Guns N' Roses - Irish Date Announced!

Shelli2 · 02-09-2010 12:56am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hnxies4Wtk

that is all

Furious-Red · 02-09-2010 12:57am

Yukina wrote: »

Slash, duff, steve and izzy should join forces and prove that it's not gnr that's gone to sh*t, just axl being a tyrannical ________ (generic insult no. 42),

i'm sure they'd treat the fans with much more respect, and do a better live show

Well Slashs show in Vicar St was amazing

Nutgrover · 02-09-2010 12:57am

DiceManFan wrote: »

To be fair, the god-awful support act warned us we'd feel like we had been absolutely fisted after hearing GnR.

Yep, feelin' it.

Lol. Me too. Not my favourite feeling tho.

fikay · 02-09-2010 12:58am

lord lucan wrote: »

Tough job doing security there tonight,don't envy him at all!:eek:

Nope, not easy at all. Still, if you can't laugh at other people, who can you laugh at?

Super-Rush · 02-09-2010 12:58am

Thaedydal wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rose

I want to thank this twice.

Basq · 02-09-2010 1:00am

I'll be perfectly honest..

.. I saw them playing on the Liffey today for that Nova FM thing.

I hear them playing, walked straight past as I was sure they were a tribute act. Christ, it was f*cking shocking!

thenightrider · 02-09-2010 1:00am

Shelli2 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hnxies4Wtk

that is all

In fairness they desive to be bottled they are crap lol

But at least they did not walk of stage so we have to give that to them

rivalius13 · 02-09-2010 1:00am

Ally Dick wrote: »

Robbed from Metalireland.com forum :rolleyes:

I have over 900 John Mayer songs on my laptop, you REALLY think I visit Metalireland?

02-09-2010 1:03am

it was a tribute act

feylya · 02-09-2010 1:03am

basquille wrote: »

I'll be perfectly honest..

.. I saw them playing on the Liffey today for that Nova FM thing.

I hear them playing, walked straight past as I was sure they were a tribute act. Christ, it was f*cking shocking!

That was a tribute band.

Nekro Man · 02-09-2010 1:03am

basquille wrote: »

I'll be perfectly honest..

.. I saw them playing on the Liffey today for that Nova FM thing.

I hear them playing, walked straight past as I was sure they were a tribute act. Christ, it was f*cking shocking!

i'm pretty sure that was a tribute act...

smelltheglove · 02-09-2010 1:04am

Anyone who told me gnr played on the liffey I asked them when did Slash join the band again,

Joe_Dull · 02-09-2010 1:04am

rivalius13 wrote: »

I have over 1000 John Mayer songs on my laptop, you REALLY think I visit Metalireland?

I have 13 John Mayer songs I like very much on my hard drive, and I visit Metalireland

Basq · 02-09-2010 1:05am

Alright.. thank feck for that!

I did say I just walked past.. I didn't really stop to look. Saw "Axl's" dreads and kept on going.

I thought it was odd he didn't jump ship after 7 minutes

Orando Broom · 02-09-2010 1:05am

basquille wrote: »

I'll be perfectly honest..

.. I saw them playing on the Liffey today for that Nova FM thing.

I hear them playing, walked straight past as I was sure they were a tribute act. Christ, it was f*cking shocking!

It was a tribute, they had a Slash, he actually looked like someone had blacked him up.

A Minstrel Slash if you will.

smelltheglove · 02-09-2010 1:05am

gig is over.

Joe_Dull · 02-09-2010 1:07am

smelltheglove wrote: »

gig is over.

About time!

mockler007 · 02-09-2010 1:07am

thenightrider wrote: »

In fairness they desive to be bottled they are crap lol

But at least they did not walk of stage so we have to give that to them

they did walk off stage, for 40 mins, after 20 mins of being boooo'd
and was an hour and a half late,

rivalius13 · 02-09-2010 1:07am

smelltheglove wrote: »

gig is over.

Again?

Furious-Red · 02-09-2010 1:08am

Wonder what will Axl's response on twitter be since he said he had a deal with Reading/Leeds about there time or something

rivalius13 · 02-09-2010 1:09am

I gotta say, this is the most fun I've had at a concert that I wasn't actually at.

Joe_Dull wrote: »

I have 13 John Mayer songs I like very much on my hard drive, and I visit Metalireland

WELL below the threshold. And if they're Trio songs (Of which 83 of mine are) then it's KINDA cheating, even though I counted mine.

H8GHOTI · 02-09-2010 1:09am

Can people please stop posting youtube videos that aren't of tonights show?
Giving us all false hope

smelltheglove · 02-09-2010 1:11am

Ok this is what Ive gotten from the drunken over excited hubbie

It was such a disappointedment mainly because his vocal was aweseom and had he gone on stage on time then the crowd would have loved it.

When he came back on stage he sang the songs, well, but never spoke once, there was no crowd interaction he went from one song to another and didnt even say goodnight.

When the bus was pulling out of the venue gards were running alongside it as fans were banging it, with what or how I dont know.

Thousands of people spilling out of the venue walking down towards oconnell street, some slating some defending. My hubbie sings in a gnr tribute band, he is a huge huge fan, Im a huge fan too, but he says he is disgusted, he would slate him with the best of them after tonight.

02-09-2010 1:12am

I really don't see how people are so offended by the nights events. Axl is notorious for showing up late, it's been that way since as far back as I can remember. I was nearly tempted to go this afternoon by the prospect of a cheap ticket but I knew well that it was going top be nothing more than a tribute act and that they would be at least an hour late.

As for what happened after they went on stage, well Axl he did warn the audience what would happen and a small group of people ruined rest of the the night for everyone. There is absolutely no excuse for bottling a band, none at all. Axl is a notorious tyrannical asshole, who treats his fans and band mates like crap but tbh that's always been part of the appeal. He'll never sit alongside the Gods of Rock (Lemmy, Iggy, Alice, Ozzy, etc) as he's just too much of a twat but when he's on form he can be a truly amazing performer, shame that he hasn't been on form for over a decade.

As for those people saying that there are only plastic bottles in the O2, I saw plenty of glass bottles at Blink last night.

Basq · 02-09-2010 1:14am

Deleted User wrote: »

As for those people saying that there are only plastic bottles in the O2, I saw plenty of glass bottles at Blink last night.

Very true. Last night, I saw enough glass bottles of Beck's (the beer, not the singer) to pummel every member of The Polyphonic Spree.. twice! :pac:

Joe_Dull · 02-09-2010 1:15am

rivalius13 wrote: »

I gotta say, this is the most fun I've had at a concert that I wasn't actually at.

WELL below the threshold. And if they're Trio songs (Of which 83 of mine are) then it's KINDA cheating, even though I counted mine.

Have to agree with you there, it's made my evening! Sorry I don't meet your stringent criteria - I only have Continuum and a cover of Message in a Bottle. That said, I would buy another album.

02-09-2010 1:16am

smelltheglove wrote: »

When he came back on stage he sang the songs, well, but never spoke once, there was no crowd interaction he went from one song to another and didnt even say goodnight..

tbh that's exactly what I would want from a gig, while banter between songs can be great I would have no problem with a band going out and simply playing their hearts out for 90 minutes before running back off. I would imagine that had Axle not been repeatedly bottled he would have eventually warmed up to the crowd once they got into it and the banter would have flowed.

Furious-Red · 02-09-2010 1:17am

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/guns-n-roses/2010/the-o2-dublin-ireland-5bd5f724.html

Updated set list

super_furry · 02-09-2010 1:18am

basquille wrote: »

Very true. Last night, I saw enough glass bottles of Beck's (the beer, not the singer) to pummel every member of The Polyphonic Spree.. twice! :pac:

Awww, I like them. Even won a robe from a competition on their site.

smelltheglove · 02-09-2010 1:18am

Deleted User wrote: »

tbh that's exactly what I would want from a gig, while banter between songs can be great I would have no problem with a band going out and simply playing their hearts out for 90 minutes before running back off. I would imagine that had Axle not been repeatedly bottled he would have eventually warmed up to the crowd once they got into it and the banter would have flowed.

Ah to an extent but if theres no crowd interaction its not a show, you may as well just put on a cd and listen to it in your sitting room. Axls fans enjoy his odd rants, how he gets really into some topic he just decides to discuss on stage, its been a part of his show for so long so to stand on stage and say nothing would be a huge let down.

Basq · 02-09-2010 1:18am

super_furry wrote: »

Awww, I like them. Even won a robe from a competition on their site.

Don't get me wrong.. I like them too actually!

They've an amazing energy on stage, which I've only seen matched by Arcade Fire IMO.

MrStuffins · 02-09-2010 1:20am

Axl Rose is gonna sleep soundly tonight in one of the best hotels in Dublin, being paid for by the Dublin chumps who thought that somehow, tonight would be some sort of glimmer of once was!

I've no idea why anyone bought tickets to this sham in the first place!

Catari Jaguar · 02-09-2010 1:21am

Deleted User wrote: »

I really don't see how people are so offended by the nights events. Axl is notorious for showing up late, it's been that way since as far back as I can remember. I was nearly tempted to go this afternoon by the prospect of a cheap ticket but I knew well that it was going top be nothing more than a tribute act and that they would be at least an hour late.

As for what happened after they went on stage, well Axl he did warn the audience what would happen and a small group of people ruined rest of the the night for everyone. There is absolutely no excuse for bottling a band, none at all. Axl is a notorious tyrannical asshole, who treats his fans and band mates like crap but tbh that's always been part of the appeal. He'll never sit alongside the Gods of Rock (Lemmy, Iggy, Alice, Ozzy, etc) as he's just too much of a twat but when he's on form he can be a truly amazing performer, shame that he hasn't been on form for over a decade.

As for those people saying that there are only plastic bottles in the O2, I saw plenty of glass bottles at Blink last night.

You're defending him?!!!

honru · 02-09-2010 1:21am

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145398

Report: GUNS N' ROSES Walks Off Stage In Dublin - Sep. 1, 2010

According to Entertainment.ie, tonight's (Wednesday, September 1) GUNS N' ROSES concert at the O2 in Dublin, Ireland started at 10:25 p.m. — well over an hour after the support act, DANKO JONES, had finished playing. Some angry fans booed and threw a few beer/water bottles on stage in protest at the delay.

GUNS N' ROSES kicked off the show with "Welcome To The Jungle" at which point another bottle was thrown up on stage, causing singer Axl Rose to declare, "One more bottle and we're going home. We're here to have fun and we hope you are too, but one more and we are gone." According to the report, "The gig continued for another three songs and as Rose was introducing the band, another missile was thrown at the band. At this, Rose took the band, bid his goodnight and stormed off the stage at about 10:50 p.m."

The report adds, "Just after 11 p.m., a member of the O2 staff arrived on stage telling the crowd that there were some 'technical difficulties' and they were trying to get GUNS N' ROSES back on stage. A short while after, another staff member arrived on stage to plead with the now depleting crowd to stop throwing bottles as they were still trying to get Axl Rose to return to the stage. [At] 11:10 p.m., the main lights came on and the majority of the crowd left The O2."

According to Entertainment.ie, GUNS N' ROSES returned to the stage at about 11:25 p.m. and "continued playing a set to a small but pretty irate crowd."

It is not presently clear if refunds will be offered to fans who ended up leaving the venue before the concert resumed.

Technical difficulties lol.

02-09-2010 1:23am

smelltheglove wrote: »

Ah to an extent but if theres no crowd interaction its not a show, you may as well just put on a cd and listen to it in your sitting room. Axls fans enjoy his odd rants, how he gets really into some topic he just decides to discuss on stage, its been a part of his show for so long so to stand on stage and say nothing would be a huge let down.

His rants are good fun but at the same time expecting him to go out and interact with an audience who are booing and bottling him is a little much. It's not like Axl's penchant for being late hasn't been heavily written about and getting so angry over it that you feel the need to bottle the band it is a little childish. Granted he should have been there on time but come on it's Axl, if he was on time you'd be worried.

Spent the past half hour listening to some classic Guns N Roses reminding myself of jsut how great they were.

RoRoCullen · 02-09-2010 1:23am

They came back at 11.30 and rocked the place til 1.05.

Yukina · 02-09-2010 1:24am

Furious-Red wrote: »

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/guns-n-roses/2010/the-o2-dublin-ireland-5bd5f724.html

Updated set list

All things considered, that's a decent enough set list... still wouldn't pay to see axl and his tribute act though....

Jaxxy · 02-09-2010 1:25am

Very, very strange night. The best part for me was the banter on the walk back toward O'Connell St. Oh and the hotdog I had while that other band were supporting headlining.

Tallaght Saint · 02-09-2010 1:25am

RoRoCullen wrote: »

They came back at 11.30 and rocked the place til 1.05.

For about 50 people

MrStuffins · 02-09-2010 1:26am

Deleted User wrote: »

His rants are good fun but at the same time expecting him to go out and interact with an audience who are booing and bottling him is a little much. It's not like Axl's penchant for being late hasn't been heavily written about and getting so angry over it that you feel the need to bottle the band it is a little childish. Granted he should have been there on time but come on it's Axl, if he was on time you'd be worried.

Spent the past half hour listening to some classic Guns N Roses reminding myself of jsut how great they were.

Every person in that place paid €70, €90, whatever it was!

He'd better turn up on time and put on a show!

For that kinda money and considering he's so cheeky to use the GnR name, he'd better turn up on stage on a f*cking Unicorn!

larry1 · 02-09-2010 1:26am

Just in.. played till 12.55am,Great gig.. Axl is a Legend!!

MrStuffins · 02-09-2010 1:27am

larry1 wrote: »

Just in.. played till 12.55am,Great gig.. Axl is a Legend!!

Is that you Axl?

Basq · 02-09-2010 1:27am

MrStuffins wrote: »

he'd better turn up on stage on a f*cking Unicorn!

He tried.. but apparently despite Axl and MCD's best efforts, the unicorn wouldn't go on!

That fecking unicorn and his "diva-ish" ways..!

02-09-2010 1:29am

cherub rock wrote: »

You're defending him?!!!

I'm not so much defending him as pointing out how ludicrous it is that people are getting so upset over his actions. ffs, its Axl he's rarely on time and when he is he usually gives a dreadful performance. As for the walking offstage, well I will defend him for that. If a performer repeatedly warns the audience not to throw bottles at him and they continue to throw glass bottles at his head then he has every entitlement to walk off stage.Being a prick does not mean that it's okay for people to throw glass bottles at you.

zuutroy · 02-09-2010 1:31am

The amount of plain wrong info in this thread is lol. There were still at least 3/4 of the crowd there when they came back on.

Basq · 02-09-2010 1:31am

I'd say the concern Darko was The O2's "apparent" curfew of 11pm..

.. plenty of people paid €75 to see them, and he arrived with the possibility of a 30 minute set.

I can see why people were pissed off.. I wouldn't have bottled them (I'm not that type of person) but I can see why people were hugely angry and frustrated.

Heisenberg. · 02-09-2010 1:31am

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02-09-2010 1:31am

MrStuffins wrote: »

Every person in that place paid €70, €90, whatever it was!

He'd better turn up on time and put on a show!

For that kinda money and considering he's so cheeky to use the GnR name, he'd better turn up on stage on a f*cking Unicorn!

tbh anyone who paid 70-90 euro to see what is in essence a tribute act is out of their mind. I was offered a ticket for 40 euro today and even then I wouldn't even consider going, thought for a second I was tempted imaging how good they were back in the day when it really was Guns N' Roses

j10spades · 02-09-2010 1:32am

My version of the night,as posted on another site

Ok so me and the missus arvive at half 6 at the O2.. standing in line and waiting to get in to get our seats.. the young security lads start shouting "no bottles chains etc etc" and there is metal detector searches etc fairly strict stuff.

We get in and take our seats, then 2 little townie scumbags sit down beside us and start making sounds like they are dying.. tapping girls on the shoulder shouting at them, flicking beer at them etc etc.. bit obvious it was only a matter of time before they were fcuked out.

So then the Support band comes on and nobody really takes to them, more sympothy applause than anything. They play until about 9:20 and everyones really glad to see the back of them. Time starts moving by and everyones talking about how they have work etc and cant stay around too long. People start getting fustrated and start boo'in. Then some genius comes up with the idea to start a mexican wave lol

, that was all well and good for 5 mins.

Eventually Guns come on stage over a hour later and are met with boo's. From the off there are bottles being hurled up on stage. Axl stops in the middle of the 2nd song and says "If this **** happens again we're off". I think they made it to the 4th song and hes storms off. Everyone knew it was going to happen, so que the weird riot buzz and course's of boos and general madness.

I go for a smoke with the missus and as we are making our way back to our seats, there was 2 fights and it Seemed fairly serious. Seemed the 2 scumbags were involved, they eventually get dragged out kicking and screaming. Theres a lad there with his daughter, she is 6 years old max, the look on her face said it all.

Everything calms down a little where we are, we are just waiting now on an announcement to be made as to wtf is going to happen. There is a big lad sitting directly in front of me, when i mean big i mean HUGE! The 2 lads have their t-shirts changed and make a b line for the guy in front of us. The little scumbags get 1 punch in max and he literally wipes the floor with them. GF is holding me back as if they got the better of him i was def jumping in. Then the dust settles again after people are really getting distressed up the front and attempting to riot. Security barely managing to defuse the situation at the front.

Guns come back on stage, empty seats everywhere! Met with boos obviously. Axl just stands there singing while the other lads in fairness are giving it socks and sound pretty fcuking good. I had a pain in my hole with it all and just left.

My question is.. Why the fcuk are organisers selling glass bottles of beer at rock concerts? Surely there has to be a huge chance that something could happen. They are so strict outside but dont give a fcuk inside? once they get 6.50 a bottle lol??!?!??! nuts if you ask me!

RoRoCullen · 02-09-2010 1:32am

Tallaght Saint wrote: »

For about 50 people

Nope, only around 25% at most left. It was still packed.

Guns N' Roses - Irish Date Announced!

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