Guns N' Roses - Irish Date Announced!

super_furry wrote: »

Wasn't there tonight, but I wouldn't say that the wait was the big problem, more the general understanding that Irish gig crowds have that a show in the Point usually ends at 11pm, or 11.30pm at the latest. If a band aren't coming on stage until 10.30pm, then there's got to be the belief among the crowd that they're going to get a short show.

All it would have taken was an MCD representative to come out before the band and say that there's no curfew.

Yeah, everyone was saying that afterwards.

Even when they did come back out, there was no announcement, people were still streaming out.

I would say loads of people got in for free that was outside as they had hundreds running back in when they came back on stage.

I got a text off someone who said they were half turned back from the city centre when they got word they were back on stage.

As I said above though, Axl could have said a few words to the crowd himself, just to let people know they would get a full set.

People all around me were going mad before they even came on stage, saying they had been ripped off as they were about to get a 40 minute gig.

The videos are up now, so you can all hear the atmosphere for yourselves.

I'm more pissed off about Pearl Jam now, as they clearly wanted to play more songs after 11.10pm and were not let :mad:

The novelty factor aside, and DJ Ashba, this gig was wholly unsatisfactory. In fact, i would suggest that the Irish crowd acted in a rather restrained manner under the circumstances, not that I condone the assault of band members with missiles.

I knew something was up during the support act. They were hopelessly bad, and I expected their set to finish rapidly. However, they seemed to play on for an absolute age, using the same few chords over and over again. The lead singer kept pontificating about life and brownosing musical luminaries in a manner which could only be viewed as a stalling tactic given the band they were supporting. Their set went on for an hour and twenty minuites, which is beyond strange for a support act, which had little or none of it's fanbase in the arena.

Subsequently, we were left kicking our heels for over an hour after Danko Jones had left. It became clear that the crowd was becoming restless after a lighthearted mexican wave gave way to boos and whistles from the crowd. At 10.20pm it was anybody's guess whether GNR were going to show up. Contrary to reports the gig opened in a blistering fashion, evne though Axl looked slightly narked at the attempts of a rodie to rig him up. The eponomous track from their 2008 Album set the ball rolling, before launching into Welcome To The Jungle. However, just before the song could get underway, two separate missiles grazed Axl Rose. At that point he warned the crowd, which should have been the end of the matter. "It's so Easy" and "Mr Brownstone" followed, before the third missile was hurled, which prompted Axl's departure.

When the houselights went on twenty minuites after the band's premature departure, it seemed that it was over, and fans began edging towards the exits. However, after another ten minuites of waiting, the houselights went down. The band returned. In reality, the band returned, Rose went through the motions. He butchered "You Could Be Mine" on purpose, while songs like "Live and Let Die", "Sweet Child O Mine", and "Knockin on Heaven's Door" were a feigned attempt at interest at best, and a downright attempt at sabotage at worst. DJ Ashba, and Bumblefoot tried to entertain the crowd with little solos, but most of the crowd was too tired and had lost interest. I was blown away with how mundane a reaction Rose got to some GNR classics, and indeed some of the more useful new stuff. The crowd were fed up at that stage and wanted to go home.

The final song of the night was Paradise City, which was greeted with ticker-tape and fireworks, as had been the case in the comparitively successful concert in June 2006. Rose finished the song, and walked off. He didnt acknowledge the crowd once after he departed, and the band never lined up for a "curtain call".

As I have said, on the basis of novelty, the gig itself was worth attending. It was the stuff you only heard of in legends, and that Rose had almost left that stuff behind with Slash, Duff, and Matt in the mid 1990s. Unfortunatly, when you are in the shoes of an attendee, who is unfortunate enough to show up on a night that a fan wishes to act the cock, and Axl Rose has no interest in being there, then you are in for a late, frustrating, and sorry concert.

They had a better shot in Sao Paulo a few months back.

Had a feeling he was going to do something like this, feel sorry for anyone who had to come any distance to see this gob****e. Dont know how MCD are fixed contractually but he should have to pay back every penny he took from last night.

Anyone who paid with their credit card should file a chargeback.