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
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Madagascar Jam This I Love Frank Ferrer solo Rocket Queen My Generation Patience Paradise City
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
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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.
"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.
Axl Rose will bring Guns N' Roses to the seat of Chinese democracy, namely Taipei, Taiwan, to kick off the Asian leg of their Chinese Democracy World Tour on December 11, 2009.
Guns N' Roses will take the stage of the Taipei County Stadium at 8PM.
The Asian leg of the GN'R tour will only consist of dates in Japan, South Korea,and Taiwan.
The Promoter, Brokers Brothers Herald has been trying to secure the band since 2006.
Axl Rose agreed the deal for a $750,000 USD show fee.
Tickets for Taipei Concert prices from NT$1500 to NT$5000, will be on sale this saturday with 10%-off special price, purchase at G-music(Rose/TCM Tickets )
Axl Rose - Vocals DJ Ashba - Guitar Ron Thal - Guitar Richard Fortus - Guitar Dizzy Reed - Keyboards Chris Pitman - Keyboards Tommy Stinson -Bass Frank Ferrer -Drums
A message from Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal regarding his comments in the i heart guitar interview:
Regarding the end of the interview about GN'R touring, it came off in the printed transcription to sound like I was citing the economy like some lame excuse...
"It’s just that when it comes to battling the economy ... there are so many variables that could make it not work."
I wasn't saying the sole reason GN'R hadn't toured was due to the economy, or the economy only - folks gotta read the whole sentence, up to where it ends with a period.
You know, the period. As in "I'm complaining about Ron's interview because I have my period."
There are "many variables that could make it not work."
In other words, as I've been telling everyone for years, I don't give any specific info about GN'R's business in my own personal interviews.
Don't ask Azoff about my guitar parts, don't ask me about GN'R's business.
Hyperactive motormouths have been busy for some time now about some group of armed fauna called Guns N’ Roses making pasta out of big, bad, boisterous Dimapur.
For several weeks now, rousing conversations of Naga youths on the internet have been like totally happening about Axl Rose’s hairy horde doing Dimapur probably before November’s rain comes (no pun intended).
I’ve checked my media sources in Delhi and Bangalore, and just a few hours ago, Oregon new south and Los Angeles.
The group’s tour managers made no mention of an India date either, leave alone Dimapur but the scent is still strong.
But, wait, repeat, but wait, there are persuasive info that it’s actually a US supergroup with members drawn from Alice Cooper, Guns N’ Roses and White Lion for a Dimapur show. Phew.
The trail has led to a Dimapur-based events management group which is rigging up the this-and-thats for the rockers. Yes, plans are on and lots of super top-secret 10 PM meetings are on. Watch this space, man, watch this space.
Peter Hodgson at i heart guitar just conducted another new interview with Guns N' Rose master of P.R. and fan liason, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal.
A brief excerpt follows. What are your memories of Australia on the Guns N' Roses tour?
Oh man, let’s start off with the flight to Australia. At first I was dreading the flight because it was a good 14 hours, but it was the most comfortable flight I’ve ever been on. It was the first time I actually had a full comfortable night’s sleep on an airplane in my entire life, so it’s the first time I ever experienced that. So it was off to a good start.
I think we landed in Sydney then shot all the way over to Perth. Then we drove up to Fremantle and visited Bon Scott’s grave, paid our respects. Just the little things you remember. I remember being on a train and there was a young girl who had part of her face painted – she was going to a football game and the way it looked was something different to what you see in America. She had a little flag painted under her eye. It’s the little things like that. I remember those things more than the shows. Just the normal, human moments. Those are the things that really stand out.
Y’know, the view from the hotel in Sydney overlooking the Opera House and the bridge and everything. Walking around with my wife, Sebastian Bach and a couple of guys from his band, and suddenly some guy in a trenchcoat comes running up to us going “Hey! Hey! Hey!” and he opens his coat up and pulls out Axl’s microphone. It turns out that the night before, when Axl through his microphone out, that’s the guy that caught it. Oh what else ... I remember also in Sydney eating in a really nice restaurant along the water at night… just the nice moments like that.
The shows are always ... how do you even describe a show? It starts and your brain is in this other mode, and next thing you know the show is over and it’s more like one of those hazish dreams: “Did I just play, or didn’t I?” So unless something very significant happens in the show, I don’t really remember the show in a very clear way. But it’s everything after.
Going back afterwards and meeting Chris Szkup and his girl, hanging with them. I can still picture seeing them and this nice drawing they gave me in a frame, which is hanging in my living room right now. It’s hanging over my wife’s head as she’s sitting on the couch right now watching Hell’s Kitchen on TiVo. So it’s little things like that. No matter what happens, good or bad, those are the fond memories that make it an endearing experience you cherish. The dinners, the hanging out.
Are there any plans for more GN'R touring?
There have been a lot of plans, it’s just that when it comes to battling the economy ... there are so many variables that could make it not work. I’m guessing at this point that if something is confirmed, management would let everyone know. So at this point if I said anything it would be premature, so I should just wait for them to say anything.
(As usual, this is just a short snippet. You can read the full interview here.)
Axl Rose may bring Guns N' Roses to the seat of Chinese democracy, namely Taipei, Taiwan, to kick off the Asian leg of their Chinese Democracy World Tour.
According to his twitter page, Duff "will be writing new LOADED songs tonite and tomorrow. Some great ideas and riffs have come on this latest tour. Excited for sure!"
This is bittersweet news for many of Duff's fans. In my opinion, it implies that Velvet Revolver is indeed staying parked on the back burner. 2010 will see Slash's solo album and I presume, an ensuing tour. Loaded, in turn, will likely cycle through another period of songwriting, recording, touring, etc. I imagine it will be a few years before VR convenes again, if ever.
Later today, Duff tweeted:
"VR will continue our search for our singer. It WILL happen! When I speak of Loaded, I am certainly not speaking against VR!"
Okay.
I've been listening to Loaded's latest Sick, and while I do enjoy it, it's a little to happy and upbeat for my tastes. I prefer their 2001 release, Dark Days.
There are some great songs on this record though. "Sick" has aggressive lyrics and a crazy guitar solo. "Forgive Me" is a perfect little alt-pop-rock song that crystallizes Loaded's sound quite well. Duff's vocals sound great on that track. "Wasted Heart" wouldn't sound out of place on the Stones' Beggars Banquet LP. "No More" is probably the catchiest tune on the disc.
In an interview with Guitar World Magazine, Duff explained that the band decided to write a new album when, at a Christmas benefit gig, they realized how many good unrecorded songs they had.
Although Duff wrote most of the songs on Dark Days, much of Sick was composed by the band or with other writers. One track, the somber “Mothers Day,” took shape from McKagan and Rouse jamming together on bass guitars. It was called “Two Basses” until McKagan wrote lyrics about friends he’s lost to drugs.
Surprisingly, although doing time in GN’R and Velvet Revolver cemented his association with Slash, McKagan credits former Gunner Izzy Stradlin as the guitarist that most influenced his own rhythm playing. “I think from Izzy I learned where a rhythm guitar player should be, within the band,” McKagan says. “As a result, I don’t overthink it.”
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