Guns N' Roses @ The Fillmore - Detroit, MI - Feb 21

[MNGS717]

@axlrose twitter

A flucking Blast!! Thank you Detroit!! I was drowned in the gutter n' u got my motor runnin'!!





Cool updates, especially all the pics, thanks!  Would love to hear "You're Crazy" on THURS but as always, anything will do!

[Jude]

That's a long show even though Axl was still sick i guess(?), he's a true fighter, rock on AXL!   

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This is a great photo, it's always nice to see fans from all the ages in the audience.

[GNR4L]

Axl is the real deal ! Sick and he still goes out there and gives 100 percent.  Fucking true rockstar, feel better Axl.

[FabioFrehley]

they played You're Crazy and Used to Love Her ?

[angeles]

[Birk]

Anyone catch the opener "Sponge" and what did they think?

[johnreed3344]

rest up today AX man!!! see you in AC!

[inkblot66]

Anyone catch the opener "Sponge" and what did they think?

Sponge was fantastic. Though a very short 4 song opening set left the audience begging for more.

[inkblot66]

they played You're Crazy and Used to Love Her ?

They sure did.

[HBK]

Guns N' Roses locked and loaded at Fillmore show

It was around 2 a.m. Wednesday when Guns N' Roses really started heating up.

The group was two and a half hours into a fiery performance at the Fillmore Detroit when it rolled headlong into "Nightrain," a classic cut from 1987's "Appetite for Destruction." A female fan crowd-surfed toward Axl Rose, and the enigmatic frontman extended his arm, smiled, and directed his next line toward her: "And I can tell you honey, you can make my money tonight."

It was a small moment in a king-size three-hour concert, but it was an example of the intimate connection between performer and fan that comes from a theater show. And it was those kinds of bits that seemed to stoke the band's fire, as it played with a vigor that was missing during Guns' December performance at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

At that half-empty Palace concert, GNR was powerful but aimless, going through the motions of being a gigantic rock band, a post it has long since abandoned. But Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning at the Fillmore, GNR felt much more like a working band, rather than an army of hired guns making rock poses in between loud blasts of pyro. It was almost as if the band had been humbled, and as a result was playing with a renewed purpose.

The band members riffed between songs, entertaining themselves with bits of the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing," Jackson 5's "ABC," MC5's "Kick Out the Jams" and Kiss' "Detroit Rock City." And they seemed to go a bit outside the playbook, offering up a bluesy, stripped-down version of "You're Crazy" early on and later easing into "Used to Love Her," which was absent from the December concert.

Then there were the epics: A mighty "Estranged" and a ferocious "Civil War" were full of arena muscle, and "This I Love," from "Chinese Democracy," felt as strong as anything from the band's golden era.

The show was still bloated in parts, full of extraneous solos from the band's guitarists that could have easily been excised. It was unclear why "November Rain" was cut short to allow for guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal to play the "Pink Panther" theme, but it was an awful decision. Likewise with bassist Tommy Stinson's mid-show offering of "Motivation," though it was likely just an excuse to let Axl run off stage and catch his breath for a bit.

Rose tweeted early in the day he was "sick as a dogg!!," and his voice ? particularly the high-end ? seemed especially shaky during the show. There were times when he went to sing and nothing at all came out, and still other times ? such as "Nightrain" ? when he was in solid form.

Vocals aside, it was fascinating to simply be that close to Rose, who has existed in a sort of self-imposed isolation for decades. He's long been as inaccessible as rock stars get, but this small venue tour feels like a new leaf. The singer turned 50 earlier this month, and if he's not the lean, serpentine figure he once was, he still makes quite an impression.

GNR wrapped the show with "Paradise City," as bursts of red confetti rained down on the crowd. It was 2:35 a.m. and GNR's nightrain had pulled in for the evening, but it's a ride passengers aren't likely to forget anytime soon.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120222/ENT04/202220390/1361/Guns-N%E2%80%99-Roses-locked-and-loaded-at-Fillmore-show

[Birk]

Anyone catch the opener "Sponge" and what did they think?

Sponge was fantastic. Though a very short 4 song opening set left the audience begging for more.

wow only 4 songs, that sucks

[ereeper]

Dexter was not the Intro last night.  The guy beside me said the song was from an HBO show called Luck with Dustin Hoffman.

[jarmo]

The jams in between songs were Detroit Rock City by Kiss, ABC by The Jackson 5 and Kick Out The Jams by MC5.


Thanks to Del for keeping track.




/jarmo

[Boromir]

Dexter was not the Intro last night.  The guy beside me said the song was from an HBO show called Luck with Dustin Hoffman.

Its a new show.

Must be it then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67X-m8W9pXs

[russtcb]

OH WOW, holy fuck, shit goddamn, what the shit................ALL of that and more.

Let me start by saying this; last night was my 11th time seeing Guns N' Roses and it was HANDS DOWN THE BEST show I've ever seen. Prior to this, the first Hammerstein show in 06 was #1 with GN'R/Skids in 91 being a close close second. Both of those shows bent over, took it in the ass from last nights show, smiled and said "Thank you, may I please have more".

When we got to The Fillmore, we went to say hit to ereeper who was there to be first in line. About 2 minutes after we got there, Ron came right up the front door to hang with all of us. He was super cool, hung out with the fans for a while, etc. We all got pics and we made his CrowdStream app too. He let me hold he guitar while we took a pic which was cool as hell. After he left, we went to get cocktails and met up with more friends.

In hindsight, I'm upset I didn't attempt to record the show but I'm glad I didn't attempt it in a way. Security were A S S H O L E S on the way in and there's no way I would've been able to bring in the recorder. Stacey got beyond hassled by security for bringing in a prescription because she had it in a different bottle than it came in (long story, but whatever). After all that BS, we walked in and got a table directly behind the sound board which was awesome.

Sponge (the opener, a has been/never was Detroit band) opened and was awful. They played 5 songs and of course closed with their "biggest hit" which they drug out for far, far too long. Everyone in the crowd openly making fun of how long they drug it out.

When the lights went down for Guns, something else played before (or instead of) Dexter. I don't know what it was, but it wasn't GN'R, it wasn't Dexter and I've never heard GN'R play it before a show. I honest to God can't remember if Dexter even played after that, I think CD started right up (again, I honestly can't remember so no one lose their mind at me if I'm wrong, lol). After Welcome to the Jungle, Axl pointed at the crowd and said "You guys are fucking bringing it. GOD DAMN". He kept mentioning how awesome the crowd was through the entire show.

As others have said, they did some awesome jams. The band kept trying to start Detroit Rock City, they did the Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" jam, they jammed on "Kick Out The Jams" by MC5, etc. Axl was having such a good time that I think he completely fucked up the end of NR. I really think he had no idea they didn't play it. He was SO into killing it on the piano and when it got to the end before last solo, he got up, came around the piano, introduced Ron and left! The rest of the band looked shocked but went with the flow. Ron worked in some of the end solo in the intro to Panther which was cool of him. He did a little more right before Don't Cry too.

This show absolutely destroyed Chicago but a long, long, long shot. The crowd, the band, Axl, the sound.... everything was perfect. What a class act Axl was/is for not only going to work sick, but out doing every show I've ever seen him perform prior. Goes to show what a great crowd can do for a performer if you ask me. Axl was joking through the entire show and told a bunch of great stories. One was about his "eBay tweet" he said some girl yelled at him later in the day for an autograph and goes "I CAN'T SELL MY FUCKIN' LEG ON EBAY!!" and he laughed real hard. He was also talking about how the porn industry is talking about boycotting California soon and he said they should move it to Detroit. That was we can have the "motivation industry AND the automotive industry" haha.

After the band bow, Axl gave a little longer speech than usual explaining that he was in fact beyond sick but that he really wanted to come give us a great show and he hoped he did that. The place erupted when he said that with many, many people doing the "We're not worthy bow". The funniest thing was at the very very end Axl said "Goodnight, take care, we love you and DON'T TAKE NO SHIT FROM THE PO PO!" and laughed his ass off. It was so fucking funny. No one knows why he said it but if it was just to make himself and us laugh, it worked! Haha.

Astounding. Top notch. (Literally) Once in a lifetime. Stellar. Amazing..... none of those words or phrases come close to describing the night.

[Annie]

Del James
You Could Be Mine

Get well soon, Axl, and love and admiration to you for keeping the show on the road 

And thanks, Del, for the great pic. Axl, you still have the best arse in the biz! Love ya! 

You took the words right out of my mouth.  That was one of the best things about sitting in the opera box in Chicago!

Get well Axl! Only you could fight thru illness and put on a show like that!

[russtcb]

OH WOW, holy fuck, shit goddamn, what the shit................ALL of that and more.

Let me start by saying this; last night was my 11th time seeing Guns N' Roses and it was HANDS DOWN THE BEST show I've ever seen. Prior to this, the first Hammerstein show in 06 was #1 with GN'R/Skids in 91 being a close close second. Both of those shows bent over, took it in the ass from last nights show, smiled and said "Thank you, may I please have more".

When we got to The Fillmore, we went to say hit to ereeper who was there to be first in line. About 2 minutes after we got there, Ron came right up the front door to hang with all of us. He was super cool, hung out with the fans for a while, etc. We all got pics and we made his CrowdStream app too. He let me hold he guitar while we took a pic which was cool as hell. After he left, we went to get cocktails and met up with more friends.

In hindsight, I'm upset I didn't attempt to record the show but I'm glad I didn't attempt it in a way. Security were A S S H O L E S on the way in and there's no way I would've been able to bring in the recorder. Stacey got beyond hassled by security for bringing in a prescription because she had it in a different bottle than it came in (long story, but whatever). After all that BS, we walked in and got a table directly behind the sound board which was awesome.

Sponge (the opener, a has been/never was Detroit band) opened and was awful. They played 5 songs and of course closed with their "biggest hit" which they drug out for far, far too long. Everyone in the crowd openly making fun of how long they drug it out.

When the lights went down for Guns, something else played before (or instead of) Dexter. I don't know what it was, but it wasn't GN'R, it wasn't Dexter and I've never heard GN'R play it before a show. I honest to God can't remember if Dexter even played after that, I think CD started right up (again, I honestly can't remember so no one lose their mind at me if I'm wrong, lol). After Welcome to the Jungle, Axl pointed at the crowd and said "You guys are fucking bringing it. GOD DAMN". He kept mentioning how awesome the crowd was through the entire show.

As others have said, they did some awesome jams. The band kept trying to start Detroit Rock City, they did the Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" jam, they jammed on "Kick Out The Jams" by MC5, etc. Axl was having such a good time that I think he completely fucked up the end of NR. I really think he had no idea they didn't play it. He was SO into killing it on the piano and when it got to the end before last solo, he got up, came around the piano, introduced Ron and left! The rest of the band looked shocked but went with the flow. Ron worked in some of the end solo in the intro to Panther which was cool of him. He did a little more right before Don't Cry too.

This show absolutely destroyed Chicago but a long, long, long shot. The crowd, the band, Axl, the sound.... everything was perfect. What a class act Axl was/is for not only going to work sick, but out doing every show I've ever seen him perform prior. Goes to show what a great crowd can do for a performer if you ask me. Axl was joking through the entire show and told a bunch of great stories. One was about his "eBay tweet" he said some girl yelled at him later in the day for an autograph and goes "I CAN'T SELL MY FUCKIN' LEG ON EBAY!!" and he laughed real hard. He was also talking about how the porn industry is talking about boycotting California soon and he said they should move it to Detroit. That was we can have the "motivation industry AND the automotive industry" haha.

After the band bow, Axl gave a little longer speech than usual explaining that he was in fact beyond sick but that he really wanted to come give us a great show and he hoped he did that. The place erupted when he said that with many, many people doing the "We're not worthy bow". The funniest thing was at the very very end Axl said "Goodnight, take care, we love you and DON'T TAKE NO SHIT FROM THE PO PO!" and laughed his ass off. It was so fucking funny. No one knows why he said it but if it was just to make himself and us laugh, it worked! Haha.

Astounding. Top notch. (Literally) Once in a lifetime. Stellar. Amazing..... none of those words or phrases come close to describing the night.

I posted this "review" on the official site too!

http://gunsnroses.com/forum/tour/474992/page/2#post_7621892

 

[CIAT]

Anyone got a setlist?

[ereeper]

Pretty sure that Luck theme was the Intro last night after listening to that youtube link.  The guy sounds a lot like Leonard Cohen.  Just one more thing to make Detroit special!

[Thinizzy]

Someone posted a setlist a couple pages and forgot Your Crazy and Used to love her which was right after This I love with Axl saying "Lets do another heart felt one" Amazing night, amazing crowd, even more amazing band. Need I say more?