Guns N Roses - Marley Park - June 28

My first time seeing GNR. I was very impressed, very tight band. I had feared the worst with all I had heard about Axl's vocals, but he done a great job, sure he doesn't sound exactly like he did 35 years ago... But who does!? I'm not sure if he had a good night last night or what. But he was certainly committing to the vocals. All in all, a great gig. Don't Cry I guess was the only big hit left out, but they more than made up for that!

I was at the gig last night. The best way to describe it was pleasant. We were in the middle. Sound was very low. You could comfortably hold a conversation with the people beside you. I don't think you should be able to do that at a Guns N Roses gig. 3rd time seeing them. Axel had more good than bad moments. Loved his shoes!

All in all grand, but don't think I'd be rushing back to GnR again.

But the organisers and Marley park are a disgrace. it's only a matter of time before lives are lost the way it was managed. Complete shortage of stewards and security. Getting out was a mess. People jumping fences, opening fences and railings. A single young lad in a hi Vis trying to stop thousands of people from doing their own thing. And no one else near him.

Only for it was a mature crowd and a Tuesday night I think it turned out ok. I would hate to see a gig on a weekend where people have been drinking all day and mad to get out to continue the party. I honestly don't understand how Marley Park gets permits to hold concerts. Very limited transport/parking options and no organisation. It's definitely not a great option.

Thankfully there's not an urban music festival with a target group aged 17-25 on this weekend then .......

when it looked like axl was never comeing back i would have settled for slash duff and myles, however axl at his worst is a million times better in GNR than myles at his pitch perfect best!

Absolutely perfect! He really is unreal

Agreed. I also had a brilliant time but the sound was poor and at times it was horrendous. Could hardly hear the guitar for Welcome to the Jungle, should have been one of the highlights of the night.

Why was it so early?

So people can get home I guess due to our medievel public transport system.

What time did GnR finish? Played a long set.

I live close by and was tempted to walk up after dinner until I heard Civil War from the back garden at 8.30!

100%. We moved front and centre after a while and it was like a different gig. The sound system was not able to carry the sound towards the back or sides

On the London gig, from another source.

Guns n Roses didn’t use the stadium system. They bought their own system (and there wasn’t enough of it either). They also used a sound engineer who hadn’t worked with GnR before either. Also, Axl didn’t want to play the first night because he was feeling sick, hence the opening delays, and there was no sound check because of that. (He also slept in the away changing room overnight, staff had to go to Ikea to get him a bed, which meant there was no soundcheck for the second date either as he was sleeping still. Axl also asked for his vocals to be low in the mix because of that as well)

To repeat, the stadium system wasn’t used directly, as it were. It was GnR’s proprietary system. Incidentally, Gary Clark Jr’s sound was superb…

I hope this gets upvoted for visibility. Not saying maybe we still shouldn't have opened the stadium on time so people could use facilities, but also, the gig going ahead was in question so I don’t envy the stadium for not really knowing what to do.

Straight up had Lady Gaga been the first concert we’d be being lauded. Love Slash, but **** these guys.

Edit: autocorrect spelling etc.

Edit again: people who were seated, particularly in the upper sections who reported the sound being at least fine is because the music had to be put through the stadium speakers. So whilst the sound mix wasn’t great there, it was better by virtue of it being audible.