Guns N' Roses To Play Abu Dhabi March 28th 2013

[FunkyMonkey]

From this interview with Richard from NAMM -- @0:50 on the video:

GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist RICHARD FORTUS Interviwed At NAMM (Video) - Feb. 4, 2013

DRUMline conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 24-27 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below.

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=185773

[FunkyMonkey]

DRUMline: You're going out somewhere else coming up, Dubai?

Richard: Australia...and Abu Dhabi that's right, you were close. Right down the street from Dubai.

DRUMline: You guys are doing big shows all over the world.

Richard: Yup.

DRUMline: That's amazing.

Richard: It is amazing [smiles].

[kyrie]

Haven't heard anything on this show however - Sting is playing there in March, and Metallica in April, so GN'R certainly could.

[The Bedouin]

if it's true I will go....
i will travel to Abu Dhabi in April to see Metallica.....

[Spirit]

March 28, Yas Island


http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/guns-n-roses-to-return-to-abu-dhabis-yas-island

[jarmo]

Ticket link: http://www.thinkflash.ae/event/2013-03/guns-n-roses-live-in-abu-dhabi

On sale Wednesday


 



/jarmo

[HBK]

GUNS N? ROSES LIVE IN ABU DHABI

Their first sell-out performance in Abu Dhabi drew rock fans from across the Middle East and now eighties rock legends Guns N? Roses are making their long-awaited return to the Capital.

[santiago-gnr]

The show is part of the "du World Music Festival"

http://www.du.ae/en/dulive/EventsDetails?event=/Guns_n_Roses_live_in_Abu_Dhabi_2013

"The best live music is back to the UAE this spring, with the third edition of du World Music Festival in association with Samsung, from 22 March?6 April 2013.

This year, the du World Music Festival will be bigger than ever before, and concerts will be held for the first time in both Abu Dhabi (at the du Arena) and in Dubai (Dubai Media City Amphitheatre and Dubai Tennis Stadium)."

[cineater]

Wow, some cool pictures from the guys today. 
Those square donuts are weird.
Mr. Thumby, even weirder 

[LIGuns]

So many high profile gigs, wonder if they would consider playing my 40th on Long Island NY this summer?

[cineater]

Got money?

[FunkyMonkey]

Interview with Guns N? Roses

tabloid! sits down with guitarists DJ Ashba and Ron ?Bumblefoot? Thal ahead of the Guns N? Roses concert in Abu Dhabi, to find out about their crazy backstage rituals, upcoming albums and what to expect from their live show.

Video: http://gulfnews.com/gntv/arts/interview-with-guns-n-roses-1.1163713

[One.In.A.Million]

Interview with Guns N? Roses

tabloid! sits down with guitarists DJ Ashba and Ron ?Bumblefoot? Thal ahead of the Guns N? Roses concert in Abu Dhabi, to find out about their crazy backstage rituals, upcoming albums and what to expect from their live show.

Video: http://gulfnews.com/gntv/arts/interview-with-guns-n-roses-1.1163713

Nice interview, enjoyed it alot!!!...

I must say that Ron is looking in awesome shape on this recent tour, more so than ever I think.... good for him. 

[FunkyMonkey]

Guns N' Roses - Better - Abu Dhabi, 28th March 2013

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

[FunkyMonkey]

Live And Let Die

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6v5tCBOc28

This I Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwY4Srh8XJA

In pictures: Guns N' Roses rock du Arena, Abu Dhabi



http://gulfnews.com/pictures/arts-entertainment/in-pictures-guns-n-roses-rock-du-arena-abu-dhabi-1.1164260

[Conan]

How many GNR shows over the last 7 years haven't started with ChiDem and ended with Paradise City? In the middle they almost always include Jungle, November Rain, Sweet Child, Nighttrain, Better, It's So Easy, Mr Brownstone, Rocket Queen, Patience, LALD, Knockin on Heaven's Door and lately Estranged and Don't Cry.

Effectively therefore the shows are the same. They also invariably play those songs in the same order, night after night.

Which is fine. Those are the band's hits and it's what the majority of the fans want to see. What I would prefer to see, is less cover songs, or at least cover songs that GNR recorded. GNR have recorded a shitload of cover songs in their history. Throwing out Sympathy for the Devil, Mama Kin or Ain't it Fun, wouldn't interfere with the show in the slightest, yet would add something legitimate and a bit of difference to the show.

Also the guitarist solos are getting a bit lame. I'm pretty sure most fans are at the point where they know who the band is, or at least have come to understand that the "allumni" are no longer in GNR and don't overly care about about the new guys, so long as they play well enough, in much the same way that most casual fans probably don't really care about "The Conspirators" so long as they accompany Slash well. (That opinion is based on reviews constantly pointing out how well the "new guys" play. They do I agree, but the fact it has to be brought up, shows that non-hardcore fans still aren't fully accepting them and probably won't, but that's fine as long as they play well.)

[FunkyMonkey]

Guns N' Roses - Catcher In The Rye - Abu Dhabi, 28th March 2013

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

[dolphins]

I also think it would be great to bring some old songs into the show, not that I was disappointed with what they played at all. When The Seeker came in people liked it, is it just that Axl can't sing If The World, Chipping Away or that they don't want to? The little bit of Chipping Away (which I'd never heard before) that is on youtube sounds fantastic & I'd love him to include that even though they didn't write it. 

Whenever Axl sings someone else's song his voice always sounds better than the other singer, like Tom Petty with Free Falling, Springsteen with Come Together, Bohemian Rhapsody with Elton - Axl's unusual vocals just make him stand out over the others, or is it that I just like his voice more than the others? To me he just steals the show with his vocal range - maybe I'm bias. 

[FunkyMonkey]

Credit: Club Eight

[volcano62]

Credit: Club Eight

LOVE the twins