Baz's set ended at 9:35PM Guns take the stage at 11:01 PM
Chinese Democracy Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy Mr. Brownstone Sorry Better Richard Fortus guitar solo Live and Let Die If the World Rocket Queen Jam Dizzy Reed piano solo Street of Dreams Jam Shackler's Revenge DJ Ashba solo Sweet Child O' Mine You Could Be Mine Jam Axl Rose piano solo November Rain Jam Ron Thal guitar solo Out Ta Get Me My Michelle (with Baz) Knockin' on Heaven's Door Nightrain
Chinese Democracy Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy Mr. Brownstone Sorry Richard Fortus solo Live and Let Die If the World Rocket Queen Dizzy Reed Solo Street of Dreams You Could Be Mine Knockin' On Heaven's Door My Generation I.R.S Axl Rose piano solo (Someone Save My Life Tonight) November Rain Ron Thal Solo (Pink Panther) Shackler's Revenge Liquor & Whores (w/ Bubbles) Out Ta Get Me DJ Ashba solo Sweet Child O' Mine This I Love Nightrain
ENCORE
Madagascar Better Patience Paradise City O Canada (Ron Thal solo)
"Yo Vancouver!! D'oh!! Bkstage in Winnipeg, Danko's on, 26F HEATWAVE!! Excited 2 get this rolling. In r off time we'll b helping Mounties flush out Al Qaeda. (What's that aboot, Eh? jk) Good 2 see Baz! LET'S DO THIS!!!
On a side note, pretty low n' selfish usin' the devastation in Haiti 2 start (false) reunion rumors. R hearts n' prayers go out to the Haitian people."
Winnipeg, Manitoba - January 13, 2010 Intro Chinese Democracy Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy Mr. Brownstone Shackler's Revenge Richard Fortus solo Live and Let Die Sorry If the World Dizzy Reed solo Street of Dreams Jam Better You Could Be Mine DJ Ashba solo Sweet Child O' Mine I.R.S. Jam Axl Rose piano solo November Rain Jam Scraped Ron Thal solo Out Ta Get Me Knockin' on Heaven's Door Nightrain
--- ENCORE ---
Madagascar Jam This I Love Frank Ferrer solo Rocket Queen My Generation Patience Paradise City
Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Tour 2010: Canadian dates
January 13 - Winnipeg January 16 - Calagary January 17 - Edmonton January 19 - Saskatoon January 20 - Regina January 24 - Hamilton January 25 - London January 27 - Montreal January 28 - Toronto January 31 - Ottawa
February 1 - Quebec City February 3 - Moncton February 4 - Halifax
2010 is certainly shaping up to be an exciting year. The Canadian dates are approaching fast (5 Days!), GN'R is heading to South America in March, and there are rumors of European dates for the Summer.
There's been a lot of talk about getting a live stream going of one of the shows.
Considering that we are the greatest fan community in the world, I thought we might try and take matters into our own hands.
Welcome to USTREAM. A free service which connects to your phone through a free application and enables you to stream live to the web via an embeddable (like YouTube, see below) video.
Now that anyone with an iPhone can stream, we could theoretically stream every show on the tour.
promises to be a powerful professional recording solution for iPhone owners when it arrives in the spring. Mikey still features two Blue mic capsules for pro-quality stereo recording, but now has improved acoustic circuitry for better recordings of loud events such as concerts.
$99!
This is potentially exciting news, and if anyone wants to shoot me an email, you can find my address at the top right of this page or just tweet me @MackArillo
After signing up for a Ustream account, users can hit the "go live" button and start streaming video from the iPhone's camera to their Ustream website profiles. The app is available as a free download and even runs on older iPhones that don't have built-in video recording features.
Here's some homework for you Thursday night: Search Ustream for Metallica or Morrissey. Even if you didn't get tickets, you won't have to miss a beat.
Tokyo!! Good to be back!! Complete w/a refreshing n' now traditional complimentary morning earthquake!! Yeah boyeee!! We wanna shake some shit up 2moro nite!!
I wanna thank everyone 4 comin' out on r Asian Invasian GN'R "Bar Trek". To boldly go where we'd last been n' hadn't been b4!! Means a lot!! It was pure n' utter chaos gettin' this rollin' n' you've made it all worth it!! Such amazing n' supportive people everywhere!! Thank u again 2 everyone who came out n' everyone who helped pull this together.
Special thanks 2 Matzka, Gum X n' Mucc 4 their enthusiasm n' great jobs performing w/us!! See everyone that's down w/the Tokyo Dome here 2moro nite where in addition 2 Mucc, AK48 just added will also be opening!! Peace!!
Chinese Democracy Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy Mr. Brownstone Catcher in the Rye Sorry Band Jam (I Want You Back, Jackson 5) If the World Richard Fortus solo (James Bond Theme) Live and Let Die Dizzy Reed solo (Ziggy Stardust) Street of Dreams Band Jam You Could Be Mine Rocket Queen My Michelle DJ Ashba solo Sweet Child O' Mine Shackler's Revenge I.R.S. Band Jam Axl Rose piano solo November Rain Band Jam Whole Lotta Rosie Knockin' on Heaven's Door Scraped Prostitute Jam This I Love Frank Ferrer solo (We Will Rock You) Out Ta Get Me Ron Thal solo (Pink Panther Theme/Don't Cry) Don't Cry (Axl, Ron and DJ) Nightrain
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Madagascar There Was a Time My Generation Better Patience Nice Boys Paradise City
Guns N' Roses Continue to Deliver Playing a Massive Set Featuring Twelve Songs From Chinese Democracy and Resurrecting AC/DC's Whole Lotta Rosie
Osaka, Japan - December 16, 2009
Chinese Democracy Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy Mr. Brownstone Shackler's Revenge If the World Richard Fortus solo Live and Let Die Sorry Rocket Queen Prostitute Dizzy Reed solo (Ziggy Stardust) Street of Dreams Scraped Frank Ferrer solo You Could Be Mine Band Jam Axl Rose piano solo November Rain Band Jam I.R.S. DJ Ashba solo Sweet Child O' Mine Band Jam Catcher in the Rye Out Ta Get Me Ron Thal solo (Pink Panther Theme) Knockin' on Heaven's Door Whole Lotta Rosie This I Love Nightrain
--- ENCORE ---
Madagascar Better Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys cover, Tommy Stinson on vocals) Patience Don't Cry (tease) Paradise City
Chinese Democracy Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy Mr. Brownstone Shackler's Revenge There Was a Time Richard Fortus solo (James Bond Theme) Live and Let Die Frank Ferrer solo Sorry Rocket Queen DJ Ashba solo Sweet Child O' Mine Dizzy Reed solo (Ziggy Stardust) Street of Dreams You Could Be Mine Band Jam (Black Betty) My Generation Band Jam November Rain Take a Walk on the Wild Side Better Knockin' on Heaven's Door Ron Thal solo (Pink Panther Theme) Paradise City
Leaked setlist for the Taipei show (December 11, 2009)
Chinese Democracy Scraped Welcome to the Jungle It's So Easy Mr. Brownstone There Was a Time Richard Fortus solo Live and Let Die Sorry If the World/Prostitute Rocket Queen/My Michelle Dizzy Fuckin' Reed solo Street of Dreams Knockin' on Heaven's Door You Could Be Mine I.R.S. DJ Ashba solo Sweet Child O'Mine This I Love November Rain Bumblefoot solo Shackler's Revenge Out Ta Get Me Nightrain
Encores: Better Patience Paradise City
Thanks to Frozen Inferno and LetMeHearitNow and jip for the setlist, images and video.
Rockstar Weekly With Canada gearing up for the new Guns N' Roses tour in early 2010, GN'R has officially entered the Canadian rock radio charts with "Street Of Dreams," the new single from last year's Chinese Democracy CD.
The song debuted on the Canadian Active Rock Charts at number 44, ahead of debuts from Canadian rockers Default and Seattle rockers Alice In Chains. "Street Of Dreams" follows "Better," which reached Top 15 and "Chinese Democracy," which made it to number 3.
Additionally, according to Neilsen/Soundscan, GN'R Greatest Hits is currently at number 19 on the Canadian Rock Album Charts. The album has been on the charts for 297 weeks and has risen one point over the past two weeks. Chinese Democracy topped the charts in its first week of release in 2008, selling 70,000 copies in Canada. The last time GN'R topped the charts prior to that was in 1991 with Use Your Illusion II.
The band is off to Asia this week for a couple concerts and then embarks on the Canadian tour starting in Winnipeg on January 13.
Guns N' Roses with guests Sebastian Bach & Danko Jones:
1/13 – Winnipeg @ MTS 1/16 – Calgary @ Saddledome 1/17 – Edmonton @ Rexall 1/19 – Saskatoon @ Credit Union 1/20 – Regina @ Evraz Place 1/24 – Hamilton @ Copps 1/25 – London @ JLC 1/27 – Montreal @ Bell Centre 1/28– Toronto @ ACC 1/31 – Ottawa @ Scotiabank 2/1 – Quebec City @ Colisee Pepsi 2/3 – Moncton @ Coliseum 2/4 – Halifax – Metro Centre
"I'm shocked this guy brought a camera & reported anything ... after the head production manager made two announcemets ... No Cameras!
I was there one night and it was pretty cool I must say.
No Axl of course.
Well, without giving away the full set (I promised Del!), they did a complete run through of about 17-18 songs for about a week. Lots of visuals that complement each track - pyro, spots,etc. Nice lighting truss design plus a fucking bad ass re-working of a theme song that leads into "Live & Let Die" written by Richard Fortus. Overall well done.
I loved "Shackler's Revenge," "Better," "Prostitute" & "Rocket Queen" live.
FYI: That middle ramp/riser has Axl's grand piano under it for quick access."
Thanks to Rancid Punks and DJ Will for this sneak peak into what is shaping up to be a "monumental" stage show.
Yesterday afternoon, the following message was sent out by the team at I Love All Access:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, there will not be an Ultimate fan package on the Guns N’ Roses tour in January 2010.
You have two options:
Option 1: Keep your Toronto general admission ticket(s) only. We will refund the difference between the ticket price ($87.32 USD, at today’s exchange rate) and the package price ($207.68 USD per package), to the credit card used to make your purchase. Your ticket will be available at the box office on the day of the show. There is no priority access.
Option 2: Choose a full refund and cancel your order entirely. We will refund your order to the credit card used to make your purchase.
Please note it may take 5-10 business days to credit to your account.
Please let us know your preference by Friday November 20th, 2009 at 5pm Pacific time via e-mail to info@iloveallaccess.com, or simply reply to this e-mail. If we do not hear from you by this time, we will process option 1 for you.
Canadian VIP packages There's been a miscommunication between us and I Love Access regarding the VIP packages for the Canadian tour. Just sit tight while we work it out.
I borrowed a stack of CDs from the library this week. A mixture of old and new stuff: a Hollies anthology, the Franz Ferdinand disc (which I'd never heard and I like a lot), and a very good, live, Faces set.
One of them was Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack. The liner notes are fantastic, and I had to share the following piece, written by musician Al Kooper, which I found to be particularly enlightening, especially this passage:
"With the success of the Highway 61 Revisited album, the pressure was on. New producer Bob Johnston suggested that Bob record the follow-up in Nashville with players that Johnston would handpick.
Dylan agreed to this gamble but insisted on bringing Robbie Robertson and myself along so that he would feel "comfortable" recording away from New York City.
Bob was still completing many of the songs when we arrived in Tennessee. A piano was installed in his hotel room. During the days, I was summoned to Bob's room. Bob would teach me the song he was trying to complete, and like a not-yet-invented cassette machine, I would sit at the piano and play the song over and over again, while he finished the lyrics. After a day of this, I made a suggestion to him:
'Bob, why don't you come to the session an hour late tonight? I will get there and teach the band this song and any others we worked on today. That way, you can just walk in, and we will know at least one or two songs that you won't have to sit through while we learn them.'
He assented; it worked out great that first night, and became the modus operandi of the rest of the sessions.
However the reverse could and would happen from time to time. Bob would arrive, go to the piano in the studio and start changing a lyric.
Sometimes he would be in there for four or five hour stretches. The band took it in good humor and played pool and ping pong, watched TV and catnapped.
One night a journalist somehow slipped in with a friend and was asked to come back later as Bob was writing. He returned four hours later and Bob appeared to be in the exact same position at the piano as when the journalist was originally expelled.
'Man...what is he ON?' the reporter asked no one in particular in a loud voice.
'Columbia Records.' Albert Grossman, Bob's manager replied as he showed the gentleman to the door."
The point is, at least for me, that the creative process is something that takes it's own time, and that the media (myself included) is always looking for the sensational story.
Now obviously one cannot compare the creative output of a writer as prolific as Bob Dylan (34 studio albums) with someone like Axl Rose who took 14 years to put out one record - but the point still stands, and it's food for thought.
Band has it's lackeys "call-out" MLB Senior Editor Doug Miller.
We've all noticed the lack of updates on GunsNRoses.com ever since the recruitment of DJ Ashba (March 21, 2009).
With the Japanese dates coming up and the Canadian ones scheduled, one would expect the band to actually get off their asses and update the official website with the usual fluff-talk about how it's going to be great, et al. The effort is mostly symbolic; that way people would know that the band acknowledges the dates and is committed to them. Last month, Mysteron seemed to agree with this on this back at HTGTH:
"It is important though that the band add credence by putting these dates on their official website. An official announcement would be even better."
However, yesterday, Mysteron, a beloved 'insider' at the HTGTH community, went completely around and posted the following:
"I want to apologize to GN'R for my comments. MLB currently own the rights to, and control input to, the official GN'R website. However ...dot dot dot Hopefully Guns can find another official way to communicate with the fans in the meantime."
MLB.com and former GN'R manager Merck Mercuriadis came into an agreement of sorts in 2006 regarding the online shop features of GN'R dot com. While the domain listings maintain the ownership of GNR.com is solely in the hands of our man Axl, technical and administrative contacts direct one solely to MLB.com staff. Go figure.
MLB.com have apparently stepped back of providing content around the Japanese dates of the 2007 tour. Before this, most (if not all) articles on the GN'R site were written by their local Senior Writer Doug Miller, who currently continues to write for MLB.com. However, the website managed to be updated semi-regularly up to the recruitment of DJ Ashba, with or without MLB.com's direct consent.
So, bummer. The CD release came and went and no-one at MLB had a problem with the content. It's only a year after that GN'R, having clandestinely sneaked in numerous updates, have finally reached the end of their rope.
I do hope Guns find another official way to communicate with the fans. GN'R Online was an Interscope-manned site, who must've forgotten the password somewhere in early 2003, before transforming it more into the line of their generic band websites.
The only dangerous thing about the modern GNR is their dangerously sloppy management.
Thanks to copperye at GNREvolution who originally wrote this piece.
The band released their Canadian tour dates on October 19, and Thunder Bay was not listed.
However word is out that the city has been added to the tour in what is being called an "Off-Day Headline show" on January 22, 2010.
"Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach will support Guns N' Roses alongside Danko Jones on the band's upcoming Canadian tour. He has announced an off-day headline show for Thunder Bay, Ontario on January 22nd at The Roxy".
The word on this show comes early this morning. Is it a Halloween trick or a treat for Thunder Bay's fans of metal? Time will tell.
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