Guns N' Roses

Axl Rose is the last of his kind; the Mike Tyson of Rock N’ Roll frontmen; an awe-inspiring combination of God-given talent with a killer edge of untamed ferocity and determination borne of a troubled childhood, leaving the young man with an appetite for destruction.

In September 2010, I flew to Paris to attend my first GNR gig. Standing at the front, the stage loomed over me. The house lights went down, the opening chords to the title track of the infamous “Chinese Democracy” played, pyrotechnics fired off… and then I saw him standing over me. After three hours of bearing witness to Axl Rose exorcising demons, I thought I had seen the greatest concert of my life. But just 24 hours later, fortune smiled upon me, and I miraculously gained entry to a semi-acoustic private show for less than 300 people. The voice which had brought an arena to its (sha-na-na-na-na-)knees the night before was overwhelming in the small garden of a club by the Arc de Triomphe.

Since then, I have seen GNR a total of 13 times, across 8 countries and 4 continents. Each and every show has had something special: the surprise appearance of bassist Duff McKagan after 17 years at a gig in London in 2010; guest appearances from GNR co-founder Izzy Stradlin at the same venue two years later; seeing Axl rock a more intimate venue at the House of Blues in Atlantic City; meeting Axl after a show in Glasgow; and fearing death while having the time of my life in a frenzied Argentinian mosh pit.

While there is a top-hat shaped hole in the current GNR line-up, over the years Axl has surrounded himself with gifted guitarists such as Richard Fortus and Bumblefoot, who trade off bluesy riffs and technical virtuosity that complement Axl’s trademark raspy growls and banshee screams.

In this post-Cobain world of irony and self-deprecation, Guns N’ Roses is your last chance to see an unabashedly bombastic and grandiose hard rock concert with a frontman whose ego is only outdone by his talent and passion.

We saw Alice In Chains on June 29th at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

Guns and Roses started their show at 9:23 pm, sooner than we expected. They played for 2 1/2 hours and ended right at midnight. Their stage was great with bright lights, big screens and pyro. They started out good and strong, and bringing back Slash and Duff made them sound flawless. There was not any idle chatter from Axel Rose in between sets, like some artists do. He might say a couple of sentences trying to get the crowd pumped up. Otherwise they were playing with not more than maybe 15-20 seconds between songs if that. They kept it rolling pretty good. They played old stuff as well as "Chinese Democracy" and "Better".

There were only a couple of things they could work on. First, I thought Axel's voice was starting to give out half way through the concert, but actually it was the sound mixer that didn't properly adjust the microphones. I noticed later that it wasn't just Axel's voice, all of their voices sounded muffled unless they were right up in the mic.

Next, there are some songs they should take out and other songs used. They did not play "Patience", but me and a buddy discussed it and agreed it good they left it out. It really just would have not fit in with the rest of the show and messed up the flow of the music. However they played "Double Talkin Jive", "Estranged" and "Coma". In our opinion these should be taken out. Our thoughts are that these songs while musically strong, the lyrics are sung low and were muffled or drowned out by the music. You could not make out half of the lyrics on those songs. Our picks would have been for them to play "Bad Apples", Dead Horse" and maybe something like "I Used to Love Her".

All in all a great show and would see them again. The sounded better than I thought they would since they had not all been together for over 20 years, but they were Awesome. One the best shows I have ever seen.

I had huge expectations for this show (Lisbon, June 2nd). I'm 26 yo and I've been a fan of GNR ever since I had my first Walkman CD player. For decades I really wanted to see them but the lineup with Axl and some other guys didn't appeal to me. So 3 hours before the show I was already on the venue place with my Golden Circle ticket. A couple of beers, a quick meal and a last trip to the toilet and just before the first opening act I went with my brother (3 years younger, but no less fan of the Guns N' Roses) to get a good spot near the stage. The first band was awesome. Mark Lanegan not so much (he seemed angry with something and seemed to do the show because he had to). And then, "international pop recording muggles" were introduced and show started. From that point to the end it was good beyond belief! Everything from the stage, the production, the setlist, the band and each individual musician was just awesome. The crowd was good too, interacting a lot and showing them we wanted to have fun! I can't even believe I went to a GNR show. I seems to me I have completed one of those tasks I wanted to do before I die! I've been to many rock concerts and this one was by far the best (I had even seen AC/DC with and without Axl). Axl's voice was as powerful as ever. Slash ... I don't need to comment, do I? He does what he does and it's always the coolest thing ever. Duff was awesome. He sang New Rose and played his bass briliantly, rocking a Lemmy t-shirt and a bass with Prince's logo. The other guys were awesome too! Richard Fortus played a lot of solos and showed he was having a blast the whole show. The drummer was always there. Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese were awesome too. The show was the full package. I'm really glad I went!

Guns N Roses at Tottenham Stadium July 1st - great support and amazing headliners ruined by delays and far worse for this paying customer - appalling sound in the venue. By chance our entry gate (23) was a frictionless breeze and we were in the stadium in minutes. Friends entering using other gates (18) were not so lucky and queued for long periods missing all the support. The stadium is amongst the best I have ever seen, the facilities were varied and very efficient and all the staff I interacted with were friendly and helpful. That's the sum of the good points...

Gary Clark Jr's set was so quiet and generally muffled it was drowned out by normal volume conversations around our standing area, stage right by the VIP standing area. The issue was so bad when Guns took the stage I considered leaving, luckily the crowd was able to communicate their frustration to the band and not once but twice repeatedly chanted 'turn it up!'. Axl Rose acknowledged the issue both times, can't help thinking someone is going to feel that later... The problem was improved, though not solved by turning up Slash's guitar but Axl's vocals remained virtually lost in the background. Such as shame as the band really smashed it but we were deprived of the full experience. The stadium delays came back to haunt us - that was the shortest set Guns have played in recent history, significant tracks omitted from the setlist. Paying over £100 for a ticket for this kind of amateurism is galling for fans and embarrassing for the band. Whatever the stadium is taking from ticket sales should be refunded back to fans.

I was very, very unhappy. I have been to hundreds of rock concerts in many different venues and always get GA tickets. GA tickets often have seat numbers but rarely do they actually have seats. They only put seat numbers on the tickets to keep track of how many people have tickets on the GA floor. I am very short and so need to be in the front row and so I got in line at 2pm to ensure my ability to see the show. I stood in line (with a group of other avid rock fans) for 4.5 hours waiting for the doors to open and when we got in, there were actual assigned seats on the GA floor!! I was in row J behind hundreds of other people and couldn't even see the TV screens. I truly believe that venues should be required to put a disclaimer on events that will actually have assigned seating on the GA floor!! I wouldn't have purchased tickets if I had known there would be and venues know that. They know it will affect ticket sales for us to be told and so they do not disclose the intent to add chairs to GA. I was so disappointed! I ended up leaving early and being quite upset due to the way that was handled. Plus, those employees let me stand in line for almost 5 hours knowing full well that there was no need. The only reason to get in line so early is to ensure a front row spot for the show. They knew we had assigned seats in GA and said nothing!! How unbelievably rude of them.

Tickets will NOT SELL OUT. Last show here started at midnight, the one before at 2:46am Last show was a AAA arena in downtown. It was not full. Tickets outside were 10 dollars. The August 8 venue is a huge stadium.. With what the locals know from the past they are staying away or going to get the tons of free tickets from the radio stations that are handing them out by the boatloads or just show up and get a ticket outside for next to nothing. A SHOW IS NEVER SOLD OUT! I will tell that this time the band will go on stage on time because Axel had to put up most of the money because promoters all backed away from this tour. After this tour the public will know the band is serious because people in each and every town will hear from others or see it themselves that now they are going on stage on time and putting on a 3 plus hour show that will blow their minds. Expect by the next tours for Guns N' Roses to be the biggest grossing Rock band in this decade. In the end there will only be Metallica and Guns N' Roses because of their age, their talent, and their stamina. Regardless of what you pay you will get more than your money's worth at these shows now that Slash is back and only a handfull of bands play 3 hours.

It was great o see the Guns N' Roses live the atmosphere was cool and the venue convenient but...
When they played the first song the sound was horrible, I was not able to recognize the song, the melody nor understand the lyrics, with time it became better but still. Sometimes Axl voice was too low, sometimes his voice was disappearing to come as a high pitch - it sounded as they would play from a record and then somebody in the background try to sing but couldn't hear the melody
Observing the crowd I would say people were little bit confused, it was not crazy atmosphere as I was expecting.
I was also surprised that the "Golden circle" was filled to the borders of capacity... I would say I expect a little bit more from a premium ticket.
The real cherry on the cake was the final - people went really crazy - as they played the most known hits, the fireworks, the visualizations and confetti was really nice finishing touch.
Overall I was happy I dient pay the full price for the ticket (it was super expensive) but you need to give them the credit it was their first concert so ... 6 out of 10 for me.

That's a great performance with stage, sound, lightening, video graphic, and finally they're back the 3 original member Axl, Duff, and Slash since almost 24 years ago I saw them be together again. the concert which lasted almost 3 hours did not make them lose their enthusiasm to entertain us, even though they were already half a century more. some of the best songs like It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstones, Welcome To The Jungle, Civil War, You Could Be Mine, Sweet Child O' Mine, Patience, Knocking On Heaven's door Making Rock the whole of GBK stadium. They closed the show titled "Not In This Lifetime" with encore song "Paradise City". At the end of song Axl say "Thank You Jakarta, Indonesia, See You again" and then he threw the microphone towards the audience, and not long afterwards all the band members gathered and bowed down as a thank you. some of the band members such as slash and duff distributed guitar picks to the audience as a memento. previously the band had performed in Jakarta in 2012 but without slash and duff, so did slash who had also performed solo in Jakarta with his band then in 2010.

The performance by GNR was great and I had a good, but not great time. The venue had so many problems from start to finish. Though some of it had to do with impolite fans, much could have been prevented by a more efficient a capable staff. On arrival, I approached a supervisor about needing a wheel chair as I had called a few days before and was told they are present at all the entrances. It took 35 minutes to get a wheel chair. The young man who pushed the wheel chair was very good. I got to my seat that I had bought because it was supposed to have a clear view of the stage looking down a six foot wide aisle. It took the staff about 1/3 of the concert to get the aisle relatively clear, but the the staff stood in the middle of the aisle blocking the view. When the concert concluded about 11:30PM, the same young man took me all the way to the Uber lot. That's where the biggest problem began. The Miami police didn't have a clue at directing traffic. It took me until 1:15AM to get an Uber and I got home at almost 2:AM. I doubt if I will ever go to another concert at Marlin's Park.

Absolutely fuckin' awesome!! By the time we got there Wolfmother was just starting, they were wicked! Then before long out comes the Gunners. Everyone was cheering and screaming, it was great to see everyone so united. They were so full of energy the whole time, lightning fast costume changes, amazing songs, great atmosphere, oh man it was amazing. Such a dream come true. Slash was outstanding as usual, the man is crazy talented! The rest of the lads were perfect and Axl hit all the right notes. Couldn't have been a more perfect night. The shirts were so cool, made it almost impossible to pick one and the program had the most amazing pictuers in it!
God, there's only one thing I would change... I'd make Slash say something haha, I just would have like to hear his cool voice say "Hi Adelaide!" Or something like that. But not a big deal that he didn't say anything, his guitar playing says more than words ever could.
I LOVED it!! Thanks to the lads from Gunners and everyone behind the scenes for such a good night. Flawless, absolutely fuckin' flawless!