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Post Your Pictures from Calgary's Show!!!!!!!

Board members attended: axlrosehunny, CalgaryGal, CalgaryMuscle, crazycanadian, nonlinear, jmrgnr, rube, ?

Let others know where your seat was at the show,

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Where you're got a bite to eat before the gig

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Is this your first time seeing GNR?

Maybe I'm an old skool fan, but let's start a big loud "G! N! R!,? G! N! R!" chant at 11:30pm.

section 111 row 9


EDIT:  not sure what this has to do with the calgary show ( :hihi:), but my first time seeing GNR was 1992 (?), in minneapolis with faith no more and metallica.

There is a reasonable chance they will be playing around then so the chants may be drowned out, try 30 mins after the last act plays that should give youa good 10 -15 mins of chanting

today is the 5th.

They are really really excited ;D

Have a great show everyone! :D

I wish I could be in Calgary with you all...

This is gunna be yet another amazing show : ok:

Seat location: section 213, row 3

&  I've seen GNR @

BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, BC. Canada 1993

GM Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2002  ...no, wait that was a riot  >:(  http://rube.multiply.com/video/item/16 

Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA, USA 2002

 I'll be at the show tommorow with a bunch of buddies! We will be on the floor and I'll be the dude with the GNR denim jacket with a whole bunch of patches sewn on it! This will be the first of 4 shows for me this week ( Calgary, Edmonton, Everett, & Portland) I was also lucky enough to see them twice in Vegas this past September as well. I won't be doing any pre-part stuff as I'm heading down to the dome right after work probably around 5 or 6pm. Hope to meet some of you down there!!!

Me and my girlfriend will be going, i dont know much about the area around the Saddledome so i might just go into the first plac ei see to get a drink or bite to eat. I went to see GnR in Vancouver for the riot with my dad, which was uh....fun. Anyway hopefully Axl puts on a good show to make up for all that money i wasted? :P (by the way if anybody wants some last min tickets my dad would rather sell his then see gnr this time 'round)

So damn exited!!!

I'll be there!! I'll post a review the next day....

Look for me wearing a blue toque.

I still can't believe this is happening! It's been awhile Calgary!

a.

i'm going section 2 something row 13 or some shit....about a 75 degree angle from the stage...shitty seats for 90 bucks, but what can youse do?

Problem with that is you'd get some asshole reviewer saying " The pissed off crowd, restless and tired of waiting for Axl, chanting, demanding, the come on stage..."

Instead of what it really would be, some kick ass gunners pumped up!

I am not planning on getting there till aboooot(canada humor) 10pm.? I am hitting the preparty at Coyotes. It will be an awesome night for sure. Still smarting over the Vancouver roit. I would hope that most people by now know that GNR don't play till late so plan around it people. I know there will still be reveiws about how late they played. Get over it. Hope Bubbles is there. Hope the years of waiting isn't a let down after. Kind of like post pardum depression!!! :hihi: Rock on folks and be safe!

i am sec 113 row 4 seat 16

coyottes pre party!

Come by and say hi

what time's this pre party get kicking?

From the excitement, I'd say it's probably already begun ;)

I'll be on the floor. Guns show #5 for me this year.  :peace:

I'm flying in from Vancouver....mid afternoon. I'm in Sec. 213 as well Rube. I'll be chanting GNR for sure. I have been chanting since '87 and it hasn't stopped. It's going to be awesome to see this venue packed and jumping when the riff to Jungle starts to rip! Canada loves their GNR!

I am hitting the rye as we speak. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE FUCK YOU ARE????????

Cant contain exitment!!!!!!! AAAAAHHH

Think he will mention anything about Vancouver? Since there will most likely be alot of people from there at this show. Maybe they will play TWAT as an early xmas gift to make up for it lol  :P

I couldn't make it......couldn't get off work. Fellow Calgary-area Gunners...enjoy....and I hate you twice as much if you have tix to see Motley and Aerosmith on the 11th :beer:

The train will not be running at 3:00 AM, as far as I know. Unless Calgary Transit knows of the late end time and are making the necessary adjustments? If I hear anything today I will come back and post. Hope everyone is looking forward to tonight, it's going to be truly amazing!

Welcome back to Calgary GN'R!

a.

Why would there be lots of people from Vancouver at the Calgary show?  It's like a 12 hour drive - through the Rockies.........   ??? ??? ???

Some are flying over. 

But the answer to "why?", it's be because it's Guns N' Fn' Roses!!!   ;)

No news from this show at all?

Considering that it doesn't start for like another ten hours, exactly what "news" are you expecting to hear now?? ???

(Looks at date of show)

Ah..

For some reason I thought the show was LAST night.

Yes...I'm an idiot.

 :-X

I wish I could stay up to wait for updates, but I won't be able to.  That said, I'll probably stay up WWAAYY too late waiting for the first "WTTJ Muthafuckaaas!!" message before I turn in :hihi:

I noticed there are no Fri or Sat shows this week? What will I do with myself  :'( (j/k)

;D

The thread mentions "sold out" - anyone know how many seats the venue holds?

I think I read 20,000 +  :o.... :smoking:


Shiryu.

I just got in too town and am ready to party!!

I am in the blackfoot inn.

I dont want to go to coyottes for the pre show...

Lets set something up.
 
I will check back on here around 4ish, going to the casino now to play poker.

20,100 exactly. Give or take a few depending on stage setup. A while back someone told me they were seeling seats behind the stage for this one?

It's got to be really cool for a band to know they're playing a sold-out venue. I'd be excited!

a.

Ok I am back at the hotel.   Going to start drinking asap.

Who is going to party?

Glad this one's sold out, though I hate to see honest hardworking fans get ripped off by those scalpin' muthafuckas outside. 

I can't give exact amounts of the arenas that aren't available because they're behind the stage, but I'd guess 20% or so.  So, many about 16,000 for the show?  That would be spectacular! 

On another note, I'm always disappointed to see fewer fans going to US shows than Europe/Canada shows.  They must just cram much more shitty music down our throats in the US, so that most don't know decent rock if it's shoved up their asses. 

They sold the seats behind the stage for this show, and they are also selling seats behind the stage for the Edmonton show tomorrow night. So the Edmonton show is basically sold out too, the only tickets available are behind the stage. Both shows should be around 20,000.

I am heading out now.  17th ave for drinks and food before show.

Is anyone doing live updates??

Text me at 7802999970

I will do the updates

So are we gettin any updates tonight? What time is it there?


 :peace:

Its 6:45pm... getting closer though..

Daaaammmnn, it's gonna be a long night.  2 hours behine me.  ;D

anyone recording this show?

back to talking about the show please....

How long is the break between the last opening act and GnR'? Apprx.

In chicago it was really short...30..35 maybe?

So... what time do GNR go on in EST?

Calgary (Mountain Time) is two hours behind EST.

So GNR must be on soon, if not al ready  ???

it's sold out and don't even get live updates on the HTGTH board ? :hihi:

If we don't get live updates from anyone, Vanessa will try to post the final setlist as soon as the show ends.

Probally getting deleted  ::)

Yeah it sure looks like thats whats going on? ? :P? ?we want an update!!

here you go..
Jungle
Easy
Brownstone
Live and let die
Better
Robins solo
Sweet child
U could b mine
Piano jam / dizzy
Blues
Heavens door
Richards solo /richard and robin "hendrix bonanza
Out to get me
Piano jam ax
November rain
Rocket queen
Liquor and whores with bubbles
Irs
Bumbles solo / canadiun anthem / yyz/ don't cry
My michelle with bach

Wow, Bumble played YYZ. That kicks ass.

No paradise city ?

I dont think its over yet!

I don't think its over yet its not even 2am there yet.

Right....

Used to love her
Patience
Night train
Chinese
Madagascar
Paradise

thanx for the updates!!!!

now for the reviews...... :hihi:

THX for the updates : ok:

Thanks as always Vanessa!  :peace:

:wave:
Great to have you here with the updates, Vanessa
Thanx a lot.? :)

thank you vanessa, much appreciated!  looking forward to reading some reviews!

Just got back to the blackfoot.   3am!!

Ok here is first review for you mother fuckers...

Short and sweet.

S girls put on a great show.    There was a family right behind me, with a mom and dad and I think a 12 year old boy.  I asked them what they thought of the act.   The mom said, "I am glad they are over."  The dad said, "they opened my eyes."   lol I laughed..  So did the boy

Helmet is just that.   A wall of noise.   Good time to go for a beer.   Which let me tell you...  You could only have one drink at a time..    Totally retarded.

After the wall of sound Baz came on.   Great is all I can say.  He knows how to pump up the crowd and his voice is top notch.

Here we go, GNR!!!!!!!   

Well  you Know the rest.  I wont bore you with any stupid details, because I think it has all been said before.

Here is what I will say....    Axl's voice is fucking great!

They played rocket queen, what more can you say.

New songs....    Ok.   The crowd, around me loved Better and the Blues.  IRS???   I liked it, but most people sat back down and couldnt care less.

Maddy..   I am so glad I heard it live.  I crowd and myself ate it up.   Great tune.   Thank you Axl.

All in All a great show.      From the average fan it was good.   And from me it was great.   

Next stop Edmonton....  Cya there Axl

 It's great that the crowd had a good response to "Better" and "The Blues".  I know my music. Those will be hits if we ever see this CD released.

I agree. Better and The Blues could easily be singles. The Blues could be a crossover hit. Personally, I still hope he has better songs in his back pocket. : ok:

what time did GnR' take the stage at?

sounds awesome!!!!

Lucky gits, wish i could afford a trip over the pond for some more gnr shows.

I agree, the blues is such a good song, its a certain classic. Better woudl be an awesome first single.

the blues has to be one of the big guns!!!!

Rose blooms at 'Dome
Tara Merrin
Calgary Sun
 December 6, 2006   

Axl Rose, living up to his diva reputation, waited until midnight to take the stage at the ?Dome, testing the patience of concert goers who?d been there since 8 p.m.

Completely unaware, or indifferent, to the fact many of his fans are no longer unemployed, drunk 16-year-olds (although the group was well represented), Rose created a slight up hill climb for his band with the late start.

When the lights finally dimmed and the familiar sounds of Welcome to the Jungle filled the room, the sold-out
room went crazy, but as the hours past, the vibe changed. And by the time GNR called it night, the arena was far from full.

Not exactly the best way to make your triumphant return, but at least Rose showed up. And ultimately the revamped eight-member Guns gave fans what they?ve been longing for ? a concert that made them say, 'Slash who?'

The Gunners pumped out a two-and-a-half hour, 18-song set filled with samplings from Appetite for Destruction, Lies, Use Your Illusion I and II and a few new ones from the never-gonna-happen and aptly named Chinese Democracy CD.

Throughout, Rose, sporting ripped jeans, a chest-baring black button-up and his famous braids pulled back
in a pony tail, proved he was not only still in the game, but a key player.

The show was noticeably professional with every aspect, from the perfectly timed pyrotechnics to the three massive screens hanging over the stage, obviously well thought out.

And by the time Rose kicked into Sweet Child O' Mine, an early highlight, a second wind blew across the stadium and his tardiness was all but forgiven.

The anthems from Appetite, including Paradise City, Mr. Brownstone, It?s So Easy, Nightrain and My Michelle (which Rose sung with opener Sebastian
Bach) got the loudest response, but his powerful performance of November Rain was the most memorable.

As the band went soft, Rose slid behind a grand piano and groaned the song?s lyrics, allowing his voice, which gave him trouble throughout the show, a chance to finally shine.

While Rose?s serpentine stage moves and unmistakable voice are a tad shakier than when he last graced the stage at the 'Dome in '88, his charisma has remained in tact. The singer was forthcoming and light-hearted, rolling through the long set without a hint of irritation.

Instead of throwing a fit when fans in the front row were being squished by the mosh pit, he simply asked the lights be brought up so security could deal with the problem and asked everyone to take a few steps back.

One of the most humorous moments came when Trailer Park Boys? Bubbles
joined Rose to sing a song in character called Liquor and Whores.

GNR?s recent material, A.K.A the Chinese Democracy songs, did not go over as well. Nor did the numerous solos by Rose?s revolving door of skilled bandmates, including bassist Tommy Stinson and guitarists Robin Finck, Richard Fortus and Ron Thal.

As for the parade of openers, the Suicide Girls, who slathered each other's chests in chocolate syrup, and hardcore rockers Helmet, were merely something for people to glance at as they piled into their seats.

Former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach got a bit more attention, mainly because he demanded it with his constant swearing and reminders that he too is Canadian.

And, of course, he had something the other backups did not ? songs people actually knew. The crowd sang along loudly to 18 and Life, I Remember You and Youth Gone Wild as the eager-to-please 80s icon ran back and forth on stage in his full leather outfit.

It was like living 1988 all over again.

I thought the Blues and Better went over really well last night. I sure enjoyed them! All the new songs sounded amazing and really show GN'R's growth and diversity. I really enjoyed the jams while moving the piano around as well (kind of sounded like The Beastie Boys funk CD).

Last night was extremely memorable for me (I remember at one point standing with Robin watching the Suicide Girls - who could ask for anything more?). hehe.

Good job GN'R! It was all around a fantastic night.

a.

Just waking up after that show last night.   Ugh....   My head.   I drank way to much and was sick all morning!   HAHAHA.   just thought I would share that.

Tonight is Edmonton..   I am not drinking, so lets see how this works out!

Glad it was a great show! 


I find that there's a line and, if crossed, the drinking lowers my enjoyment of the show...up to that line is fine, but afterwards you can't remember it as well, etc. 

what was "hendrix bonanza?"  sounds interesting.

Might be Richard and Robin doing Jimi's "Angel"...




/jarmo

I bet u drink more tonight than last night!!!!     

Can anyone give an approximate figure of the attendance numbers?
It seems Canada has been nicer to GN'R than the US this year. But then again, US west coast is coming up.  ;D

Not sure but it's probably around 19,000 (unless they sold seats behind the stage).

And Toronto at 18,500, making Calgary and Toronto two of the biggest shows on the tour. About 12,000 or so in Ottawa I guess, 10,000 in Halifax, 11,000 in Winnipeg, Quebec I think was over 10,000, the smaller show in St. John NB maybe 6-7000, and finally Edmonton could be a big show tonight (not sold out but still probably gonna be in the 14,000 range?).

GNR are doing great up here :) Which makes me hopefull for London, Hamilton, Montreal, St. John NL, Regina, and Victoria (I think they played Regina once before back in the day).

i've been critical of Axl here, but damn did he put on a show....i don't know what the Sun reviewer meant about his shaky voice, but the people i was with, my sister and my friend, neither of whom are as big a fans as i am, couldn't believe he could sing like THAT for so long long. Neither could I; he was snarling through Nightrain two hours into the show like he was in Jungle. My buddy said, about 4 songs in "well, Axl still has IT". Quite frankly, i was expecting the solo's to completely drain the energy from the crowd, but aside from realizing the energy wont be as high anyway compared to a song, i thought they were very well received. Finck got a loud ovation, when Fortus and Finck did Little Wing (i think it was little wing) it got a loud ovation, and people were singing along to Oh Canada and Dont Cry by Bumblefoot. And if Axl needs these breaks to be able to do what he did last night, i say let em do it. Quite frankly, I needed the break. My voice was gone throughout trying to hear myself scream and sing above the crowd.

highlights were Jungle, Live and Let Die, Better (my friend who'd never heard any new GnR said "i like it already..."), November Rain outro, Nightrain and Sweet Child.

lowlights were IRS, one beer per person and Sebastien Bach...the guy's a tool. For someone with his vocal range, he has ZERO stage presence and zero charisma. Axl makes him look like the biggest wannabe.

criticisms....it's been said, but the show ended waaaay too late. It's cool they play so long, but do they need three openers? My other buddy that came is a stone cold biker/ rocker and he fell asleep at about 1:30. My first friend left at about 1am. people were piling out from about 1am onwards and by the time Paradise City was on, probably a third the audience was gone. I simply don't understand why they would want to have these conditions for a show. Forget concern for the fans, why do they want to play to people leaving a stadium? makes no sense whatsoever.

also, the Bubbles thing and having Bach duet My Michelle seem gimmicky. Plus, Bubbles got the loudest ovation of the night...

but overall, this band smokes. They're tight, and can play the fuck out of their instruments. Bumblefoot does stuff with a guitar that is just otherworldly. And Axl definitely has it back. He is the template for all frontmen. I don't see how it can be done better that what i saw him do last night. For what his voice is, it was mind boggling to me that he kept it there for so long (tho the mics were sometimes too low) and his energy and stage presence/ charisma blow away the concerts i've been to recently, involving some pretty serious bands....Metallica, Velvet Revolver and the Chilli Peppers....he blows them all away. It's a ridiculous standard to have to live up to for anyone, and it's a shame he was gone from the scene for so long that we forgot, but now i know, after never having seen him, what the legend is all about. The guy flat out brings it like no one i've ever witnessed.

BUT...

he has a major problem....he's a victim of his own success. Unless Chinese Democracy is the best rock album ever made, no one is going to care about it. While Better, the Blues (which i forgot to add in the highlights...was quite cool), and Madagascar were very well received (IRS and CD not so much) nobody wants to hear them. GnR have such iconic songs that that's what people will always want to hear. The problem was his time away. The old songs are such an isolated memory of what we remember Axl/ GnR from back in the day, and then there was nothing. So they became like these museum pieces of art that stood the test of time. Like if Michelangelo started scultping again, poeple would be like "oh, cool..." but would still flock to see David. If Axl/ GnR had been putting out albums over the last 15 years, there wouldn't be this problem because it would have been a continuing process and the old songs would have been slowly replaced by new material. That can't happen now. I went to the Chilli's and they didn't even play Under the Bridge, but no one seemed to care because they'd released three killer albums in the last 5 years. But GnR can NEVER not play about 10 core songs for as long as they decide to go on doing this. as cool as some of the new stuff is, it just doesn't have that quality that made the old stuff so great, or at least it doesn't have the ability to make us forget the old stuff. maybe it's because of time rather than the quality of the new songs, i don't know. But unless he has some stuff backed up on this album which is just insanely good, better than what we've heard, the album will be a failure. Not necessarily in terms of sales, but in terms of solidifying the new band as a creative entity...because they will always HAVE to play Slash's stuff and will never be able to get out from under that shadow.

I pretty much agree with that last statement (not SterileEyes, the one before him). There is definitely a core of songs that GNR will ALWAYS have to play. But, I do think that when they get the album out, people will want to hear the new tracks... I mean, you would think GNR would HAVE to play Don't Cry, yet they don't unless you count the solo... same with Estranged (to a lesser extent).

Jungle, Sweet Child, November Rain, and Paradise City will always have to be there however. Patience, You Could Be Mine to a lesser extent. Like they moved Used to Love Her and Down on the Farm into the set, I think we'll see a couple more tunes come in from that list Del James posted, and perhaps a couple others come out. Why not duet with Bach on Nice Boys instead of My Michelle.

 : ok:

After reading some other reviews and comments on the show, I want to add mine.

1st is to address the guitar solo's and also Dizzy's piano solo:

THEY ROCKED. ?Really all were amazing. ?I was wondering why all the bad press on them and all I could think of is that people aren't jumping up and down and air guitaring (pianoing) along with them. ?But that doesn't mean people are enjoying them. ?I went with four other people and 3 of them have never been to a GNR show. One only owns the Greatest Hits CD, one has only been a fan for about 3-4 month's and the other after the show asked "Is Axl Rose the singer?" ?Aside from all being new fans, they all LOVED the guitar solo's. ?No complaints, in fact they said that was some of the shows highlights.

2nd to address is the opener's:

Girls With Low Self Esteem, A.K.A. the Suicide Girls ?< ?Dumb, who wants to watch walking STD's?

Helmet ? < ?It would have been more entertiaing to have an actaul helmet on the stage.

Sebastian Bach Band ? < ?Put on a "good" show. ?Very entertaining. ?Though some of the "street cred" I give Baz for rocking for 20 years sorta was side tracked when my friend (who asked which one Axl Rose was) said "Is he on the Gilmore Girls?" ?Unfortunatley I told the truth and said yes.

With all the openers it made the night go by quicker and there was only about 30 minutes between sets.

3rd : ?The Crowd

Of course w/ that many people there going to be some losers. ?If you need to be drunk or stoned to watch your favorite band, get a new favorite band. ? More than likely it's them selves they don't like, not the band, why else would they require dubious amounts of alcohol/drugs just to have a good time. ?I mean its AXL ROSE!!! ?How would one need anything else?!

That said the crowd seemed to enjoy the show over all. ?A lot of screaming and dancing and a very active floor. ?Either some people had to catch the last train of they don't understand that when band says good night, they're still playing a couple more for the encore.

4th and last but not least, the actual show!!!!

Amamzing. ?Sure one's enjoyment might be equal to the fan they are already are. ?The set list as you might have seen was incredible. ?The band clearly LOVED playing the new songs the most. ?Why wouldn't they? ?The new stuff is flippin' awesome. ?"Better" seemed to be when Axl gave his most energy too. ?But "The Blues" was insanely memorable. ?He easily just hopped up in the piano that Dizzy was playing, and sang his braided head off. ?Axl has such phenonal showmanship, a rock star at his best. ?All night I felt like I was at their best show of the tour.

Axl's voice was great, but KOHD on it seemed to really shine. ?The only thing that matched his voice was this man's charisma. ?He was magnetic to watch.

Here's a little side note die hards might find interesting. ?I was on the righthand side facing the stage and could see Beta also on the righthand side there leaning agianst the railing watching the show. ?Behind her was a black boxed room where Axl would run into during some parts he wasn't singing, to change his shirt and what not. ?He'd run in there and Beta would quickly follow him in there, or she would stay in there. ?One time or two they just quickly talked, and Axl would sorta nod his head. ?What a curious realtionship they have. ?Also when Axl was dancing to the music and about to "sneak" off stage he almost seemed to make it so that noone would notice he was leaving the stage, as if he just blended in and there wasn't sold out audience of thousands and thousands of people watching.

The Stage: ?It was such an good stage, the 2nd level gives the band some depth and room to play on, visually it was interesting.

The Lighting: ?was great! Right from the begining of the show with multiple spotlights searching the crowd to November Rain's begining with the row of lights on the front of the stage, it was a great light show. ?Fire works and pyro was great too.

If I recall right the show started about 11:50pm and went until 2:20am.

Unfortunatley my digital camera is broken so I took a disposable camera. ?If anyone took pictures at the show please let me know.

Cheers!

 :peace: :peace: :peace:

The concert was great.
Axl commented at the end of the show that there was a "fuck of a lot of people at the concert"
During KOHD he had to ask the crowd on the floor to take a step back because everyone was pushing so hard towards the stage.

He joked that he needed the monitors for his lyrics because he was getting so stoned from all the weed in the crowd that he would otherwise forget the words. :peace:

He also said at the end of the show "Good night, eh!" which is how us Canadians talk, eh!

The mix sounded ok where i was watching from. There were a few glitches though, but no big deal.
I yawned about 6 times during Paradise City because I was getting so motherfucking tired since it was almost 2:30am and I was up early and out all day sightseeing.

Bach was great. I really enjoyed his set. Helmet was forgettable and I arrived to late to see the suicide girls.
Had a nice drive up to Edmonton today, and I am just on my way out to see em again.