Here Today... Gone To Hell!

For organizing the Europe tour, organizing 4 shows in NY, and making sure that loyal leagues of fans got the tickets first.
please sign in this thread, and hopefully the admins will send it to them. I'll print it out, and try to give it to them at the Hungary show.




EDIT:

Thanks for undercutting the Scalpers and backdoor dealers so true fans only had to pay face value.

-jimb0

What a glorious plan.. it worked out perfectly.

Merck for President in 08. :peace:

-Mr.Intensity

Yeah. ?Thank you for accepting our hard-earned money for concert tickets.


-Danny

thanks axl, merck and whoever else involved with making this happen, this is such a great way to give back to loyal guns n' roses fans and your effort to make this happen means alot to us! thanks! :beer:

-speed_stone

Yes, thank you for all your efforts to ensure the GNR fans got their tickets!!!!

-fif

But they're paid for doing this? ?::) It's their job.
thanks anyway ?:P

How about a "Thank You" chant at the shows? ?Sounds good. ? :yes:

Thank you! Now you better show up, Axl... (of course you will!)


Hell yea!

they didn't have to do this for us, but they did, and that's what we thank them for. :beer:

I was thinking the same thing. :hihi:

And thanks for booking shows I can't attend! >:(

I believe  Mr. Merck works in the entertainment business? I wonder where they get their salary...

THANK YOU guys, that was the best presale EVER!!!!!!!  very cool of you to set it all up for us!

I'm not going to NY, but thanks anyway. I think it was really cool they put in some extra effort for these shows. And we have a tour coming up in Europe, so no complaints here.  :beer:

please don't ruin this thread with ignorant comments, i ask that moderators remove every comment that's negative because this thread is for guns and the management to possibly see as a thank you from the fans.

Thanks for being a band that actually plays music, or at least might show up and play music.

If they eliminated every ignorant post no one would ever see another one of yours.

If it makes you feel better:

Thank you for booking the shows.


Now that is a great post :rofl:

Thank you Guns n Roses

wow. this thread is growing like crazy. :o

Thanks for all of this guys - I appreciate it! Bring on May 15!

-Jeff H.

Thanks Merck, Axl, Mysteron and whoever was in this thing. ?Makes it all worth while


Kyle

Thank you Gun N' Roses and Management!! Today's presale worked PERFECTLY! ?

Your the best!!! ?The waiting has been worth it! ?:love: ?:love:

 ;D

Thank you to everyone involved...this really worked out great!  I can't wait for the shows!  I'll see you at all 4!

Just to add my voice to the chorus, I cannot thank everyone enough who was involved in the presale.? I got my floor tickets for the 12th, and couldn't be happier.? After being shut out yesterday, I was more than a little bitter at missing out on what-I'm-sure-will-be a killer run of shows, and it's just amazing that Jarmo, Mysteron, management, etc. co-ordinated this second group of shows and pulled the whole thing off so well.

And thank you to everyone who was talking to me about tickets to the first two shows prior to the second pre-sale today.? It's great to know that people on this board - arguments and occasional insults aside - step up and help one another out like this when it really counts.? *That's* what being a fan is about, and it's greatly appreciated.

See you on the 12th!

(I just posted this in another thread, but thought it was worth repeating, as this one was slightly more on-topic)

you lucky SOB.
I wont:( till may 31st.

Thanx to all involved in the pre-pre-sale and all your hard work and headaches with details,and stuff. Can't wait to see the shows! Hugs,moondance_1  :smoking:

Thanks to everyone in the GNR camp that made this happen :peace: :beer:

DOUBLETALKINGJIVE :-*

A big thanks to those responsible for making this happen. What an awesome gesture by the band and its management. The fact of the matter is they could have made a pretty penny with the information that they provided us for free, as many bands charge a fee for access to their presales. ?:beer:

I'll second every word of that. Nice job.

I'm not a sentimental guy usually but I say in all honesty the gesture (presale orchestrated to allow all the long time "sufferers" first crack at tix) is acknowleged and highly appreciated by myself and I am sure many others here.

See ya on the 12th!

Greetings from Tampa,

Mick

 Thanks to everyone involved in the pre-sale! I was very depressed yesterday after not getting tickets for the 15th  :no:

But after the new shows were scheduled i had hope again, and this morning I was in the best mood ever after getting tickets, and I was even more happy after seeing my fellow gunners get the tickets and not those fuckin' scalpers. Thanks everyone, and see you at the concert.  :beer:

Cheers :beer:

Thanks for working hard to get tickets into the hands of dedicated fans! I've got tickets for all four shows... can't wait!

thanks axl for finally touring :-*

Thanks.  I am not able to go to any of the shows.  But, thanks for getting back out there.  We all miss great music. 

Hats off to GN'R + Management  : ok:

Thanx Axl!

- Jae

Thank you indeed.  Their efforts in ensuring that tickets went to the die-hards were unprecedented. 

May 12th can't come soon enough...

thanks again to the band, mgmt, and the people who helped make this happen... i wrote this the other day but ill throw it in here again cause im really pumped for these shows.....

These two shows are shaping up to be the two of the most special and symbolic nights in GNR history imo. Look at the reaction by us the fans towards the band and each other. It's amazing to me. People will be flying from all over to witness these two amazing and intimate nights. GNR in a club!, in NEW YORK CITY! Honestly there isn't much more that can get better than that in regards to this band.

These 2 nights will be the launch of hopefully a full fledged comeback of one of the greatest bands in the world. These 2 nights will hopefully be the genesis of the Chinese Democracy era. These 2 nights will probably contain the most die hard of die hard fans all in one location supporting their favorite band ever at a GNR concert.

And to me that is probably the coolest thing about these 2 shows. If we all get our way, a good part of the GNR community will all be in attendance to see these 2 shows. The people who have been on these boards for years now supporting, hating and challenging this band and Axl will have the chance to "let it all out" before our little hobby, our little obsession, our "little" band goes off again. 

But hopefully going off for good now. Kind of like their going off into the mainstream now.  Of course GNr are huge. But in reality out of all those millions that are fans of the band, great fans of the band, we are kind of a notch above that in a way. We are indeed that "support group".

I dont want to sound gay or exaggerate here but we as a community have experienced a lot with this band. A lot of ups and downs. Most of it created by our own but also by Axl as well. We as a community have gone back and forth with each other over a million debates regarding everything to do with this band. From pointless to relevant and  informative discussions and topics. We all know how comical and heated it can get in these threads and forums. We all have our moments and differences with each other yet we are all willing to help each other out. We are all willing to just distribute amongst ourselves. To me that shows how special this night means to everyone. The way in which GNr and mgmt are handling this {with a presale} tells me they understand as well. Everything seems to be making sense now. Something that doesn't happen often in our community with this band. As a result of all of this, it just make these 2 nights seem magical.

Most of all...we the fans and the band all seem on the SAME PAGE. Everything seems to be  clicking.

But to wrap it up....we as a community will all hopefully be in attendance these 2 evenings. We will all TOGETHER share the same experience. It wont be like the last tour where only a handful of each of us were at different shows. We will all be there together. We will all sing along to the leaked songs and have none look at us strange.

We will all be there supporting the band we love jump starting them with an energy that hopefully no other GNR crowd or rock n roll crowd has yet given.

Something that cant be explained. An energy that only us the die hards, us the support group can give out and understand. All that joy,anticipation,frustration,patience,excitement,dissapoint,etc can all just be unleashed at that stage.

Other than seeing Chinese Democracy be considered one of the greatest albums ever {when its all said and done} these 2 nights are shaping up to be the pinnacle for the GNR community. I have been thinking about these shows non stop. I cant wait to wait online all day and meet everyone and just talk gnr in person instead of thru a dam computer. I can wait to be there up close in an intimate setting to watch the band. I can wait to go thru the gate. I cant wait for 9 o'clock to roll around and then hear rumblings of Axl not showing up. I cant wait to watch the lights go dim. I CANT WAIT TO HEAR THE OPENING NOTES TO JUNGLE and the crowd going ballistic. I then cant wait for the unexpected, the rants, the performance...etc. u get the point...its gonna be amazing. It truly will be.

And for me atleast it will only be this "amazing" because of all of you. So THANK YOU!

Thank you all very much. ?I love being a gnr fan! ?You guys are all cool in my book! ?can't wait for the 14th!





Hatts

Thanks Axl! Merck! management! Everything.

When, you come back from europe, please tour the western portion of the u.s.

thanks a lot GNR/management!! you guys rock!!

I'm not going to the shows since I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and I don't have money to travel to USA!  :'(

But in name of the Guns N' Roses fans all over the world: thank you!!

It's a great attitude and it shows that you do care about the fans, despite of what a lot of people says!

A huge thank you to whoever put all of this together.  I am going to the show on the 12th, and it will be my first time to see GNR since the Dec 29th, 2001 vegas show.  I can't wait.

thanx even tho CD hasnt been released yet  :peace: BUT IT WILL  : ok:

My wife was crying yesterday when she was trying to get tickets for me and was in the process of ordering tickets when she timed out and was not able to purchase them,today was a whole differnt story,three tickets floor for the fourteenth.Thank you GNR and Management

Not after said entertainers went out of their way to make sure a presale went to the fans.  This was not a normal process that happened these last few days.

Thank You Gnr/Management. Never thought I was getting tickets but because of this creative pre sale that was put together I will see my favorite band of all time on 05/12/2006 at such a great venue.

GnR merck everybody great job!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ok: : ok: : ok: :rofl: :rofl: :hihi: :hihi:

Thank you isn't big enough, but when they here us screaming at the shows they will get the message!!!
Thanks so much to everyone who took part!!!
amyl

No not just that.

Amen to that LittleFly

Generally entertainers sides aren't attentive to the trouble fans have to go through to get tix. their concern is whether tickets are sold well and who buy the tickets for what is a matter of little concern.

the GNR camp on the other hand.....
their process made a big difference. Amazing :D

...way to go.... dream come true.... 13 fuckin' years of my first (and only) Gn'R concert..... it couldn't have been better.....thanks to everyone that made it possible.............. (if Axl appears!)  :hihi:

Peace

hopefully the eather will be good in Dublin for the guns gig,

thanks again!

Yea man cant wait MAY 14th NYC!!!!!!
Thanks and cant wait to see GUNS N' ROSES :beer:

Thank you Guns N' Roses and everyone else who was apart of this great plan. Can't wait for my first Guns N' Roses show. I will see you at all four.    :peace:

Well..Thanx :smoking:
God,isn't it june soon? :nervous:

Mentioned it before, this seems like a better place to post.  Maybe put together a card with a line per gunner, thanking Axl, Merck, management.  Pass it up to Axl at the show.  Nice fan gesture for a wonderful fanfriendly gesture.  :peace:

Wow....what a GREAT idea....and just to make sure my sentiments are posted:

Thank you so much to ANYONE who was involved in making sure the worlds most devoted fans got their fair shot!

Considering alot of us have gone for along time feeling that we were basically being ignored, and rightly so, by management, this was a huge incident. Its already all been said in this thread so I'll just add another huge Thank You for everyone who made this happen.

Thanks Guns N' Roses, thanks Axl, Robin, Richard, Tommy, Dizzy, Brain, the unknown 3rd guitarist (let's call him Mr. X), Merck and the GN'R management for the tour, the four NYC gigs and specially for keeping the Guns N' Roses myth alive.

This is a nice time for being a loyal Guns N' Roses fan. Democracy is closer than ever.

estebanf

Thanks everybody.

to all involved for this THANK YOU!. This has been an amazing few days and the future looks so fucking good. ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!


jazjme

Great job mgt. and Mysteron!!! ?Hope all of those with Sanctuary in NY show up at the Mustang for the pre-show party!!!

To all of those involved - Very much appreciated!!

For the haters that posted that this was Merck just doing his job -- no, it wasn't.   These shows would have sold out in an instant without setting up any kind of presale for fan boards.  I generally think that GnR management has flubbed a ton of things in the past few years, but credit where credit is due:  this was a cool thing to do.

I'd like to add my most sincere thanks as well.   :beer:

People complaining they didnt announce these shows first don't understand the big picture. Fans got screwed over in the first pre sale so management wanted to make sure the fans won, and they sure did! You are all very lucky!

c'mon people. post more:)
 : ok:

a massive thankyou to all involved.  I'm not going to NYC - but it sounds like great steps were taken to ensure fans got tickets - and that fcn rocks.  i think this board has also been fantastic in sorting things out and keeping people informed - go jarmo!

Cannot wait for Download - and am SO happy that so many Guns fans are gonna see the live spectacular in a matter of weeks!!!!

bring it on!   :beer:

I've already said thanks on here. Just hope you do the same for the secret UK tour in July  :hihi:

Cheers  : ok:

It's a fantastic thing you've done. Shows that you really DO care for us guys who've been flying the flag all these years. Thank you again, wish I could be at the NY shows. Maybe I'll make download (fingers crossed!)

thanks for the tour, and looking out for the fans.

see you at download, and hopefully at least one other show

Alan  :peace:

i'm too far from any of those planned events, but i like the approach they took....thank you...

-elmir-

Well lets just hope their is a pre-sale 'if' ( ;)) there are UK shows.

Just like to say thank you to everyone involved in making the pre-sale happen - it was very much appreciated.   : ok:

i want to again thank everyone involved!  :beer:

not sure if this had been mentioned, but i REALLY appreciate the relatively cheap price of the tix. i paid $125 face to see them in vegas, and it was worth every penny.

a major band playing playing a venue that holds 3,700 in new york city could easily get away with charging significantly more money (and many other performers do).

these tix could have been priced $20 - $60 higher (or more). so the cost made it very possible for the die hards to go to at least one show, and some even 3 or 4 shows!!

so again, thank you.   

I have to admit I never thought I'd see such a cool gesture towards the fans from the band or management. We've never had a reason before now to think they actually gave a damn but trust me the effort put into the presale and trying to give every true fan a real chance at tickets is much apprecaiated.  hell it's more than much appreciated.  Granted now it didn't go down quit as smoothly as possible but hey what'ya expect. We're dealing with the internet combined with jerkoffs who try to ruin it for others so really I guess  it go down as  well as could be expected  We could see the effort(the late night second presale password among other things) and when it comes right down to it the effort to reach out to the fans is what counts. This goes along way in restoreing my faith that the band/management DO care about the fans. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! : ok:

Bono.

what tour date??

thanks for keeping the Rock N' Roll legend alive

Use Your Illusion

 :beer:

Thank you to all involved in the band,site, management- nice to see a band finally take an active step to make sure fans get the tickets and not greedy scalpers.

Not thanks, but congratulations for being so damn cool!!!
It's great to live in a time when we know there's a thing called Guns And Roses led by a man named Axl Rose!! :beer:

really appreciate everything, looking forward to the 15th

truer words have never been spoken! :beer: :smoking:

Thank you Axl/Band/Merck/Mgmt/Jarmo/Mysteron; for a band that that has given me personally so much the past 7 years (heard #10, Estranged on the pink '99 Live Era disc and have been a die hard ever since), you guys really outdid yourself this time by providing the opportunity for 'regular joes' like us to be able to see round 2.

I started to tear up when I heard the first verse of the Better leak for the first time, fuck, i'm going to be like a schoolgirl when I see them play it live. 

Thanks!

Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez Nuts

I definitely appreciate the band and co. for not only playing these shows, but for adding the additonal ones.  That was a really pleasant surprise.

I appreciate the password change. That was way cool.

wow! what a monumental waste of time.   They booked fourshows! How many were cancelled in 02? And without an explanation?  I don't see why we need a thread thanking them.  Two shows that have a presale doesn't make up for all the b.s GN'R fans have had to put up with all of these years.  I could see the adoration directed towards Axl/Band/Merck/Management if they had done something to right past wrongs like philly and vancouver, but to fellate them for booking two shows of which there will be a considerable profit just seems wrong and justifies them treating us like shit the last 10 odd years. 

Yeah I think it's a really smart move letting the loyal fans get the bulk of the tickets for the NY shows.  The casual fan, or fan of Guns circa the Slash years really don't have a grasp on this new band and are non-believers.  They don't view the band as GNR without Slash.  That's part of the reason the last tour fell apart.  They booked these huge arenas without any single or album to promote.  It was sort of the world's best cover band live.  They need to play to an audience that will appreciate the NEW music, and this is the perfect venue.  Then do the big festivals in Europe, release a single, an album, get the buzz going.  And we're back in business.