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Now that the tour has ended (it hasn?t already but just one gig left, today :hihi:) what were, in your opinion, the best gigs of this tour?? This of course is more for ppl that went for more than two gigs so they can compare.... so go ahead!!? : ok:


as what concerns me, I only went to RiR, I loved it but as it was the second gig in the tour I guess it was not the best gig... dunno.

Now that the tour has ended

give it another 2 hours  :hihi:

LOl i knew someone was going to say that but read what I say after it  :rofl:

 :peace:

Hammersmith. Hands down the best- not necessarily the greatest setlist of them all, as it wasn't. But the intensity, the atmosphere, the sense of occassion and history in the making as the few thousand lucky fans had a performance in a venue that made it feel like GnR were playing in your living room just for you made it phenomenally special. You could almost (and did) reach out and touch the guys. It was almost like a family affair, and was a real chance for all the guys from all the boards to get together and celebrate GnRs return in style with the band themselves- it was fantastic.

Helped by the fact that the performance could not have been topped, as I said at the time, I couldn't help personally comparing it to the Marquee or the Ritz in 88, it was that good. I couldn't believe how stunned I was by the whole experience.

manchester men was the best

Awesome i went ot that one
 glad people are considering it among the best, it was awesome  : ok:

madrid best setlist and one of the best performances

Download

Gotta say Newcastle (even with no encore), I'm biased 'cause I was there, but I thought it was amazing, and members of the band have said it was quite possibly the best show of the tour. horse's mouth.

Hammersmith I say...as intimate as you are going to see guns I think :) and being front row!

Although I would have loved to be at Madrid, Bumble tears up the end of TWAT

Fish

Stockholm

I would say that Download probably was, just because of how it all seemed to be going so wrong, but ended with one of the best and longest setlists, Izzy's apperance was a huge surprise (1st in Europe I believe) too, and completely saved the day... and the fact that having stormed off stage at one point, Axl said "I don't want to leave"... would an Axl from any other period do that?

The encore was especially fantastic.

The 1st NY gig sounded pretty cool too, with a performance of TWAT, as does Madrid for the same reason, and the last NY gig because it was Izzy's 1st.

Nijmegen, because I was there ?;D No serious, sound was great, crowd was great and the whole atmosphere was terrific. Setlist was not that special, but Izzy showed up totally unexpected, which to me was more important then 1 or 2 more new songs. Awesome show, even the dutch press was impressed : ok:

i wasn't htere, but yea, i LOVED the Nijmegen audio we got, everyone sounded great!

[unfortunately i wasn't there] but i'd find it hard to argue against this. listening to the bootleg (the one i have was one of the first, it was pretty poor qualitywise - but that didnt matter, and ive since lost it with a hard drive/ipod crash) the moment izzy comes out it really is one of those moments that were as magic as you'd expect it to be. and the beauty of the noise, the racket, the fuzz, that blasts out as they kick into think about you is simply the most majestic and wonderous thing ive ever heard. anywhere. its so amazing, so beautiful, that words simply cannot do it justice.

i managed to get to two shows (which, according to the rules excludes from participating, but i cant resist :P), dublin and roskilde and both were pretty much equally magic. if you combined the best bits from both shows it would have been the best thing ever. but on paper, objectively, neither were the best show. budaphest, madrid and wembley 29th are probably the ones to look for as far as europe is concerned.

Personally I would say Hammersmith - great venue, small crowd, no problems, good mood from Axl etc.

However, having heard a first hand account of the acoustic gig - I think it'd be hard to top that one!

Sorry, can't pick just one, so will have to be awkward and pick best five (and one isn't even European!):

Hammerstein 15th - Dream come to true to see Guns in US: small venue a chance of a lifetime.  First time I heard Better and IRS.

Madrid - Completely different vibe to NYC and first (and sadly only) time I've heard TWAT.

Hammersmith - Legendary venue and somewhere I thought I'd never see GNR play.  I've had some memorable nights there but nothing will ever top GNR.

Manchester MEN - First of this separate UK leg where Better was played.  I love this song so much; it's my favourite newy and I think will become the SCOM for this band - the chorus especially is so anthemic.  Energy level of the crowd at this show was nothing short of amazing.

Wembley - Sat: Amazing setlist.  I was right on the rail, something I swore I wouldn't do again after getting crushed at Wembley Stadium in '91, but it was definitely worth it to be so close to the main man.  Sun: Emotional rollercoaster of a show and one that'll stay with me forever.

I've just been to two shows; Madrid and the first Wembley show.

I think I enjoyed more the Wembley show cause of Axl (amazing performace) and Izzy . Although in Madrid the setlist was better; TWAT, CD, IRS; Better, Madagascar and The Blues were played, and they played their longest show, 2 hours and 30 minutes.

lmfao, yeah oslo was described by people who have followed the whole tour as possibly the best show, we got an extended setlist and izzy was there, but yeah stockholm, right ::)

Oslo 28th was huge!

He's entitled to his own opinion about which was the best show.

manchester men - its the only show i went to, it was my first concert i have ever been to and now i am even more of a fan than i was before the show.

Dublin and Paris.

Hammersmith and Dublin!!!!! :beer:

Prague

Axl, Ron and Richard all said Stockholm was one of the best. Axl even said it in a pressrelease! Richard said it in an e-mail to me, same with Ron (and to many others). Why would someone who has followed the whole tour know better than the actual band?
I'm not saying Olso wasn't great, it was, I just think Stockholm was better. The atmosphere was incredible, even without Izzy and an extended setlist. Maybe that's why the band likes that gig, they didn't need those things to perform an amazing show.

And like A Private Eye said, of course he should be able to say his opinion without you gettin' all sarcastic..

I'm not really sure as I'm biased. But I do believe that the best UK gig was the NEC gig in Birmingham.

Best crowd reaction I thought and a decent setlist and just an overall awesome night imo.

 ;D

i have to say that to me the best shows were Madrid and Lisbon, since i was there...but a bit more Madrid, it was amazing and the setlist IMO was the best one of the whole European Tour!!? 8) :smoking:

I'll say Hammersmith because, well, you know.  ;D

Donington  8)

manchester

if this was about the best gig i`ve been to i`d say rock am ring.....   but since this thread is immensely baseless i say fuck it.....    everyone who went has his or her own best gig :peace:

dublin!

I Went to Hammersmith, Donnington, Newcastle and Wembley (29th)

The best night for me was Newcastle - it was electric!

I liked Warsaw a lot but they sounded really amazing at Roskilde!

Hammersmith is #1

then birmingham #2 (because of axl's outbirst) : ok:

Hammersmith,

and if anyone needs reminding, thaTS CAUSE I SUNG ON HEAVENS DOOR.

newcastle

hammersmith for the atmosphere such a huge band in such a small place it was amazing. that and it was made up of fans that knew about the new band and new songs.

in terms of performance, sound quality etc i'd say nottingham.

donnington was cool but the atmosphere was kind of ruined by so many assholes in the audience.