SLASH Setlists

02.17.11 - House of Blues, Charlotte, North Carolina
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Been There Lately, Rocket Queen, Civil War, Nothing to Say, Back From Cali, Starlight, We're All Gonna Die, Always on the Run, Walkin' the Dog (with Brad Whitford) Jizz da Pit, Just Like Anything, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, My Michelle, Paradise City

09.15.10 - House of Blues, Boston, Massachusetts
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Beggars & Hangers-On, Fall to Pieces, We're All Gonna Die, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Just Like Anything, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, My Michelle, Paradise City

08.29.10 - Warfield Theater, San Francisco, California
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Dirty Little Thing, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City

08.28.10 - "Sunset Strip Music Festival," West Hollywood, California
Ghost, Nightrain, Back From Cali, Rocket Queen, Starlight, Sweet Child O' Mine, By the Sword, Slither, Barracuda (with Fergie), Beautiful Dangerous (with Fergie), Paradise City (with Fergie)

08.26.10 - "Slash Day," House of Blues, West Hollywood, California


08.16.10 - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Dirty Little Thing, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Nice Boys (with Angry Anderson), Paradise City

08.14.10 - TSB Stadium, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Ghost, Mean Bone, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Nightrain, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Dirty Little Thing, By the Sword, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, Paradise City

08.12.10 - The Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Dirty Little Thing, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City

08.11.10 - Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Dirty Little Thing, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Paradise City

08.07.10 - "Summer Sonic," Osaka, Japan
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Back From Cali, Starlight, Civil War, Rocket Queen, By the Sword, Sweet Child O' Mine, Slither, We're All Gonna Die (With Michael Monroe), Paradise City

08.05.10 - Sunway Lagoon, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ghost, Dirty Little Thing, Nightrain, Back From Cali, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Rocket Queen, Sucker Train Blues, Civil War, Slither, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, By the Sword, Paradise City

08.03.10 - Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Dirty Little Thing, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Paradise City

08.02.10 - Fort Canning Park, Singapore, Singapore
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Dirty Little Thing, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Paradise City

07.31.10 - Jatim Expo, Surabaya, Indonesia
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Dirty Little Thing, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Paradise City

07.29.10 - Asia World Expo Arena, Hong Kong, China
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Dirty Little Thing, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Paradise City

07.14.10 - Moscow Arena, Moscow, Russia
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Starlight, By the Sword, Civil War, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, Paradise City

07.11.10 - "RuisRock," Turku, Finland
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Starlight, By the Sword, Civil War, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, We're All Gonna Die (with Michael Monroe), Up Around the Bend (with Michael Monroe), Paradise City

07.10.10 - "Getaway Rock," Gävle, Sweden
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Back From Cali, Sucker Train Blues, Civil War, Dirty Little Thing, By the Sword, Nothing to Say, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, Paradise City

07.08.10 - "Norway Rock," Kvinesdal, Norway
Ghost, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Back From Cali, Sucker Train Blues, Dirty Little Thing, Nothing to Say, Civil War, By the Sword, Rise Today, Slither, Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City

07.05.10 - Rockhal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City

07.04.10 - "Wireless Festival," Hyde Park, London, UK
Ghost, Back From Cali, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Starlight, Slither, Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City

07.03.10 - Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Dirty Little Thing, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City

07.01.10 - HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Scotland
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Dirty Little Thing, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Slither, Are You Ready, Paradise City

06.30.10 - Mandela Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Dirty Little Thing, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Slither, Are You Ready, Paradise City

06.29.10 - Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Dirty Little Thing, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall To Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Watch This, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Are You Ready, Paradise City

06.27.10 - "Glastonbury Festival," Glastonbury, UK
Ghost, Back From Cali, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Starlight, By The Sword, Civil War, Slither, Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City

06.26.10 - "Graspop Metal Meeting," Dessel, Belgium
Ghost, Back From Cali, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, By the Sword, Civil War, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, Paradise City

06.25.10 - "Azkena Rock Festival," Vitoria, Spain


06.22.10 - Coliseu do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Dirty Little Thing, Starlight, Nothing to Say, Rise Today, Watch This, Guitar Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Slither, By the Sword, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City

06.20.10 - Le Bataclan, Paris, France
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Dirty Little Thing, Starlight, Nothing to Say, Watch This, Guitar solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Slither, By The Sword, Communication Breakdown, School's Out, Paradise City
Opening for AC/DC

06.19.10 - "Hellfest," Clisson, France
Ghost, Back From Cali, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Civil War, By the Sword, Slither, Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City

06.18.10 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Ghost, Back From Cali, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Sucker Train Blues, Starlight, By the Sword, Civil War, Slither, Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City
Opening for AC/DC

06.16.10 - X-tra, Zurich, Switzerland
Ghost Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Beggars & Hangers-On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Back From Cali, Dirty Little Thing, Starlight, Fall To Pieces, Nothing to Say, Watch This, Guitar Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Slither, Rise Today, By the Sword, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City

06.13.10 - "Download Festival," Castle Donnington, Donnington Park, UK
Ghost, Back From Cali, Nightrain, Rocket Queen, Starlight, By the Sword, Sweet Child O' Mine, Doctor Alibi, Slither, Paradise City

06.10.10 - Palasharp Arena, Milan, Italy
Ghost, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Beggars and Hangers On, Civil War, Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Dirty Little Thing, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City
Soundcheck: Rocket Queen, Fall to Pieces, Nothing to Say, Ghost
Thanks to F.D.N.A. & Slash France

06.08.10 - Prague, Czech Republic

06.07.10 - Berlin, Germany

06.05.10 - Nuremburg, Germany

06.04.10 - "Rock am Ring," Nürburgring Racetrack, Nürburg, Germany
Ghost, Dirty Little Thing, Nightrain, Sucker Train Blues, Back From Cali, Nothing to Say, Starlight, By the Sword, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, Paradise City

06.02.10 - Copenhagen Live, Copenhagen, Denmark

05.31.10 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ghost, Dirty Little Thing, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Beggars and Hangers On, Back From Cali, Civil War, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, Rise Today, Slither, By the Sword, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City
Thanks to sleeper

05.30.10 - "Pinkpop Festival," Landgraaf, Netherlands
Ghost, Dirty Little Thing, Nightrain, Back From Cali, Sucker Train Blues, Starlight, Rise Today, By The Sword, Sweet Child O’ Mine, Slither, Paradise City
Thanks to remcognr

05.23.10 - "Rock on the Range," Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Dirty Little Thing, Sucker Train Blues, Nightrain, Starlight, Back From Cali, Slither, By the Sword, Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City
Thanks to bluedevil2179

05.22.10 - Music Box at the Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Dirty Little Thing, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Back From Cali, Beggars and Hangers On, Civil War, Sucker Train Blues, Ghost, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, By the Sword, Rise Today, Slither, Communication Breakdown, Paradise City
Thanks to GNR123GNR456

05.21.10 - Northern Lights Casino, Walker, Minnesota


05.10.10 - "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California
Gotten (with Adam Levine)

05.07.10 - "MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit," Club Nokia, Los Angeles, California
Doctor Alibi (with Lemmy), Mother Maria (with Beth Hart), Sister Heroin (with Beth Hart), Whole Lotta Love (with Beth Hart), Shock Me (with Ace Frehley) (Setlist unverified and likely incomplete)

04.28.10 - "MTV Classic Launch," Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
Nightrain, Slither, Mean Bone, Nice Boys (with Angry Anderson), Back From Cali, Beggars & Hangers On, Civil War, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing To Say, Starlight, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, By The Sword (with Andrew Stockdale), Woman (with Andrew Stockdale), Dime Store Rock, Rise Today, Dirty Little Thing, Paradise City

04.10.10 - The Roxy, Hollywood, California
Dirty Little Thing, Mean Bone, Nightrain, Back From Cali, Beggars and Hangers On, Civil War, Sucker Train Blues, Nothing to Say, Starlight, Solo, Godfather Theme, Sweet Child O' Mine, By the Sword (with Andrew Stockdale), Woman (with Andrew Stockdale), Rise Today, Slither, Paradise City

04.09.10 - "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," CBS Studios, Los Angeles, California
By the Sword (with Andrew Stockdale)

04.08.10 - "Golden Gods Awards," Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, California
By the Sword (with Andrew Stockdale), Back From Cali (with Myles Kennedy), Doctor Alibi (with Lemmy), Ace of Spades (with Dave Grohl and Lemmy)

04.07.10 - "Lopez Tonight," Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California
By the Sword (with Andrew Stockdale), Back From Cali (with Myles Kennedy

04.06.10 - "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," NBC Studios, Burbank, California
By the Sword (with Andrew Stockdale)

02.04.10 - "Help Haiti," Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California
host: George Lopez
Mother Maria, Whole Lotta Love (both with Beth Hart)

11.22.09 - "LAYN Rocks," Avalon, Hollywood, California
host: George Lopez
Immigrant Song, Jailbreak, Whole Lotta Love, Out Ta Get Me, Rebel Yell, Down on the Street, Woman, Tangerine, By the Sword, Good Times Bad Times, Slither, Paradise City, Mountain Song, Sympathy for the Devil, Jane Says, I Don't Know, Iron Man, Crazy Train, Paranoid

10.02.09 - Bare Pool Lounge, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
opening act: The Joe Perry Project
Immigrant Song, Highway to Hell, Hair of the Dog, Whipping Post, War Pigs, Use Me, Pusherman, When I Grow Up, Whole Lotta Love, Celebrity Skin, 20th Century Boy, He's a Whore, Surrender, Toys in the Attic, Walk This Way, Living on the Edge, It's So Easy, Fall to Pieces, Slither, Paradise City

06.30.09 - Quart Festival Main Stage @ the Amfiet, Kristiansand, Norway
opening acts: McQueen, Skambankt, Juke Kartel
Immigrant Song, Highway to Hell, Hair of the Dog, Fall to Pieces, Black or White, Slither, Nightrain, Honky Tonk Women, Stay With Me, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, It's Only Rock N' Roll, Sweet Child O' Mine, Barracuda, Black Dog, War Pigs, I Don't Know, Crazy Train, Paranoid, Whole Lotta Love, Paradise City

05.06.2009 - American Idol
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"War Pigs" and "Immigrant Song" thanks to Nando.



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Slash N' Friends Review From the Vegas Sun

LAS VEGAS SUN
Where Courtney Love meets John Momot: Slash concert a true variety show

By John Katsilometes
Photo: Justin Bowen

The allure of these rollicking Slash & Friends concerts brings to mind the imperious message from old late-night TV pitchmen: “How do we do it? Volume, volume, volume!”

Quality, quantity, high spirits and jacked-up amperage made for a late-night carnival at Bare Pool Lounge at The Mirage late last night, a showcase that spilled into the morning with an after-party at Jet. The all-star rock ’n’ roll exercise hosted by the former lead guitarist of Guns N’ Roses summoned the old (dueling iconic guitarists Rick Nielsen and Joe Perry), bold (Courtney Love, tossing aside typical stage protocol to read lyrics to the gender-unspecific “20th Century Boy”) and beautiful (the wholly captivating Nicole Scherzinger, the leather-and-lace encased frontwoman for Pussycat Dolls).

As for the latest SlashFest, it hardly mattered that over the past few weeks, the event’s lineup experienced more drops than Terrell Owens during last Sunday’s Bills-Saints game (Rob Zombie, Jason Bonham, Tommy Lee and announced emcee Kiefer Sutherland were among the fall-out boys). The show drew ample star power anyway, and of course the requisite oddities, such as an onstage visit from Slash’s wife, Perla. The stormy spouse and Slash’s apparent voice of reason strode onstage in a beaded black corset adorned with long tassels over each side of her chest, snug black shorts and lace stockings. All dolled up, in other words. She then quoted a dead woman, Anna Nicole Smith, by asking, “How do you like my BAH-dee?”

We like it just enough! But not so much to offend Slash, the evening’s BFF.

Following are more “hooky” riffs from a crisp and loud evening in VegasVille:

*The vocalist for much of the evening was Las Vegas native Franky Perez, whose look has matured to the point where he looks like the father of the guy who released the promising “Poor Man’s Son” in 2003. The last time I’d seen Perez perform was that year when he opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd at The Orleans Arena. He roared through “Whipping Post” that night, and again last night, along with AC/DC's “Highway to Hell” and Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.” Dressed entirely in black, shedding the shades and jacket in favor of a tank top late in the show, Perez obviously relished performing with the high-level stars like Perry, Nielsen, Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan, who swapped spots on the stage over the two-hour show. At one point, he asked if anyone was from Las Vegas (a few among the crowd of about 650 cheered) and then he gave a call-out to his alma mater, Bonanza High School. Not your typical rock-show moment, eh? In the late stages, Perez also wore what appeared to be an old red-and-blue Las Vegas Stars hat from about 20 years ago.

It was fun watching Perez work it out onstage again. There was a time when he was at least as promising an artist as The Killers. It’ll be interesting to see if he can, as we say, parlay this fortuitous gig into something he can sustain.

*The Joe Perry Project opened the show and performed a song Aerosmith ignored during its visit to the MGM Grand Garden Arena a couple of months ago, a reggae version of “Dream On.” Perry said that version of the song was requested by an individual who booked the band to perform during a cruise, and Perry’s response was something like, “Forget you, cruise boy,” but it was a pretty cool rendition.

*Jot down Scherzinger’s name on that list of performers you don’t want to follow. She’s an exotically beautiful, easy-on-the-eyes, hard-on-the-ears performer able to share the stage with anyone (just in the past month, she’s appeared with both Gossy-Goss and Slash). By the time she finished with a full-force take on “Whole Lotta Love,” Love walked to the mic and said, “I just got my a** handed to me. I’ve gotta follow that?” Give Love credit for conveying that revelation, at least. She’s no dummy.

*Anyone clamoring for a meltdown by Love came away disappointed. She sipped from a glass filled with orange fluid and produced a lyric sheet to make it through “20th Century Boy,” a move I’d seen only once before, when Pink unfolded sheets of lyrics for “Rock and Roll” during the opening-night party at Empire Ballroom four years ago. But Love still has that haggard-sexy act pretty much perfected. She might not look or sound great each time out, but no one looks or sounds quite like her. At least, no one famous.

*Notable jams: Nielsen, who should be our next mayor, played on the full-group effort of Cheap Trick’s “Surrender.” Perry returned for “Toys in the Attic.” Sen Dog of Cypress Hill joined Perez on a blistering “Walk This Way.” McKagan and Sorum (who seemed to be in full, stroppy revelry by the time he hit the stage late in the show) joined Slash in a mini-Guns ’N Roses reunion for “It’s So Easy” (which I’ve always felt would make a great ballad) and an everyone-in-the-pool “Paradise City” to finish the show.

Slash N' Friends Gig at the Mirage Tonight

Slash N' Friends will play the Mirage Hotel and Casino tonight.


The line-up for the Mirage gig is: Tommy Clufetos on drums, Johnny Griparic on bass, Ted "Zig Zag" Andreadis on keys, Slash and John 5 on guitar, and Franky Perez, vocals. That's basically the house band.

Slash's special guests tonight are (more or less in this order): Rocco Deluca, Nicole Scherzinger, Courtney Love, Rick Nielson, Robin Zander and Joe Perry. Also, Matt Sorum is jamming a couple songs and there will be some other surprises.

The Joe Perry Project is playing as well, it's going to be a loud night.

Tickets are available through Mirage Entertainment on the Mirage website.

Another gig Slash is putting together will be on November 22. It's a fundraiser for LA Youth Network or "LAYN" at the Henry Fonda Theater.

The solo record is in its mixing stage. & the mixes to this point sound great. We have recorded 18 songs with one more I want to track in the next couple weeks.

The record is still slated for a February or March 2010 release.

Links: Slash on SayNow!
The Mirage's 20th Anniversary Concert Bash

Slash Was Paid $1.65 Million For Quart Fest Appearance

via Blabbermouth
According to Dagbladet.no, Slash was paid 10 million Norwegian kroner (approximately $1.65 million) for his headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival on June 30, 2009 in Kristiansand, Norway.

Quart festival manager Arild Buli would not comment on the report when contacted by Dagbladet.no, calling it "an internal matter" and expressing his concern about "confidential information" being leaked to the public.

Related: Slash and Friends Rock Norway

The Return of Camp Freddy

Camp Freddy returned to the Sunset Strip on Saturday night for the Annual ESPN X-Games party at The House Of Blues in Los Angeles.

The band played for over an hour, opening with Deep Purple's "Highway Star," and culminating with four Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath songs featuring Ozzy himself. "Iron Man" and "Crazy Train" featured 3 guitarists - Steve Stevens, Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison. Ace Frehely joined the band on guitar for "Cold Gin" and "I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night."



SETLIST:
Highway Star, Jean Genie, Highway To Hell, Firewoman, Surrender, Cold Gin, I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night, It's So Easy, Brand New Cadillac, White Wedding, God Save The Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, I Dont Know, Iron Man, Crazy Train, Paranoid.

GUESTS:
Ozzy Osbourne, Ace Frehley, Steve Stevens, Billy Duffy, Steve Jones, Duff McKagan, Justin Hawkins, Franky Perez and Naveen Andrews.

Camp Freddy are also scheduled to appear on September 10 at The House Of Blues as part of the Sunset Strip Music Festival. The show is on the opening night of the Festival.

Billy Morrison confirmed that a Camp Freddy television show is in the works for 2010.

“Scott Weiland is like George Bush to me – I like him now that he’s gone…”

Classic Rock
Slash was unhappy throughout his entire career in Velvet Revolver – and working on his forthcoming solo album has given him a new creative lease of life. The former GN’R/VR guitarist has been talking to Classic Rock about the dissolution of VR and how the band’s split with Scott Weiland pushed him work by himself on a solo album.

“Now at this point I can talk about it,” says Slash. “I always support whatever group I’m playing with – I’ll never say anything bad about them while I’m in it. But fuckin Velvet Revolver – that was the toughest five years, dealing with that band, just because of the obvious [Weiland] and really, really bad management. Joke management for the entire time.

“For some reason in that entire five years I could never be happy. I could never get comfortable and happy with it because it was such a fucking mess. That last tour in the UK was the first time I ever had any fun in that band – because I knew that Scott was leaving and it was a huge relief.

“But, all things considered, Scott to me is now like George Bush – y’know, I like him now that he’s not here. I have nothing bad to say about Scott, but he doesn’t work well with others in a group situation. So towards the end I had written a bunch of music and there were a lot of restrictions because of him writing in Velvet and a lot of stuff that I wanted to do was just sort of squelched. Y’know Slither happened and Fall To Pieces and a couple of other songs I wrote, but it didn’t have the direction that the group – especially before Scott came into it – really set off in. Especially on that last record – which I still think is a good record, but was a lot mellower than [I would have liked].

“Anyway, so I was writing a lot of material and on that last UK tour I started taping a lot of stuff and when I got home I was like, ‘I need to get away from this group situation – I just need to be in control of something and do things my own way’. So it was a relief. And we’ll see – it’s not really about trying to make the biggest record in the world, but I will support it. I’ll go out there and do what I have to do to make sure that people go out there and listen to it cos I think it’s a cool record.”

How will that affect Velvet Revolver?

“Well Duff’s on tour, I’m doing my record, so it’s sort of at a standstill. I haven’t heard any amazing submissions from singers as of late, so I might… Y’know, Velvet when it finds the right guy will be amazing, but I’m in no rush. I’m not freaking out – because that’s how we got Scott in the first place. He was the first decent guy that came up.”

After the Norway gig everyone is going to think Franky Perez is the guy.

“I thought about that. Yeah, Franky’s fucking bad ass. You know, he did some time with Velvet but I think because I was so preoccupied with my record nothing really came of it. Anyway, we’ll see what happens. When my record comes out there’s going to be a lot of different things that I can do so what happens as far as Velvet is concerned – we’re going to be on a hiatus until we lock together and say, ‘Hey, these are our options, let’s see what we’re going to do’. I don’t know if Franky is going to be the guy or what – he’s just a really, really good singer. Even Ozzy came up and said, ‘Who the fuck is that guy? He’s fucking great!’ He actually said: ‘What the fuck am I doing up here? He’s the one that should be singing…’”

In Norway, Franky Perez confirmed that he had worked with VR in the last six months: “I’ve probably known Slash a little under a year. We have this mutual friend and we’ve run into each other a few times but we met – actually met, met – about six months ago. And then I was working with Velvet Revolver for a little bit and then Slash started doing his solo record…”

So you worked with VR after Weiland left?

“Yes. So I got to hang out with all the guys and started working with them and then about the same time Slash had to work on his solo project and Duff was doing Loaded so that dissipated, but the great thing is that I got to have a great relationship with Slash.”

Did he realise that the internet was going to be filled with ‘Franky-is-the-new-Velvet-Revolver-frontman’ stories?

The singer just smiles and shrugs: “Well, you know, if the opportunity comes around, I’m ready.”

For a full interview with Slash & Friends, see Classic Rock 136, on sale 19 August.

John 5 to Replace Zakk Wylde in Ozzy's Band?

via Blabbermouth
Ozzy Osbourne has revealed to Classic Rock magazine that he is currently searching for a new guitarist for his solo band.

Classic Rock caught up with Osbourne last week at the Slash & Friends gig in Norway, where the whispers backstage had guitarist John 5 lined up as a possible replacement for Zakk Wylde.

"Well, I'm getting a new guitar player as we speak," Ozzy told Classic Rock, "and everyone has been saying to me for a long time, 'Get Johnny 5!' And I tried him at one time and I didn't really give him a chance. We'll see, I don't know. I haven't fallen out with Zakk, but Zakk's got his own band, and I felt like my stuff was beginning to sound like Black Label Society. I just felt like I wanted a change, y'know?

I've got a guy from Greece coming in — not the musical, the country of Greece — but I'm not going to say too much about it, 'cos I don't know myself at this point. I've got a new album, I'm working on it as we speak. I've got a studio at my house and I've got a guy called Kevin Churko, the guy that did the last album — he's great to work with.

And it's great to have your own studio. On one hand it's great and on the other it's not, 'cos when you're at the studio you can go, 'Sorry darling, I can't get home for dinner, I'm stuck at the studio' But she can fucking come down stairs now! But I'm just enjoying my life now"

Classic Rock: So you're taking it easy recording this album?

Ozzy: "Oh yeah. Zakk came down and did a bunch of stuff and I don't know if I want to use it but I've got it there if I do. And this Kevin Churko is a bit of an all-rounder so I'm getting back to basics in some respects. One thing about a guy who can't do all the finger-tapping stuff is that he plays better on the riffs 'cos it's not all [hums riff for 'Iron Man' followed by over-the-top widdling]."

Classic Rock: Does Heaven & Hell having a new album out make you more competitive?

Ozzy: "No. Not in the slightest. I really wish them well. I mean I've been out of that band three times longer than I was ever in them. But people say, 'What do you think about Dio?' He's great singer. I've grown up since the days when I used to get pissed and slag him off. For whatever it's worth, good luck to them. I don't want to make enemies — I made enough when I was drinking, I try to make friends with people these days!"


You can read the full interview here. Thanks to IngridMJ for the photos.

Guns N' Roses Guitarists

Slash just recorded a guitar part on a song for the British singer Estelle. He also revealed that Velvet Revolver is having a meeting next week. I expect them to announce Franky Perez as their new vocalist. Franky will replace Scott Weiland who left the band last Spring to reunite with Stone Temple Pilots.


Izzy Stradlin's new album is due to be released on iTunes any day now.


Gilby Clarke will play with Wayne Kramer of the MC5 at the Cultura Quente Festival in Caldas de Reis, Ponteverde, Spain on July 10.


After that Gilby's doing a three-week stint at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, CA on July 11, 18 and 25.

Gilby will also host & perform at the Storm Stadium Rock Fest in Lake Elsinore, CA on August 15. Adler's Appetite, Warrant, Great White, and KOTTAK are also playing the festival.

Robin Finck and Nine Inch Nails have announced NEW FINAL DATES.


They're going to play a handful of shows in NYC, Chicago and LA starting August 22. They will be informal affairs in medium to small venues with longer set-lists, possible special guests, cool openers and other surprises. In NYC they'll be playing Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall and Terminal 5. In Chicago, the Aragon Ballroom. In LA they'll be at The Wiltern, The Henry Fonda, The Palladium and The Echoplex. These should be cool, unusual and unique final shows for Nine Inch Nails.

Finally, DJ Ashba will chat live with fans (and non-fans, I suppose) next Wednesday, July 15 at 7 PM Pacific / 10 PM Eastern Time at AshbaLand.com


You will need to download and install Palace chat software to join in.

Franky Perez, Dave Kushner and Duff McKagan News

Franky Perez and Dave Kushner of Velvet Revolver have been working together in the studio on some material. "We've been writing some great songs and the collaboration has been amazing. I'm exited about the possibilities and I hope to post some new music soon."



Duff McKagan's Loaded has been added to Crüe Fest II's second stage. As a result, Loaded's previously announced short run of US club dates, which was scheduled for later this week, has been canceled. Crüe Fest 2, features additional support from Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, Drowning Pool and Charm City Devils.

Slash at Quart - Slash & Friends Setlist

Slash & Friends
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:30 PM - Midnight
Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway

Slash and Friends is:

Slash and John 5 (guitars), Chris Chaney (bass), Jason Bonham (drums), Franky Perez (vocals), & Teddy 'Zig-Zag' Andreadis (keybords).
Featuring special guests Ron Wood, Ozzy Osbourne, and Fergie.


"Immigrant Song"
"Highway to Hell"
"Hair of the Dog"
"Fall to Pieces"
"Black or White"
"Slither"
"Nightrain"
"Honky Tonk Women"
"Stay With Me"
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
"It's Only Rock N' Roll"
"Sweet Child O' Mine"
"Barracuda"
"Black Dog"
"War Pigs"
"I Don't Know"
"Crazy Train"
"Paranoid"
"Whole Lotta Love"
"Paradise City"

I don't have any audio or video of the set yet, so in the meantime, if you like, you can try out this pair of Snakepit shows from this same weekend - 14 years ago.

Slash's Snakepit - Paris - June 29, 1995
Slash's Snakepit - Roskilde Festival - July 2, 1995

Slash at Quart Fest

Slash (via Twitter) announced the linep for his Quart Fest gig today.

The band consits of Jason Bonham (drums), Chris Chaney (bass), John 5 (guitar), Franky Perez (vocals) & Teddy 'Zig-Zag' Andreadis (keyboards).



Special guests will include Fergie, Ron Wood & Ozzy Osbourne.

Slash: "Should be a gas."

Franky Perez

Las Vegas, Nevada singer and guitarist Franky Perez dropped some news on his MySpace blog

"On June 30th I'll be Singing with Slash & Friends at The Quart Festival in Kristiansand, Norway. Other Artists performing with us that night will be Ozzy Ozbourne, Ronnie Wood, Jason Bonham, Fergie, and many more... "





It looks to me like Slash found himself a pretty cool singer.