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Guns N' Roses - Irish Date Announced!

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Tickets go on sale next Friday, they're playing the 02 in September.

Think its 1st of September...just heard it on Today FM. Woohoo!!

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MrStuffins

j10spades wrote: »

they were glass bottles, Carlsberg ones

Yup, because Carlsberg don't do Plastic Bottles.

.... but if they did!

Basq

Yeah.. now that I think about it. At Blink last night, there were sellers going round with the backpacks full of bottles of Carlberg and Coke. Definitely glass bottles alright!

halenger

zuutroy wrote: »

No curfew in the O2, confirmed to me by a steward.

Not much good when the o2 car park closes at 23:30, next nearest at 00:00 and the Luas finishes at 23:30.

j10spades

parker kent wrote: »

FYI they weren't glass bottles, just plastic bottles that look like the glass ones.

they were glass bottles, Carlsberg ones

Basq

Deleted User wrote: »

I agree, had I gone and paid the ticket price I would have been very angry and disappointed but at the same time Axl is known for repeatedly playing well past the curfew. No matter how big a prick Axl is there is absolutely no excuse for bottling a band. Why would he stage on stage if he has to spend the night dodging glass bottles?

Yep, no excuse for bottling a band..

.. but can we make an exception for Nickelback? :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7F3O6WYfHQ

zuutroy

parker kent wrote: »

FYI they weren't glass bottles, just plastic bottles that look like the glass ones.

I saw several people with glass bottles of Smirnoff Ice and Carlsberg.

Also, no one was told to leave and everyone was free to walk back in when they re-took the stage, thats what I did.

Jaxxy

Deleted User wrote: »

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.

What's ludicrous is that people paid money for a gig that was an hour and a half delayed. So he came on to boos, so what, get over it be a professional, apologise for being late (or make a quip about it even, just acknowledge it) and proceed to win the nay-sayers over with some cracking tunes.

Don't throw a diva tantrum if a couple of people throw a couple of bottles of Ballygowan or River Rock at you.

The house lights came on, people were being told to leave by staff. Then when it emerged that they'd returned to the stage over an hour later, people weren't allowed back in. That's not Axl's fault, it's bad organisation from o2 and MCD, but if he hadn't behaved like an immature has-been then it wouldn't have been an issue in the first place.

The whole thing was a farce in my opinion.

parker kent

j10spades wrote: »

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!

FYI they weren't glass bottles, just plastic bottles that look like the glass ones.

zuutroy

No curfew in the O2, confirmed to me by a steward.

smelltheglove

Thousands of people paid 70 to see him and thousands of people probably knew to expect a late performance, a small group of people threw things, is it right to assume that the other few thousand lose their night out as a consequence, no its not. Security are in place for a reason, a rpofessional would ensure the people throwing items are lifted, those being aggressive are lifted and explain this to the crowd. This is not what happened, Axl walked off stage in protest of a limited number of peoples behaviour and when he did finally return after disppointed a large number of fans who left, he played what I hear to be a bitter performance to those who stayed to see him. To be honest booing is out of order really, ok hes made late boo for a minute and get on with it but the entire crowd should not pay for the minority.

[Deleted User]

basquille wrote: »

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.

I agree, had I gone and paid the ticket price I would have been very angry and disappointed but at the same time Axl is known for repeatedly playing well past the curfew. No matter how big a prick Axl is there is absolutely no excuse for bottling a band. Why would he stage on stage if he has to spend the night dodging glass bottles?

zuutroy

Deleted User wrote: »

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

tbh seeing the 3 guitarists alone was worth the money. They were amazing.

RoRoCullen

Tallaght Saint wrote: »

For about 50 people

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

j10spades

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!

[Deleted User]

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

[Deleted User]

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Basq

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.

zuutroy

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.

[Deleted User]

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.

Basq

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..!

MrStuffins

larry1 wrote: »

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

Is that you Axl?

larry1

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

MrStuffins

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!

Tallaght Saint

RoRoCullen wrote: »

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

For about 50 people

Jaxxy

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.

Yukina

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....

RoRoCullen

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

[Deleted User]

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.

honru

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.

Catari Jaguar

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?!!!