Axl_morris Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 (edited) I mean think outside of us diehard at mygnr and look at it from a public perspective...- No new album in 13 years - They never toured Europe in 13 years (excluding one or two here and there in 2002) - A new bandFor the vast majority of the fans that attended it was the first time hearing the new band. Do you think GNR took this into account? Were they expecting to sell out the venues? I mean they even added an extra Wembley date. Edited August 19, 2006 by Axl_morris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiscool Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 the name sells out arenas IMO but i think people are starting to Recognize this version as GNR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon87 Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Most of the shows were sold out, weren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicious Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 i think they expected some to sell out but not othersthey looked surprised at how great a receptionthey got and the size of the crowd in ireland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 Most of the shows were sold out, weren't they? They all were. That's the point, did they expect that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Seal Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 i think they expected some to sell out but not othersthey looked surprised at how great a receptionthey got and the size of the crowd in irelandThey looked like that in Finland too and we got a second gig in here because the first one was sould out in less than 5 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funeral Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 probably not...but the real test will be when the record is out and they tour Europe again! sometimes next year..hopefully!am glad that the tour was successful...and all the people who got to se this band,(kick ass all over Europe rock2) had nothing but good things to say! with the exception of jerk-off reviewers who couldn't get past old GNR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 Most of the shows were sold out, weren't they? They all were. That's the point, did they expect that?No they wern't.At the four UK dates I was at:Manchester was sold out! Sheffield had aound 1,000 seats available. Newcastle looked about 500 seats available Nottingham looked about 5oo seats available.Still bloody impressive though...UK SUBS.Well I never knew that. But it is impressive for the UK. I mean they played alot of dates in the UK and for such a small nation and for the reasons I said I was impressed they sold to much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiscool Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Most of the shows were sold out, weren't they? They all were. That's the point, did they expect that?No they wern't.At the four UK dates I was at:Manchester was sold out! Sheffield had aound 1,000 seats available. Newcastle looked about 500 seats available Nottingham looked about 5oo seats available.Still bloody impressive though...UK SUBS.Well I never knew that. But it is impressive for the UK. I mean they played alot of dates in the UK and for such a small nation and for the reasons I said I was impressed they sold to much.they didnt sell out.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 The only band to sell the MEN out this year was RHCP, Gn'R had about 300 seats available up in the sky at the back.Not bad going when you compare how active the two bands have been in the last decade or so.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssiscool Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 The only band to sell the MEN out this year was RHCP, Gn'R had about 300 seats available up in the sky at the back.Not bad going when you compare how active the two bands have been in the last decade or so.R.how many does the MEN hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlsend Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I think the band should be pleasantly suprised with the attendances and the reception from the crowds.God it was good to see them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 (edited) Who knows, from what I hear they advertised the old lineup. Edited August 19, 2006 by sweetness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 The only band to sell the MEN out this year was RHCP, Gn'R had about 300 seats available up in the sky at the back.Not bad going when you compare how active the two bands have been in the last decade or so.R.how many does the MEN hold. 17.245 seats according to WorldStadiums.comM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBear Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I actually agree with Funral. The real question will be how the new album does.This tour was like a shot of nostalgia for people who wanted to see Axl up there again performing the old songs. Are people gonna want to see the new band up there performing totally new stuff with a lot of those old songs off the setlist? I really wonder how much GN'R would draw if they played 20 new songs and no Jungle, no PC, no SCOM, no NR, no RQ, no Patience, etc. That's the ultimate test for this band - but I don't think they would ever actually get rid of all the old songs. They are going to have to dump some of them eventually though - especially if they actually release more than one album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Wembley was almost full too. With most, if not all tickets sold, that's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Seal Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I actually agree with Funral. The real question will be how the new album does.This tour was like a shot of nostalgia for people who wanted to see Axl up there again performing the old songs. Are people gonna want to see the new band up there performing totally new stuff with a lot of those old songs off the setlist? I really wonder how much GN'R would draw if they played 20 new songs and no Jungle, no PC, no SCOM, no NR, no RQ, no Patience, etc. That's the ultimate test for this band - but I don't think they would ever actually get rid of all the old songs. They are going to have to dump some of them eventually though - especially if they actually release more than one album.They will always play WTTJ, NR, SCOM and PC that's quite sure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I mean think outside of us diehard at mygnr and look at it from a public perspective...- No new album in 13 years - They never toured Europe in 13 years (excluding one or two here and there in 2002) - A new bandFor the vast majority of the fans that attended it was the first time hearing the new band. Do you think GNR took this into account? Were they expecting to sell out the venues? I mean they even added an extra Wembley date.see, that's the difference about Axl Rose and other singers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicious Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Who knows, from what I hear they advertised the old lineup.thats true actually, not in words but from what i saw there was pictures of the originals on advertsand in dublin at first it was advertised as motley crue and guns n roses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Who knows, from what I hear they advertised the old lineup.thats true actually, not in words but from what i saw there was pictures of the originals on advertsand in dublin at first it was advertised as motley crue and guns n rosesYeah, I remember that now. Some of the other Irish forum members posted scaned GNR and Motley Crue adverts and adverts with Slash and Izzy on them. Wierd stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacque|ine Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I don't know if it's true, but I heard that with the old line'up Gn'R used to sell all the tickets in about 15-20 minutes. Anyway, it's still very impressive that they had so many sold out venues. I bet they didn't expect that. Not after 13 years of silence. This should motivate them release the album this year. Release the album Axl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlashRock Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Not everyone is as updated about GnR as us lot. Some people I know were surprised that it wasn't the old lineup-they just bought the cds and liked the music, they never looked at the history of the band. It's not such a big shock that they are selling out venues because people who are fans of the old lineup come to hear the music that they love. If this band were under a different name or they were only playing the new songs, they probably wouldn't be selling out venues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 The only band to sell the MEN out this year was RHCP, Gn'R had about 300 seats available up in the sky at the back.Not bad going when you compare how active the two bands have been in the last decade or so.R.how many does the MEN hold. 17.245 seats according to WorldStadiums.com19,500 for end stage gigs with standing.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
November_rain Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I think they didn´t expect a sold out tour but they knew that depending on the places they would sell very well. And they got very surprised at the reaction of all the audiences. Not all the shows were sold out but had a very good attendance and the whole tour has been a huge success they sure didn´t expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman24 Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 (edited) Most of the shows were sold out, weren't they? They all were. That's the point, did they expect that?I don't know, but I'm quite sure, the Swiss concert was also not sold out. I guess they had about 11'000-12'000 spectators and the "Hallenstadion" holds about 13'000 people. But maybe not all people could go to the concert, because it was postponed, because I read in a newspaper before the concert, that it was almost sold out. And somewhere I read, there were 13'000 people, but I'm quite sure, there weren't more than 12'000. Edited August 20, 2006 by Iceman24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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