imo. Sometimes he would do the “mush voice” (where the rasp and high pitched notes come through live and he hits the notes, but the words aren’t very clear), but he was really giving it his all. It’s incredible the dude can still hit some of the notes he does with the power required. A good example was the end of Anything Goes, holy cow was I impressed. There were lots of great vocal moments in a live setting. He had a superb energy, was relatively talkative, and probably looked the best I’ve seen him going back to 2010. It’s wild he can still perform at this level at his age. The vocals may not be 2016, but that is okay. He gets MVP of the night for me

Slash- There isn’t much to say about Slash that I haven’t been saying since forever. The dude kills it, live. For all the bitching about shredding or whatever, it doesn’t matter at all live. Slash belongs in GNR. The end. I loved the 3 NuGNR shows I saw and cherish those memories, but it’s just a massive need to have Slash up there in his rightful place. He’s basically another frontman. Killer tone, last night. He changed up the second Estranged solo, again, but it was really cool in the rain. I actually loved his TiL solo, too. When they started the song, I was bracing for a mess based on all the “SlAsH SuCkS oN TiL” posts over the years (I always thought it was great in 2016, then it got meh), and I haven’t heard newer versions. It was one of the best solos of the night, he made his guitar scream. Perhaps solo was pretty cool, live. I liked it with the added power and saturation of being live and with that rig. He had a tiny flub at the start of the NR solo and maybe SCOM (or slightly out of tune), but other than that, flawless. 

Rest of the band- Duff is Duff. TV Eye was cool, and I dig the Stooges. They are wisely utilizing backing vocals a lot more this tour. I think it’s smart to do to help Axl out. Axl is very much still singing all his parts, and the added Melissa and Duff vocals help fill the sound and help Axl. New vocal arrangements freshen up some tunes like Civil War imo. As a guitar nerd, Fortus’ tone is absolutely amazing and he is such a good compliment to Slash. They use him just enough imo, and his RQ and KoHD solos are great (another duet like WYWH would be neat). Frank sounded fine. Drum tone was not tinny or overpowering. Dizzy played piano.

Setlist- Fuck yeah. 6 songs (not including covers) that I’ve never gotten before- Bad Obsession, Pretty Tied Up, Reckless Life, Perhaps, Hard Skool, and Anything Goes. Free first half of the show was super exciting for me because of the deep cuts and new songs. After following this band religiously since 2006 or 2007, it was surreal getting Hard Skool and Perhaps. I really dug HS live, in particular. The classic songs all killed, too. Harmonica on BO, I love PTU, and the vocals on Reckless and AG were a treat. I would have died if they played TWAT or Locomotive, but I really can’t complain with the setlist. This refresh was so needed. New classic songs AND new songs, it is what we have been wanting for years and years.

My one big setlist complaint is fucking Silkworms. As soon as they did Absurd it killed the energy for me briefly. As a novelty, it was goofy in 2021, but man this song sucks and it sucks live. Hearing Axl shout those garbage lyrics in full clarity and repeating them 3 times is a total miss. The guitars were changed live and were cool, but it still is awful. Other than that, I enjoyed every song.

One of my favorites of the night was shockingly Slither. I never thought Axl sounded great on Slither, and he probably didn’t last night- but the monsoon rain started coming right during Slither and it was magic. It carried into Jungle and made everything super memorable.

Misc- Saw them with a really good college friend I don’t get to see much. She was exhausted and doesn’t know GNR but she tougher it out so we could hang. She left early cause she was tired from work, but she was really impressed with the band. Met another friend after a which all made for a great night . It’s always fun to see GNR in another city, and the Boston crowd killed my native Detroit crowd. Maybe it was the rain, but the energy in Fenway was electric. Sound and seats were also fantastic. All the horror stories of Fenway didn’t pan out for me. I loved the venue. Great to be in such a historical ball park

Overall, fucking killer show. I had fun in 2021, but this was a better show on every level. Fresh setlist, new songs, great performance and energy. What a great night, so glad the stars aligned and I got to see them this tour 

Edit- I forgot! I caught the second half of The Pretenders and dug their set! Great opener choice this tour

Totally agree about everything except absurd, I enjoy that song.

 

I was dead middle on turf B4 and the sound quality was excellent.  The rain made for an AWESOME vibe and made it super memorable.  Agree that the peak rain during slither made it really cool, especially with some of the stage lighting fully displaying how hard it was raining. 

Saw Axl in 2006 and 2016.  While I was most impressed by 2006 abilities, he sounded hust as good tonight as he did in 2016 (the one exception is that jungle sounded better in 16). Overall,  great show, can't wait to see them again at some point.

[bmus1]

Just now, kozydogg said:

Totally agree about everything except absurd, I enjoy that song.

 

I was dead middle on turf B4 and the sound quality was excellent.  The rain made for an AWESOME vibe and made it super memorable.  Agree that the peak rain during slither made it really cool, especially with some of the stage lighting fully displaying how hard it was raining. 

Saw Axl in 2006 and 2016.  While I was most impressed by 2006 abilities, he sounded hust as good tonight as he did in 2016 (the one exception is that jungle sounded better in 16). Overall,  great show, can't wait to see them again at some point.

You were right with me then, we were row 12!