Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Not sure if Jarmo or anyone else is planning on doing updates. I could post if they do anything out of the ordinary. Or, if someone wants, I could do full updates if someone wants to post them for me and I could text them? (It's a pain trying to post from my phone) So if anyone plans on staying up, PM me your number and I'll text.

I can't wait. Arrived in Vegas late last night. I played craps with Tommy Stinson and met Axl.  Special thanks to Del for taking the photo!!!

opening band is on. saw Mr. Finck wandering around backstage.

fuck! and i was planning on going to tonights show as well

NICE !!

WOW thats awesome!! maybe something special with the late night rehearsal & Robin in the house  :smoking:

Was Axl actually in the casino playing?  Where did you meet him at?  Good stuff...can you post the pic?

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Here we go, @gunsnroses live at the joint! #nowplaying Chinese Democracy
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Welcome to the jungle, it's so easy
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Mr brownstone, Estranged
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Rocket queen
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Guitar solo @richardfortus / live and let die, this I love
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Better
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Motivation @tommy_stinson
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No quarter @DizzyReed / Catcher in the rye @gunsnroses
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Wow Catcher!!!!! awesome  :o

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Street of dreams
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You could be mine
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catcher in the rye!!!!!   'bout time :beer:.....cant wait to hear dat one :peace:

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Guitar solo @DjASHBA (Mi Amor)/sweet child o mine @gunsnroses
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Jam (another brick...)/November rain
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Glad to be here @bumblefoot
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Don't cry
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The seeker
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Original by The Who, first time @gunsnroses performs The Seeker
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The Seeker! Nice!!

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GN'R performing The Seeker by The Who!!!
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Used to love her
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Don't let it bring you down
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Civil war
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Knockin' on heavens door
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I think they did Shackler's at some point? They posted about it on Fb.

They did it for sure tonight according to official fb page

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Jam/nightrain
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Encore: jam/Madagascar,
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Happy birthday to @DjASHBA sister! followed by: There was a time! @gunsnroses
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There Was A Time!!!
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What a show so far...  :peace:

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Jam/patience
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Jam/paradise city
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Full setlist from tonight's show:

Intro
Chinese Democracy
Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Estranged
Rocket Queen
Richard Fortus Guitar Solo (Blacklight Jesus of Transylvania)
Live And Let Die
This I Love
Better
Motivation (Tommy Stinson on vocals)
Band Introductions
Dizzy Reed Piano Solo (No Quarter by Led Zeppelin)
Catcher In The Rye
Street Of Dreams
You Could Be Mine
DJ ASHBA Guitar Solo (Mi Amor)
Sweet Child O' Mine
Brick in the Wall Jam
November Rain
Glad To Be Here (Bumblefoot on vocals)
Don't Cry
The Seeker (The Who Cover)
Used To Love Her
Don't let it bring you down (Neil Young Cover)
Civil War
Jam/Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Jam/Nightrain

ENCORE :
Jam/Madagascar
There Was a Time
Jam/Patience
Jam/Paradise City

WHAT a set!!

Pretty great set list..wonder if Sorry will make a return..

Catcher... :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

Somebody had better recorded this!!! My favorite of Chinese! :love:

I recorded catcher and twat. I will upload soon.  Un fucking believable show tonight

Axl was not playing, he was just walking through the casino.  Tommy did play craps and won me some good $$$$$$ with his rolls!!

Love you!! :love: :love: :love: :love:

Utterly fantastic.

I knew I should have cancelled that flight.

Axl should be spraying the whole band with that water spray, they are all on fire, not just Richard !!

GREG

Looking forward to your videos! Glad you had a good time.  :)

Not to ruin on everyone?s party but to me the setlists have been pretty disappointed so far...

4 shows until now and with a catalogue so big they sure repeat a lot of songs.

Maybe as a Pearl Jam fan i?m spoiled but i can remember the last 4 shows at the spektrum and the setlists were so different from each night...

Watching the setlists so far its been disappointing...

great set!

Considering they just did three songs in one night that they have not done at all since 2010 (The Seeker was a premiere), I'd say you picked the wrong date to complain about a setlist for a show you didn't attend.





/jarmo

Man, I was at last Fridays show and I'm jealous.  Catcher and TWAT?!?  You bastards, lol!

Hope everyone had a good time!

I'm pretty sure the people actually in attendance want to hear the hits! Mixing in a few rarer played Chinese songs and a premier of a new cover song is great if you ask me. As a casual fan of Pearl Jam- the few occasions I have seen them I've left feeling disappointed by there decision not to play the hits. I think if GN'R did not do the appetite classics you'd find far more people complaining.

Yeah, it's tough to compare the two bands.  Pearl Jam is unlike most bands, in that they mix up the setlist a great deal for each show.  Most other bands play a pretty static setlist.  GNR has been changing up a few songs on each night, which I hoped/expected.  Sounds great to me.  LOVE seeing CITR and TWAT in there.  Keep alternating those seldom heard CD songs.  :peace:

The stage and production would be "surprises" for the vegas shows,not members and setlist.I'm sure there will be more rare songs in the upcoming shows.
We all deal with the band everyday and expect the unexpected.CITR and TWAT and the who song are bonus and welcomed.
Let's wait and see.

Is Robin Finck confirmed?

Always glad to see former members in touch with the band, such a happy big family  : ok:

Here's the flipside to the whole "they play the same songs every night argument"... one of my favourite songs is There Was A Time. I have yet to be in attendance when that song has been played live. My reaction when I saw it had been played tonight was, "Dammit, why couldn't they play that in London?"
It's just as unreasonable as complaining that the set's the same every night, I know... but part of me wishes bands would just play the same set so that I don't miss out on them playing a great song on nights I'm not there.  ;)

I'm so jealous that There Was A Time was played. I am really hoping they play it Friday or Saturday, but considering how rare they play it ... I'm not expecting it ...

it's an incredible set list/...As I've said before it's a fair representation of AFD, UYI N' CD w/ some LIES thrown in...I'm glad they've added songs from the UYI albums because prior the set was a bit too AFD heavy..Mixing in 1 or 2 covers w/ rotating CD songs is the way to go....

Catcher and TWAT! That's what I was talking about baby! Keep the new songs coming!  :beer:

damnit!  There Was a Time is the ONLY song from Chinese Democracy I ever want to hear live, and they rarely play it.  Of course the only NYC show I missed since 2006 (the first Hammerstein show) they played it.

Exactly what Jarmo said.

I was there last night and I can tell you it was an awesome set list!

Looked like a great set! I'm glad they have Catcher in there, one of my favorites and I don't know why it's not played more. Congrats to the band and everyone who got to be there last night  :beer:

amazing set last night. Thats 4 songs (TWAT, Catcher, Seeker, Dont Let It) and 2 Solos (Fortus and BBF) that I didn't see time around. I'm hoping they keep it up for when im there on the 17th and 18th

did anyone besides Heath (axlrosegnr) see Robin Finck?

Oh Please Jarmo... The Seeker is not even a Guns N'Roses song... they can do any cover they want too, that doesn't change the fact that at this point no new songs on the setlist it's pretty negative in my view...

I mean don't get me wrong, the shows are still great and all... The old songs and the CD songs are awesome to listen to as well, but at this point and with this unique environment in Vegas you would expect a little more...

I'm not saying it's Axl's fault... maybe the contract they signed reads only CD songs + Appetite songs + others but no new songs... i dunno... i doubt it, but you never know, but in all it's pretty unsatisfying they're not playing even 1 new song...

wow! what a set list.

Seeker is my favorite Who song, and one of my favorite songs ever. i'm hoping a video pops up - dying to see that.

I didn't see him anywhere.

TWAT and Catcher, amazing! ;D

What a set indeed, I wish I was there... :hihi:

I've been lucky enough to see Catcher and TWAT live already (Toronto, Dublin), but I want to see them again, and again and again.  :drool:

I wonder if Finck was indeed there, but just kept backstage, and turned up to meet the band on his birthday?.

Unless you're going to go to a show in Vegas... stop bitching about the songs played. Your argument and issues have been heard 1000 times before and it's just getting old now.

If you are going and are disappointed, I feel you have room to talk. If you're sitting behind a keyboard halfway across the world with no intention of going and supporting the band... don't bitch about what songs they play.

We have heard it all before...

Lets get the vids up then. This should be a priority over sleep after this concert  : ok:

Don't Cry from last night - http://youtu.be/WK5kxeHNBU8

Catcher AND TWAT? Awesome! Can't wait to see this on youtube :drool:

Halo69: Please......don't you ever have anything positive to say? Is it just to heat up the discussion or is this the real you?

Forgive me and my Robin sighting. My buddy and I were waiting in the front, and he got excited and said he saw Robin, I caught a glimpse of someone who appeared to look like Robin, and I obviously jumped the gun in saying it was Robin. I highly doubt Robin would be there and not play. I didn't mean to get anyone's hopes up.

Anyways, they certainly weren't lying when they said they were going to make every show different! 4 shows in and they just keep getting better and better!

TWAT. not the best quality.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkToEg84NYA

I think for LV, I would rather see Guns perform different songs from their current repoitoire, rather than a brand new song. Performing TWAT and CITR was amazing, and I would have liked to have been there.

I think it is grossly unfair that people who have not purchased tickets to the LV concerts judge what the setlist should contain.

Cool to see Catcher back in the setlist.

I'm not sure I'd care to hear a song for the first time in a live setting. Usually takes my simple mind a few spins to process a new song and figure out if I like it or not.
I'd rather hear the songs I know I enjoy at a concert.

There Was A Time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqQ5JaG4auQ

Fuckin' amazing!

Thank you VERY much!  :peace:

Thanks for posting!!  Can't wait for 23rd and 24th to roll around.  I'm hoping for both TWAT and CITR for those shows.

TWAT was amazing ! I they play it tomorrow might !

Wow, just watched There Was A Time in HD on youtube and I'm blown away... :drool:

Nice to see Axl stay stageside as well for Rons outro solo, but they all killed it. Axl's voice was top notch and he handled it perfectly, I hope TWAT once again becomes a staple in the setlist as Axl kills it everytime.  : ok:

EDIT... here's the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqQ5JaG4auQ

(Get ready to drool) :drool: :drool: :drool:

Perfect! for me, this is the best TWAT they have ever played : D (2nd would be Hammerstein ballroom 2006 and 3rd Tokyo 2009)

I think the excesive rasp at the beginning of other versions kinda ruined the song, I'm happy Axl sang it more like the album version

I went last Saturday & heard quite a few people bitching about the set, most casual fans only want to hear the hits & were bitching about the CD stuff. Not everyone is a fan of the new band & would be happy with a greatest hits show. The fact that Axl & the boys are changing out 2 or 3 songs a night should make us diehards happy

I just went to the first 3 shows and they were amazing - hearing that the first show after I left there was Catcher and TWAT??? That's kind of upsetting for me. Those are 2 of my favorite GNR tracks ever, and since I've now seen the band 18 times, it would have really made the trip. The Saturday show was a little more "matter of fact", so it would have been cool to get one of those before I left.

I'm still happy I saw the first 3, but it honestly stings a little that I missed those two. Oh well - I've got a few weeks left to hit the lotto and get back there!

Catcher In The Rye:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0FG1DjSzp8

Thanks for sharing the videos. Both sound amazing.  :)

That is one hell of a good vid! Thanks for posting.

Thanks, that's one of my favorite songs. :)

On an ordinary day. Not in an ordinary way....

That was amazing, thanks

That voice would perfectly fit with Prostitute, fingers crossed for that  :peace:

LuanVictor
Sonofabitch
Fuckn' wow!
Thank You!
Whatever kind of device you are using to record with sounds great and has a super zoom on it.  : ok:

LuanVictor - Thanks so much for recording and posting the Catcher & TWAT videos!  I was at the show and it is so awesome to be able to 'relive' it.  :yes:

GREAT performance of TWAT! It's a really tough song to pull out, though...but Catcher, man, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THIS CATCHERW? :nervous: :nervous: :nervous:

I don't know what happaned, but something got into my eyes while I watched the video, it got all wet...weird. :confused:

Thanks for the recorder!

Wow some amazing videos from last night!!!   Thank you Jarmo for the updates and thanks to SONOFABITCH for the amazing videos.  Great job you two!!!

Thanks for those, Catcher was mesmerizing.  :D

TWAT was amazing!  I love twat : ok:

Amazing show, with some added surprises in the set.  ;D



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/jarmo

I gotta say that Catcher has never been my favorite song on Chinese Democracy, but after seeing that clip live. It probably is one of my favorite songs live! Amazing!

I didn't recorded it, all credits to SONOFABITCH, from MyGNR Forum. ;)

Yeah Catcher is amazing, one of my favourites on the album. I just love the outro with Ron trading licks with Axl's vocals, and seeing it live is just epic... great shots jarmo.  :peace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05n-xFWPrjw


The Seeker!


sound awesome!  :peace:

Civil War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yp6mQds0o

If you read my full post, you would see... "the shows are still great and all" it's still an awesome show... it's GNR! There's no way a GNR show will ever suck, not even if Axl is on a bad day (voicewise)... but it's the same old sh*t everyday...
How bad it would be to change a little bit?

I'm not blaming Axl or the band for this either as i said it on my post... i don't know what type of contract they set up with Hard Rock. Iv been at the Hard Rock before on vacation, it's a very nice place even though it's a little bit overpriced for the quality the rooms actually display. Cotis I would love to be in Vegas right now to go to the shows, but unfortunately like many of you i need to work for a living, and i can't be there... just because i'm not going to a show doesn't mean that as a fan/writer in a forum i can't give my opinion on the subject.

Going with the argument of, you weren't there so you can't give your opinion bla bla bla is the perfect example of not really having an answer to give regarding the subject. Public Forums are made for discussions and opinions. People that don't think that way about a forum are simply people that take forums too seriously, and in my humble opinion that is a big problem, no offense. I come here when i'm at work, because i have some free time, to have some interesting discussions, to debate, to have a good time so i don't get bored at work, even though i have a cool job, nothing wrong with that.

If  i agree with everyone here then what's the point of having a discussion forum?!... People take opinions too seriously... just because i have a Slash Picture (because i like Slash) and because i like the old band better then the new one (even though i like the new one as well), doesn't mean my opinions are to target and humiliate the new band...it's just discussion... chill out!  : ok:

Don't Cry "Please remember...that Richard lied"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK5kxeHNBU8

You can have opinions about many things, but you can't bitch about shows you weren't even at. Simple as that.

http://youtu.be/GbnbXhVG_TU - 'The Seeker' in HD

TWAT and CATCHER!! Lucky people, watched both videos both sounds amazing. Seen GnR 4 times but never heard these two.......yet!

haha, this time it's Richards turn to "lie" so to speak... Axl cracks me up. :hihi:

Brilliant performances of TWAT & Catcher, as usual I'm proud of them!  :peace:

It's not the same fucking show if they play Catcher and twat...simple as that. Plus they have added a much needed 2 new cover songs in the Seeker and Don't Let It Bring You Down. Shut the fuck up already. They played 21 ORIGINAL GNR SONGS...THAT IS HUGE. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? Axl IS NOT PREPARED TO PLAY NEW SONGS RIGHT NOW. GET OVER IT.

Great cover, I love how it's sung. A little difference than how other songs are done. Just goes to show the range Axl has.

I love The Who and that was a kick ass cover.

Awesome!  CITR has some of the most beautiful lyrics Axl has written. One of my favorite songs from CD.

Attention. Plain and simple. That's what all these people want: attention.

GN'R played a kick ass show with some major changes to the set, but these people find a way to bitch. And they'll go on and on and on because that way the thread becomes about them and not the show.

It's all about attention because they literally have no other way to get any in their lives.

what an incredibly epic setlist

wow, just.... wow.

After watching all the youtube vids from that, everyone attending these shows should consider themselves lucky :)

- destry

 :smoking:

EXACTLY!! I'd would love to be able to just drop everything, fly out there, and attend one or more of these shows. I'm esp. digging his cover of Neil Young's Don't Let It Bring You Down!! I also think 2010 - 2012 his vocal strength has been the best.

I got to see Guns play "Don't Let it Bring You Down" with Neil..... BUt i would KILL to see one of these Vegas Shows

Is there video of this? I saw the video from the first night but was hoping something of better quality popped up. Absolutely love that song!

I put a bunch of general Vegas trips as well as pics from the show and GN'R related stuff at the Hard Rock here:

http://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?id=12209

Good stuff!

Love all the videos fans and I hope Guns puts together a DVD from the performances.  I bet Frank likes having girls dancing to his left and right around the drums :hihi:

I was thinking the very same thing earlier  :drool:

Has Uncle Axl had a rant yet  ???

I think there is some Video on Youtube but in the Bootleg Section i posted the whole second night's audio recorded by me in the Lowest Level at the venue!

We had a blast!!! 4+ days of Vegas GNR debauchery!!  I did see Jarmo but it was during the one of the shows, I didn't get a chance to hound him.... :)

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