If you still doubt... RIR Creator confirms GNR.

[Reinaldo]

To the ones who still doubt GNR will play in RIR, here is an article, published in O Globo, 02/24/2004, in which Mr. Medina, the owner/creator/mind behind RIR festival since its first edition in 1986, confirms GNR with his own words:

http://arquivoglobo.globo.com/pesquisa/texto_gratis.asp?codigo=1600726

The GNR part translated:

? On the second day of the festival, we?ll start to rock even more, with Guns N? Roses ? says the bussiness man ? I?m very happy with the confidence they have in RIR. As we started to spread the word about this festival, their manager called me and asked them to play. We?ll also have Evanescence, which is in its peak here, Charlie Brown Jr. and Xutos e Pontap?s. There?s still another artist to be announced.

(? No segundo dia j? come?amos a pegar mais pesado, com o Guns N? Roses ? conta o empres?rio. ? Fico muito feliz com essa confian?a que eles t?m no Rock in Rio. Logo que divulgamos a realiza??o do festival, o empres?rio deles me ligou e pediu para tocarem. Teremos ainda o Evanescence, que est? no auge aqui, o Charlie Brown Jr e o Xutos e Pontap?s. Ainda falta um artista.)

[jellyhead]

Cool.  Sounds pretty positive.

[Luckyme]

I'm planning on going, if all works out! It's seven hours by plane for me to get there, but what the heck I'm crazy!   Anyone else going from the forum here?  

[F*ck Fear]

I fucking hope they play ashit load of new material but keep songs like WTTJ,SCO'M,NR,PC

[Luckyme]

R u planning on going?

[oneway23]

webscat?

[chramos]

It?s good to know gnr management called Medina to play RIR... Axl really likes the festival (another proof was back in 2001, when they did their huge comeback in Rio)...

Peace

[Reinaldo]

To me there are only 2 chances to go there:
1 - If I win on the lottery.
2 - If I achieve to get a new public-job-that-pays-well.
 

[Luckyme]

You have 2 months- to plan it!

[killerbee_vr6]

I will be there.

[killingvector]

it could still fall apart, let's not be too confident quite yet.

[HoldenCaulfield]

Yeah, I think it's funny how so many people still doubt GNR being at RIR. Trust me, if they weren't 100% sure, they would not have announced it over six months before the actual show. Maybe this can reaffirm some faith in some of the lamers.

[D]

philly thought gnr were confirmed also

never count your chickens before they hatch when it comes to axl

[MeanBone]

i'll be there

[Irishfecker]

the father will be in attendance

[John Daniels]

well now that/if they play at RIR4 we will get some kind of news. that's for sure..and maybe we will hear couple of new songs..it may also be that this rir4 gig means that the CD album/new single is quite a ready for being released.

[noonespecial]

Not to piss on the parade but I'm with Killing Vector on this one...just because they are confirmed, doesn't mean they will show...confirmation is a wonderful thing, but you can't have the "normal expectations" that you have with every other rock band on the planet (ie. setup a show, sign the contracts, sell the tickets, play the show)...Good Luck to you guys

[Izzy]

Untill GNR confirm it themselves i won't be convinced

[BucketRose]

I realize I could be wrong, but I don't expect to see them at RIR.  I think Axl has given up on releasing his new album and has gone back into seclusion.

But even if they do show up to play....why?  What the fuck is Axl's attraction to RIR?  Following an aborted tour with a year's silence....GnR playing RIR just doesn't make much sense.  But then again...this is GnR, so I guess its not supposed to.

If anyone is going, be careful.  I imagine I'd be mighty pissed if I got on a plane to see a band and they failed to show up.  With this being a show outside the U.S., it leaves plenty of excuses for Axl to say the band got hassled at customs, etc.  Wait...nevermind...this is Axl...he don't owe anyone an explanation for anything.  How quickly I forget.  

[PhillyRiot]

Let's hear Axl say he is going.  ANYONE else who says it is irrelevant.

[Butch Français]

Let's hear Axl say he is going.  ANYONE else who says it is irrelevant.

Axl saying it would be irrelevant as well....

[AC]

I think the HTGTH Message Board should sell t-shirts so we can all notice each other at these shows. Even being able to brand the shirts with our nicknames would be cool, except for those who've acted like assholes (i.e., don't blame anyone if you get shit-kicked at a show).... LOL.

AA.

[Luckyme]

What a great idea- about the T-shirts!  Can someone do something about this. I'll buy one or two!
Awesome!  Yes- then you can spot each other, which will be hard to do anyone since a lot of people will be in attendance.  I'm very serious about this! No joke!

[jarmo]

What a great idea- about the T-shirts!  Can someone do something about this.

Maybe.

I had a store in 2002...



/jarmo

[Luckyme]

Thanks- Jarmo- Can you please give it some thought! I'll buy 2!

[Slipdisc]

Make some t-shirts with Slash on them, if you want Axl to talk to you during the concert. It's a RIR-tradition!!  

-PEACE-

[AdZ]

There's a thread for people going to RIRIV in the GnR Tour section.

[Luckyme]

Thanks- I just posted there!

[Chivi]

I don't really understand why is that nobody from GNR have confirmed it yet.....or denied it, of course that's not what we want.
I'm doing an incredible effort to save every single penny I have to be able to be there in may, and I should be buying the plain tickets by now but the fact that there's still no official confirmation of the show stops me from doing it.
Only The ticket for the show costs 30% of my salary. So you can imagine how good it would be for me to know if they're really playing RIR lisbon this year.
But I'm afraid that by the time they say something, it will be already too late for me..When you're living in Argentina, travelling to Europe it's not something that you can decide just like that.
 

I don't think it would be irrelevant to hear Axl saying it....at least to see if he had the intention to play.

[NickNasty]

Nothing is certain until Axl is on stage.
(BTW, if he no shows, that'll mean we will have yet another shark candidate  )

[SlashFan]

Let's hear Axl say he is going.  ANYONE else who says it is irrelevant.

Agreed

[shaun]

If they do show, which i`m sure they will, atleast we`ll get a few new songs from them (they did promise after all   ) ...and the new songs should us keep going until 2005, when maybe CD will get a release  

[SlashFan]

If they do show, which i`m sure they will, atleast we`ll get a few new songs from them (they did promise after all   ) ...and the new songs should us keep going until 2005, when maybe CD will get a release  

Well I hope they do play RIR,but some of us can't make it to Portugal,but if they do atleast maybe we will get some cool bootlegs out of it

[Funeral]

The ticket for the show costs 30% of my salary.

Chivi,

I admire you as a fan.  But I think the odds are slim at best of GNR actually showing up.  Save your money.


-F

[the dirt]

Anyone think there's a chance that we'll be able to catch a stream of the show, or at least GNR's set?

[Chivi]

Chivi,
I admire you as a fan.  But I think the odds are slim at best of GNR actually showing up.  Save your money.

-F

I know what you mean, but this is not because of a whim. You know,  I had got a lot of crazy beautiful dreams in my life, non of them ever come true, and as the time went by I chose to forget about them?.I guess because it was less painful. Dreams and Desires sometimes keep you going alive, but if you never get to see any of them coming true, it become so frustrating and hurt so fuc*ing bad, that you wish you never had dream about it.

Only one still remains in my heart. For the last 12 years of my life I've been dreaming on the day I?ll see Axl playing live, and for some goddamn reason I  refuse to forget about this dream. I believe in him, he had never disappointed me, he?d been there for me too many times, now I wanna be there for him.

With all the money I need, I could buy a car or make 10 different trips to Brazil, travel for 3 months around the south of Argentina, eat seafood everyday for a year but none of these things would make me as happy as see him playing on stage.....Wait a minute, Did I say seafood for a year??!!...   ....

[Funeral]

You know,  I had got a lot of crazy beautiful dreams in my life, non of them ever come true, and as the time went by I chose to forget about them?.I guess because it was less painful. Dreams and Desires sometimes keep you going alive, but if you never get to see any of them coming true, it become so frustrating and hurt so fuc*ing bad, that you wish you never had dream about it.

Well said.  When you are on your death bed the memory of GNR will be with you, while the money will be worthless.  Live your dreams.  Good luck.

-F

[SlashFan]

You know,  I had got a lot of crazy beautiful dreams in my life, non of them ever come true, and as the time went by I chose to forget about them?.I guess because it was less painful. Dreams and Desires sometimes keep you going alive, but if you never get to see any of them coming true, it become so frustrating and hurt so fuc*ing bad, that you wish you never had dream about it.

Well said.  When you are on your death bed the memory of GNR will be with you, while the money will be worthless.  Live your dreams.  Good luck.

-F

Hey,maybe they will show up,but Guns N' Rose should confirm it if they are going to.Personally I wouldn't waste my money,but that's just me.ROCK ON GN'R FANS!!!!

[Chivi]

Thanks funeral...

I don't know if Lisbon will be the venue for me, but I can feel deep in my heart it will come true soon.
Let's just wait and see!!

  A su salud !

[Jizzo]

Nothing is certain until Axl is on stage.

Nothing is certain until the show is over. He has been known to leave early

[badapple81]

You would think that with tickets now (or soon) on sale, GNR would confirm or deny, when good hearted fans are splashing out the big bucks to hopefully see GNR play, otherwise a lot of fans could loose out.

This, crappy DVDs in Dolby 2.0 (I still cannot believe they were in Dolby 2.0.. what an rip off for the DVD price) with no efforts to put any extra features and VHS quality picture, crappy Greatest Hits with crappy tracklist (although that might be out of GNRs control), no word on CD.. seems we are being taken on a big ride..

I hope Axl proves us otherwise