Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Just confirmed. I'll try to be there if those crazy mofos leave us some tickets! lol

http://www.gec.no/main.aspx?ID=1&Search=guns

Tickets will go on sale on March 18 (no timeframe given, probably around 9am local time).

Tickets for the second show go on sale March 25th.


Board members attending the June 28th show: Anesthesia, Andy-k, Captain P?l, coolman78SLASH, Ericnor, erose, izzy0r, jaknudsen, knut, Linuzzzz, mongis, Nytunz, Spirit, Vegar, Will.

Board members attending the July 8th show: AdZ, Andy-k, Captain P?l, cyllan, erose, Graciela, izzy0r, jarmo, knut, mongis, Rainfox, speed_stone, Steve McKagan, Will? ?

I'm going.  :)

i am!

I'll have to "work" my wife there to get a few extra days of GnR fun, but hopefully I'll go too.... ?:beer:

-Eirik

I'm going!

im there! just hoping to get tickets though....

does any of you know if i order the tickets with narvesen instead of calling and waiting and all that shit?

And I've worked my wife enough to go.....  ;D

Two shows this summer, its gonna be awesome.....!

-Eirik

I'm going if I get tickets though. 2 shows in 3 days would be great!  : ok:

i'm there!
gnr 4 times this summer  8) i can finally rest...

good luck will ;)

i'll defenetly be there!

Oslo rock city, the city of satan!! ;)

Tickets at 10am

Does anyone know how the seating/sections are at Oslo Spektrum?

http://www.oslospektrum.no/getfile.php/10098.297/Master2c.gif

Which seats are the best? Section 202 looks closer to the stage than 210, but 210 has a straight view. I don't know what to go for there.... if I cant get floor tickets that is....

-Eirik

Can people outside Norway buy tickets?

I sure hope so!!

terrible articles in the press today!
8900 tickets will be released so far though... (i guess they are holding back some, which is gonna be released on the concert day)

Already picked up my tickets. Really looking forward to this  : ok:

They're bashing GN'R?



How so??

I am recieving newsletters from Gunnar Eide Concerts ( www.gec.no) , which means i can preorder and purchase 2 tickets.  :beer:

Cool, but it seems it's only for people from Norway. I'm not sure foreigners can order using this site. They don't have an English version.

something from the article: "vocalist axl rose will be at the show. promoter gunnar eide don't know who the other musicians are." are something... and "gnr played in oslo spektrum last time in 93" (it was btw at valle hovin)

8500 tickets goes on sale btw...

What article?

I will go if I get tickets!   ;)

VG... terrible written  :P

ser for meg axl klage p? lyden i spektrum ::)

papir VG ellet VG-nett?

papir VG... ikke stort ? se egentli... ei kvart side... stort bilde av axl... :)

On n'est pas ? Oslo ici hein! Moi aussi je peux parler dans une autre langue!

;D

I actually understood that! Guess I'm learning something in my french class...  ;D

i'm going too btw
can someone reply to the quoted post please?
i need to know which seats to order.

208, 209, 210 and 211 are the best seats.  Myself i've got 2 tickets at 211. The sound is also best there, and good sound in Oslo Spektrum aint easy to find... There are also some seats on an even lower floor under these, but they are not shown at the map. But try to get as close to the floor as possible.

Good luck  :beer:

But the floor tickets is the best right?

he du go'n? ycho varsoux lien gr?n! pass? lop?r side hikko pokko... :rant:

Got 4 floor tickets  ;D

Tried the best seated ones too, but I couldnt get those, probably sold out already.....

-Eiri

Nice catch  : ok:

Got my tickets now. I'm in fyr and flamme.  : ok:

I've got two floor tickets! Tried to get the best seats as well, but probably already sold out.  :peace: :beer:

I got floor tickets. I choosed the best availiblelbeblelb ?(ledige) place, and I got in inngang 10. I didn' t took the chance to cancel and try to get the tickets to the middle section. Which floor section did you get?

there is just one floor-section, they do have 3 on the floor-map because of several entrances. But once you are inside spektrum, there is just one section.

Yes. I just got my Six tickits. They are floor tickits! And worth a hell of alot!
Dette blir fanstastisk!!!

This is so damn great! Wohoo!

lets se how long before they are sold out..

I got 6 seat-tickets (212), tryin' to get floor tickets right now, but think they are gone  :(
But Im just happy I got tickets at all, this will be so great!!  :beer:

Floor tickets: *Din v?ntetid ber?knas vara mindre ?n 15 minuter* 
Anybody knows if theres floor-tickets left?  ???

That's great! I'll be the first man in line to get in when the doors open! ?:hihi:

I don't know, but I think you can just order one time.

"Kun en bestilling pr. bruker er tillatt. Bestillinger utover maks antall, samt bestillinger hvor navn, adresser og telefonnummer ikke er reelle vil bli slettet uten varsel!" 
 

Looks like its sold out? Cant manage to resverce one single ticket. hoho

Yeah, the first time I reload the page this message comes up, but It didn't the next time I reloaded the page..
And if for example my brother, or mother or something orders some tickets, I think it'll work..
Less than 5 minutes now..

Yeah the floor-tickets are gone  :P

If anybody has some floor-tickets to spare, and are willing to sell, please PM me   :peace:

Oslo Spektrum was sold out in 17 minutes...  : ok:

Eh, det kan da umulig stemme. Fikk til ? reservere ticket for bare 10 mins siden jo.  :rofl:

Men samma det, dette blir br?k!!  :beer:

Bare noen f? sittebilletter igjen n?. Ganske d?rlige, spredte plasser..

"Tickets to this event can not be sold on the internet to people outside Norway"

Anyone could order two floor tickets for me? I'd send you the money via Paypal instantly.

someone told me, my brother tried to order, but they said it was sold out..
So..

Kan nok stemme det hvis han sier s?  :) ARGH det er s? lenge til 28 juni..

You should have given me a word before man, I only ordered 4 tickets, when it was possible to order 6.
I'm sure it'll work out though, just hope you dont have to pay extra for them.

-Eirik

OMG!!  :D :D :D
I tried to order a floor-ticket for 20 minutes ago, didn't work, there were no more floor tickets aviable.. Then for 2 minutes ago, I just tried one more time and I got 1 floor ticket right in the middle of the scene (5)
I cant believe this, SO GREAT!!!  :D :beer:

I tried ordering 2 extra tickets now on the floor.
All sold out, cant get any.....

-Eirik

Pretty please people from Norway? Help out a fellow gunner! I didn't know I couldn't order from France... :(

Will, I have 2 good seat-tickets to spare I think.. PM me if you re interested  : ok:

Jeez, what a bunch of irritating people, check it out:

http://my.qxl.no/search/SearchElse.asp?txtSearch=guns+n+roses&InTitleAndDesc=1&AffParam=0&Hid_SearchType=0&SearchType=0&Region=-1&catalog=0&Adv=1&Catg=1&StartQueryy.x=22&StartQueryy.y=3

Making money so the real fans have to pay a bunch of extra bucks to get tickets.....

-Eirik

I'll keep that in mind. I'll keep trying for floor tickets and I will contact you later on tonight.

It's sold-out...

http://www1.billettluka.ticnet.no/PriceTable?eventId=NOR1056OSP06282

Yeah, but tickets are available from time to time, just like Helsinki.

Yeah, it says: For tiden utsolgt, Denne forestilling har for ?yeblikket ingen ledige plasser. Fors?k gjerne senere, billetter kan komme i retur

In english: Sold-out for the time being, this concert has no available seats at the moment. Try again later, ticket-reservations can be cancelled

Hej, nogen som kan hj?lpe med 3 stk. billetter til koncerten??

PM plz

Yeah, this was probably what happened when I got my floor-ticket.. I got a message about "No tickets left" or something, but 15 minutes later I got 1!  :)

When do they put out the rest of the tickets on sale? The same day as the concert?

Thanks to izzyOr for getting me floor tickets at regular price!! You rule man!!

I'll be there you crazy mofos!!

did anyone buy acoulple of extra ticks?

i waited almost 1 our on the phone before getting told it was sold out!damnit!

ill be the first in the line at gate 10 !! This is gonna be the time of my life!
What a beutifull summer this is gonna be  : ok:

thats awsome man! Thats what i call gn'r spirit, comming all the way from france to see them in spektrum!

lets hook up before the gig!

Well, then I will be number two in line   :)

I'm going, of course : ok: Would be nice to meet up before the concert, yes!

nr 3 in line.

1 in line, for the extra show 08.07.06

Joke, yes?

-Eirik

Jeez....

http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=141990

Awesome news.
Too bad I am on holiday at that time.

-Eirik

Is it confirmed and will it be in the same venue?

yes

Tickets go on sale tomorrow motherfuckers! ;D

this is so fucking awsome!!!!!

i think i'll go for seats on this one, would be nice to just sit down and actually see the whole gig without all the preassure from the crowd way up front!!!

but then again....

this is just great!!! :drool:

oh my freaking fucking God! Im gonna se GNR 3 times this year!! Woho!!  : ok:

8 July...it's on saturday!!I could think to go...? ::) ..Is It this one the site for buy tickets http://www1.billettluka.ticnet.no/Start?changeLocaleTo=en_GB? ?

yes that's the site!  ;D 5 times this year :D

I've got the ticket for 28 th june is Spektrum! And I will try to get one for 8th july as well !  : ok:

Yeah, this is a dream come true... Two fucking shows in Norway, and 3 weeks ago, it looked like there wouldent be any.. well.. i always belived in Gunnar Eide Concerts  : ok:

these are the same worthless, pathetic losers who would sell their mother's kidney on ebay. fuck'em.

you sure did, i gave up, yet you kept saying maybe!!! and im so fucking glad i was wrong!!! : ok:

I'm going to both shows.  :)

That site doesn't work anymore, I hope they still sell tickets to Sweden.

It works. But not until tomorrow at 10.00.

http://www1.billettluka.ticnet.no/EventList?eventSubGroupId=NOR1056.539885&rowsPerPage=null&

It seems that the english version has some problems, I tried to buy tickets for Iron Maiden and it did work on the Norway version but not on the English. So I guess I will trust the Norway site tomorrow!

6 Standing tickets  :peace:

ROCK!

1 standing ticket. I'm going alone. I'm lonely.

nah... you're there with 1000s of gnr fans ;)
4 st?plasser  :D ;D

got my 8th july ticket!

i got 2 actualt, going with my GF... wich can be alittle drag, then i have to protect her from beeing shuved and all that shit... but its cool of her going!


going alone to concerst aint so bad, there are plentyfull of people you can chat with between the shows ;)

wtf is this:

Invalid search

The event does not exist ! 
 
 ? To start page 


on billettluka.no

true... i usually travel alone and shit because i usually get cheaper plane tickets then my friends would, and thats a bit boring, but at the shows i don't mind ;) it's almost better, because you can what the flying fuck you wants!

I got seat tickets this time. Section 210 rad 15. It's this good seats?

http://www.billettluka.no/oslospektrum# are you here?  :-\

it's very good seats... maybe a bit far away but straight ifront of the stage!
http://www.oslospektrum.no/getfile.php/92236.297/Master2a_600x404.jpg

were the floors sold out? or you wanted seats?

yes, i'm still getting the same error.......  ???

The English version doesn't work, use the version with Norwegian language!!!

it's a bit sad that this extra sho is almost 3 weeks later than the first one (when it's at the same arena)... i'm thinking about those people who travel to see the first show, could have seen both when they are here... like i'm travelling to helsinki and is fucking glad i can see 2 shows when i'm there in the first place...

I got floors on the 1. concert, but my friends wanted seats this time. But how far away is it from the stage? (s?nn ca)

weird, cuz I tried both, but none of them seems to work

last time i was in spektrum i sat at a vip lounge which is on top of that section... it was a bit far away but you get used to it... :) i just remember i thought it was very far away the first songs and the people on stage was quite small... anyway; you won't be as far away as me...

I'm from around ?lesund. I'm going to stockholm, then to oslo. I don't know what to do then, but maybe I should visit Roskilde between the two concerts? ? ::) ?But if not I'm going home and travel again to the 8th juli. Or maybe I try to sell the tickets, but that's most unlikely.

doesn't look like the sales is going as fast as the first one... was show 2 promoted? ...or would people at all have heard about it? ...the people not spending their lives on gnr forums?

30meter? 40? 50? berre slik eg veit kva eg har ? forvente  : ok:

i travel from trondheim with plane... it would be so much cheaper if the concerts was 2 days in row... but anyway; GNR on july 8, Whitesnake (worth seeing) on july 9, at rockefeller... that's a bit cool though...

i think you should take the trip to helsinki and see those shows! ?:D and you go from them to spektrum ;)

I would not heard about it if I didn't got the newsletter from GEC and the GNR forums. If they promote it a little bit they would probably sell it out I think.

It's Guns N' Roses that's on tour. Not me  :hihi:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KQUHFB5L - before time began

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LJ98B3PR - rapture

d her er bootleg da jeg filma fra der jeg satt... (ikke bra filma for skulle gj?mme kameraet s? mye som mulig) men du ser kanskje hvor langt unna d er der... men du sitter nok uansett lenger fram enn jeg gjorde...
:) zoomer litt her ? der p? filmen da, ikke at du m? sjekke ut hvis du ikke gidder nei... hehe

50 kanskje?

 ::) i'm gonna tour with them a bit atlease :) i ordered helsinki and stockholm before anything else was announced and then helsinki 2 came and i thought i might see that one aswell when i'm traveling far to see them... since then 2 shows in norway (which ofcource i have to see  :-\) was announced... soo...... oh well....  8)

How many tickets are sold?

HELL MOTHERFUCKING YES, I'M GOING TO SEE GUNS N' ROSES IN OSLO!!!!!!!!!! ;D :o :smoking: :beer: :drool:

To this show? Not many. Still standing tickets left.

As expected really...  :-\

go tmy tickets at 10, how's it going with the sale? : ok:

var d reklamert for konserten i papirutgaven av vg? leste om den p? vg.no f?rst... ?:-\ h?per d selger bra

Stor annonse for GN'R i VGs papirutgave ja!

Thanks again to izzyor for getting me tickets!! :)

Will, are you going to the second show as well?

Let's say I've got tickets for both and I still have to decide if I'll go to both shows or just the weekender... ;D

you can stay at my place dude!

i'll be gone in between the two oslo shows(only to go see them in roskilde), but what the fuck! come to oslo man!!

bring a bottle of taxfree jack!! : ok: ;D

Really? That'd be awesome!!

 : ok:

I'm going to the July 8 show. Row 2, section 212.

really man! i can't guarantee you first class of this and that, but i''l defenetly be quite alright!!!

let me know what you deside to do! : ok:

anyone knows if the second GNR show sells good?

i got 6 tickits.. !

doesn't look like it. still many tickets available...

Standing tickets still available...

But the show will sell out eventually.  :)

Do you Norwegians recommend any cheap accommodation in Olso? Maybe it's safe to book early.

Ok, cool man! Thanks! :) Cool to meet someone from the board too!
I'll contact you for details.

Perminalen  ->  http://www.perminalen.no/

Thanks, looks interesting, and near the venue too!

Yeah, it's cheap, plus it's just a 10 minute walk to Spektrum...  : ok:

Are you gonna sleep there too?

Anyone knows if it sold out yet?

nope... floor tickets available!
took out my 4 tickets today! :)

Is it possible to find out how many tickets are sold and do you think it will be sold out?

Maybe, I've got some relatives in Oslo as well that I might be staying with. But I don't know if they'll be home at that time yet.

Sorry for all the quotes but I have booked two beds in a fourbed-room there now! It would be cool if it was GNR-fans in the other beds in the room! Now I'm just waiting for the tickets to arrive.

anyone gonna wear the HTGTH T-shirt at the concerts?  : ok:

i might wear it at one of the shows i'm attending, but i'm also going to have a dutch forum side shirt and then the official shirts....so i don't know when i will be wearing it...prob Dublin since that's the first show and i wont have an official shirt by then.

Yes, I'm gonna wear it!

I'm selling two floor tickets for the first show: June 28, since we're only going to see the second one.

I'm selling them at their regular price (+ registered mail to your country) and payment must be made by PayPal. Contact me here or on my email if you're interested.

Are there tickets left to both show?

the first one sold out....

Are you sure?

According to http://www1.billettluka.ticnet.no/EventList?eventSubGroupId=NOR1056.531358&rowsPerPage=null& it's tickets available.

My offer still stands. I really need to sell these tickets soon too guys. No one's interested? Floor tickets.

I gonna wear it with PRIDE!

That's it.

Got 3 tix for the Saturday July 8th show.  Section 212. Row 13. Looks to be okay seats, right?

Gonna surprise a good friend with one of them.

 :peace:

RF

Me and my friend have Row 2, section 212, so almost near you! Look for my HTGTH t-shirt!

Steve  :)


We will!

Rock on.

 :peace:

RF

Anyone gonna bootleg this show? I would, but don't have the equipment to do so...

Sign me up for the 28 June show!

What hotel do you suggest to sleep at when going to concert in spektrum?
(det eg pr?ver ? sei er, kva er det beste hotellet ? bo p?? n?rast mulig spektrum og billigast mulig!  :hihi:

I'm gonna sleep at http://www.perminalen.com/ on the July 8th show. Both near and pretty cheap.

Is it possible to see GN'R in oslo 28june and 29 in roskilde? it don't think i will get there soon enough if I ttravell with "Danskeb?ten"  :hihi:     Any suggestions? is it possible? BTW is there many tickets left for roskilde?

im taking a flight to roskilde the 29th.. early in the morning. so.. thats one possanility.. i guess its just 30 minuttes from Oslo to Copenhagen..

Ok.
Im in contact with Rockefeller/John Dee in Oslo, for a pre-party/after-party June 28th
We need to know who are interested to attend the this.. and what we are interested in, when it comes to everything from opening slots..
whats gonna happend there..

we need some good ideas..

please email/pm me if u have any ideas..

/Nytunz

Roskilde just sold out today 75000!!!

I'm interested! What about making Dust N' Bones (http://www.dustnbones.no/index2.php) play before or after?

Yeah I know! Is it possible there will be tickets available later?

How are the plans with John Dee coming along, Nytunz?

Maiden (http://www.clubmaiden.no/) are organizing a pre- and after party showing videos and documentaries, and also arranging a quiz. It starts at 17:00 and the CC is NOK 50.

What concert? First or second?

The first, don't know about the second yet. Went there yesterday, seemed like a nice and fitting place!

I'm only going to the second. I have seats so I don't have to wait in line, so a pre-party or a beer at a bar would be nice  :)

I'm also going to the second one so, yeah, a few beers before the show would be nice

In case you missed the listing for who's going, I'll be there.


To all the people who know the Spektrum area, suggest a pub/bar where we can meet before the July 8th gig. Thanks! :D



/jarmo

it's really cool to see that so many boardmembers are comming to oslo! i'm really impressed! : ok:

there are a few places right next to the spektrum, but they are obviousely going to be really packed like they always are when there's a gig going on in the spektrum and i don't think those places are specially cool either so i was maybe thinking we should go to a place called Elm Street which is only like a five minute walk from the spektrum, it's actually the place where a few gn'r members went after the Oslo gig in 93 if i'm not totaly off! i hope there's not a gig going on there that day tho because then the place will be packed aswell!! i'll check that out tomorrow!

other than that i have a few places in mind so i'm sure we'll work something out!! I don't think i'll be able to pull off a Hard Rock in lisbon type of thing, but at least we can meet up and i'm sure they'll put on some gn'r for us!! :yes:

To the ones who asked about going to the spektrum on the 28th and roskilde on the 29th. I'm going to both and i'm going to drive from oslo on thursday morning so either way it's no problem making both shows!!! :beer:

Seems like there's a pre- and after-party here: http://www.amplifier.no/

Anyone here who arranged this?

ah, thats the old rock bottom place! cool, i would guess it's not a fan made arangement tho i could be wrong.

it might be a cool place to hang before the gig and it's pretty close to the spektrum, only like a five minute walk. : ok:

I?m going to the 8th and prolly the 28th one too.... got tickets for 28th...

How much is a beer in a bar in Oslo?

I haven't been to Oslo or Norway in ages. All I remember is that it's very expensive (and I don't live in a cheap country myself).  :nervous:

Trying to figure out how much money I can afford spending on a day in Oslo.....  :hihi:



/jarmo

He he!

It ranges from ?4,5 to ?9, approximately, but around ?6 is most common. We have our share of TGIF/Hard Rock Caf? etc., but there are also smaller and cooler rock bars in the city centre. I can recommend Mono (http://www.cafemono.no/) or  Internationalen (http://www.nattguiden.no/utested/654), as they're close to Spektrum as well.

yeah, the beer here is fuckin' expencive, at least for a tourist!

50 norwgian kroners and up, and drinks are like 75 nok and up...

and like jaknudson said, fuck places like the hard rock and tgif...

i met dizzy last night at the last train which is my favorite bar in oslo, maybe we could go there beofre the gig on the 8th? or maybe elm street or mono like jaknudson mentioned, those places are located closer to the spektrum than last train!!

Pssst.  Do what I did in college....sneak in a flask : ok:

I'm gonna arrive at the Gallerian bus station in the afternoon, which I believe is close to Spektrum.

So if there's a pre-show meeting, I'd prefer somewhere close to Spektrum....

No need to waste time travelling around the town!  :hihi:



/jarmo

I'm in! :beer:

I'm trying to convince my parents to let me go to the 8th..

Why shouldn't they?

Cause I live in another country?

thats a pretty good reason

give me a ribg and i'll pick you up!

i have to say tho, what a great gig last night!!! better than rir imo!

Guns N' Roses Review Oslo 28th 20006


This review will be done somewhat different. It will give out the basic facts from the Oslo gig on the 28th of June, but it will also
bring up some issues that currently deals with Guns N Roses. Yes, I'm a big fan of GNR and I have been following especially
the new incarnation VERY closely the last 8 years. There are others like me of course, but if you want a "real" GNR review, then check this out.
It's free of media bullshit and stupidity by people who talks more than they should about GNR. However this is just my own
opinions, and things I saw and heard during the concert. It may of course be different in other countries.

Just before this concert, Axl had been arrested in Sweden for biting a security guard after the security guy supposedly started to intervene
on a discussion/fight between Axl and his assistant Beta. The cops says Axl were drunk and were biting and raising hell, Axl says he wanted
to protect one of his closest personal friends (Beta). The truth usually lies somewhere in-between the different versions.

I must say I was very worried about how Axl would handle this. All things pointed to Axl taking the arrest with a smile and some jokes like
he's been doing throughout their treck in Europe this summer, but I had to take Axl's past into the picture as well. I e-mailed Ron Thal and asked
him. He did not reply straight away, but probably the nicest and most humble member of Guns N' Roses ever replied to me the day after the
show and hoped I had a good time there. At 7pm the day before the GNR show Axl was released from jail only to refuse to get out of the
plane at Oslo Airport due to the amount of press outside. I did not give this too much thought as it was the press reporting it in a rather bitter tone.
The show was on.

Oslo Spectrum had sold out in about 30 minutes after the first tickets went on sale. A huge increase in interest since GNR's last show at Oslo
in 2001 (which was canceled) when they never reached sold out status.

Me and my friends came down there after the warm up band had played. I did not want to spent any energy on that crap band. I expected Guns N' Roses
in true Axl Rose style to be late. I thought they would show up around 11pm or maybe even 11:30pm. I was surprisingly wrong when the
intro started at exactly 10:30pm. The intro was very short this time and Robin started the riff to 'Jungle just after a few seconds of the
intro music.

True/false "Axl Rose can not sing anymore, Axl is overweight".

These myths can't be more wrong. Axl looks very very well for a guy his age. If I look so fit
when Im 44 I would for sure know I've done a good job. Axl Rose runs around during the entire concert and he screams like
a monster. His voice is incredibly powerful. There's just a slight tad of rasp there. Infact, it reminds me very much of the voice he
got during the AFD sessions. His voice is perfect. There's no problems. He's in key the entire time and nails all the screams, for example
the closing on You Could Be Mine. Don't worry!

Welcome to the jungle sounds amazing. The shear volume is perfect. Black Sabbath for example last year played so loud it was
painful to hear it. Guns N Roses nailed the sound.

They go through 'Jungle, 'Easy and 'Brownstone. Keeping the momentum up during the entire time. As I hoped and expected, Axl is in
a very good mood as always and are joking about the Swedish incident. He dedicated Out Ta Get Me to the Swedish police. Infact,
by the looks of Axl, he found the whole incident rather stupid and funny and not embarrassing.

True/false: The audience does not like the new songs/the songs are crap.

Axl introduces the first new song 'Better' by saying we might have heard this song if we have been very naughty Norwegians. Many of
us are. This song is accepted extremely well. 5 out 10 people around me knows the lyrics to the song. 8 out of 10 jumps up and
down and punched the air like hell exactly like they did on the previous songs. I.R.S does not get the same response. Since I.R.S
is a rather complex song it kind of needs time to grow on you. I enjoyed it a lot. It was very powerful. Less people were into it. It came
very late in the show and people might have been tired. 'Madagascar' is a crowd pleaser. There were people shouting for this song
all the way through the set. They played if second to last, different from the last shows. I might expect they heard the screams
coming from several people and not just me. It's a very very good song live. They also do 'Chinese Democracy' and I hear
people shouting for this song as well during the night. From my point of view, people enjoy this song, even though unknown to most. 'The Blues'
gets a very well response. This is not my fave song at all, but it seems that the average Joe loves this song. All the new songs
are without doubt good enough. The press slaughtered Appetite For Destruction when it came out, don't forget.

Guns N' Roses are putting on a 2.5 hour show. Axl nails the songs 100%. Because of the shear length of the show and
the songs, Axl goes behind the scenes a few times to get oxygen like he also did back during the Illusions days. They fill the show
with solos and a piano solo by Dizzy. The piano solo is very well released and people enjoy it. The solos does make the show loose
momentum, but from my point of view, the momentum of it all goes straight back when they do a song like Out ta get me. For people
on the floor I'd say it's a nice pause to catch your breath and to soak up the show and appreciate it to the max. To the people sitting
on the upper levels I would say the solos are rather pointless. I understand why they do so many solos, but my advice would be
to at least take one of them off the set list and let for example Tommy Stinson do a song from his solo album for example. The Robin
Finck solo before SCOM are pointless if you're not soaked in sweat, beer and tired as fuck. I were all those things and I'm
not complaining.

True/false: People at the concerts wants Slash

I expected Slash chants and morons in general. I never even heard a single chant for Slash, I did not hear any negativity from the crowd
from where I was standing (I was moving around from 3rd row to 6th row).
The biggest moron I heard was some guy shouting for 'Dead Horse' a song they won't do
anyway. I was very surprised at the shear positive tone in the audience. My friend even got a "Robin Finck" chant started. However,
most people do not know who every band member is, but that is to be expected coming from a band that got so much trouble
communicating with the press and other institutions like them. GNR's fault and not the public.


True/false: The set list are bad/need more Illusion songs

Yes and no. They do the songs people wanna hear. With the exception of Don't Cry and maybe Civil War this is the best set list they
can do for an audience that is not hardcore people who wanna hear "Bad Apples" or "Locomotive". For most people, songs like this would
almost be like playing new songs. Like it not, you can't please everyone and I think they've come up with a rather good list. The perfect
one would probably include the songs first mentioned as they are widely known. It all depends what you can cram into a 2.5 hour set list.

I've seen Motley Crue, Black Sabbath, Turbonegro, Alice Cooper among others perform at the same venue and they do not come close
to the intensity of GNR and Axl Rose. True, Motley Crue put on a fantastic show and in general cooler and crazy than GNR did, but
GNR still did a better show musically. You don't need clowns, naked chicks or some guy with black make up on when you got Axl Rose.

With the exception of Robin Finck, the other two guitar players and Tommy Stinson comes off as a little anonynomus. Richard Fortus
looks like Izzy's younger brother and Tommy got a very casual look. This is not a cartoon character contest, but people do notice
these things since the old version of GNR had some very cartoonish characters in Slash and Duff. And so they disappear in the might of
Axl Rose. I thought Tommy Stinson put on a great show and Robin Finck is - well, Robin Finck, - and everyone thinks he comes off as the
leading guitarist and the guy to trust. What they might lack (to some people) in image they take back in their musical skills. Besides being
an amazing guy, Ron Thal is also a great guitar player. He does the Buckethead parts well, but he's not Buckethead. The songs miss
Buckethead's guitar presence, but the band comes off better without Buckethead on stage. Funny that. I do miss Buckethead though. Songs
like Knocking on heavens door and You could be mine are screaming for the Buckethead solos, but nobody but hardcore fools
do notice. No harm to the general public.

If you haven't been to a new GNR show then don't moan and complain about them. They are a force to be reckoned with. But, not before
they have showed they can write albums too and not just play the fuck out of the current songs. Only then they will be pure Guns N' Roses.

They are very close now.

 : ok: : ok: : ok: ... great review

I do my best mate ;) Found a crazy typo in there but dont care  : ok:

So, any news on the pre-show meeting? Me and my friend arrive to Oslo at 12:45, leave the bags at the hotel and then we have plenty of time! It would be nice to meet some of you there.

The funny thing is that my friend isn't really a GNR fan, but he thought it would be fun to go to a rock concert. So it will be cool to hear some words about the show from a non-harcorefan. I bet he won't be disappointed...

I'm probably also gonna drop of my stuff at the hotel and then head back to the Spektrum area.



/jarmo

So no specific bar decided yet?

Elm Street or Mono I guess then?




/jarmo

where is last train?

garage and Rock In are descent places too...

and Amplifier...


hey, i say, gather the whole bucnk going to this show in a park and buy some drinks and have a pre-party thing there!

Ok, you decide. I wait and see here...or I will walk around Oslo and find you on Saturday!

Elm Street or Mono........?

Let's decide.

We're four guys flying up from Copenhagen. Onee of which joined med at Roskilde and the two others are SOOOOO looking forward.  I ofcourse also saw them in Budapest..  :peace:

Looking forward to hooking up.

Jarmo - I PM'ed you my cell.

 :)

RF

Elm Street looks cool http://www.elmstreet.no

It's open to 03.00 so we can go there afterwards too!

Yeah!

Whats the address?

Dronningens gate 32

(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5504/karta1gs.jpg)

 :)

So Elm Street before the gig?




/jarmo

And after too? Maybe I'm at Elm Street in the afternoon at 4-5 after me & my friend has grabbed something to eat. Or maybe we eat at Elm Steet, I don't know...

Elmstreet looks great!   :beer:

Too bad I cant go. I had to drop one of the GNR shows for my other passion in life, vintage fighter aircrafts air shows, Duxford, England here I come :)

Good luck to everyone. If I was in town I most certainly have met up with you guys at Elm Street.

Elm Street it is  8)


Jarmo, you have my cell number.

We'll be landing around 2PM (14:00) I think. Go to the hotel (Best Western), change and we'll go there....

See Ya  :)


/RF

I'll also go to the hotel first and then head for Elm Street.


Rainfox, you got a PM. ;)


Hope to see you all on Saturday!




/jarmo

I had arrangements to stay with erose but he didn't give any news for a while, and I'm leaving tomorrow. :( Big problem here: I'm gonna have to spend two nights outside. If someone can help me out please let me know. I'm coming all the way from France with a friend who's from Belgium.

We worked it out, it's all good now! Thanks again to erose and Jarmo who helped me out!

See you guys at the show!

Will  --  thats good news.

See you all at the pub!

RF


 

haha.. the weather here is  real dandy, so why dont we ALL sleep in the park?  : ok:

Amulet confirmed as supporting act tomorrow

Is Brain gonna play tomorrow or not?  ???

Singing: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaalright now, baby it's a aaaaalright now!"


We're all set to go.

One of the homeboys is down with a stomach flu but he just got ordered on Coca Cola and bananas. That should do it. Otherwise we have 2 stand-ins.

See you all at Elm Street tomorrow afternoon and later at the show... and then Elm Street again.

 :peace:

RF

yeah elm street it is!

sorry will, didn't mean to leave you hanging but i'll see you in a few...

three days away from the internet and all hell brakes loose  :P :hihi:

Probably my last visit here before the show! I hope I see some of you at Elm Street. I will be wearing my HTGTH-shirt so you will recognize my directly! (and I probably also have a smile on my face)  ;D

Here's my review from the 28th..

Landed in Oslo with my brother about three o'clock, and immediately took the train into the city and set course for Spektrum. We got there around four o'clock, and a line had started to form. There's several entrances to Spektrum, so I have no idea how many people who'd gathered around the building at that time. In our line there were about 50-60 people. Now the wait started.

Close to 6:30PM they opened the doors and started letting fans in the venue. I could see that some cameras were confiscated, but I could easily have brought one in as I had a jacket with me, he just asked me what I had in the pockets. As we got inside, we decided to buy a couple of t-shirts first, and then get in front of the stage. We got a pretty good spot, dead center with just 4-5 rows of people in front of us. As we stood there a little while, we could hear that some people were really psyched and ready for Guns N' Roses, the "Axl"-chants had already started.

Bullet For My Valentine came on a bit late, around 8:45PM. At this point people were so hungry for something to happen that the crowd "almost" went nuts when they started to play. But this didn't last very long, during their set most people were just standing still, however no boos as far as I could hear. They played for half an hour and closed up at 9:15PM. Now, people were saying "one hour till Guns N' Roses".

Approaching 10PM I could already hear some people talking and speculating about Axl not showing up, but I was not concerned. My only concern was my feet starting to hurt a bit after standing still for hours. Finally at 10:25PM the intro started....

Opening chords for Welcome To The Jungle started to roam inside the venue, the crowd reaction was crazy. Everyone started to jump up and down, and when Axl screamed the famous line, the crowd screams almost drowned the speakers. What can I say, with this kind of opening I knew instantly this would be the night of my life. Axl sounded fabulous, even better than any of the bootlegs I'd heard. Robin, Richard and Ron were all energic on stage, and displayed a great presence. As usual the following songs were It's So Easy and Mr. Brownstone.

Before Live And Let Die, Axl adressed the crowd by saying "You guys have been waiting a long time, right? A really long time." The meaning being twofold (we had been waiting a while that night, and waited since 1993, having two dates cancelled in the meantime). After Live And Let Die, Robin did his guitar solo before Sweet Child O' Mine. Finck was often caught smiling during the evening, clearly in a good mood. Better was introduced the usual way, Axl talking about downloading from the internet, and calling us "naughty Norwegians". Dizzy played some bits from a-ha's "Take On Me" during his piano solo before The Blues, to great appreciation from the fans.

Frank played a drum solo at this show naturally followed by You Could Be Mine (awesome performance). After this song Axl pointed out that "Frank knows all the songs inside-out, his mother knows the songs inside-out." I also think he smashed one of the drums during the song (Axl said something in that direction). Knockin' On Heaven's Door was done the usual way. Then Richard and Robin played Beautiful, with big cheers after the performance. Axl came back to the stage saying "law enforcements everywhere... espescially in Sweden", then starting Out Ta Get Me, which by the way were one of the strongest songs of the night.

The Piano came back out, and November Rain was next. Axl played a little solo first (Fuck The Police), and commenting: "Straight outta Sweden... I'm an AWA - Asshole With Attitude". Tommy and Axl laughed. After November Rain Axl and Tommy talked, "this next song is a request from Tommy, his new favourite song" - Rocket Queen.

Bumblefoot got the whole place singing Don't Cry, a great moment. IRS didn't get quite as much response as Better, but still a great performance. I think this will come with time, when most people start to know the songs beforehand. During Patience there were some funny moments. First, Tommy showed his theatrical skills when he mimed Axl's words (Example: "I sit here on the stairs"). Second, Tommy again.. I think his mike volume was set a bit high, so when the chours started and he started to sing, it was just as high as Axl's. Tommy, Dizzy and Ron all started to laugh. The next time they hit the chours, he had to try his way to find a good distance from the mike so he didn't drown Axl's voice.

Bumble played a stratocaster during the Nightrain solos. The band went off stage, and "Guns N' Roses" chants immediately started. The encores consisted of four songs, Chinese Democracy, My Michelle, Madagascar and Paradise City. The show was over at 1AM, a 2h 35m show.

All in all, the greatest concert I've ever been to. But it wouldn't hurt the show if they cut a couple of the solos, but we've already had this discussion...

i have two great standing tickets for today for the price of one, pm me for the details and phone number!

 :peace: : ok:

i have a spare standing aswell

Var p? Roskilde men glemte ? ordne med skjorte :'(
Hvis noen kan skaffe meg den hvite skjorta med ny logo og revolvere p? i large eller medium betaler jeg b?de frakt og rimelig bra ::)

hard4you@spray.no

What time should show starts? I mean supports before Gn'R,and  Gn'R. Anybody knows?

Hope there will be updates here later! I'll not moving a metre before Amulet has finished : ok:

I played on Bumbles guitar the 28th when he put it "into" the crowd on 'Paradise City'. Forgot about that.  :drool:

i played on bumbles guitar at his hotel  :drool:

(http://blink.dagbladet.no/user/files/m/mk/mkj05/bumble.jpg)

inside grand hotel

awsome man!!! : ok:

are you in a band or something?

Fuck! They were at Grand? I know a chick who works there, so I could've probably gotten access to the band.

You win some, you loose some.  :beer:

LOL! All the big stars live there, barnel?rdom!  :beer:

I was neglected.  : ok:

axl didn't live there... he took the plain after the aftershow... yeah i play in a band although i play synth there... i have played guitar for some years aswell but gave it up hah...
he gave as a mini private show... a friend of me played don't cry and bumble took over and did the solo on the show and we talked about it how he wanted another song to the setlist instead of just another solo and thought it was a nice way to get the crowd singing and i gotta fucking agree to that... it's pretty cool that he plays the don't cry piece different every time... just doing what fits... hehe
he also did mr. brownstone and sang to it :D that was pretty cool... but then Frank and izzy interupted, so he stopped  :-[  ron also talked about how happy finck was the first time they were in oslo when he had noticed the grass outside grand hotel haha... "the fucking hippie" he said and laughed... and told us that finck had ran out and was rolling around in the grass... haha weirdo...

Motley Crue stayed at Bristol, so not all of them stay at Grand  : ok:

I was talking about STARS  :hihi:

 :o im so jealous

Is this from 28th show or the 8th? I stayed at Grand on the 28th and I saw B.foot and Frank outside the hotel before the show, but didn't talk with them.  Fuck I should have spend more time down in the lobby!  :hihi:
But how did you meet him?

from the 8th. we met him outside but it was so windy so he brought us in. he was warming up and stuff and we got to play on his guitar etc

So you met him before the show?

yes, before they went into the cars that drove them to the venue

anyone filmed or take pics in oslo? or any other place???? i want to copy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ::)

There are some pics in the forum at www.gnrsweden.com (http://www.gnrsweden.com) Come on over!

I want a bootleg of this amazing show!!!(shows')