Here Today... Gone To Hell!

No love for Philly?...I was there like many of us in '02 and we'd love to see a date at the Wachovia Center in Philly, anyone think theres a snowballs chance in hell of GNR coming to the Philly area?..or Wilkes-Barre, that date was originally scheduled for sometime in December 02...but alas, we all know what happened

The date was December 8th, 2002,  Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States  First Union Arena and it got moved to December 8th, 2002, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  First Union Spectrum. I think that was showing some love for Philly by having two shows the same weeken. If everything would have went ok Philly would have been the only city with two official shows on the tour. I'm sure once the cd is out this year next time around they will hit PA.  : ok:

it was the 1st union Center, now the Wachovia Center

the Wachovia Spectrum is the older structure behind it where i saw Velvet Revolver ;D

ya

Flyers/Sixers = Wachovia (ex-First Union) Centre
Phantoms = Wachovia Spectrum....where the Flyers used to play

 :crying:
show some luv 2 philly ======  please ?
we want a concert here 2 !

the SECOND philly show (on sunday, december 8, 2002) was scheduled for the Spectrum. the FIRST philly show was at the FU Center. 

amen to that... I guess we'll just have to wait though  :beer:

NJ, NY, and MD are all reasonably close, so there's no huge loss.  Anyone that wants to see them can just go to one of those shows, since distance isn't that big of an issue.

 :peace:

Screw Philly, we need a show in Pittsburgh.

some of the philly fans kind of ruined it for everyone.. i'm sure they are still dealing with the legal ramifications...

I wouldn't say those words.. they often come back to bite you.  Not a big Philly fan myself, but apparently they're not the only city in PA that chokes in the NFL..

At any rate, go to the OH show. 

Yes, it really fucking sucks.

Of course they'll probably pull a "surprise" Philly gig for fans once the tour is over, and those of us who use this forum will find out too late, it'll be one of those "secret" performances a la the acoustic gigs. They'll take random bums off the street and be like, "YOU WANNA SEE GUNS N' ROSES?!?" And they'll be like, "Wha?" And Axl will be standing in the doorway of the bus and be like, "ALL ABOARD MOTHAFUCKAS! YOU'RE IN THE JUNGLE BABY!" And the bums will be like "Who the hell is this freak?" and Axl will toot his Nightrain whistle and wear a conductor's hat and turn into Tom Hanks from Polar Express and sing while he makes them all hot cocoa.

I REALLY need to stop fantasizing about these things.

I hope they play Philly though.

Just... wow.

Reminds of of a David Lee Roth video....

Speaking of which, David Lee Roth on Leno playing bluegrass Van Halen? Worst fucking thing I've seen all my life. Scarred me...forever. Go look it up, it's addictive as hell and something you'll wish you'd never seen.

I am pretty sure that Gn'R (AXL) deciding to not play that night had just a little to do with their behavior. They knoew they weren't going to play, and that show should have been cancelled before people set foot in that venue.

with the support pittsburgh shows the penguins, i wouldnt want GN'R their

you're arena sucks anyways

I'm going to both Cleveland and Hunington, WV.  But Pittsburgh is only 50 miles away.

i saw 'em in hershey, philly & pittsburgh PA back in the day.

I SEEN THEM IN HERSHEY TOO.YEARS AGO.i was so fucked up someone had to hold me up during the concert lol.had first row tickets too.on the left side of the stage.awesome concert i think lol.

Awesome show in Hershey, back in '91.  I've got the show in lossless and a few pieces of memorabilia from the show as well... Glad to see others were representing  :beer:

I agree with you Rancid...No, the fans behavior was not appropriate but you can't pin it all on them.  A no show is a no show, regardless of the reasons, and people are going to be pissed...Especially people from Philly.

Now hold on a sec, not everyone in Philly ruined the show. Yes, there are the select few who had to flex their machoness and throw beer on everyone below them and knock over Christmas trees and steal chairs from the floor seating...lol But honestly that night after the "show" my buddy and I stopped for a bite to eat at the Allentown rest stop on the PA turnipike and there were about 15 or so people there who had just come from philly and honestly were dissapointed. Nobody even talked about the fact that there was a "riot" people just couldnt believe it was happening all over again, someone was talking about St. Louis and it was really a bunch of people who were so pumped (including myself) to see the new band and just couldnt believe it was happening. Especially off the heels of that great MSG 02' show and all the positive stuff I had read about that...it was honestly the worst feeling

The Philly no show wasnt really a riot or anything, its WAY blown up by the press and people who think they know it all. I was hoping for a Philly or Hershey date but Baltimore is bout the same distance as Philly is so ill be going there.

Doubt you are ever gonna get a Hershey date. If i remember correctly they are "banned for life". Axl and Sebastion Bach dropped about 50 f-bombs between them while Hershey Park was filled with children. A State College date could be a good alternative.

I got to Penn State and I would lose my mind if Guns N' Roses came to State College :drool:

DUUUUUDE.  You made my day.  I really lost it at the hot cocoa lol.  Seriously, though, how do I get on that bus?  Sign me up!    :hihi: