2014 - Year in review

[jarmo]

Since the year is coming to an end, here's a look back at 2014 in the world of Guns N' Roses:



January 6th, 2014 - Guns N' Roses announce their plans to return to South America for a tour that will take the band to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia.

January 16th, 2014 - Rock On The Range announced that Guns N' Roses will headline one of the days at the 2014 edition of the festival.

February 6th, 2014 - Axl writes an Op-Ed about the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Superbowl performance. | Link

February 17th, 2014 - Axl writes a letter about the controversy regarding the baby giraffe that was killed at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. | Link

February 18th, 2014 - Guns N' Roses announce An Evening of Destruction. No Trickery! residency to take place in May and June at The Joint in Las Vegas, NV. | Link

February 26th, 2014 - The Revolver Golden Gods announced that Axl Rose will receive this year's Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award and that Guns N' Roses will perform at the award show. | Link




March 20th, 2014 - The first show on the 2014 South American tour is in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil at the HSBC Arena. | Photos

March 22nd, 2014 - GN'R headlines the Planeta Brasil festival in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | Photos

March 25th, 2014 - GN'R plays the same venue in Bras?lia, DF, Brazil as they did in 2010. Before the show at the Gin?sio Nilson Nelson, the whole band is interviewed by local TV. | Photos Youtube clip
 
March 28th, 2014 - Outdoor show in S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil at Parque Anhembi. | Photos

March 30th, 2014 - Rainy outdoor show in Curitiba, PR, Brazil at Est?dio Durival Britto. This is the band's first ever show in Curitiba. | Photos

April 1st, 2014 - Guns N' Roses first ever visit to Florian?polis, SC, Brazil. The show is at Music Park. | Photos

April 2nd, 2014 - It's announced that Duff McKagan will replace Tommy Stinson on bass at the last six shows on the South American tour. Tommy has commitments with The Replacements in the US in April.

April 3rd, 2014 - GN'R plays in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil at the Pavilh?o da Fiergs. Knockin' On Heaven's Door is dedicated to the Kiss club and those who lost loved ones.  | Photos

April 6th, 2014 - The first full show with Duff McKagan on bass since July 1993 is in Buenos Aires, Argentina at Estadio Ferro.  | Photos

April 9th, 2014 - Guns N' Roses returns to Asunci?n, Paraguay for a show at the Jockey Club del Paraguay.  | Photos

April 12th, 2014 - Guns N' Roses visits La Paz, Bolivia for their first ever show in the country. The high altitude (11,000+ ft/3600+ m) show is at Estadio Hernando Siles.  | Photos

April 15th, 2014 - The band with Duff McKagan on bass returns to Brazil. The second to last show is in Recife, PE, Brazil at the Chevrolet Hall.  | Photos

April 17th, 2014 - The last show on Guns N' Roses' South American tour is in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil at Centro de Eventos do Cear?. This is the band's first show in the city. | Photos

[jarmo]

April 23rd, 2014 - The band plays a nine song set at the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods held in Los Angeles, CA at Club Nokia. Before the set, Axl Rose is given the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award by Nicolas Cage.

May 13th, 2014 - The band plays a sold out show in Bethlehem, PA at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center. | Photos

May 16th, 2014 - GN'R headlines the Rock On The Range festival held in Columbus, OH at the Crew Stadium. | Photos

May 20th, 2014 - Axl is named one of the greatest singers. | Link

May 28th, 2014 - Axl responds to the greatest singer story. | Link



May 21st, 2014 - GN'R returns to Las Vegas, NV for a scond residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The first of the nine "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction" shows sees Nicolas Cage introduce the band. | Photos

May 24th, 2014 - Second show in Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. | Photos

May 25th, 2014 - Third "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction" show at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The band had to wait until the crowd was inside the venue before starting. As a joke, Axl comments on the crowd being late for the show. | Photos

May 28th, 2014 - Fourth show of nine in Las Vegas, NV in 2014. | Photos

May 30th, 2014 - Another "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction"show in Las Vegas, NV at the Joint. | Photos

May 31st, 2014 - The show on the last day of May, during the band's "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction" residency in Las Vegas, NV has a special guest on bass guitar: Duff McKagan. Who substitutes for Tommy Stinson on this day. | Photos

June 4th, 2014 - The band kicks off the last week of the "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction" residency in Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with a show featuring some rarely played material. Marseilles by The Angels is dedicated to Doc Neeson who had recently passed away. Other rarities added to the set included Prostitute and Yesterdays. | Photos

June 6th, 2014 - Second to last "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction" show at The Joint in Las Vegas, NV is also the longest. There Was A Time makes it Las Vegas debut. | Photos

June 7th, 2014 - The last show of the "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction" residency in Las Vegas, NV at The Joint. | Photos



June 12th, 2014 - Axl makes a cameo in a Brazilian Budweiser commercial for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

June/July, 2014 - Axl is on the cover of Revolver magazine. The magazine also features an interview with him. | Link

July 1st, 2014 - Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live at the Hard Rock Casino is released on Blu-ray and DVD in the USA. The first Guns N' Roses concert home video release since 1992.



November 3rd, 2014 - Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live at the Hard Rock Casino is released on Blu-ray and DVD in Europe. The release is a box set with the concert film on Blu-ray/DVD and audio CDs

November 3rd, 2014 - Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live at the Hard Rock Casino is released as a deluxe box set in the USA.



Did you attend ay of the shows? What was your highlight of 2014?



/jarmo

[ice cream sand pig]

Wow, it was a pretty busy year for them! My highlight was the Golden Gods performance. It didn't go exactly as I planned but it was really exciting to see a live stream of the band. That was the closest I've ever been to attending a GNR show. My highlight will probably change after I see the dvd in a day or two though!

[Bodhi]

I was at the Bethlehem PA show, and it was great as usual.  Highlights for me were the blu ray coming out, the Revolver Golden Gods thing and without question the recent talk about new material we may be seeing in the near future.

[D-GenerationX]

The highlight for me, far and away without a close second, was Axl's interview with 'Revolver'.

It gave actual hope for the future, which I felt had been waning these past few years.

[axlrosegnr]

And a hell of a year it was! :-)

[JAEBALL]

HANDS DOWN

Seeing my favorite member of the GNR universe other than Axl rejoin the band for full length shows

"the New Guy" on the bass guitar

and the talk of a new album by Axl was also a great thing to hear

[rebelhipi]

Getting the new dvd, duff coming back and the giant shows at vegas!

[draguns]

I have to go with the Revolver interview and Duff  playing with GNR again.

[GnR-NOW]

Saw two shows of the 2nd Residency, one was with Duff. The highlight for me was getting a live cd from the current band

[TheBaconman]

Pretty good year for the band and nice looking back on it

[russkwtx]

The highlight for me was seeing the June 6th show which was about 3.5 hours and Axl talked up a storm. That was a great show! 22 years to the day of the incredible Paris show in 1992 on pay per view.  Second highlight was to see them the next night in Vegas on the 7th, last night of the residency. I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing Guns in Vegas.

[GNR2014]

-The best year ever for GN'R
-Amazing set lists in Vegas
-Return of the rasp
-AFD Blu-Ray

[HBK]

Yesterday & Prostitute

 

[jazjme]

Great time again when I went to see the band May 24th in Vegas again, awesome time as always! Great memories seeing and hanging out with great people. It never disappoints.

[w.david rose]

Wow
Talking with Axl for hours and to hear great stories and moments that he liked to share with me and my friends at Vegas was the highlight for me for sure.

[reayj2003]

Great post Jarmo. Highlight for me was trip to Vegas for three shows. Seeing Duff playing a full set on bass was amazing. Looking forward to seeing what 2015 brings.

Here are a couple of my Pics from the Vegas show with Duff!

[Mr. Redman]

And a hell of a year it was! :-)

He summed it up perfectly. What a wild ride that month in LV was.

[D-GenerationX]

Yesterday & Prostitute

 

Did we ever get a full clip of 'Yesterdays'?  I was only ever able to find a snippet.

The clips of 'Prostitute' were amazing.  The intial one was great, but then I found an even better one that I put in that show's thread :

Amazing setlist.  And the best live version of TWAT I've ever seen.

Yep and yep....still.

But...I found another version of 'Prostitute' than the one in this thread.  A better one. 

And its awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hqyHSZwcRU

[Spirit]

Did we ever get a full clip of 'Yesterdays'?  I was only ever able to find a snippet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZGLlnc6xc

 

[D-GenerationX]

Did we ever get a full clip of 'Yesterdays'?  I was only ever able to find a snippet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZGLlnc6xc

 

Good find.

A bit of a struggle with the lyrics early, but he doesn't sound bad.

Surprised this took so long to be pulled out of mothballs, given its lyrics.

[jarmo]

And a hell of a year it was! :-)

He summed it up perfectly. What a wild ride that month in LV was.

You remember it?




/jarmo

[rebelhipi]

there should be more boots from the vegas tour

[D-GenerationX]

there should be more boots from the vegas tour

Sort of a bummer, right?

I thought for sure we'd get one good one.

[EmilyGNR]

And a hell of a year it was! :-)

He summed it up perfectly. What a wild ride that month in LV was.

You remember it?




/jarmo

He only remembers things at 4:20 each day

[babydolls]

And a hell of a year it was! :-)

He summed it up perfectly. What a wild ride that month in LV was.

You remember it?




/jarmo

I bet "Dave" remembers it well  .....
Vegas for me was a massive highlight - too many reasons why, Guns + Vegas and hanging with the best fans/friends for a long weekend was amazing start to finish.  I could cry with laughter at some of the memories still    Such good shows and being wrapped in Guns world there, fkn love it.
Then picking up Revolver magazine in LA the week after and settling down to read the Axl interview in Canter's 

This year had SO many high points - really great to read the whole list in context

[Will]

Sort of a bummer, right?

I thought for sure we'd get one good one.

I think nowadays people don't really record full bootlegs anymore. They just record a few songs on their digital camera or iPhone or whatever and that's it. In 2012 I tried to record a Muse show in Paris (in a small venue) and it was a lot more complicated than I thought, especially because I didn't want to annoy people around me with my arms too high up that'd block their view of the show. I ended up recording some of the show on individual songs (you can see the result here: https://www.youtube.com/user/willgnrfrance/videos - YouTube deleted some of them).

As for Yesterdays, I did a video remix from a file posted by someone who shot it on the CCTV mixed with an AUD audio file: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYSYUetVrVU (beginning is a bit cut)

My highlight of the year was the release of Appetite For Democracy, and especially the boxset. I really enjoyed it and thought it was great to have the Blu-ray for great HD quality and the CD set to appreciate the audio mix. I'm sure the tour was great but it was a bit far from me (hello Europe, since 2012...). Duff's comeback was pretty cool and it was nice to see people enjoyed the Vegas shows. I hope I'll be able to afford going there one year when they do a residency again!

[jarmo]

Yes, almost everybody is doing the job of the bootleggers these days. Except it's only songs or clips....



/jarmo

[axlrosegnr]

And a hell of a year it was! :-)

He summed it up perfectly. What a wild ride that month in LV was.

You remember it?




/jarmo

Hahahaha, FRENCH TOAST!

[axlrosegnr]

And a hell of a year it was! :-)

He summed it up perfectly. What a wild ride that month in LV was.

You remember it?




/jarmo

He only remembers things at 4:20 each day

HA! Emily! A huge highlight for me was having mine and Mr. Redmans pic taken and posted on Guns' Facebook, with the caption "Rock N' Rolls Cheech N Chong, Stoned in Las Vegas" hahaha.

[Mr. Redman]

And a hell of a year it was! :-)

He summed it up perfectly. What a wild ride that month in LV was.

You remember it?




/jarmo

He only remembers things at 4:20 each day

HA! Emily! A huge highlight for me was having mine and Mr. Redmans pic taken and posted on Guns' Facebook, with the caption "Rock N' Rolls Cheech N Chong, Stoned in Las Vegas" hahaha.

Some things I remember better than others Jarmo! Hahah. French Toast is a total highlight. And as Jules said; Dave. And of course the photo on fb. Hahaha b

[w.david rose]

You just made me hungry now...

[jarmo]

Some things I remember better than others Jarmo! Hahah. French Toast is a total highlight. And as Jules said; Dave. And of course the photo on fb. Hahaha b

It's a blur... But so much fun!



/jarmo

[Annie]

Being able to see Axl get the Golden Gods Awards in LA in my beautiful Elsa/FROZEN inspired corset dress and  having my friends see me on the livestream. Having the designer of the dress post on her website part of the Golden Gods with me wearing the dress! Seeing 3 shows at the Joint again in LAS VEGAS. Meeting Del James in the elevator at the Hard Rock and telling him that I wouldn't be flying all the way to NYC to Personally hand Michael C Hall my totally awesome DEXTER fan fiction if I didn't think it was good. Having Michael C Hall tell me that I was "SO SWEET"! Going back to NYC to give Micahel C Hall
  a limited edition Hardcover edition of The Language of FEAR with a note about Axl Rose being a huge DEXTER fan. The next week all the reviews I read of Michael's performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch said that he was on fire. Going to Hello Kitty CON and proudly showing off my HELLO AXL tattoo. Getting totally drunk on free Hello Kitty champagne and being interviewed by Japanese camera crew at Hello Kitty Con VIP Party and having Hello Axl get filmed!
  Finding GUNS N ROSES Christmas sweater on ebay!!!
Oh and having 3 of my best GNR pals tell me that I wouldn't catch ebola even though my hospital is a designated ebola center!

[TheBaconman]

Being able to see Axl get the Golden Gods Awards in LA in my beautiful Elsa/FROZEN inspired corset dress and  having my friends see me on the livestream. Having the designer of the dress post on her website part of the Golden Gods with me wearing the dress! Seeing 3 shows at the Joint again in LAS VEGAS. Meeting Del James in the elevator at the Hard Rock and telling him that I wouldn't be flying all the way to NYC to Personally hand Michael C Hall my totally awesome DEXTER fan fiction if I didn't think it was good. Having Michael C Hall tell me that I was "SO SWEET"! Going back to NYC to give Micahel C Hall
  a limited edition Hardcover edition of The Language of FEAR with a note about Axl Rose being a huge DEXTER fan. The next week all the reviews I read of Michael's performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch said that he was on fire. Going to Hello Kitty CON and proudly showing off my HELLO AXL tattoo. Getting totally drunk on free Hello Kitty champagne and being interviewed by Japanese camera crew at Hello Kitty Con VIP Party and having Hello Axl get filmed!
  Finding GUNS N ROSES Christmas sweater on ebay!!!
Oh and having 3 of my best GNR pals tell me that I wouldn't catch ebola even though my hospital is a designated ebola center!

That dress sounds pretty hot