Here Today... Gone To Hell!

I didn't see a update thread. But I don't know if there is going to be any.

this is torturous! :'(

Maybe they aren't good at using cell phones in Ottawa :)

(http://www.bonesframedpictures.com/images/south%20park%20timmy.jpg)

its cause canadians go to concerts to get wasted and have a good time-  not stand there and try to type in a damn small phone---  how can you type those small buttons with your thumb holding 2 beers and smoking a joint?   only exeption is toronto people.

lol, yeah i always found it weird that people would go and update shit unless they were being paid for it and had access backstage. you would think updating would be an internal thing, not a couple nice volunteers giving updates to people who are gonna bitch about whats played.

It takes me 10 mins to plunk out 1 word on a cell phone when I am stone cold sober, I can't even imagine doing this during a concert! :hihi:

I texted updates from the Baltimore show because I really appreciate and enjoy reading the updates that other people send from other shows.  It was kind of fun, particularly since I went to the concert by myself and didn't have a buddy (or buddies) right next to me to nudge and say, "Holy cow, did you hear/see that?!" to.  But it was also a bit of a hassle.  If/when I go to another GNR concert, I'm gonna skip the texting and keep my eyes on the stage, for sure.

All that being said, I feel kinda...  Empty...  Not getting updates from the Ottawa show.   :'(  I hope it ROCKED!!!

THE SHOW FUCKLING BLEW EVERYBODIES MINDS

I just got back (I'm sitting in my brand spanking new tour T-shirt.. the red star one) and that was awesome

The opening act (who the fuck were they) was decent

Next up was SGs, who weren't as bad as I thought.

Baz was fucking pumped tonight (tho he did say "C'MON TORONTO" at6 one point). Did his usual set and the new songs I heard makes my want to listen to his new album. Oh and he got the Trailer Park Boys out (Bubbles sang a song called "Beers and Whores")... awesome stuff. 1 more thing, Baz mentioned he played Hull the first time he played near Ottawa, this was met by boos and he said "Hey, I only fucking played there, I didn't live there or anything" Then he says fuck Hull (later he says Ottawa rocks... as does Hull lol)

Now the next time the lights go down everyone is fucking mental.. The intro starts followed shortly by the opening strains of Welcome... The place erupts. This won't be a blow by blow because it's too early to compute all I saw. They did IRS, Maddy, Better, Blues, Used to love her (as well as the other AFD/UYI tracks). Bumblefoot played Oh Canada followed by Don't Cry which got a HUGE response where I was (on the floor). Trailer Park Boys came out again during GnRs set (place goes even wilder). Before My Michelle Bach and Axl say "If life throws a shitball at you, give it shit back." No CD mention (Nor was the song played.. Maddy was played in it's place). Most amusing part I thought was people around me asking how I knew the words to the new tracks.

The people around where I was were commenting on Axls voice.. ie. "Fuck, He's still got the pipes" "He sounds great" "For a guy old enough to be my dad he kicks ass" (That last one from a kid who couldn't have been born the first time around lol).

There's more I know I'm forgetting.. I'll let others fill in the blanks.

As for me.. I'm a bit dehydrated, but I wouldn't change the way I feel right now for the world. Tonight was worth it. It gave me a spectical to view to get away for a few hrs from the boring life. Ottawa will see GnR again, the crowed tonight was too good not to.. and I'll be there.

All thats left to say is...

GOOD FUCKING NIGHT!!

EDIT: Forgot to add they hit the stage around midnight and played till shortly after 2am

Haha!? Sounds like a night of good sex to me!? ?:-X


This can be true.? Eazy E and holtzmn, I'm sorry if this is what happened to you.? ?:(

Didn't happen to me, I have tickets for the floor in Mpls. : ok:

Packed from what I could see from the floor

I just remembered (thanks Cleo) we also got to sing happy birthday to Fortus

I was amazed- it looked like a full house pretty much.
who the fuck knew there were that many GNR fans in ottawa?? not me.
and such an amazing diverse cast of an audience too, from your hardcore goth scenesters, to your middle aged suburban ladies. very bizzare.

so my story is this..... i thought it was fucking incredible.

and all of it is pristinely contained in a lent super sleek digital recorder
(it's absolutely amazing I got through security. looked through my fucking bags and everything. beat the fucking system man.
my heart was pounding so hard.)

so first band to play was this shitty opening band.... actually they weren't that shitty. had some good riffs and jamming. but mainly people were like... i want my fucking guns n' roses... who the fuck are you? go the fuck away.
next was the suicide girls 'burlesque show'. for girls taking their clothes off it was surprisingly uninteresting. just your average stripper, except dirtier. and just....dull.
next............. was fucking sebastian bach.
And he came out and fucking tore the shit out of the place.
so, sebastian bach, yeah fucking tore it up. and is THE best performer I have ever seen, just everyone so fucking riled up, and has the best headbanging technique I have ever seen, and some pretty wicked stage moves. He IS stage charisma.
And his band was really good, better than I was expecting, and his voice, oh god his voice. People don't understand why I worship this man, but holy fuck, by the end of the set my friend who had come with me understood man.
so yeah, sebastian bach awesome, got outside, had a cigarette, a camel to be precise, got the scotiabank place workers' panties in a twist for various civilian offenses, fuck off man i'm trying to rock n' roll.
i think I was made for headbanging. I'm not entirely sure how many braincells i have left, at the moment my head hurts and i'm partly deaf.
anyway so, absolutely amazingly, guns n' roses took the fucking stage on time. i think axl's in a good mental place these days, back in the day if someone took a picture of him at a concert, he would fuckin' jump them and beat the shit out of them, take their camera, walk off the fucking stage. but a lot of people were taking pictures and he was joking around and jamming and good god, his voice. holy fuck man. it sounds as fucking good as it ever has. the band was soo tight. sooo fucking tight and smooth and fucking rock n' roll jam your fucking goddamn brains out. I headbanged the SHIT out of the sweet child of mine epic end solo, jamming like no fucking tommorow.

yeah, fuckin' awesome show man.
and i definitely thought the crowd was really into it.

Dude, if you have that fucker recorded I'd LOVE a copy. I want it as a memento more than anything. So I ask that you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE share it.

Where you on the floor too btw?

^ That sounds awesome, spacebrain!! ?Were you so close that you could see that Bach was smoking Camels?? ?If so, WOW!! ? :o


EDIT: Nevermind, I was not "reading for comprehension"  :P

Aww, that's so sweet ;D

i recorded bach's set and GNR's set. i'll see what sort of quality it is once i upload it, and if it's any good i'll definitely post some good stuff.

and no no.......... i meant me smoking camels. i desssssssssssperately wanted to meet bach. just had no idea how to do so. never saw him anywhere but on the stage.

unfortunately when tickets went on sale i was short on cash (i'm a fucking teenager with no job) so i sat in one of the seats close to the stage- actually i didn't sit, i jammed my fucking brains out. everyone sitting down be damned, it's GNR, i'm gonna fucking jam.

Dude even if it does sound like shit, any chance I could have a copy.. Memories are great but they fade over time. and that goes for bachs set too he fucking ripped the crowds balls off and fed em back to us.... The Trailer Park boys section was cool as well.

Fucking awesome show just got home all I can say is top notch setlist as usual except they played maddy for the encore realy I cant belive it the show fucking rocked hardl

i'm definitely burning a few copies of it, regardless of quality,
it's very special to me, i bootlegged a fucking concert, how cool is that?
i dunno, PM me, see the recorder isn't actually mine, it's my friend's who was nice enough to lend it to me, i don't myself know how to upload it but she does.

Glad to see more folks had a kickass time at this show.   : ok:

by the way, did a pre party ever happen?
unfortunately i was getting there by bus and the first one to come arrived at scoatiabank place just in time for the doors to open. ?

THE kickassing-est

I went but didn't meet one person from the boards.. did meet 2 cool guys from Quebec tho who I had a few beers with and they gave me a lift to the show.

Another thing I saw (I'm remembering other stuff) while I was out the back I saw some dude turfed out (this was before the Guns set).. dunno hwta he did, but he was pissed. he spat at the guards and the cops came to get him because he refused to leave.

Eh?

 :hihi:

I'm unfamiliar with the term.  Does this mean he was lying on the ground...   ???

that really sucks dude...
part of the problem is the bussing, because there is no fucking way to get out there, scotiabank place is in the middle of fucking NOWHERE.
i was really hoping to meet a lot more people than i did. a few people complimented me on my homemade gnr shirt, some drunk dudes hit on me, this dude talked to me for like a minute, some dude asked me for a cigarette but that's it. i was with a friend so it was cool, but still, it's not everyday you're in a setting where people WANT to talk hardcore about guns n' roses.....

removed from the building

Awesome for the recording spacebrain5000, can't wait to listen to that! Glad you had an awesome time! :)

Hell Yeah! What a fucking show. 

The opening act was good.

The Suicide Girls was ok - 5 stripper doing a show.... and lots of titties. This one girl with a hulla-hoop was fucking amazing.

Sebastian Bach was fuckin' pumped to be back in his home province. And during Bach's set the Trailer Park Boys came out and sang a few songs.

Slave To The Grind
Big Guns
Here I Am
Deep Inside (I think) - new song
The Threat
Bitch Slapped (again I think) - not sure if it's new or a cover
Piece Of Me
By Your Side - new song
Midnight Tornado
Baz with the Trailer Park Boys ( a Rush cover but I can't remember which one, the I think The Trailer Park Boys theme song) - I don't know I don't watch that show
18 And Life
new song but don't know the name.
I Remember You (if I remember correctly it's at the beginning of this song where Baz fucks up and calls us Toronto.
Monkey Business
Youth Gone Wild
(some songs are not in order of play)

Then came the big one... GN'R baby!!!
At some point you could hardly hear Axl sing because the crowd was singing so fucking loud. I know it'll take me a few days before I could speak properly.

Welcome To The Jungle
It's so Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Live And Let Die
Robin solo
Sweet Child O' Mine
You Could Be Mine
Knocking On Heaven's Door
Better
Dizzy solo
The Blues
Axl puts Richard on the spot when he asks us to help him sing Happy Birthday to him
Richard solo/ Beautiful with Robin
Out Ta Get Me
November Rain
Ron solo - Oh Canada/Don't Cry
My Michelle (with Baz)
Used To Love Her
Patience
Nightrain

encore

the Trailer Park Boys came on stage and asked us if we wanted more from Axl and the boys.

I.R.S.
Madagascar
Paradise City

Truely an amazing show. Me, my girlfriend (she knows the new songs because 99% of the time I only listen to GN'R) and some dude in the row next to me were the only ones rockin' out to the new songs, which was cool.

Well that's it. I only got 3 hours of sleep so I guess this is goodbye for now. Catch you guys later.

Finally someone gives me Baz's setlist!!  I've been wondering what he's playing for weeks.

Glad you had a good time at the show, I look forward to seeing them on the 27th.

Thanks for the review. I love Baz' set. Plus I love the fact that Madagascar came back too!!

3 song encore!  Whoo-hooo!  Just think if people actually knew the new songs.......maybe one of these days.  Maybe 11/21

Oh yeah! That Rush cover I was telling you guys about is "Closer To The Heart".

Doesn't anyone have pictures of the tralior park boys with axl?  I would really love to see that.  That show is so hilarious!





Hatts

It's awesome that IRS and Madagascar were both in the encore. 8)  But then again, I think Axl needs to have more than 2 new songs in the main setlist.  Lots of people leave before the encore. :(

Heres my review:

First of the crowd. I would say quite eclectic, although more urban and a lot more sophisticated than you would expect at a GNR concert. I guess times have changed. Most people were in their mid 20s, 30s and 40s. I don?t know if it?s a usual occurrence at GNR shows but plenty of women and very attractive mind you. Even Axl mentioned how attractive the ladies were. Something like ?Look at all the beautiful women here tonight? and ?You?re all little heartbreakers aren?t you? Lol. During Baz?s set one chick flashed her Boobies on Bubbles request I believe and she was shown on the big screen. I would say the people in the GA section were hardcore and in the upper levels were mostly casual fans that came to have a good time. From where I was sitting, which were in the 100 levels I noticed in front of me a really old couple with white hair and right in front of them a mom with like 5 12-year-old kids. I guess some were her kids and some their friends. Those kids were really impressive, dressed up in GNR T-shirts, really into the show, even sang along to Madagascar so they were quite hardcore. There was even one lady who took her really young kid outside during Suicide Girls which I thought was quite funny. The couple on my right didn?t really know too many songs or any lyrics but were very appreciative. The dude next to me seemed to enjoy it quite a bit although, his friend was complaining during November Rain about Slash not being there and how he wanted to hear Civil War. Kept saying ?What?s so Civil about war anyway?. Speaking of which when they played that ?What we?ve got hear? part during Madagascar a lot of people started to cheer thinking they would go into Civil War. Overall it was really packed and the crowd were really into the show. Sweet Child got the biggest cheer. The thing for me was I?m so used to seeing bands in small clubs I didn?t get to really enjoy it as much in the 100 levels. I kept looking at the screens more than the stage so that kinda sucked. I must comment about the sound. Unfortunately not the greatest from where I was sitting anyway. During Jungle, Axl?s voice was drowned by the guitars which were insanely loud especially Fincks. Same with Nightrain. I could barely hear Ron's outro solo. Finck?s solo was kinda lame. I don?t wanna sound like a pompous ass but I?m being honest. I listen to a lot of Instrumental guitar music and have heard an insane amount of guitar players, ofcource Ron Thal and Buckethead way before they joined. His solos in the songs are good though. Richards solo was good. Before his solo Axl asked everyone to sing Happy Birthday saying he wanted to ?embarrass? Richard and everyone sang Happy Birthday. Of course I was there to  support my main man Ron who dressed up like a member of the Russian army marching out in winter. He had a black coat on sorta like the Wicked Witch in Wizard of Oz  and had a Russian hat. When Axl introduced him he called him Ron Bumblefoot ?The Communist"Thal, to which Ron had quite an animated reaction like ?Why ya callin? me a communist man common? lol. Looked cool though. He definitely got the biggest response especially for playing Oh Canada when a lot of people stood up and people really enjoyed his Don?t Cry. I thought it would drag but it didn?t. His guitar though was way down during Nightrain and During his solo to November rain he was running down the stairs and all over the stage instead of being stationary like he usually is. I must admit I missed Slash on November rain though. For me what really stood out were the new songs. Man I?ll tell ya the bootlegs do NOT do them justice at all. Axl?s voice was amazing during the new songs, never off key at all and quite raspy. The new songs all got a very good response especially Better and The Blues. I was happy that they played Madagascar instead of CD for the encore cuz I was pretty tired towards the end and wanted to hear a ballad. Patience was great and I loved it when Axl ran around. Axl even shook hands with a lot of the crowd, didn?t know he did that anymore. Funny couple of incidents when I went outside; I saw one guy dressed up like Buckethead walking around with his friends and when I went to the toilet during Suicide Girls there was a couple having sex in the toilet stall. Would be a funny story for the kid if she gets knocked up. Well that?s pretty much it. After seeing them on videos and reading the numerous reviews I finally went and saw their show. It was almost like a pilgrimage for me, something I just had to do.

Please send me a copy of this when you can spacebrain!!! :yes: : ok: :beer:

GLAD the best new song is back in the set MADAGASCAR..keep it up Axl.

Thanks a lot for the reviews guys!!!!  enjoyed it!!!  :beer: :beer:

I copied and pasted some professional previews and reviews from the Ottawa media over at www.gnrbar.com. Sorry, I just don't have the energy to do it at all the forums. Reall great preview/review. Someone did their homework.  : ok:

Great reviews, scree, spacebrain, and fishguy.  I esp. liked Scree's description of when the lights went down and "the place went fucking mental!" That rocks!  :peace:

The Bubbles song was "Liqour and Whores".. just had a mate tell me who is a HUGE TPBs fan.

I'm glad people had a great time and it's cool to hear that the crowd was loud as fuck.  Nice little encore with IRS and Madagascar... and of course PC.  6 more days and 'Cleveland Rocks.'

Because of the lame-ass crowd in Toronto, we only got a 2 song encore. :'( :crying: :rant: :'( :( :confused: :crying: :'(

I wish I could've went to the Ottawa show for the encore alone. :drool: :beer: :yes: : ok:

Ditto to that.  I especially like fishyguy's review; it really made me feel like I was there!  I'm glad so many of you had such a great time.   : ok: