Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Website : http://www.rockamring.de/main.html

Tickets can be bought here : www.eventim.de

The band will only play at Rock Am Ring, not the twin festival Rock im Park. Official website mentions that they will actually play in the early hours of Saturday the 3rd (after midnight).

Board members attending : 0001001, Bananabar-Ed, Brownstone, Gunnershome, Kiki, lastroots, Leontien, Meanmachine22, padje, Reckless Rose, Some1, tonya_ytzerman, WARose

i'm fucking there.. bring it on!!

does this mean that GNR will play right after Tool??? That would be amazing!!!!

http://www.toolband.com/tour/index.html

yes that's true...

YES!!!!  Just bought the tickets :P 8)

Yihaa! My summer is made!  :peace:

where`s my name on that list? :hihi:


finally gnr at rock am ring.....i`m so fuckin`happy : ok:

add my name to the list.
I will be there. If i need to sell my mother... well, ok i will

Bring it on!!!!!!!!!! :hihi:

Where are we on that list?  ;D ;D SOME 1 and Gunnershome will kick some motherfuckergermans ass : ok: :beer:

Yep, I'll be there too!


/lastroots

jep, be there too

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3659/bild0010iv.th.jpg) (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bild0010iv.jpg)

(http://media.rock-am-ring.com/img/poster/RaR-Poster-2006-07.gif)

Ok my sister is coming with us to R.A.R so count LEONTIEN in thank U Jarmo or Pandora : ok:

Can't you buy a ticket for one day for this fest??

I can't find those tickets on eventim.de ....

no you can't :(

I'll certainly be there as well :)

ive got the tickets today Fucking fast!!

fuck, it sucks balls you can't buy a ticket for 1 day :s

what am i gonna do now?? maybe go friday and leave sunday before the headliner to be fesh for school...


gotta convince my girlfriend to go with me and see the bands we're gonna see again next month (werchter) ?!

Oke, I'm already on the list, that's fast!! It seems like Gunnershome already knew that I was coming before I did !!  8)
Gunnershome, Some1, Kiki: we'll be poor before the end of this summer, but that's worth it right? :hihi:

....every cent Leontien, it's gonna be word every cent :P

hey all, how about meeting there?Drink and smoke and whatever our asses off, having free and wild sex (Girls around  :nervous: ) and holding up a gigantic transparent saying: HTGTH knew you'd be back...and now you'd BETTER play TWAT to make this a PARADISE CITY you PROSTITUTE  :rofl:

Sounds great but you are a man :smoking:

Tool are playing right before GNR on bouth Rock am ring and Novarock!

This is soooo great!  :o  : ok:

Let's meet there!! Honestly! Why not?
Would be cool , wouldn't it?? : ok:

I'm with you, I will meet you right here:
(http://www.texasindemand.com/marktrock_scorpio/062.jpg)
at the first row!

Ain't that a little long for a banner?  : ok:

In the past years they used to sell single-day tickets, but only shortly before the festival. Since the venue is so big there's hardly a chance that it will sell out.

True, the site is huge... That's really the only down I can think off concerning this festival. The miles of walking, up hill, rolling downhill, ah well... with a cold Bittburg in my hand, thinking of the great GN'R show ahead, I won't be all that bad...  :peace:

... well....!! since I work for a German company, I'm going to be there for 2 weeks....  ;D .... including this weekend and the World Cup beginning.... my question is... I've seen that the ticket is 130 Euros for the 3 days.... that's a lot of money considering that I just want (and I just have the time) to see Gn'R..... is it possible to pay just for that event??? or I really need to pay the full ticket???........

Thanks for the help!!!!!

I just mailed the promoter for the festival (Marek Lieberberg productions) & asked whether they will sell single day tickets. Their response: --> there will be NO single day tickets for Rock am Ring this year.

So no RaR for me *sniff*. I don't have 130 eur, especially not if had to pay them for only one night.  :rant: Or can I get the money back I spent on the no-shows in Stockholm, Berlin, Rock im Park/am Ring in 2001 and Lisbon? I still have an unused Rock am Ring ticket from 2001, maybe I can use that one  :rant: ?

i just bought my ticket :peace:

this is gonna be an awesome night!!

gnr late night show at the n?rburgring :drool:

Ive Got a email from Rockamring.....60.000!!! tickets sold so far.

yeah and only 20000 tix left. Marek Lieberberg thinks that the festival will be sold out before it starts.

With a capacity of well over 100.000, I doubt they're going to stop at 80.000...

hi to every1
i'm form Bulgaria and me & a friend of mine we plan to visit RAR , we still dont know how we gonna get there - by plane or by bus, so i have some questions, i hope any of you guyz that lives in Germany can help me out.
if we go by plane (Koln or  Frankfurt aeroport) how we gonna get to Nurgburgring? what are the opportunities?by  bus or by train? anyone can help us with info about that (and especially how much we have to pay for it)
we do not have tockets yet, cuz we plan to buy 'em when we get there.
 i hope some1 help us to Rock the Place together  :peace:
 :beer:

Take a train to Koblenz (make sure it is Koblenz.de not Koblenz.ch), there are shuttle busses from Koblenz to Nuerburgring (here: http://www.rockamring.de/anreise.html , also check http://www.rockamring.de/shuttlebusse.html for the busses that go round the whole camping area and stuff.). You can buy train tickets at the train station in the airport (Frankfurt or Koeln). You might want to check www.bahn.de for details.  if you need help with translation etc., PM me :)

shheeeeeaat   ...   i can`t wait for this show :nervous:

thanks 4 the info! i'll check those sites with my friend, he speaks german, if i have some questions, i'll PM you  : ok:
just want to know which way is cheaper? by train or by bus,anywayz? if you can tell me some prices of tickets (approximate) by train & bus
thanks in advance, Tonya!  :beer:

i think train is better......  i don`t know... 20 bucks?

there are gonna be busses from koblenz on. you could get closer to nuerburgring by train, but not to the ring itself. so the "only" way will be to take a train to koblenz and hop on the bus there. i think you can't get from the airport to koblenz with a bus.

ok, thanks a lot again, i'll ckeck these days how i'm gonna get it to Ger - by bus, car or plane

Alright, got my tickets. Count me in  ;D  :beer: :beer: :beer:

I'll be there too

I'll bring a few friends of mine as well.

How about we all from this forum meet before the show and have a few beers and the line up in the first row?


/lastroots

It's the first time I'm at the Ring usually I'm at the Park. So I have to check out how to get the quickest way to the first row. Any help is appreciated!
Otherwise let's meet at the first row even if you don't get any beer there. I'm wearing my HTGTH shirt.

Don't worry, I you want to get to the first row, you'll get there... I don't know how it is im Park, but am Ring its not that hard...

meeting would be cool - when do you guys arrive? we plan on being there early friday morning (like 6am).

Thursday 4pm

I'm also arriving on thursday, at something like 4 pm...

we`ll drive at 3-4pm on thursday. i don`t know when we`ll arrive then :hihi:

and about the first row thing.... at what time should i start trying to get in front? i mean it`s going to be a long day...

Well... I'd appreciate some help here..........

I'll be on Friday 2nd on Wangen.... and I pretend to drive to Nuremberg (is it well written??) at 4 pm... at what time do i get there??? at 7 pm approx??? is there a chance I can get a ticket outside the venue???.... who else is playing on Friday night besides Gn'R??.... I'm planning on sleeping in my car..... is that ok??.....

Please let me know if any of my ideas are way out of something reasonable....  help is appreciated!!!   ;D

Correct me if I got something wrong.
1. Which "Wangen" do you mean?
2. There's a difference between N?rnberg (that's where Rock im Park takes place without GN'R) and the N?rburgring (that's where you should go if you like to see GN'R)
3. Bands on Friday: Bloodsimple, Stone Sour, Alice In Chains, Dir En Grey, Deftones, Korn, Tool, GN'R. For more infos visit http://rockamring.de/schedule.html
4. You don't need to sleep in your car, cause if you've got a ticket then this ticket is also for camping.

Mmm.... interesting info.... I'm going to Wangen.... don't know "which" Wangen... the only thing I know is that it's like 2 hour driving from Munich and from Sttutgart..... so..... I'd like to see Gn'R.... not very interested in the other bands.... so.... I must drive to the N?rburgring.... that's correct??? how far is from the "Wangen" I'm going to be??.....

Really, really thanks for the help, man!

hello there!
i have a question about where i have to step out from the bus, if i'm in a bus to Koln, for example?
what city, place? i have to reach to jump off and where to look for a transport to Nurburgring?
I'm traveling from Sofia, Bulgaria,anywayz...far far away..in the galaxy  :hihi: well...some 1200 km
and also, where to buy a ticket for the festival?

Here's a map I've made. The red points are all "Wangen" I have found. Most of them are very small towns. If you can tell me why you are travelling from Wangen I may be able to tell you which Wangen you mean.
(http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/1993/namenlos7em.jpg)
N?rburgring is correct. It's a race-course near Koblenz.

If you arrive at K?lln, I think the easiest way is to get in a train to Koblenz, that's not too far away. From Koblenz to the N?rburgring, there are shuttle busses. Here's the schedule for the busses from Koblenz to the N?rburgring:

Thursday
journey there    12.30 - 21.30 every 60 minutes

Friday
journey there   08.30 - 19.30 every 60 minutes
return journey    00.00

Saturday
journey there    12.30, 15.30, 18.30
return journey    14.00, 17.00, 00.00

Sunday
journey there     12.30, 15.30, 18.30
return journey    11.00, 14.00, 17.00, 20.00, 00.00

Monday
return journey    07.00 - 13.00 every 30 minutes

If you haven't bought a ticket yet I would do so now, because it will take a while to ship it to sofia. You can buy tickets here:
http://www.eventim.de/cgi-bin/TINFO.DLL?fun=TDetailB&id=EVE961511148103670H&doc=funktion/fun_deb_sta&key=194600$297489

thanks for the info,man!
but is there a possibility to buy tickets when i'll be at the Nurburgring? june 1st maybe?

Anguro: Nuerburgring is nowhere near Nuernberg!! That's 1200 km direct distance!! So make sure you get to Nuerburg, not Nuernberg or else you'll miss Gn'R.

It depends, do you wanna see Tool from up front aswell? I'll be so fucking nervous that my friends will have to restrain me, otherwise I'll try to get up front at like mid-day or something...? ;D But seriously, two hours before the show you should start to move forward. RaR has a couple of podium's with the Suziki Alternastage being the only a bit smaller then the main stage, I don't know who's playing at the same time or right after Tool, but since RaR is famous for its programming, you'll see a shit load of people walking around once Tool is done... That's when you have your chance... I suggest you grab it!? :peace:

I honestly don't know if you can buy tickets at N?rburgring but I think you can. If it's sold out it's your bad ;-)

The "problem" will be that Gn'R will play only after midnight - i think the other stages are done by then (Jamiroquai listed as last act on the Alternastage). I think I'll hop in the crowd sometime during Korn... any time sooner and I'd be too exhausted to see Gn'R
/me expects the gig to become a major elbow-fight

how an open air festival (100 + thousands of ppl) can be sold out?
i honestlty doubt it...well i hope so  :nervous:

the festival is almost sold out, it might be hard to get tickets on june 1st

that's what I've heared too. I'm not surprised if it will sell out because there are some really great bands playing this year.

hm, that sux
but how it could be sell out? i just dont get it...this is a big fuckin field!
well...now i'm very worried..i dont think i have enough time to buy on line tickets (for me and a frined of mine)...and get the tickets on time..cuz i'm in Sofia..i just dont know what to do now...
i'm going out to see Da Vinci's Code and to discuse the situation with my friend...
 :nervous:

True, but Jamiroquai  could also being playing much later... 2 years ago I've watched Kaizers Orchestra with 50 people untill something like 04.00. And last year The Chemical Bro's weren't done untill something like 04.30... So it could be Gun's isn't the last act on saturday... I fear that with: 'the urly hours of saturday june 3rd', they mean they're gonna play at something like 03.00... I mean, it could be magic, or it could mean I'm allready waisted...

well, GNR,Tool,Korn,Metallica and Depeche Mode are playing..

It's there a possibility to purchase tickets from the festival and recieved them when I'm arriving there?
and not to wait here for 'em here, cuz I'm sure I'll not gonna get them by mail on time?

I've emailed them yesterday but got no response till now.

It's there a possibility to purchase tickets from the festival and recieved them when I'm arriving there?
and not to wait here for 'em here, cuz I'm sure I'll not gonna get them by mail on time?
I've emailed them yesterday but got no response till now.

Ok, keep informing me,plz, cuz i dont understand very much deutch  :no:
 :beer: :beer:

I'll be there sometime around 4 or 5pm I think. First thing I'll do is discard whatever shirt I'm wearing and buy a new GN'R one  ;D

I'm not interested in all the other bands (well, Tool maybe), I'm basically there to see Guns and I'll leave the morning after.

So everyone who wants to could meet, have a few beers and then gight our way through to the first row around midnight.
Does that sound alright?


/lastroots

That sounds like a plan! ...wait... i'm a girl... well anyway ;-)

sounds good, i'm gonna leave the next morning aswell

come on dudes....  where`s the festival feeling? :hihi:

i`ll be there with 5 friends from thursday to monday/tuesday....   basically because of gnr... but there are some other cool bands though. korn, soulfly stone sour, metallica, tool, placebo (??)....

the sunday line up is utter crap unfortunately... but fortunately god gave us alcohol : ok:

I'm gonna be there from thursday to monday. So if you see someone with a HTGTH shirt or a charlie don't surf shirt, it's me.

i'm going by myself. that's why i just stay for one day

yes please!! where to sign?? : ok:

God you guys go there pretty early.

I come from hamburg (like a4,5 hrs ride) and have to work on friday until 0500pm. So i might only arrive around 1030pm :no:

Does anybody know how long the parking areas will be open???

They're open 24hrs, except when they're full... Don't worry, you'll find a place, but don't expect it to be near the festival-site... Bring walking boots..  :hihi:

Thats sounds ok to me, except that I don't know about the lads I'm comming with... I'm the biggest GN'R fan of them all, so I'll have to see what they want... But where to meet? in front of the BBQ place that's opposite the Main-stage?

Can someone tell me how far is Nurburgring from Koblentz?
how much I have to pay for a bus ticket from Koblentz to Nurburgring?

Koblenz, not Koblentz. --> The price for bus tickets for both connections (outward and return included) is 8.00 EUR each. A single trip for both connections costs 4.- EUR each.

So it will cost you 8 EUR if you want a return ticket, or 4 if you only need to get from Koblenz to Nuerburgring. The bus parts at the main train station in Koblenz, so you should find it by asking around there.

Link (http://www.rockamring.de/anreise.html)

Thanks again for the help, Tonya :)
i hope we all from htgth can meet there and have fun  : ok:
 :smoking: :beer: :smoking:

just got a reply from eventim. They will not ship tickets to Bulgaria because there isn't enough time left.

well...i will pray for tickets when i'll arrive in Nurburgring!  : ok:
tomorrow or in friday, i'm going to buy a ticket for bus - Sofia - Koblenz, i'll go on may 31-st, and i'll arrive june 1st, i hope i'll get to the festival arena till 17hrs.

P.S.
 does anyone know if the camping arena will open on the 1st of june? (damn why on their site theres nothing on english?) cuz i'll be there with a friend of mine with a tent and a sleeping bags.
i have one suggestion : everyone from this forum, who'll go to RAR to post a pic of yours somewhere here on the HTGTH forum, and to make a date somewhere, so we'll meet, drink  :beer:, etc.?what do You think?

Well if you trust me enough, everyone that's going could PM me their cell phone # (please don't forget the country code), and i'll call you all say...  friday afternoon around 4ish and tell you where to go? i'll send you a text msg with my number and play phone bitch for the day ;)

Is anyone going to the Ring also going to Gods of Metal?

 ;D i like it  :hihi:
well i'll send you my mobile # now, but i have to check the roaming stuff at my mobile company ;)
 :beer:

How about exchanging our shirts then  ;D

However, yeah, sounds like my idea is appreciated, so we have to find a place where to meet up.
Whoever wants, pm me with your mail adress and I'll send you a picture of myself. If we exchange pictures all and know what everyone looks like it'll be a lot easier to meet.


/lastroots

you could wear my bra to go with the shirt :P

Meeting: Have a look at this (http://media.rock-am-ring.com/pdf/RaR_Plan_Legende06_03.pdf) plan. See the big yellow letter "K" next to the yellow arrow? If you look a bit more on the left side of it, you see two symbols. One is for food, the other is for merchandise. Let's meet at the merchandise stand at 16:00. Would be cool if we know how many of us are gonna be there so that we can take a "group hug shot". I look like this (http://bkatrin.fotki.com/2005/birthday_on_pilatus/img_1284.html)

okay, i'm there ;)

i am  this dude (http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/boardgallery/thumbnails.php?album=84)

On what day? Thursday or friday?

Holy shit, you look hot, now I'm sure, I'll be there! Tonya, you've been on RaR before? Personaly I think its better to meet at the BBQ joint oposite the Suzuki Urban Challenge... Its closer to the main stage, and if you want to meet on friday, the people who are allready inside, won't have to leave the festival-ground again... Although its a much visited place, you'll be able to spot the gnr fans imidiately... Its just a suggestion... Let me know.

EDIT: By the way I look like this: (http://tk.files.storage.msn.com/x1poX_nVzrJvrc7k6H7GpeeWOVYbLyhNcDAhWCsatH-QIPxMmYfXC-fQTZD9hLOCqXxAzS4S2Miw-PTScGT48HSK_blph9eSkZQHS1wZf5DqjwUe1yjABY-YEfm2yL-EAzlPeZgMDheygs)

Ok, I'm drunk, I don't care if I get mocked because of my picture...  :beer:

http://www.rockpalast.de/livestream/

rock am ring livestream

i mean friday. and no, never been there before. i thought at 4pm, everyone will already be there, but not many ppl will be inside the concert arena already; plus it won't be too lound & crowded so we could have some pics & chats. hope that's cool with you?

i wanna be in the first row though. what time should i make may way to the front?

Gn'R aren't going on until after midnight. And that's the *official* time. So make that 10am saturday Axl time. They'll probably serve croissants and hot chocolate in the front row by then  :hihi: .
No, seriously. The official "timeline" says "after midnight". They haven't given any times for the other bands yet. So if you don't get any other info at the festival that recommends other strategies, I guess it's safe to abuse Tool's set to make your way to the front.

I think it is pretty safe to say that they won't be on befor 1230-1245 am.....

One week to go :peace:

GNR are coming on stage between 1-3 a.m.
officially

Hey fellow gunners....Im a virgin(newbie) to these boards, Ive been lurking for yeaRS And years...I thought Id sign up to post something...My name is Dan, I live in Germany(In the U.S Army) I live in Stuttgart...Well ok enough about me...Im going to this concert next weekend, I will be leaving Thursday afternoon, Ill get there in the evening and pitch my tent...I cant wait to go, maybe I can meet some of you guys...this is a huge concert, I have pre ordered the MetallicA concert(playing Sat night) it will be avail via mp3 or flac...I then pre ordered Depeche Modes concert(p[laying Sunday) so this looks to be a kick ass concert...cant wait, and I think 1am is perfect for them to go on stage, since its a festival and all, no one should bitch about driving anywhere after GN'R go off stage

today i bought my bus ticket to Koblentz, i'll go from Sofia on 30 of may, and i'll be arrinving afternoon on 31st of may.
a friend of mine gives me his big Axl Rose flag,( its Axl from 1993 ;) very kool)
i'll be on the festival with a friend of mine, so we both will buy tickets when will be on Nurburgring (i hope there'll be left some tickets  :hihi: )
so if someone will be there sooner we can meet somewhere
cheers

hello there
i'm just curious if someone knows...well as i'm actually arriving on 31 of may in Koblenz, now i'm looking the shuttle's schedule and i can not see a shuttle's going to Nurburgring on 31 of may. it says from 1st of june there will be a shuttle at every 30 minutes.
could someone tell me how to get to Nurburgring from Koblenz, i'm travelling to Koblenz by a bus from Bulgaria.
i dont undesstand deutsche, so I can't understand a lot from the official RAR site.
10x in advance

i checked www.bahn.de for a connection but they only showed me bus connections from koblenz to n?rburgring and those take 12 hours. i dont know exactly which train station is the nearest, maybe someone who lives in that area could tell you.

Welcome dude, we're still in the proces of getting hooked up overthere... Stay stuned...

Yeah, they only do shuttles during the festival. You know, the race ring is somewhat... out in nowhereland, so there's no point in having any public transportation there safe for when there's an event taking place.
You can take a train from Koblenz (please, without the "tz") to Mayen. Mayen is the next biggest town to the ring. Maybe you find some nice dude or dudette who'll give you a ride to the ring. Mayen is 25 km away from Nuerburg. The alternative is to sleep the night in Koblenz and hop on the first shuttle on the 1st of July (no shuttles from Mayen to the Ring!).

hth,
tonya <--- getting excited...

btw: no problem if you don't speak any German, try English :)

thanks again Tonya!
well i think i'll choose between stay in Koblenz for the night, or getting a ride with some dude or dudette:P

this is COMPLETELY off topic, and for that I apologize....but isnt this show held at a kick ass race track that i play all the time on Gran Turismo 4?

exactly : ok:

http://media.rock-am-ring.com/pdf/RaR_Plan_Legende06_03.pdf

the weather sucks at the moment....  i guess it`ll stay like that anyways....

do you live somewhere close to the ring? cuz i'll need some transport on 31 st of may from Koblenz to Nurburgring, my bus will be at the bus station around 15:30 on the 31 st of may.
btw is there cold or somethin?

i don?t live that close.....   i don?t know.... 200 kilometres..300 kilometres...

the weather sucks. it?s quite cold and raining all day... :no:
it might get a little better until the weekend, but i won?t get my hopes up :hihi:

i can?t help you getting to the ring though  :-\

i`m pretty sure there`ll be busses : ok:

i`m pretty sure there`ll be busses : ok:i really hope so
otherwise we have a tent and sleeping bags  ;D

it's getting closer....

I 'm so excited and i just can't hide it...... ::)

Ok serious:  We should meet there somewhere..
Since not all people will be there on friday afternoon i suggest to meet something like  830 hrs somewhere
Anybody interrested at all?
Up to now it 's pretty safe that i will come alone, booze me up, watch Tool and Gnr and go back to sleep in my car

 :beer:

yeah, i'm interested , i think you could PM Tonya_itzerman from this thread and give her your gsm to contact, she suggested to be "the phone bitch  :hihi:
i hope we meet all together

I just looked at a satellite picture of the track, theres houses all over the place, right next to the track, how freakin awesome would that be!!! thats it, I'm learning german and moving...

Looks like its gonna be typical Eifel weather this weekend, a little bit of sun, rain, heavy clouds, wind... Oh well, it has its charm...

anything is fine with me,unless it's not a 2001 weather again..

errr... if you mean you don't want rain, you could get unlucky.
here's a forecast (http://wetter.rtl.de/deutschland/uebersicht.php?id=10515&ort=KOBLENZ)...

i mean rain mixed with storm bloody coldness and everything

so i bought a tent, i will be leaving after I get out of work on Thursday, I hope to get there sometime in the evening so I can get a nice place to camp, somewhere near the venue, since camping is included with the price of the ticket, Id like to meet you guys/gals....i dont have my handy on me, but I can get the number and post it...I dont speak a word of German..I am only stationed here, I am from L.A California...

speak of rain and stuff...I heard that Germany might get snow, above the 800 feet elevation mark...How messed up would it be to go to this concert and be outside 3 days in snow....and oh god, at 1am or when ever axl and co. go on stage, have it freezing and snowing instead of rain....snow in june at a guns n roses concert...now that my friend would be a first..dress warm....you never know

Yeah, we could have a snowball fight instead of a riot when they show up late  ;D

thatd be fun, yea no kidding its cold outside...i cant believe were 2 days from june, and its crazy cold out doors today, not to mention the snow...

i meant to say rain...not snow

come to think of it, has there ever been a concert in the snow that GN'R have played? I wishfull wish would to have snow, and axl comming out on stage wearing the costume he wears at the begining of Dont Cry...and then performing the song....sorry for suck silliness or being dumb...bored at work...

What about everybody wearing his HTGTH shirt? If you dont have one just wear a random gnr shirt.

Id like to recommend everybody to take lots of warm clothes with you because its not fun to wear your wet clothes two days in a row.

can we do a midnight fan meet and greet? on the camping?  and can anyone from germany tell me if we can put our cars next to the tents? or camping place? thanks.         

RaR isn't very organized, anyway, not according to dutch festivals. You can bring practicly anything, like bbq's, drinks, hell even a freezer/refidgerator combi and powersuply is allowed, but if you want to bring your car, you'll have to park on a special campsite called Nordsleife, or something like that, and you'll be further away from the festival ground and you'll have to pay extra for the campsite. There are special ticket available on eventim.de. Also check the pdf's on the RaR site for campsite and festival plans...

RaR is one of the most relaxed festivals know to (european) mankind, and I'm sure that if the bring all the equipment, you'll have an comfortable stay (hence, the weather is a big factor in that). I'm leaving thursday morning for the Eifel, and to be honest, I can't wait!

Ok we will be there with 5 in 1 car and there are gonna be other members from our dutch site that are coming as well...hope to see ya all there how can we reconise you all? please dont say with a gnr shirt on.. ;D

BOYS AND GIRLS, WE STILL DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO MEET! SHALL WE MEET IN FRONT OF THE SUZUKI CHALLENGE? ON FRIDAY, AT LETS SAY 7 PM OR SO?

Yes, we have a place to meet.
Friday afternoon at 4pm next to the merchandise just outside the Centerstage. Check this thread for the exact location, i posted it like a page ago.

You *can* park you car, just not next to your tent. If you have a caravan (?) or want to attach your tent to your car, you'll have to do so on the camping area called "Nordschleife" (as mentioned in the thread).

Ok we will be there,great!

sorry for my late reply. can't be there, no great explanations.

wish y'all a great show!


/lastroots

is it allowed to sleep in the fuckinmg car?
I will only stay untill saturday night (Metallica) and will hit the road back home

anybody know?

yes it's allowed, you can sleep where the fuck you want :)
except on the festival ground itself of course

addition:

it is not sure yet wether the show will be streamed online or not. rockpalast is still in negotiations with the band.

Allright, I'm off packing right now. Hope to see you on friday.  :peace:

word on the street...live stream of this show?

anyone know the link?

http://www.rockpalast.de/livestream/

There you can see the show...

It's a german tv-channel

I hope to see some of you at the festival the german live and let die board is there too....

I'm leaving now. Watch for HTGTH shirts in the first row ;-)

i would like to wish everyone a good time and a safe trip at this show  : ok:

gonna begin the 5 hour drive on friday at 0130 hrs pm

to everybody: be safe and have fun!!!!

Don't drink too much
No drugs....

wait a minute... I sound like my father here  ::)

Drink as much as you can handle without losing control
the same for drugs

Rock N#Roll

See you at the Ring : ok:

i am willing to (try!!) giving live updates via sms to someone who is not going (preferred someone from germany)

lemme know

from the bootleg forum:



Everyone enjoy.Hopefully someone will record it..

Im going to be recording the online stream. Ill have the mp3's of it up for download within a half hour of the show being finished.

Will you be able to make a DVD of it?
And could you create lossless files aswell?

Thanks man!

The Band including Axl arrived in Germany!
Fuck i'm so excited!!!

have a fcn great time!  look forward to your views/reviews when you make it back   :peace:

Lol I went to the Rock Am Ring website to get some information...

I copied the stuff about Metallica and Guns into the google translater to translate it from German to English. Very Funny  ;D

"Skirt at the ring and Skirt in the park host Metallica, a hard skirt band" - Well something like that...they replaced the word rock with skirt. Hilarious  :)

Came back today, got some much needed sleep first. Don't have much to add to Brownstone's review, and I'm not very good at writing reviews anyway, but have to say this show ROCKED! I was standing a bit more in the middle, not with all those die-hards in front of the stage, so the people around me where the more moderate festival goers and I have to say this band just lured them in. Before the show started people were just curious, not really excited about seeing GNR. The moment those opening notes were played, everybody was staring mesmerized at the stage. Everybody was singing along, dancing etc, having a very good time. Better rocked, the band sounded awesome. Too bad, some people left before the show ended, because it was quite late. The people who stayed though, got everything they wished for! I KNOW this band, with this new line/up is able to win over the general listeners. Axl?s voice sounded strong, he was very energetic. I?m even getting used to the many solos  :hihi: Robin is an amazing guitar player with an awesome stage presence. It is fun watching him on stage (and off, that crowdsurfing mofo!) The band seemed to be enjoying themselves tremendously. Good vibe. I?m a very very happy little girl  ;D

This was a SUPERGIG from Axl and GNR very good show!! this show was 3 times better then the lisboa gig,sorry for that but thats the trued...axl was agressive and wanted the best from the band he was fast with singing and got himself a great voice this day like the old days.i will post a complete reply soon with pictures.we got a great time also with metallica.

Wow. What an amazing show. Just returned home.

I've been waiting for this for 13 years, since my mother didn't allow me to go in 1993 in my hometown Cologne.

It was such a blast!   The band, especially Axl, was in a very good mood, always joking around. The most priceless things he said were: "Oh, we were going to play different songs at the same time...we're confused..so use your confusion!" (before IRS) / "Mr. Finck is confused now..we fucked it up again..kind of like Izzy was in the band...This is not meant in an BAD way..Izzy was supposed to be here tonight, well, I'm sure he is SOMEWHERE..."

besides that, kick ass show, amazing voice, I can die happy now.

Good night.

Unfortunately I didn't manage to go to RAR, but my mother also didn't allow me to go in 1993 to Frankfurt  :crying: GnR were the too dangerous and I was too young.  :rant:

That's really funny :rofl:

He was funny hehe

The show was bloody awesome. Better than the show they gave in Portugal!

!Izzy was supposed to be here tonight, well, I'm sure he is SOMEWHERE..."

???

I hope izzman shows up at the manchester gig, sounds like rock am ring was a great show

Axl was in real good spirits, and my god, its all true, he does have his voice back! It was an amazing show, hope it air's on Rockpalast or WDR soon, cuz I can't wait to hear and see it again.

Only returned some time this morning from Italy, so sorry for the late report. But anyway, here it is.

Gn'R were scheduled to play at 2am according to some security dudes, and they added that they had calculated them to be at least 1.5hrs late ("cause you never know with these guys"). Anyway, they started 20 min early, at 20 to 2 and played for 2.5 hrs. set list: no surprises, didn't play CD (and no TWAT either AFAIR).

Axl introduced KOHD as "a song that was NOT written by David Hasselhoff" (David Hasselhoff had been really successful in Germany with his songs in the early 90ies).

Sebastian Bach on Michelle (Axl mentioned that he'd invited the dude for the gig, and he wanted to fly there and then the airport closed, so by some circumstances Mr. Bach hadn't slept in like 24hrs but he was there anyway. Axl also said that he'd invited Izzy to the show, but he didn't show up ("Izzy's *somewhere*, that much I know"). )

Axl messed up the beginning of Patience (someone should tell the dude how to whistle the intro and then start the song with the line "shed a tear cause I'm missing you"...). They restarted after the whistling part. Tommy had sat on the steps down from the stage at the beginning of the song, obviously waiting for Axl to sit next to him (and I think that kinda confused the X-Man), and then Axl fucked up the song. At the end, Tommy ran up to Axl and stood there like a tin soldier & did a metal salute \m/ (& Axl called him a metal head).

Axl also was late to the start of Madagascar, and they had to restart the tape. He seemed angry at Dizzy (?), cause he'd started too early. They restarted the song from the beginning. IIRC, Madagascar and PC were the encores.

Axl came down to 1st row during one of the first songs (yeah, I got to touch His Axlness and now I'm a happy gunner and can die in peace  :hihi: ).

There were some more Axl quotes, but i kinda forgot about some of them. One was "who wants breakfast?" (referring to the fact that they were actually playing in the morning) & Ron raised his hand  :) . The greeting was "Good morning", but I think I was the only one who got it. He introduced Robin Fink as "Mr. Robin Finck, otherwise known as Jeremiah Johnson". Other quotes were the same as always ("for your listening pleasure, Mr. Richard Fortus").

The crowd was rowdy, lots of crowd surfers (Tool and Korn were on before Gn'R, so it kinda just continued). Was very cold & late at night, so lots of people standing in the back left during the gig. Security was tight, one dude every meter in front of the stage (and shit were they busy with all the surfers). There was one guy who seemed to be Gn'R's security, with headphones & wandering to whereever Axl was moving. Not the same dude they had in italy though (the one in Germany was a kind-of-middle-eastern-looking dude on the heavier side of the scale, the one in Italy sporty, bond, and busy looking for bootleggers with his flashlight).

On sound quality: The first four or so songs were a bit too clean for my understanding, after that Axl's voice suddenly lost clearness (assuming there was really no playback). The band was tight & rocked the fuck out, crowd seemed happy. Sorry, I haven't checked on it, but I'm sure MTV will air the show so you all can have a look yourselves (and get the setlist and quotes right and stuff).

I managed to take a few pics (though busy watching the show, keeping my head from being knocked off by an overweight crowd surfer, and my hands from freezing off). They are to be found here (http://bkatrin.fotki.com/2006/rock_am_ring/), you can do with them whatever you please as long as you don't use them for some sort of thing you're gonna sell or otherwise make money with (if you copy them, a note about the copyright belonging to me would be nice, still).

does anyone know how many people were there

it was estimated that there were at least 120,000 people there....thats lots of people, I was there, had a blast, wish I could of met up with some of the fans from this board...but it didnt happen....anyways, I cant believe no audio has been released from this concert, I mean theres clips here and there, but not the whole show, security was so relaxed, a person could have filmed this concert, I mean cameras were allowed, Im sure itd of been easy to bring a camcorder in, or a kick ass tape recorder....

no, it was 120.000 people at both festivals. rock am ring and rock im park.
they say there were around 70-80.000 people at the ring

very cool review and pics Tonya : ok:

i thought i`d post this in the right section as well :hihi:

ok  i just came back from rock am ring yesterday and was to tired and exhausted to write a review...where do i start with?

we headed to the n?rburgring on thursday and the weather was absolutely shit. it was raining and cold as fuck, but when we finished building up our tents the sun finally came out and the weather became quite agreable hihi

then i went partying at the camps with a friend of mine. we met people from south africa and new seeland there;-) they said that gnr was one of the main reasons they were coming...   anyways.. lots of people there talked about gnr and stuff and you could hear gnr songs being played everywhere. i even heard "get in the ring" and "right next door to hell" once.

on friday the festival began. the first band i saw was bloodsimple. the band is opening for gnr in nijmegen by the way. the sound was complete crap and the music wasn`t that great either. next band was stone sour (also opening for guns in nijmegen). they were simply awesome and i even got an autograph from coury taylor and their bass player after the gig. after that alice in chains(also opening for gnr in nijmegen hihi) took the stage i think. james hetfield from metallica joined them for one song. the performace was quite boring though...

then dir en grey (a band from japan) and deftones took the stage. both bands aren`t really worth mentioning i think...

the next act was korn and they really rocked. 60000 people were jumping and  moshing. you couldn`t resist anyways... either noone was jumping or everyone... all in all a really great performace. i almost got killed though.. the first section was so fuckin packed, that the show wasn`t really fun anymore. also, i didn`t have the chance to drink anything for hours and almost passed out. i got nearly smashed while standing at the back rails, trying to get out of the crowd. when i managed to get out i stole a bottle of water from a security guy and had to enter the second crowd area.  i was able to catch about two minutes of korn`s performace on stage hihi

i was afraid i won`t get the chance to see gnr from the first few rows, but they opened the first section after korn and i got a really good position in front of the stage. it was still really packed. people were falling down and losing their shoes. even someone`s glasses got smashed...

tool did a great show i think, but it became quite boring after a while. the band was just standing there and performing their 10 minute long songs... basically i was just waiting for gnr to take the stage at the end of their performace.

after tool when the stage was set up for gnr the promoter( marek lieberberg?.. well, i don`t know who it was...) came on stage and talked a little about the upcoming performance. he said that the protagonists were all there and "if god is with us" everything should work out fine.

a female mtv reporter with a camera crew was standing on the stage and they interviewed some people and filmed the crowd while they were chanting for guns n roses. i don?t know if anything of that was broadcasted on TV allready....

anyways.... the atmosphere was really great and people were chanting "guns n roses" all the time. the crowd even cheered for the guy who prepared axl`s mic stand.

some people became impatient at 1:30pm and screamed for axl to come out (not in a negative way) even though gnr were scheduled to take the stage "sometime" between 1:15 and 2:00pm according to the guy, who talked to the crowd in front of the show. i guess he tried to make sure, people were staying calm. he mentioned that gnr took the stage two hours late in madrid and budapest.

i was a little surprised to see brain`s old drum kit onstage, but i didn?t really care about that anyways...

around afternoon there were rumours about the band not showing up floating around by the way. i guess some people misunderstood a radio report about pete doherty and babyshambles not showing up, because doherty got caught while having a shot.....

when the lights went down and the intro started the crowd was really electrified. you could hear 60000 germans chant "guns n roses". you couldn`t even hear yourself or the people around you, because the people in the back were that loud. i was really impressed by the intro by the way. it really fits and it`s..... great.

then the concert started with jungle and a really, really long axl scream. the place literally exploded. axl danced and ran around like a maniac. after jungle they played mr. brownstone and it`s so easy (as always... hihi). then axl talked to the crowd for the first time i think. i can?t remember everything so well, because i was drunk and really exhausted after 12 hours at the ring... he said something along the lines of "good evening germany" and " wow, a lot of you mutherfuckers made it tonight". then another "guns n roses" chant started and axl just stood there smiling to tommy. he then said thank you and robin started "better". i can`t compare it to other concerts, since RAR was my first gnr gig, but from what i heard from the bootlegs, this was the best performace of that song ever. axl?s vocals were perfect. the most surprising and impressing thing was, that better got as much applause as let?s say "it`s so easy". axl jumped off the stage during the end of the song to shake hands with the people in the first row i think. the next song was "live and let die". it sounded really good, but i could barely hear axl`s screams. you felt the flames during the chorus even while standing 10 metres away from the stage... i wonder how bumblefoot survived them, since he was standing right behind them...

nyways... then they played knockin`on heavens door and a little jam. then dizzy played let it be as his solo and started the blues. i think merck and beta were on the stage between two of thos songs.... then they played cou could be mine and out ta get me. nothing special about those songs. they were simply awesome and well recieved just like the rest of the show. then bumblefoot played his first solo and the piano was positioned on the stage. axl`s voice on november rain was just incredible. he sang it with rasp and.... well perfect. you people really need a proshot recording of this concert. i give a shit about all those bitchers and whiners on this board. nothing could top that performance.

but well....  after november rain axl introduced an old friend of his. some people were screaming izzy, but it turned out to be sebastian bach again. i was a little dissapointed about that, especially because axl mentioned later in the show, that "izzy was supposed to join us on stage tonight, but he`s ...somewhere. that`s all i know". sebastian and axl did a great performace of my michelle anyways, even though i think that sebastian bach is a dated 80`s rocker, which his moves proved even further...

anyways...axl introduced the band, robin played another solo and then played the intro to "sweet child o`mine". after that richard and robin played their "beautiful" duett. that was the only (guitar) solo the crowd really enjoyed.
the people in the first section always applauded after the solos, but i think the people in the back were a little bored...

of course nobody thought about any solos anyways, when nightrain started. it was definitely one of the best performances of the evening. really mind blowing... then gnr played 4 encores!! the first one being madagascar. the band started the song, but axl wasn?t ready and they had to restart the song. axl talked throughout the whole first verse and he blamed dizzy for the fuck up i think. axl wanted to continue the song, but the band started it  entirely new. he "thanked" them for that and the band started again. axl vocals were the best of the concert on that song. it was the best performance of madagascar ever i think.

after the song axl was joking around how it was just like, if izzy was in the band. (he said that he didn`t mean that in a mean or bad way... and talked about izzy being supposed to join them on stage at RAR, but he just didn`t show up.)

then they played IRS. it was my favourite song of the night. i was really curious to hear that song and even planned to make an IRS sign for the concert. the song was both musically and vocally perfect.

next song was patience. axl fucked up the intro again. he said "use your confusion" and then started singing.

the last song of the night was paradise city. another great song greatly performed. the solo kicked in with the usual pyros and confetti. everyone started to dance and i took the chance to move further in front of the stage. people around me were almost crying and hugging each other. i stage dove and stood right in front of the stage, 2 metres away from axl, while he was screaming "good fuckin night". just awesome. unfortunately the security guys were pushing me away though. i was going backwards to the exit to reenter the attendance and suddenly bumblefoot stood next to me. i couldn`t believe it and just screamed "bumblefoot you`re the man" and we shook hands. then two security guys carried me away........

when i was back in the crowd i saw the band bowing and the show was over. the people were standing there for 5 minutes afterwards applauding. i tried to get back to my tent to have some sleep, but i got lost and meandered between the camps for about two hours, before i finally arrived...

all the people i met or passed by, were talking about the show and how great it was. the worst comment i heard in two days was, that they played to many solos and slash was missing a little on november rain. except for that everyone was praising axl, his voice, his look and his performace and was really pleased by the concert.

listening to all the people talking about the concert was almost as awesome as listening to the concert itself...

i have to admit that all the negativity on this board really managed to make me a little sceptical about the concert, especially about axl?s voice and the crowd. i didn`t completely trust in the hardcores ya know hihi. But what i experienced for myself was simply the best i could`ve hoped for. well they didn`t play "there was a time", but i considered it as a nice little bonus anyways...

axl`s voice was awesome from the opening scream of jungle to the ending notes of paradise city. the crowd was chanting "guns n roses" after almost all the songs and singing along. i think axl was almost embarrased, because of all those chants. he was having a VERY good time and talked a lot to the crowd. he introduced one song as "a song not written by david hasselhof". i thought tommy was his best mate in the band. he and axl were always joking around and smiling at eachother. at one point axl was like: "hey tommy, i think all these people are watching us", then he sang something with his micky mouse voice and the people were cheering.

also, axl was the only singer out of 15 i saw, that ran to the sides of the stage. noone else did that. in general, no other lead singer had as much energy on stage as axl. james hetfield was great, but he`s carrying a guitar......   believe it or not, but axl was the highlight of the festival. not only for me, but for most of the people there i think.  i think he was a little drunk though. noone there agreed with me on that, but he was stumbling sometimes....

before the concert i thought people were missing slash big time, but i only heard one guy screaming " i wanna slash", followed by another guy screaming " i wanna fuck".... hihi

most people were like: "i thought axl would be crap without slash, but he`s the man" and
"he`s the same guy as in 92. his voice is great"

i`m definitely not in the position to compare this concert to the previous ones, since this was my first, but i`m pretty sure that this was the best one. i guess axl took his energy from the crowd.


i met lots of gnr fans there. Kiki, recklessrose, some other great people from dutchdemocracy.nl and tons of people from the german gnr board. i think someone mentioned, that limulus will get the dvd of rock am ring.....

anyways... i saw avenged sevenfold, reamonn, soulfly and metallica on the next day...  if you`re going to the concerts avenged sevenfold are opening for, i suggest you to come late.... i didn`t like them...  reamonn was just utter crap and even wanted to quit early, because the crowd didn`t like him. metallica and soulfly were really great though... i suppose many of you saw the webcast.  they did like 10 encores....

closing.... the show was fantastic, axl was fantastic, the band was fantastic and the crowd was fantastic. i hope axl comes back to germany soon!! beer