December 15 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena

[jarmo]

Board members attending: axlroses, BadNaughtyKitty, gnrlies, jesuswithamullet, J. Rose, ohmygod, rhiad, saint seiya




Setlist: Welcome To The Jungle, It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, Live And Let Die, Better, Robin Guitar Solo / Jam (with Frank & Dizzy), Sweet Child O' Mine, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, You Could Be Mine, Dizzy Piano Solo, The Blues, Out Ta Get Me (with Lars Ulrich), November Rain, IRS, Ron Guitar Solo (Don't Cry), My Michelle (with Sebastian Bach), Patience, Nightrain

Encores: Madagascar, Paradise City

[saint seiya]

will there be a pre-sale for this?

[axlroses]

I hope that they have a presale for this one.  I will be there for for sure.  They were great in San Francisco, and it will be nice to have only a short drive to Oakland.

[saint seiya]

hell yeah i was at the frisco show too (21st) and it was awesome.

[Kitty]

I'm pretty sure I'll be eating top ramen for the next year to pay for gnr, but after the warfield shows, no way im missing this.

[gnrlies]

I'll be coming to this show! (as soon as I buy tix!)

Im coming all the way from Australia!

im so excited im already researching how to get there! haha I think i gotta catch the BART to "Oakland Colliseum / Airport". I'll be staying in San Fran!

Do trains run late? (i.e. can I get a train home? haha)

[Kitty]

I'll be coming to this show! (as soon as I buy tix!)

Im coming all the way from Australia!

im so excited im already researching how to get there! haha I think i gotta catch the BART to "Oakland Colliseum / Airport". I'll be staying in San Fran!

Do trains run late? (i.e. can I get a train home? haha)

I believe the last BART leaves oakland colliseum around 12:30am going toward San Francisco. Do you know where you will be staying in SF exactly?

[gnrlies]

ive got no idea yet... it will be a hostel though...

Any recomendations?

[Kitty]

Got floor tickets for this. And suddenly realised i'm broke .

[jesuswithamullet]

Someone should charter a bus to go from the arena to some centralized area in San Francisco after the show.  In fact, they should do that for every show on the tour.

[gnrlies]

How did u get tix now? I thought they didn't go on sale til sunday?

[gnrlies]

I see that there is a link to buy them on the site gunsnroses.com

I want GA, but i get allocated a seat for some reason. The option is "General Admission" howevor it allocates me a seat? Cant quite work it out.

Plus do they do will call? I want to pick up from the venue seeing as though im from australia.

[jesuswithamullet]

I believe that the seat number is meaningless, it might be a way for them to keep track of tickets sold.  GA is open floor.

Speaking of which, the ticket I bought this morning was seat 10, and now it only shows seat 12.  There had to be more tickets sold than just 11 or 12, right?

[gnrlies]

Hmm i bought them

Hopefully everything will be ok

[Kitty]

I believe that the seat number is meaningless, it might be a way for them to keep track of tickets sold.  GA is open floor.

Speaking of which, the ticket I bought this morning was seat 10, and now it only shows seat 12.  There had to be more tickets sold than just 11 or 12, right?

Mine say 13 and 14 and I bought them this morning, and now it shows me 89 and 90

[J. Rose]

FUCK YEA!!! I heading to the FUCKING JUNGLE FOR ROUND 3. DAMNIT! I LOVE THIS SHIT!!!? ? ?

BUT WHAT THE FUCK? WHY DID ALL THE LOWER LEVEL FLOOR(COURT SECTION) SELL OUT SO QUICKLY? Seems like people were able to get those seats before the actual General Public sale.?

[gnrlies]

how early should I get there?

How crazy are you yanks when it comes to concerts....

I think the british are the most crazy, lining up for days to get barrier, hopefully barrier will be easier in the USA

[Kitty]

how early should I get there?

How crazy are you yanks when it comes to concerts....

I think the british are the most crazy, lining up for days to get barrier, hopefully barrier will be easier in the USA

probably not too early. for the san francisco shows, I got there around 5pm each day and was within the first 30 people in line both nights.

[gnrlies]

Thats good to know!

I'll probably get to oakland early (like 10ish) and then check it out, see if anyone is in line.

Then make friends with whoever is there and check oakland out for breaks in between. Is there much worth seeing in Oakland?

[Kitty]

Its a long way to plan in advanced, but I'll probably be there around 1 or 2pm.
As far as oakland, its not exactly the safest or nicest city in the world, but I'm sure you could find something to do.

[J. Rose]

...and bring some sort of weapon with you when you go, There's alot of crazy mother fuckers down there    , !

[gnrlies]

Hahaha really?

Ok, maybe I'll just play it safe!

Is america really that dangerous? I just cant imagine going somewhere and feeling unsafe. I guess thats because where I come from guns are completely illigal.

[Kitty]

Is america really that dangerous? I just cant imagine going somewhere and feeling unsafe. I guess thats because where I come from guns are completely illigal.

America in general is really not that dangerous, and i doubt you'll really feel that threatened in Oakland either, but Oakland has a bad reputation for crime, so its at least good to be aware of it.

[gnrlies]

yeah..

I mean im happy to walk around red light districts (kings cross) in the middle of the night over here, so I cant imagine it would be much worse than that - certainly not in the day.

nonetheless I appreciate the advice

[jesuswithamullet]

I guess they're no longer playing at the Oakland Arena, but at The Oracle instead. 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/20/BAGVSLTBF712.DTL

[nina707]

Anybody coming from SF and want to BART it over?  Anybody who works and can't leave early??  It's so far away but I can't wait.  I've got floor seats but can't wait in line till around 6:00 or 6:30 . . . hope it's not too late to get a good spot!!

[jesuswithamullet]

Anybody coming from SF and want to BART it over?  Anybody who works and can't leave early??  It's so far away but I can't wait.  I've got floor seats but can't wait in line till around 6:00 or 6:30 . . . hope it's not too late to get a good spot!!

I wouldn't recommend BART unless you can get a ride back to SF.  They stop running at around 12:30am

So apparently Eagles of Death Metal aren't playing this show because they've got a prior commitment.  That sucks, I wonder who GNR might get to open one show?

[gnrlies]

Are there any other forms of public transport for late at night other than the Bart?

Do they have replacement busses? (cos I will need to get back as well! haha im not from SF so I got no idea)

[flicknn]

Just picked up a few tickets for the gig , I can't get enough of this new gnr incarnation , totally awesome , And I have much respect for what Axl and co. is putting together

[Kitty]

Anyone get tickets.com tickets for this show yet? I haven't. Makes me worried.

[gnrlies]

Anyone get tickets.com tickets for this show yet? I haven't. Makes me worried.

Oh tell me about it!

Its been 100 times worse for me because Im in australia and am travelling to the states on tuesday (the 28th)

Ive not yet received the tickets. Ive been trying for months to sort this out so that I could get them before I went. The drama! Firstly I sent about 10 emails to their support line, and got the same answer. I was more and more specific and they would not elaborate other than "they have not been sent yet. You will get it 2 weeks before the show"

(obviously this is useless to me as I am travelling on the 28th.)

I tried calling the australian subsidiary and they were a little more help because I could speak to someone on the phone, but they dont really have anything to do with the american operations which made it hard. I ended up coming up with a couple of phone numbers, and it took them ages to work out that I had bought GNR tickets at all! Then when I said that I needed them before, they were useless again.

NEVER EVER EVER EVER buy tickets from tickets.com.

They are hopeless. I am extremely dissatisfied by my experience. They need to provide more customer service to fulfill my concerns.

I ended up buying another set of tickets via ticketmaster in order to make sure that I can see GNR (im not flying half way across the world to have my fate decided by some dodgy ticket company). At least I can pick these up from the venue. When I asked tickets.com whether I could do that, theyre answer was like "I',m sorry, we're incompetent, theres no set proceedure for that so I cant help you. Good day"

What a joke.

[Kitty]

^I agree. My experience has overall been pretty bad as well. I bought some tickets from tickets.com a few years back and it was never anything like this. Tickets.com originally charged my debit card multiple times, overdrafting my bank account and leaving me a whole weekend stranded with zero cash, unable to go to an atm. They weren't willing to admit they were wrong. Thank god my bank is amazing and spent the time arguing with them instead of having me do it.

Now it comes to actually getting the tickets. They won't ship them to my dorm, because its not the address on my bank account, despite the fact I had my bank verify with them that it was my address. So the tickets are supposed to be shipped to my dad's house, and I just have to pray that I have a way to get them to me in time for the show. They only garentee they will be at my dad's house within 48 hours of the show, and that is not enough time to mail them here, so I'd have to find someone to get my tickets from my dad and drive them to me.

[gnrlies]

Yeah its all a complete joke....

Are you from san fran?

Do you go to berkeley?

[Kitty]

I'm living in san francisco right now, im originally from the central valley. I'm going to san francisco state university.

[gnrlies]

Ah cool...

Im going to the fresno show as well. Thats central valley isn't it?

[Kitty]

Yes, i'm from like 2 or 3 hours north of fresno. fresno is like 4 hours from san francisco, I believe.

[rhiad]

Add me to the list got a ticket!!!! see you all SOON!

[saint seiya]

im going

[ohmygod]

4 more nights guys, i cant wait 

[Kitty]

I'm so excited!

[jesuswithamullet]

Parking lot opens two hours before showtime according to the arena's website.  I want to get there earlier than that, so does anyone know if there are offsite lots nearby?

[axlroses]

I don't think so.

[Kitty]

That seems weird. I can imagine alot of people showing up prior to 6pm, I know I'm planning on it.

[Jimmy?]

Everyone have fun at the show tomorrow 

[Gonzo Axl]

Hell yeah! Tomorrow! My FOURTH ROUND IN THE JUNGLE!!! Both Warfields, Inland Invasion, now This!

[Perfect Crime]

what's happen tonight?