Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Board members attending: AxelRosesGal, axlfan, Dirty Little Thing, DizzyReed63, greenhorn1, montycombs, superdave, toadie28


Setlist: Welcome To The Jungle, It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, Live and Let Die, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, You Could Be Mine, Robin Solo, Sweet Child O' Mine, Piano Jam, Dizzy Solo, The Blues, Robin Solo #2, Better, Band Introduction, Robin/Richard - "Beautiful", Out Ta Get Me, Piano Jam #2, November Rain, DOWN ON THE FARM, Bumblefoot Solo - "Don't Cry", Rocket Queen, I.R.S., My Michelle (with Baz), You're Crazy (LIES version), Used To Love Her, Patience, Nightrain

Encores: Chinese Democracy, Paradise City

I WIL BE ATTENDING FRONT ROW, CENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!? THIS SHOW IS LIKE 20 MINUTES FROM WHERE I LIVE, AND THE PLACE IS SO SMALL ITS LIKE THE SIZE OF MY BACK YARD!!!!!!!!? THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!! until the day of the show of course.....

Holy crap...Axl's going to Huntington!
Looks like I'll be paying my alma-mater a visit (Marshall U) this November.

How long of a drive is Huntington from the PA border is it near Morgantown?

i'm not 100% sure.  Huntington is RIGHT where KY(where im from), OH, and WV.  if anything i figured they'd go to charleston, WV.  Their arena is much bigger.  its like 2 hours away where im from

Ill be there too man! I only live about 30 minutes away but I got two quick questions...



Is it General Admission on the floor? and How do I get the pre-sale password? I got the pre-sale when I saw Gn'R in NYC but I forget now.

Huntington is about 3-4 hours from north of Morgantown...just shoot down 79 to 64 keep going til you hit Marshall University's exit.

1. I'm assuming yes.  Most shows there are... I think..

2.  Don't know yet.

Cool, I really hope it's GA so me and my friend can get right up to the stage like I did at Hammerstein!  : ok: Can't wait to see you guys there! First time Gn'Rs played WV! (If i'm not mistaken)

I cant believe that They are playing in my home state and I now live in effin NY(where no date has been announced).  I am from Morgantown and just recently moved here and I thought I would have a better chance of seeing them here when all of the dates started to be announced.  This kind of pisses me off.  Oh well.  They gotta come to NY some time.

can anyone tell me what the capacity of this venue is?

a couple thousand i'd think.  the arena use to be used for a local minor league hockey team.  but i wanna say the most recent acts to visit this place have been kid rock and godsmack.

per wikipedia.org:

"The Big Sandy Superstore Arena is a city-owned 9,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Huntington, West Virginia. It is currently home to the Huntington Heroes indoor football team. The arena was built in 1976 as the Huntington Civic Center. Prior to this time the county-owned Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse was the primary venue for sports and concerts in the city. The city and Marshall University were unable to come to an agreement on the building and it was thus built as a concert only venue. Marshall basketball remained at the Fieldhouse until the completion of their own on-campus arena in 1981. All three buildings were thus placed in competition with unfortunate results.

In 1993, the facility was renamed the Huntington Civic Arena, and retrofitted to host team sports events. From 1993-2000, the facility was home to the Huntington Blizzard of the ECHL. It however remains an imperfect venue for sports. The arena now hosts concerts, other various sports and recreation activities and is where Marshall University's graduation ceremonies are held.

Big Sandy Superstore Arena will serve as the new home for the American Indoor Football League's Huntington Heroes starting in 2007. The team spent their inaugural 2006 season at Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse.

The naming rights for the facility were purchased by Big Sandy Superstores, a regional chain of furniture and appliance stores.

Big Sandy Superstore Arena is managed by Spectacor Management Group (SMG)."




I might be making the trek down to West Virginia if we don't get some (more or confirmed) Ohio dates soon.

agreed.  more OH and KY dates would be much appreciated.  cleveland is just a little bit too far.......

Floor is festival seating about $70.00 and sides are seated about $45.00.
Unsure of password, still checking with the local radio station.  Will post it when I find it.
Later

just got this email response from the arena:

"The floor will not have seating, it will be GA floor $65.  The elevated
seating is reserved $47 and $37 in back areas."

 : ok:

OH, there isn't a single PA date I'm from Pittsburgh and saw them there in 02 thought maybe they would be back hopefully a date will be added.

Thank you so much for the info man!  : ok:

I'm from Ky and I'll definitely be there. I can't believe they chose Huntington, I would have thought they would have went with Charleston or maybe even Rupp in Lexington. Hopefully I can get floor tix. Can't wait!!

I know it's against the rules to ask... But I missed the pre-sale today while I was at school, could someone PM me with it?

I haven't been a member long enough to get in on the presale :'( sucks.

OH well... I don't expect it to sell out in the pre-sale or anything, we should still be able to get floor seats. ;D

i agree, im sure youve got nothing to worry about.  not to mention the place is so small there prolly isnt a bad seat in the house.

well looks like i'll be there.  The smaller venue size (and slightly cheaper tickets) than cleveland were the deciding factor.  $76.85 for one floor ticket.   :(  Hopefully it'll be worth it.  I'm a bit worried about high priced shows right now after paying $66 for a floor seat to see Tool and not even being able to see their fucking stage show cuz I was on the floor.

btw, this will be my 5th GNR show.? Saw them in Columbus right before UYI came out.? 1/1/01 in vegas, and then detroit and columbus on the 02 tour.

I just passed up on front row section 15  :(

The Detroit show better come through  :rant:

Good luck and have fun, all of those going to Huntington!  : ok:

Wooo! Can't wait for November now!
My old Marshall Univeristy Buddies and I are gonna go nuts at the Big-Sandy-Superstore Arena..(damn, what a shitty venue name).
Used to see the old Huntington Blizzard hockey games there in the '90s.

HAHAHA  same here man I use to go when I was a kid, lol.  I wanna say I still have a puck somewhere that was shot in the crowd during a game.

I just ordered my tix thru ticketmaster pre-sale.  hope to see you all there!!!!!!!! : ok:

So I ordered my floor general admission tickets this morning as soon as they went on sale, but my question is, does anyone know how many floor tickets there are?  Im kinda short and I dont want to be fighting to see or like be shoulder to shoulder.  Plus is the general tickets for sections 28 and 29 on the seating chart, or all floor sections?
Thanxs

General admission means there are no sections, the floor is open and it's first come first serve.

Got my tickets, if anyone wants the pre-sale before 10 just PM me.

This is actually GnR's second trip to WV.  They played in Wheeling on July 20, 1988 (I believe that's the correct date).  So it's definitely been awhile.  I was kinda hoping they would come to Charleston which is only 20 minutes from my house.  But Huntington's only an hour away so that's bad.  I bought 3 tickets during the pre-sale.  I can't wait for the show!!!

Really, I remember reading that on the back of the shirt but I asked my friend who knows a lot about Gn'R shows and he said he thought it was cancelled before they made it here.

I saw it listed in the book "The Band Time Forgot" and it didn't say anything about it being cancelled.  Maybe it was.  Who knows?  haha  All that matters is they're coming here now

Yep! Can't wait.  : ok:

I honestly never thought I'd get to see GnR.  I'm pretty shocked that they're coming here.

I think it is great they are playing in WV, but one of the worst names for an arena.  I have family in, but they are playing Baltimore so I am going there. 

i have no clue how many tickets are sold for the floor.  but the floor at hammerstein was a serious mosh pit.  someone very short wouldn't have been able to see unless they were in the front.  i'm not short, and it was hard for me to see at times, and it wasn't sholder to sholder, it was major squished if you were up front.  i guess too it will al depend on the type of crowd that is there.

The crowd at Hunington will probably be pretty crazy, we usually don't get that many bands around here but when we do everyone goes crazy, like X-fest a few weeks ago, I got the crap beat out of me in the pit, but it was still a great concert.   : ok:

I got floor tix, no problem. This is the first time I've actually felt anxious about a concert in a long time.

Has anyone heard if Izzy will be making any appearances on this tour???

If Izzy shows up I might cry of happiness.  :'(

hhhhmmmmm....no, and i hadn't givenm it much thought either.  i guess it's always a possibility.

anyone plan on taping this show?!?!?!?!?!?!  it should be a fantastic show in such a small venue!

Good luck to anyone who tries to get the equipment into the Arena.  I go there often and they check everyone.  They'll even check purses on occasion

If i was going to bootleg the show i'd have my ways, but I just want to enjoy the concert so im not going to bother. Plus I don't have anything to bootleg with  :P

If someone I know does go he'll probably bootleg it becasue he tried to bootleg the Motley Concert last march.

Really?!?!?!?  keep us posted on that.  i've got a tiny dv camera, but i'll be up front so i cant tape it myself... :(

What is their policy on cameras?  The tix just say no voice/video recorders?  I would think a person could get a camera in their pretty easily.

I guess still cameras are allowed. 

I sent the arena a message on myspace and they said the doors will be opening at 7 incase anyone was wondering, I'll probably get there about 6:30 and I think that will be great for me to get close to the stage.  : ok:

cool.  thanks for the info man!  i'll see ya there!   : ok:

What is the best seating.

Well darn I was kinda hoping that seating went by the first to get tickets, that really sucks!  :crying:
I was online getting tickets the minute they went on sale through ticketmaster.
My tickets say GA2 seats 136 through 139.
A friend got theirs later in the day and theirs is GA8. I was thinking this was the row you should be in.
But I guess we'll have to get there early and stand around in line half the day to get a half decent spot.
I guess if I'd known this I probably would have opted for the cheaper seats where you actually have a reserved seat, I just don't like the thought of having to fight the crowd for a good spot. I can see it now someone pushing and jabbing me, me getting pissed and knocking their f***ing head off and getting thrown out before the darn thing even starts! :no:

I'd say if your tickets say GA that they are just general admission tix.  Doesn't matter what the #'s on them say, it's all first come first serve seats.

Since nashville is off for this year,Guess I will try this show.Might be my last chance to see them. :peace:

Just got a ticket.If anyone knows of any pre concert party places,please let me know

Does anybody have good seats for sale. jfuson@whitley.k12.ky.us

I just checked ticketmaster, there are still some General admission floor seats and some decent reserved seats.  : ok:

I called the arena and GA floor there is NO seats, its first come first serve, doors open at 7:00pm so if you have GA tickets you better get there early if you want to get close.

Anyone know of any good places there to have a drink before the show

There use to be a place across the street from the big sandy, i think it was called crazy horse.  i believe it is still there, that would be a good location for ppl to get drinks before the show.

Is that the old Wild Dawg?
There are also a few places down 4th avenue like Icon (if it's still there) or The Herd Cafe'.
I'll be at one of those places from dinner/drinking until after 9. Not too excited about the opening acts.

Yeah, i think you're right.

Oh, and if anyone still doesn't have tickets to the show I just checked ticketmaster and they must have just released some seats or somehting because there are seats about 10 rows up in section 7.  I bought mine the minute they went on sale and they weren't that good.

What section did you get?

You can still find, at least, 10 seats together in section 7.. and it's right by the stage. There are some sections that have, at least, 20 seats together. You can still buy 50 (the max) floor tickets.

I did get seats in sect. 7 but it was row OO.... not bad seats but i wish i could have been lower.  I didn't want to do the GA floor thing after doing it at Hammerstein.

the place to hang out is the monkey bar they are hosting the official gnr afterparty according to their website www.monkeybarlive.com/ the address is Location:
611 Fourth Avenue
(Across from Nawab Indian Cuisine)
Huntington, WV
 
ill be there hope to see you guys after the show !

Ah, the Monkey bar.
Is that place still kinda sketchy and full of under-aged girls?

be honest never been,was told about place by a co worker of mine thats from ashland,ky !

When I was at Marshall, it was where all the kids went to drink. And my friend's band played there a lot.

What about the bar across the street from the venue or the Herd Cafe?
Those places would be easier to get to?

ill probably go there before the show but after im going to the monkey bar because thats where the official after party will be held according to monkey bars website

anybody else out there would like to hear some twat or maybe rocket queen at this show ?

Just as long as they don't do us like they did Jacksonville, I'll be happy  : ok:

me too  8)

Im really hoping Rocket Queen is played! TWAT would be nice but I doubt it. I also hope that used to love her is played!


I just hope there is a good turn out on friday, I don't want something like jacksonville to happen.  :nervous:


2 DAYS GUYS!!  ;D

I just realized this is ONLY a couple of hours from my house.  Anyone want to sell there tickets?!?!?!!?

I just realized this show is only a couple of hours away from my house.  I'm an idiot.  Does anyone know where I can get tickets, or if any good tickets are still available!?!?!!  Someone please let me know...thanks.

Floor tickets are still available on ticketmaster

Hmmm...I wonder if I get there late in the day say around 6 or 7...if I can still get a good view of the stage...

Unless the gig is totally packed you can always get pretty far ahead with a little effort, regardless of the time you show up.

Well...I've been on the floor at every concert..I guess I don't have any other choice do I?!

Doors don't open until 7, but if there's a line, you could still probably crowd your way to the front once everyone is allowed in

I'll have at least 3 people with me, I can't passup a 2 hour drive to see Guns.  Trying to figure out how many people this place holds?

Around 7000

Hmmm..so you think if I wait I can just go up to the box-office where they're playing and buy floor seats?

As of yesterday, you could still buy 50 (the max) GA floor tickets at once. So you could probably do that. If you'd rather not chance it, just buy them tomorrow

I'm gonna be at this show with a friend.  i'm showing up at 12:00 to make sure I get up front with GA.

I hear that place seats under 4,000 people.  Can anyone tell me if that is true or not?

this should help

The Big Sandy Superstore Arena is a city-owned 9,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Huntington, West Virginia. It is currently home to the Huntington Heroes indoor football team. The arena was built in 1976 as the Huntington Civic Center. Prior to this time the county-owned Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse was the primary venue for sports and concerts in the city. The city and Marshall University were unable to come to an agreement on the building and it was thus built as a concert only venue. Marshall basketball remained at the Fieldhouse until the completion of their own on-campus arena in 1981. All three buildings were thus placed in competition with unfortunate results.

In 1993, the facility was renamed the Huntington Civic Arena, and retrofitted to host team sports events. From 1993-2000, the facility was home to the Huntington Blizzard of the ECHL. It however remains an imperfect venue for sports. The arena now hosts concerts, other various sports and recreation activities and is where Marshall University's graduation ceremonies are held.

Big Sandy Superstore Arena will serve as the new home for the American Indoor Football League's Huntington Heroes starting in 2007. The team spent their inaugural 2006 season at Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse.

The naming rights for the facility were purchased by Big Sandy Superstores, a regional chain of furniture and appliance stores.

Big Sandy Superstore Arena is managed by Spectacor Management Group (SMG).

I'll be there up in the FF section above the stage left.
Looking forward to maybe meeting some of ya at the bars before/after.
I'll be the Marshall alumni with a STL hat.

I should be around there too. I'll have a Guns n Roses shirt on  ;D

Ill be there wearing my hammerstein ballroom shirt and there shouldn't be too many people wearing that so if you see me just say hi.  :beer:

i'll be the other person there with my hammerstein shirt on too  :beer:

Shit, I was gonna wear my hammerstein, but now maybe I won't

fuck im wearing my hammerstein shirt to msg!

Thanks for posting the setlists here now when Jarmo's not here!

No problem, glad to do my job...

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Credit to Dirtly Little Thing (an ex-mygnr member)

Might have some video soon also..

And a current HTGTH member  :hihi:

Yeah guys I hope to get some more pics and videos up today!

I was there, front row. I had a black toboggan on and a 1991 Use Your Illusion tour shirt if anyone saw me. And, um, I was holding that girl who everone was pissed off at. Anyway...

Sabastian Bach was awesome. Crowd was into him the whole time. He had the girl standing two people down from me throw her hat to him. He gave it back.

Papa Roach needed a couple songs to win over the crowd. Their lead singer came over and was singing right in front of the rail. I got to shake hands with him. They won me over.

GNR came on at 11:21 (I had my cell phone out and just happened to look right as the lights went out). The place was on fire from start to finish, which is especially impressive considering this was about a 6 hour show. Axl seemed to be having a good time, enjoying the crowd (even at one point even jokingly telling us to 'calm down...' something to that effect). All through the night he was making comments about the crowd, cracking jokes, etc.

I haven't heard any of the downloads from the current tour, but the new songs sound a lot heavier than they do on the demos (and different from the 2002 live bootlegs). The crowd was into all of them. A ton of people knew the words.

Before Down On The Farm, Axl said, "Ok, what do you guys want to do now? .... That one? This has the potential to be a disaster. I haven't sang this song in 15 years." I forgot who asked, but yes, he did sing it with a British accent.

After the show was over, my friend and I went around back and got to talking to one of the security guards. He said they were all informed before the show that Axl was refusing to go on if a chiropractor wasn't brought to the arena and to be prepared for the worst. Good thing they found one!

All in all, it was the best concert I've ever been to. The band sounded great, Axl sounded great, GNR stayed on stage for about 2 hours, 40 minutes. Incredible night.

Best concert I've ever been to...hands down.  Axl's voice was right on.  Bumblefoot's instrumental version of Don't Cry was one of my favorite parts of the show.  It was good to hear some new songs.  I was kinda disappointed that Madagascar wasn't played.  I loved the fact that they played songs like Used to Love Her, You're Crazy, and Down on the Farm.  Axl said he hopes to see us soon.  I hope they come back.  Anyone have any more pics from the show?

Does anyone have the complete set list from this show??

Sounds cool guys... I am going to the East Rutherford, NJ show tomorrow.. what time should I get there to start the line if I wanted to be in front row of Floor GA?   I dont know what time people who want to be in front row usually get there at..

Thanks

I got there about 30 minutes before the doors opened and I got a great spot on the floor, not sure about how early you'd wanna get there at New Jersey though.

I stood out in the cold for 3 hours. Maybe I didn't need to

How was the attendance at the show?

About 90-95% full