Here Today... Gone To Hell!

http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=523003
It seems thas Slash has something going on with the quart festival..
Quart has also got Tom Zutaut as a bookingagent..
www.quart.no

This is somewhat strange. Why is he attending this press conference? He doesn't have a band at the moment...very strange and exciting. We'll see at two o'clock local time.

BTW. The CD single was released when the band I'm playing in had its first gig in years, the album is being released three days before my birthday, it would be cool if.....nah, enough of the speculation.  :P

http://www.fvn.no/kulturpuls/quart/article624358.ece
Another story from the city kristiansand which holds the festival.
It seemt that Slash wil tor with his solo concept, Slash allstars..
It will be interesting to see who comes along with this..

http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=523708 (http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=523708)

"G n'R guitarist Slash will be the headliner of the Quart festival. He will do an exclusive concert where he will invite other artists. Which artists, he wouldn't say, but Slash promised more surprises." or something like that...

And another one...

http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2008/11/05/552868.html

it does say "former gnr guitarist"  ;)

LOL, it took me a while to figure out when that festival's gonna take place, because I don't speak any Norwegian.  ;) 

SLASH To Headline Norway's QUART Festival - Nov. 5, 2008

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will play his only European solo concert of 2009 at next year's edition of the Quart festival, set to take place June 30 - July 4 in Kristiansand, Norway. Slash will headline the event on the festival's opening day. He will be joined by a number of as-yet-undisclosed guests and promises to perform a mixture of old and new material.

This year's Quart festival, which was scheduled to take place July 2-5 in Kristiansand, was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Only 2,053 tickets had been sold through Billettservice (the biggest ticketing company Norway) as of early June, forcing the organizers to file for bankruptcy.

Slash left GUNS N' ROSES in the mid-'90s, forming SLASH'S SNAKEPIT before later assembling VELVET REVOLVER with several other ex-members of GUNS N' ROSES and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland.

VELVET REVOLVER is currently searching for a replacement for Weiland, who was dismissed last April. Slash told Billboard.com on October 24 that the band has been approached by some well-known names, saying, "There's been a couple that might have been interesting, but...it's really hard to make something sound original if you've got somebody people are so familiar with hearing somewhere else."

The guitarist is also working on a solo album, on which he plans to have several high-profile vocalists take turns singing.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108302

Video interview with Slash:

http://www.kjendis.no/2008/11/05/552924.html

The press conference:

http://atvs.vg.no/player/?id=19444

Oh great, so Camp Freddy is playing Norway.

talking 'bout camp freddy like it's a bad thing when rock stars come together and enjoying themselves while the fans enjoys it too

That's great, but is it enough to sell tickets?




/jarmo

I have never heard of this festival.  I imagine his line up or show will be better than a typical Camp Freddy show.  I can't beleive they had a press conference for this....  Jarmo, is this a big festival?

I guess not big enough since it was canceled last summer and it went bankrupt...

But it used to be the biggest festival in Norway.


The big names they had in recent years were acts like The Who (2007), Depeche Mode (2006), Kanye West (2006), Audioslave  (2005), Green Day (2005), Foo Fighters (2005)...




/jarmo

Wow, sounds like a big deal.  Maybe he will have his guest singers there.  If its Alice Cooper, Lenny Kravitz, Steven Tyler could be a tough ticket.

since he'll release a solo album with a bunch of interesting guests by then, I'll say yeah.
from reading the norwegian newspapers today, I think they're underestimating what's actually going to happen there.

Smoking Guns, he stated that he will bring several guests.

Saweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

I wasn't going to comment on this since I think the whole deal is pretty sad, but this is my honest opinion.

I will allways love Slash, but this is just crap.

This festival has a redicoulus bedget these days and their blowing it on this?

I don't care how many people Slash will bring and who, he aint gonnu do shit to sell tickets. People are scared that this festival is going to get cancelled and now that a festival pass costs $363 people just aint gonnu risk that kind of money. At least not based on just Slash.

If this had been Guns on the other hand, the pipe would have had a different sound. That would have made people committ to the festival.

We're talking about a festival who has had all the "best" and biggest bands and artists in the world on their bill and Slash & freinds aint that. Not even close.

Slash was in norway a few years back with the best version of VR and alot of people saw that. Guns were here twice in 06. The hunger for Slash and his work is kind of gone. At least in this grand scale.

What the fuck is Zutaut thinking? He must be sweating like a pig right now. The only thing thats for sure is that he couldn't convince Guns to come which he has expressed that he was hoping and trying for.

Wonder how many tickets the festival sold after they announced that Slash would headline day 1?

Does anyone know who played with slash in vegas a while back? That was the show slash compared this thing to. I remember hearing something about it, but don't remember who. Fergie maybe and who else?
 :no:

I think Perry Ferrell, Fergie, and Billy Gibbons.  I think it was like his Slash's Blues Ball then some other guests.

They need to come up with something other than 'Slash & Friends'....


November 06, 2008

'Slash & Friends' to play only European gig of 2009 in Norway

Slash will play his only European solo concert of 2009 at Norway?s The Quart festival, set to take place June 30 - July 4 in Kristiansand, Norway. Performing as Slash & Friends, he will headline the event on the festival's opening day, joined by a number of as-yet-undisclosed guests playing mostly covers.

?I?ve done a few gigs where I?ve very casually got a few friends together and played a few gigs,? Slash told Classic Rock after the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour on Monday. "I do it few and far between. But we got this offer to do it at a festival in Norway and I thought, ?Yeah, that?d be sorta cool?. I?m not sure who?ll be on the bill yet, but I?ve got some ideas, so now I?ve just got to pull it all together and just play.?

Who has he played with in the past? ?Tom Morello, Jerry Cantrell, Fergie [of Black Eyed Peas], Jason Bonham, Chris Chaney [Jane?s Addiction], Billy Gibbons ? everyone doing one or two songs, whatever.?

Like a one-man Camp Freddy? ?Well, Tommy Clufetos [Alice Cooper] is an amazing drummer ? so the backline sorta remains the same, with him and Jason trading drums.?

And what have Slash & Friends played in the past? ?Anything from Whole Lotta Love to Use Me to Fleetwood Mac?s Oh Well or The Thrill Is Gone ? depends on who?s singing. I did Sweet Child O?Mine with Fergie ? she?s got a great fucking rock?n?roll voice that girl. It?s a casual thing but at the same time now that you?re talking about it it?ll sound more serious than it is??

The 2009 bill of The Quart is being put together by A&R legend (and the guy who signed Guns N? Roses and Motley Crue), Tom Zutaut who is promising some of the biggest and most exciting names in rock and metal.

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=slash_friends_to_play_only

Another interview with Slash on Oslo TV can be viewed at the link:

SLASH Interviewed In Norway; Video Available - Nov. 7, 2008 

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108458

When did Slash go deaf?  ???

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AYTz2avPQjA

So thats when that happened lol!! :hihi:

Awesome song Adz thanks for posting, could use some really bluesy rock...

Who was the frontman on Its 5 O'Clock Somewhere? That dude was horrible.

Rod Jackson........ LOL Reminds me of Adam Sandler on The Wedding Singer :hihi:


The version of Mr Brownstone on there is  :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Snakepit 2 was a great band!  Loved it.

yup rod jackson totally kick ass

Eric Dover.

Yeah, I can see the Adam Sandler thing in Mr. Brownstone. 

I liked Rod Jackson, though.  I thought he kicked ass, too. 

How did we get on this topic, anyway?  Oh yeah, the funny made by Adz.   :hihi:    Come on, Jackson wasn't that bad.       

I was going to start a thread about Slash's hat, but thought better of it.

Anyway... I wish he would take it off now and again, I cant remember the last time he was pictured without it.

I have a theory that when you see him without it he has fell off the wagon, and its like a comfort blanket to him when he is clean.

He was hardly ever pictured off stage with it on in the old days, now the fucking thing is giving interviews all on its own!

I wonder if its because he had a big bald spot or something...

He says in the Oslo TV interview that this is not for his solo project, the show will be exclusively for the Quart Festival. 

He says that the solo project is similar in the sense that he will have a different singer on each song, "but that's a whole different thing."

Sources close to Slash say he wants these 4 people for his Quart festival appearance:
Robbie Williams, Fergie, Jack White and Fred Durst.

http://www.side2.no/musikk/article2419192.ece

Fred Durst?  I find that one hard to believe! 

Ah, good. The festival is saved then!   :rofl:


Zutaut and Slash! What a fuckin' team! ::)

I can believe te first 3 to a certain degree. but Fred Dust? come on!

edit: bringing Williams is a good idea, he's enormous in Norway. he'll make lots of popfans come, Slash will make rockfans come.
Fred Dust on the other hand, will make some people stay home...

Great song! Slash is not deaf.

Fred Durst and Slash should make a great team.
They're both wash-ups at quite an early age.

allright...f....off

Speaking of rumors, there is another (untrue) one circulating about the Quart Festival in Norway next year. The rumor is that SLASH is trying to get Robbie Williams, Fergie, Jack White and Fred Durst to join him in his headlining appearance in June - July. SLASH will be playing a mixture of old and new material, but he has not yet decided who he wants onstage with him.

Snakepit.org

I say Slash get Izzy on board 8)

Thanks for posting that!  I was just about to, when I realized you already had!    :)

 Saturday, March 14, 2009 

We are very excited and getting geared up for slash's show in Norway this summer.
The Quart Festival. We are going to put on one hell of a show for you!! We are currently discussing some parties around "Quart Festival" so it should be a good time...make sure you get you're tickets early to secure your spot! Stay tuned, we will be announcing special guests next week and these arent just "any" special guests...This is gonna ROCK!

All my love to you, stay safe and peace out!
Perla

I'm actually embarassed by this. I hope to god the can manage to sell out this thing.

Slash must have gotten a fuckin' astronomical amount of money for this failed jippo and now he's trying to help build a buzz around a festival that can't book any headliners nor sell any tickets.

If this thing turnes out to be a sold out success I'll take my hat off, but I honestly doubht it.

On another note. I was invited to a Slash guitar clinic which I thought sounded pretty cool. Like why not. Then i noticed that it's taking place after the quart gig, WTF? Lets build a buzz and do promo AFTER the gig?

I don't get it.

a guita clinic is not really a promo..

I think this could be a really great show. 

I know, but it could've been.

Why would he do a clinic in Norway in the first place?? Get my drift?

Because he's there anyway? A guitar clinic is not promotion. Interviews and media coverage is promotion.

Well, the original intention was to do this in advance for the sole reason of selling tickets to quart. In other words: PROMO.

I'm surpriced he still wants to do this after the quart gig has taken place and while most of the slash fans are still in Kristiansand, a good 5 hour drive from where the clinic is taking place, in oslo.

You dig?

On another note, i guess it's nice of him to do this for the rest of his fans that couldn't make it to the festival.

I for instance have to choose. The gig or the clinic. If any...  :hihi:

Is Ozzy Osbourne performing?

Ozzy Osbourne til Quart!

20.03.2009

http://www.vg.no/rampelys/festivalsommeren/artikkel.php?artid=541877

Chris Cornell too!!!!

OZZY OSBOURNE To Perform With SLASH At Norway's QUART Festival - Mar. 20, 2009

According to Quart.no, former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will be joined by BLACK SABBATH legend Ozzy Osbourne for the axeman's headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival, set to take place June 30 - July 4, 2009 in Kristiansand, Norway. Slash will perform a mixture of old and new material on the festival's opening day.

Quart festival billing is shaping up as follows:

SLASH & FRIENDS (incl. Ozzy Osbourne)
BLACK EYED PEAS
MARILYN MANSON
PLACEBO
KORN
CHRIS CORNELL
VOLBEAT
PAPERBOYS
PONY THE PIRATE
THE SHITSEZ

Slash previously played with Ozzy at the 77th Royal Variety Performance in November 2005 in Cardiff. They performed a version of THE BEATLES classic "In My Life", with family photographs projected onto the background of the stage. (See video footage of the performance below.)

Slash was in Norway in November 2008 to promote his appearance at the Quart festival. His interview with Oslo TV can be viewed below.

Slash's wife Perla Hudson said in a video interview at Rockerrazzi.com that both Ozzy Osbourne and Fergie will make guest appearances on her husband's upcoming solo album. Slash himself told The Pulse of Radio that he was still working out the guest list. "I'm using different singers for each song, so we're figuring out which song goes with which person and I'm not sort of divulging the list of singers, but they're all well-known singers and...sort of, you know, like I go and play on a lot of other people's records, so I'm just making a record and gonna have people come play on this one, you know."

Slash left GUNS N' ROSES in the mid-'90s, forming SLASH'S SNAKEPIT before later assembling VELVET REVOLVER with several other ex-members of GUNS N' ROSES and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland.

VELVET REVOLVER is currently searching for a replacement for Weiland, who was dismissed last April.

Poster/video: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=116532

Ok, I don't care what anyone says but Slash and Ozzy could be epic.

We will need a proshot DVD for sure of this show, could be killer!

black eyed peas are confirmed for the festival too i think, which pretty much confirms fergie as a guest on slash's concert

I predict Cornell will be there and I would also bet Alice Cooper and maybe Steven Tyler.

Ronnie Wood and Jason Bonham are also joining. Getting better!! : ok:

Thanks...interesting.

http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/snop/article2669143.ece

http://www.fvn.no/festivaler/quart/article660970.ece

RON WOOD, JASON BONHAM To Perform With SLASH At Norway's QUART Festival - Apr. 8, 2009

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will be joined by THE ROLLING STONES guitarist Ron Wood and LED ZEPPELIN drummer Jason Bonham ? son of the late John Bonham, the band's original drummer ? for the axeman's headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival, set to take place June 30 - July 4, 2009 in Kristiansand, Norway. Also scheduled to appear with Slash is BLACK SABBATH legend Ozzy Osbourne. Slash will perform a mixture of old and new material on the festival's opening day.

Quart festival billing is shaping up as follows:

SLASH & FRIENDS (incl. Ozzy Osbourne, Ron Wood, Jason Bonham)
BLACK EYED PEAS
MARILYN MANSON
PLACEBO
KORN
CHRIS CORNELL
VOLBEAT
SKAMBANKT
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
CYNDI LAUPER
PAPERBOYS
STEIN ROGER SORDAL
PONY THE PIRATE
THE SHITSEZ
INKFISH
ITALIOBOYS

Slash previously played with Ozzy at the 77th Royal Variety Performance in November 2005 in Cardiff. They performed a version of THE BEATLES classic "In My Life", with family photographs projected onto the background of the stage. (See video footage of the performance below.)

Slash was in Norway in November 2008 to promote his appearance at the Quart festival. His interview with Oslo TV can be viewed below.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=117814

I would also assume Fergie and Cornell will perform with him.  I predict Kid Rock will be there as well.

From Franky Perez...

Friday, May 22, 2009
   
Slash & Friends

On June 30th I'll be Singing with Slash & Friends at The Quart Festival in Kristiansand, Norway. Other Artists performing with us that night will be Ozzy Ozbourne, Ronnie Wood, Jason Bonham, Fergie, and many more...


http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=420061944&blogId=490467904

Cornell is on the new album, so I would have to think he will do some kind of song with Slash at this show.

How do you know he is on the album?

it's assumed b/c they twittered on the same night sometjig to the fact that cornell was going to record for a legendary rock guitarist and slash said he had a bigtime singer in the studio so it was wdely assumed that is was cornell-but I'm pretty sure Cornell is on tour now and not sure if he'll be in/near norway/europe around that time

Chris Cornell is at the festival that slash is at.

if that's the case, it stands to reason he'll play a song or few with him;
i was previously unaware he was there

Yeah man its on the list that someone posted above. Either way its a shame that he didnt book a few festivals to do this at, would've been cool to get a Download appearence

Not many surprises...

# Special guests include: Fergie, Ron Wood & Ozzy Osbourne, should be a gas.

about 3 hours ago from txt

# The band comprises of: Jason Bonham, Chris Chaney, John 5, Franky Perez & Teddy Andreadis.

about 3 hours ago from txt

SLASH At Norway's QUART Festival: More Details Revealed - June 4, 2009

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will be joined by the following "special guests" during his headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival on June 30 in Kristiansand, Norway:

Ron Wood (THE ROLLING STONES)
Ozzy Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH)
Fergie (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson of BLACK EYED PEAS)

Slash's band will consist of the following musicians:

Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) - Drums
Chris Chaney (JANE'S ADDICTION) - Bass
John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON) - Guitar
Franky Perez (SCARS ON BROADWAY) - Guitar
Teddy Andreadis (GUNS N' ROSES, ALICE COOPER) - Piano/Harmonica

Slash previously played with Ozzy at the 77th Royal Variety Performance in November 2005 in Cardiff. They performed a version of THE BEATLES classic "In My Life", with family photographs projected onto the background of the stage.

Slash was in Norway in November 2008 to promote his appearance at the Quart festival. His interview with Oslo TV can be viewed below.

Video: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121374

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121374 (http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121374)


Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will be joined by the following "special guests" during his headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival on June 30 in Kristiansand, Norway:

Ron Wood (THE ROLLING STONES)
Ozzy Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH)
Fergie (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson of BLACK EYED PEAS)

Slash's band will consist of the following musicians:

Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) - Drums
Chris Chaney (JANE'S ADDICTION) - Bass
John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON) - Guitar
Franky Perez (SCARS ON BROADWAY) - Guitar
Teddy Andreadis (GUNS N' ROSES, ALICE COOPER) - Piano/Harmonica

Slash previously played with Ozzy at the 77th Royal Variety Performance in November 2005 in Cardiff. They performed a version of THE BEATLES classic "In My Life", with family photographs projected onto the background of the stage.

Slash was in Norway in November 2008 to promote his appearance at the Quart festival. His interview with Oslo TV can be viewed below.

Slash left GUNS N' ROSES in the mid-'90s, forming SLASH'S SNAKEPIT before later assembling VELVET REVOLVER with several other ex-members of GUNS N' ROSES and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland.

VELVET REVOLVER is currently searching for a replacement for Weiland, who was dismissed in April 2008.

that's a serious line up.

I didn't realize Franky Perez was in Scars on Broadway.  Solid band featuring members of System of a Down.  I thought he was a singer, but Darren from SOAD sang on the album.  Hmm.

Wonder what songs they'll play.  Not much time to rehearse.

Hopefully a couple of tracks off the solo album!

serious as cancer

Looks like they are keeping the Quart Festival site updated...


Slash f?r f?lge av supergitaristen John 5 p? Quart-scenen!

31.05.2009

John 5 har jobbet med storheter som Marilyn Manson, David Lee Roth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Loaf, Garbage, Whitesnake, Paul Stanley K.D. Lang, Rob Zombie, Ozzy Osbourne, Garbage og Nikki Sixx, for ? nevne noen.

Vi kan alts? glede oss til enda flere fete gitarriffs og mer fingermagi tirsdag 30. juni n?r Rob Zombie gitaristen John 5 entrer Quart scenen med Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, John Bonham, Ronnie Wood og Fergie.

http://www.quart.no/Fullstory.aspx?m=3&amid=48

What kind of rock band needs to have 3 guitarist??

 :hihi:

Greedy rock bands?

From John 5 Twitter...

# Get ready Norway - playing with Slash, Ozzy etc at Norway's Quart Festival on June 30th. More info: http://www.quart.no/

about 15 hours ago from web

And his MySpace....

June 5, 2009 - Friday
   
John 5 playing Quart Festival Norway

John 5 will be on the bill with Slash and Ozzy Osbourne at this year's Quart Festival in Norway on June 30th.

More info can be found here:
http://www.quart.no/
http://www.quart.no/Article.aspx?article=36887

Tickets from here:
http://www.deltager.no/quart2/nytt

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=65510933&blogId=493061958

I believe this says that TV 2 will be broadcasting the Quart Festival next week.  But maybe someone can elaborate...


TV 2 sender fra Quart

22.06.2009

Tv 2 skal sende direkte fra Quartfestivalen i Kristiansand i neste uke.
- Dette er en anerkjennelse for oss, sier festivalsjef Aril Buli.

Flere daglige sendinger
TV 2 Nyhetskanalen skal sende direkte tre ganger daglig fra ?rets Quart. Sendingene vil foreg? inne p? Odder?ya, rett ved Bendiktsbukta.
- Nyhetskanalen ?nsker ? v?re synlige der folk er, sier kanalsjef Thomas Henschien. Han sier at det blir b?de reportasjer og intervjuer med de st?rste artistene under sendingene. Kanalen vil sende fra festivalen tirsdag, onsdag og torsdag i neste uke.

- En stor anerkjennelse
Festivalsjef Aril Buli sier til Tv 2 at han ser p? kanalens satsing som en stor anerkjennelse. - N?r Norges sterkeste merkevare satser p? Quart er dette stort for oss, sier Buli. Han understreker at Tv 2`s satsing er viktig for festivalen. - Dette er veldig bra og viser at de nasjonale mediene har forst?tt mer enn v?re lokale politikere som bare har gitt oss smuler i st?tte. N? h?per vi bare p? fint v?r og masse folk, sier Buli.

i'm swedish and that's norwegian but i guess it pretty much says that they will send from it 3 times per day, it will be interviews and  stories with the biggest stars, it will be tuesday, wednesday and thursday, it also says "TV2 the news channel" so maybe it's the CNN of norway  :P

so it's probably not gonna be any concerts, but as i said it's in norwegian and i'm swedish

Thanks CheapJon.  I thought it said there would be concert footage, but I guess not.  :-\

It looks like it will be interviews...and YouTube. 

TV2 will broadcast directly from the Quart Festival in Kristiansand next week.
- This is a great recognition for us, says festival chief Aril Buli.

Several broadcasts a day
The news channel TV2 will broadcast directly 3 times a day from this years Quart. The broadcasts will happen on Odder?ya, right next to Bendiksbukta.
- The news channel wishes to be where most people are, says channel director Thomas Henschien.
He says there will be reports about and interviews with the biggest artists during the broadcasts. The channel will air from the festival on tuesday, wednesday and thursday next week.

- A great recognition
Festival chief Aril Buli sees TV2's commitment as a great recognition for the festival. - Norways biggest brand commiting to Quart like this is very big for us, says Buli. He highlights how important TV2's involvement is to the festival. - This is very good and shows that the national medias have understood more than our local politicians, who have only given us crumbs in support. Now we're hoping for good weather and lots of people, says Buli.



Im very tired, so don't knock the translation, haha. It's quite a literal translation here and there, but what the hell.
I don't think they will show much of the music, mainly like mood reports from the crowd and interviews with the artists from what I understand.

^^ Thanks for the translation.  : ok:

I think this says that this radio station will be doing the same...

QuartFM ? i en radio n?r deg hele uka

23.06.2009
N?r du vrir p? s?kerhjulet p? radioen din under Quart09 og begynner ? n?rme deg de ?vre delene av FM-b?ndet, vil du etter hvert komme over festivalens egen radiokanal, QuartFM. Elegant plassert p? frekvensen 106,9 vil du hver ettermiddag gjennom hele Quartuken, f? h?re hva som beveger seg inne p? festivalomr?det og hva folk som deltar p? Quart09 er opptatt av.

Quart FM er p? mange m?ter festivalens stemme ut til folket. Fra et eget studio i Bendiksbukta vil radioen ha daglige livesendinger klokken 15-19.

Totalt vil det sendes 18 timer kvalitetsradio som vil ta pulsen p? arrangementet gjennom artistintervjuer, mini-konserter, biografier, intervju med deltakere og arrang?rer og ikke minst Quartmusikk til langt oppover ?rene. QuartFM har som hovedm?l ? engasjere, begeistre, informere og underholde deltakere og publikum s? vel som lokalbefolkningen i den hektiske uken Quart09 g?r av stabelen.

Quart FM er bemannet med totalt 10 medarbeidere som hver dag vil gj?re sitt ypperste for ? bringe opplevelsene og f?lelsene fra evenementet ut til lytterne, s? de f?r en f?lelse av ? delta selv. Redaksjonen best?r av erfarne journalister som vet hvordan du som lytter skal f? den beste radioen fra Quart09.

Sendingene vil referere alle deler av det hektiske festivallivet, men uten selv ? skape en stresset opplevelse av ? h?re p? kanalen. Derimot vil den v?re den deilige og behagelige lyden av at Quart er tilbake i Kristiansand, og alt som skjer i, rundt og med den. For n?r alt kan hende i Kristiansand f?rste uke i juli, er det viktig ? v?re p? rett plass til rett tid. Det er derfor QuartFM vil v?re ditt naturlige radiovalg under Quart09.

At Kristiansand Lokalradio AS/ Radio Ung produserer QuartFM er egentlig en tradisjon som oppsto under den forrige Quart-perioden. Quart09 har valgt ? spille videre p? det samarbeidet som ble etablert da, og det er resultatet av dette du vil f? h?re i en radio n?r deg under hele Quartuka. S? da er det bare ? lene seg tilbake i sola og nyte lyden av Quart09 smyge seg ut av h?ytalerne og inn i ?ret og kile deg p? trommehinnene hele uka.

yeah could be, it says they will have live airings between 3pm and 7pm...but it doesn't say they will play any music, so it'll probably just be interviews n stuff there as well.

Rehearsals for Norway start today, it should be a really good set. #fb

about 4 hours ago from txt

June 27, 2009
   
Quart Festival Press Release

On June 30th, 2009, legendary rocker Slash, will take the stage in Kristiansand Norway, backed by an unforgettable lineup of performers, sure to make this year's Quart Festival a once in a lifetime, historic rock event.
For the opening night of the festival, Slash has invited friends and fellow rockers Ozzy Osbourne, acclaimed rock drummer Jason Bonham, John 5, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, among others, to join him on stage to perform some of music's greatest rock n roll hits: Sweet Child o' Mine, Crazy train and BlackDog, just to name a few. Never again will you be able to see this lineup of people perform such an epic and momentous show.
This is also one of the only shows Slash will be performing this summer, as he has specifically taken time off of recording his new solo album to do Quart Festival. Dont miss the chance to see an outstanding show, one night only, at The 2009 Quart Festival. 

Wow, Slash is gonna play Crazy Train? Now that should be cool! :beer:

I'm looking forward to the gig, its been almost a year since I played a whole show. #fb

about 10 hours ago from tx

Maybe it will help make up for the cancelled VR gig a while back. #fb

about 10 hours ago from txt

We've got a great set for Norway, but we're not playing any songs from my new cd. #fb

about 11 hours ago from txt

That will be awesome. I am super excited as well about hearing Slash do Black Dog. Wonder who will get the vocals on that as its a challenging song in that regard.

Im going tomorrow, looking forward for it as a motherfucker, I'll put up a review later.  :smoking:

can somebody please get a video and then post it of slash and ozzy doing crazy train??

In Norway at the airport waiting to fly to Kristiansan where the gig is. Long fucking flt. #fb

about 1 hour ago from txt

that's not exacly a long fucking flight!.........checking.........45 minutes! 5 minutes longer than I had guessed. still a very short flight for an american! hehe

Maybe he was referring to the US flight over to there

From Perla...

Slash resting in Norway.

http://twitpic.com/8rplr

about 5 hours ago from TwitPic

know what.....that makes more sense! ;D

McQueen will be opening for Slash & Friends.

Sweet, the chic band that Slash did Nighttrain with. 

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Slash at Quart - Today's Main Stage Lineup

? Slash & Friends
? McQueen
? Skambankt
? Juke Kartel

Opening the show today will be Melbourne, Australia-based band Juke Kartel.

Hand-picked by Slash himself to open the show "Juke Kartel is about one thing only. Forget the branding, strip away the hype. All that matters is the music.Rocking loud and hard, with a respectful nod to the blues, Juke Kartel is a charismatic blend of talent, passion and dedication with a downright mischievous streak."

Next up is Skambankt, a Norwegian hard rock band from Klepp.

They play a mixture of classic rock'n'roll, punk and hard rock in the tradition of bands like Mot?rhead, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, Ramones and The Stooges. All the lyrics are in Norwegian, and they convey the real spirit of punk: against the state, against the system, against corruption, capitalism, monitoring, religious fanaticism, and generally hate and treachery. (Wikipedia)

Playing the penultimate slot is Brighton's own McQueen.

One of Slash' own personal favorites, in 2008 McQueen signed-up with new Manager Tom Zutaut, former head of A&R at Geffen Records and the man who signed Guns N' Roses.

"Zoot" wasted no time getting McQueen on the bill with Velvet Revolver for their UK tour before shipping the band out for a bullet tour of Australia and New Zealand, supporting Finnish band HIM.

Slash told Classic Rock Magazine that "the main band that I am excited about at the moment is McQueen. They?re one of those off-the-wall sorta left-field bands, all-girls, sorta heavy metal, but they?re really fucking committed - they take their shit very seriously. I played Nightrain with them in Nashville - and I haven?t played that song since before I left GN?R - and the singer, Leah, sang Paradise City at a Camp Freddy gig. It was impressive - she sang in key; there was no auto tuner on her voice. They have a lot of attitude, but if you don?t fuck with them, they?re very well behaved!"

However, the biggest star of this show may be the stage itself. The largest stage ever built in Norway - 576 square meters not including support stages or ramps - is situated at the base of the "Amfiet," a 10 acre lawn with spectacular view of the skerries outside Kristiansand.

Chinese-Democracy Blogspot

Some photos of Slash, Ozzy, Ronnie Wood and Fergie arriving in Norway...

http://www.quart.no/Fullstory.aspx?m=3&amid=654

From press conference:

http://www.vgtv.no/?id=23075

^^Thanks, there is also footage on that site of Slash and Ron Wood arriving at the airport.


And here is an interview with Perla from the Quart Festival.  She talks about the festival and his solo album, and she is doing a pilot for a reality show based on her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3cgvP_TCAo

Here is video of Ozzy, Slash, Fergie arriving in Norway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua4_T6YVG4c&feature=channel_page

"Immigrant Song"
"Highway to Hell"
"Hair of the Dog"
"Fall to Pieces"
"Black or White"
"Slither"
"Nightrain"
"Honky Tonk Women"
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
"Sweet Child O' Mine"
"Barracuda"
"Rock And Roll"
"Black Dog"
"War Pigs"
"I Don't Know"
"Crazy Train"
"Paranoid"
"Whole Lotta Love"
"Paradise City"

(http://i89.servimg.com/u/f89/13/89/30/98/quart110.jpg)

http://chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/2009/06/slash-at-quart-slash-friends-set.html

That is an awesome setlist, it blows there was no high quality audio or video for it streamed by the festival people. Hopefully something better than some grainy cell phone camera quality stuff shows up.

woah slash playing war pigs?  that will be amazing.  looks awesome mad keen that some form of quality bootleg will be uploaded soon. 

Fuck me, what a killer set list!

night tran......slash must be on form,,,

WOW, what a great setlist.

SLASH  :beer: :beer: :drool:

Norway gig went well, crowd was awesome!

37 minutes ago from txt

lets hope a good boot of some of this surfaces

Who sang the non-Ozzy songs?  Or did Ozzy sing them all?

"Paranoid"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8MhXlwV2GQ

Franky Perez was on vocals. The band was Slash and John 5 (guitars), Chris Chaney (bass), Jason Bonham (drums), Franky Perez (vocals), & Teddy 'Zig-Zag' Andreadis (keybords).


Ozzy sang Crazy Train and Paranoid. Fergie I am sure sang SCOM and Barracuda, so unless there are no other guest singers we don't know appeared Franky sang everything else I would guess.

maybe slash will hook up his fans w some soundboard vdeos on his myspace page ;D

OZZY OSBOURNE Performs With SLASH At Norway's QUART Festival; Video Available - June 30, 2009

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash was joined by the following "special guests" earlier tonight (Tuesday, June 30) during his headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival in Kristiansand, Norway:
Ron Wood (THE ROLLING STONES)
Ozzy Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH)
Fergie (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson of BLACK EYED PEAS)

Slash's band consisted of the following musicians:

Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) - Drums
Chris Chaney (JANE'S ADDICTION) - Bass
John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON) - Guitar
Franky Perez (SCARS ON BROADWAY) - Guitar
Teddy Andreadis (GUNS N' ROSES, ALICE COOPER) - Piano/Harmonica

The group's setlist was as follows:

01. Immigrant Song
02. Highway to Hell
03. Hair of the Dog
04. Fall to Pieces
05. Black or White
06. Slither
07. Nightrain
08. Honky Tonk Women
09. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
10. Sweet Child O' Mine
11. Barracuda
12. It's Only Rock N' Roll
13. Black Dog
14. War Pigs
15. I Don't Know
16. Crazy Train
17. Paranoid
18. Whole Lotta Love
19. Paradise City

Fan-filmed video footage of the "Paranoid" performance (featuring Ozzy Osbourne on vocals) can be viewed below.

Slash previously played with Ozzy at the 77th Royal Variety Performance in November 2005 in Cardiff. They performed a version of THE BEATLES classic "In My Life", with family photographs projected onto the background of the stage.

Slash left GUNS N' ROSES in the mid-'90s, forming SLASH'S SNAKEPIT before later assembling VELVET REVOLVER with several other ex-members of GUNS N' ROSES and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland.

VELVET REVOLVER is currently searching for a replacement for Weiland, who was dismissed in April 2008.

Video: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122864

Slash sounded great!

now thats a gig from interest! what a cool setlist!

cant wait t hear some of this!

there's a possibility I guess that the singer from mcqueen sang nightrain?

The show is getting very weak reviews. Some people are calling it a scandal. 2, 3 and 4 out of six.

Source?

I guess "Some people" are first cousins to "they"

who cares about reviews? I saw manson last week and he got a - while i think he should've gotten probably ++++

although the crowd doesn't seem very into it, lame people

The show was recorded in HD and I believe a multi-line audio recording was made. What's going to happen with it I don't know. Great show and amazing crowd. This was the preliminary set list, obviously a couple of changes were made:

Immigrant Song - Franky
Highway To Hell - Franky
Hair Of The Dog - Franky
Thunderkiss 65 - Franky
Slither - Franky
Fall To Pieces - Franky
Night Train - Leah
It's Only Rock N' Roll - Ronnie, Teddy
Honky Tonk Woman - Ronnie, Teddy
Knockin On Heavens Door - Ronnie, Teddy
Stay With Me - Ronnie, Teddy
Black Dog - Fergie
Barracuda - Fergie
Sweet Child O' Mine - Fergie
War Pigs - Ozzy
I Don't Know - Ozzy
Crazy Train - Ozzy
Paranoid - Ozzy
Whole Lotta Love - Franky
Paradise City - Franky, Fergie

Dagbladet.no, vg.no, fvn.no...

fvn.no which is the local newspaper i Kristiansand, the city that hosts the quart festival, actually gave the gig 6 out of 6, but at the same page the guitarist of the norwegian band Skambankt who played before Slash is butchering the whole thing.

So the weak reviews, which I agree don't mean jack shit, are actually more mixed.

ah i dont understand them lol! 

The set list looks cool though!  Slash playing nightrain is always awesome!

what's up w/ the lack of youtube footage!! wtf!!

Hopefully Funkeymonkey will find some!

These videos are not the best...still looking.

Crazy Train

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cqfzNcR3AY

Sweet Child O' Mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfFDiwh5Z7Q

Was this guy laying down when he shot this  :D

"Highway To Hell" &  "Hair Of The Dog"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gyPuuL7Efo

Slither (thanks to Blabbermouth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCTdm8fhTcg

Another "Sweet Child O' Mine" still not great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uL7OCD_Hc

Thanks Funky!

Here are some still photos: http://www.fvn.no/festivaler/quart/article680985.ece (http://www.fvn.no/festivaler/quart/article680985.ece)


I was there, and if it sucked I would have said so, but honestly: IT ROCKED!!!!

Best moments: Nightrain with Leah, KOHD with Franky (he did a great job on that one!) and SCOM with Fergie (That girl should drop Black Eyed Peas, and recruit herself for a rock n roll band, because, lady got pipes). It was great to see Slash play some GnR classics again, and Fergie have studied Axl, because she did things vocally on PC & SCOM that until now, Ive only heard Axl manage. She even did some snake dancing combined with some pole dancing :hihi:

Sometimes the sound was a bit off, but thats a technical thing, and have nothing to do with their performance. The crowd went fucking crazy when OZZY came, but the biggest moments where when the GnR classics came on. People want to hear those songs with Axl and Slash, but the next best thing was this!  :smoking:

SLash had some amazing soloing during the concert, and seemed very humble regarding the love from the crowd. He looked almost shy when Fergie yelled out something like: "give it up for the one and only, SLASH!!"  the cheer from the audience reached a new top after she said that, so it was clear that the 15.000 people first and foremost where fans of Slash and his legacy, and that warmed up my heart a lot to see that.

Two different reviews...

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Slash Karaoke
http://chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/2009/07/slash-karaoke.html

Slash And Friends Rock Norway
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/slash-friends-rock-norway/

Great review coolman78SLASH  !!!

Fergie is interviewed at the festival and she talks a bit about performing with Slash and his solo album...

http://www.vgtv.no/?id=23087&category=5

This one is a little better, I'll put those here...

"Crazy Train"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhRIWQCNA6U

"Night Train" w/Leah "McQueen"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm0ZGjQo6YM

Ross Halfin has some really cool pictures up on his site...

http://www.rosshalfin.com/diary/july-2009/diary-july-2009.php

what a compliment to Axl that it takes female vocalist to hit his notes and even they can't really.

That chick on Nightrain sounds pretty kick ass.

Guys, this concert looks like a great fucking time.... I love all these songs... Pure Rock.... I love it! 

ha, the guy screaming in some of these clips is fucking hilarious....

this Perez guy ain't half bad.   : ok:

In case some people missed this in the above article, maybe Franky Perez is in the running to front VR

It started with Slash, Bonham, 5, Cheney and Perez ripping the arse out of Immigrant Song. Perez, a Las Vegas rocker who?s done his own solo album and worked with System Of A Down side-project Scars On Broadway, is the perfect fit ? amiable but bad-assed and blessed with a voice that can handle a Led Zeppelin classic as easily as AC/DC?s Highway To Hell or Nazareth?s Hair Of The Dog. His take on Slither and Falling To Pieces, meanwhile, surely marks him out as the frontrunner for the vacant Velvet Revolver spot. (Backstage Perez and Slash revealed to Classic Rock that Frankie had been working with VR post-Weiland, before Slash?s solo album and Duff?s Loaded commitments put it all on hold.)

Knockin on Heaven's Door... W/Ronnie Wood, Fergie, Franke Perez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LH6gnwFbg

Closer view of Crazy Train

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdNklnrHOFw

Looks like an awesome show!

Shame Slash didn't play any of the lead parts in this.

Yeah i agree, but i don't think tapping has ever been Slash's thing  :)

From Norwegian newspaper:

http://www.aftenbladet.no/underholdning/mu...ll-svindel.html

Terje (from Norwegian band Skambankt) says:
"This is the all time greatest rock n' roll swindle! And you kan quote me on that!"

Reporter says:
"Do you care to elaborate?"

Terje says:
"What more is there to say. The biggest karaoke-show ever!"

Ouch!!   :-X


If you want to read more, google translate!   ;)

We have discussed these in the Slash in Norway thread. Put any other reviews you find over there as that is the thread for that gig.

You mean the Slash in Oslo Norway? If so, a bit missleading thread. The gig was not in Oslo....  But hey, feel free to merge.

That Terje dude is some muppet to disrespect so many big rock stars for putting on a great show.  Would like to see his band do better  :rofl:

From the videos, the show looked like it kicked major ass, and I like Franky Perez!

I appreciate when people take and share videos.  I just wish that they would refrain from singing over the performance when they do so.  That performance was marred by 2 random female fans less than stellar voices.

unfortunately, that's been the case w/ most of the videos i've seen online as well

Yeah don't get me wrong, I sing my ass off at concerts with my awful voice as well.  But I'd like to think if I was taping it and knew I was going to share it with the world that I could refrain from doing so.

This video is pretty good...

Sweet Child O' Mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAZagQWEo5s

Fergie sounds alright on the song, not anywhere near Axl's level but she holds her own.  But she does look much better than Axl in those tight leather pants and top.  Sorry Axl, I've gotta be honest.  Fergie shakin' her ass at the 3 minute mark beats the snake dance any day of the week.  Damn!

I am not a Fergie fan but that shit was HOT and kicked ass.

Great to hear Slash play that again.

Yeah I'm actually hot and cold with Fergie.  I don't mind her music all that much, though I wouldn't say I'm a fan.  Her solo stuff isn't as easy to take as her Black Eyed Peas stuff, for me at least.  But in that video she was HOT, and did the song justice with her moves alone.

Fergie is quite good at the GNR tunes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSRzg2G5EoE&feature=channel
a great version of nightrain

and i don't know about anyone else, but it is great to hear the solos and stuff played virtually note for note as they were recorded.  makes a nice change from hearing them butchered. 

AMEN!  : ok: I was thinking the same thing during the concert, that for me, and for millions of fans, that guitar sound, and style, are as much a trademark of the classic GnR sound as the vocals. Its always been diffecult for me to hear others do the lead guitar on the old songs, its just not the same thing.  :'(

Apperantly, Slash and Perla spent the day after the concert in the Zoo in Kristiansand, and watched the Marilin Manson concert at Quart before they left. Source: http://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/1049968/Moette_Slash_Sabeltann.html (http://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/1049968/Moette_Slash_Sabeltann.html)

Yeah i never really liked when people shredded all over it.

Have to agree

hearing Slash on Nightrain is just great

aaahhhh.....SCOM live with the man who originally wrote and played the solo is kicking!!! thanks!!!!
and WOW, Fergie!!

it is great hearing slash playing the songs as they should be played, instead of hearing how he butchered them when he was on drugs

I agree with you all on that

Pffffft!!!!!

Ive rarely heard Slash butcher any of his solo's.  even after a few JDs.
Nothing wrong with a bit of rock n roll debauchery!

Don't know about the visit to the zoo, but he was definitely backstage at the Manson show. He walked past me when we were loading up our truck after Placebo finished. I even had Manson standing right in front of me during Placebo's performance.

I'm not a big fan of Fergie, but yesterdays show from the Black Eyed Peas was outstanding.

Looks like another great day today with Chris Cornell and Korn.  8)

There's something wrong with it where Slash is concerned. We're talking about a man who thrashed his heart with excessive drinking and had to have a pacemaker installed. I, for one, do not want to see this man revert to his old ways.

Whole Lotta Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v-lH95DR_I

Knockin On Heaven's Door

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCKlXFagwWI

Paradise City

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWVoGmmDsTg

Thanks to Blabbermouth

It's too bad they didn't perform one of the new songs.  Perla said in that interview when asked if they would, that they "tried"  and "though/talked about it" but that "it's a lot to organize."

Ozzy and Fergie were there...

Good thing about it is that the whole album will be a mystery untill the release day (unless it leaks before as VR's Libertad)

Anyway, Perla also said that Slash will come back to Norway next year in order to play his solo record songs.

Thanks to everyone for posting the videos.  I'd love to see this from beginning to end, though. So many songs haven't been up on youtube.   It was as an awesome set list, and I'd love to see it all! 

Holy Shit, Slash is on fire in these videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I must say Slash has to play those GN'R songs by himself frequently , that Nightrain Solo was just HOT no way that just happens after not playing for that many years! Wish that someone with some good vocals actually sang , it really bring it to another level but just hearing Nightrain 2009 is awsome!

(http://www.rosshalfin.com/people/30Jun09-096.jpg)

Excellent post

Haha... Classic!

savage picture dude!

From Ross Halfin...

July 1

After vowing that I'd get no more dawn flights I had to get up at 5am to fly to Copenhagen then on to Norway, to Kristiansand. I'm at a festival that Slash is headlining with friends, as in Ozzy, Fergie, Franky (who I know as a solo artist) and Ronnie Wood. After no sleep I get there and hang around all day doing nothing. The site is on a picturesque fjord but with nothing to do. Nowhere to even get a coffee.This was not exactly fun fun fun...

Ozzy arrives first at around 7pm. Over dinner I tell Ozzy and Sharon how much fun it was to deal with Heaven And Hell, and it is a lot more pleasant with the Osbourne camp. Slash arrives next and I make him do photos in the woods with Ozzy, Ron Wood and Fergie plus guitarist John Five who looked like he couldn't decide if he wanted to be a goth or metal guitarist. He had the appearance of a grown man dressed as a twelve year old. Ronnie Wood was with Jimmy White, who I last saw drunk in the Hand In Hand pub in Wimbledon in the 80s. It was relaxed backstage in the woods. It made me think of Noddy and the Golliwogs plus Big Ears would appear at any moment - If you're from the 50s and English you'll understand.

I started shooting from the stage - here's the set list and what songs people sang on...

    Immigrant Song, Highway to Hell, Hair of the Dog, Thunderkiss 65, Slithery, Fall to Pieces - Franky

    Night Train - Leah

    Black Dog, Barracuda, Sweet Child o' Mine - Fergie

    Stay With Me, Its Only Rock & Roll, Honky Tonk Women, Heaven's door - Ronnie

    War Pigs, I Don't Know, Crazy Train, Paranoid - Ozzy

    Encores - Whole Lotta Love - Fergie, Paradise City

Jason Bonham played drums and I must say he was right on it, he nailed every song. Fergie was good as well and Franky should be hired by someone as a front man soon - he rocked (it sounds terribly American, but he did). Plus Slash was fully on it too. Ozzy was having a good time, the crowd went crazy when he came on and they were young teenagers. He soaked everyone in foam (me included). I left with the Osbourne's during the encores. We flew back to London, got home at 3am...

Photos here: http://www.rosshalfin.com/diary/july-2009/diary-july-2009.php

WAR PIGS.... Fucking killer... John 5 and Slash both tear it up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUukQVWRABw

John 5 has posted some pictures from Quart Festival on his MySpace page...

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=65510933&albumId=2821232

http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/09/02/kultur/musikk/festival/quart/7920384/

Looks like slash got a pretty nice paycheck for the Quart giog...

Wonder if it was worth it...

And I wonder if zutaut got some the $. A little inside agreement perhaps? Just speculating of course...

He was payd like 1.6 million dollars for a single gig... Jesus...

who cares? thats what happens when you are a professional musician, you get paid

The people who ran the festival into the ground because they blew all the festivals money on Slash and didn't get nothing back cares i guess. The festivals workers who hasn't recieved their paycheck cares. The other bands that didn't get a fraction of what slash got. The investors who saw all their money go to one guy who didn't do what he was there to do, sell tickets. The fans who basically saw a shity rock karaokee gig totaly lacking flare... The list goes on...

I know I don't care very much, but alot of people do so save your ignorant shit buddy.

Looked like an awesome show  to me!!! 
I saw Guns in 2006 and some thought it was like a karaoke show but i enjoyed it too!
Looked like there was a decent crowd too

Is it Slash's fault if the promoters didn't sell enough tickets?
I'm sure the promoters knew what kind of a show they would be getting from Slash too, even if it was a "shitty rock karaoke gig" to you.

To me, from the photos and videos I've seen and reviews I've read, it sounded like a kick ass show with Slash in top form with some friends of his.

I have nothing against the show, i wasn't even there. I was just quoting some reviewers who called it a shitty rock karaoke gig.

Slash was the first act that was booked for this festival and he was booked to draw people something he basically didn't do.

Noone can blame slash for anything really, but one can easly start to think and evaluate when a festival falls head first in all aspects especially when they blew a third of the budget on one guy...

Maybe they had to pay all the guests as well?  ozzy, fergie, john 5, ronnie ???

Sure.

What it boils down to tho is that 1/3 of the festivals money went to one gig.

The money could have been used to book many headliners so that the festival would have had a broader appeal and a higher over all level throughout the whole festival.

I don't know how that was made the headliner.

Either somebody managed to convince the festival people it was a great idea or they thought so themselves.


I could see this kind of thing work at a city festival or something similar. Where entrance is free.

But to expect people to flock to the festival to see Ozzy, Ron Wood and Slash play a bunch of rock classics?

Camp Freddy doesn't headline music festivals either...

If this was such a great concept, why didn't some of the other festivals book the same or a similar show?




/jarmo

I don't know either, but to me it looks like this was Zutauts work.

Quart didn't have a headliner, they hired and gave zutaut shit loads of money and he tried to get guns among others to headline the festival. This didn't happen so he talked to his old friend Slash and basically ended up with an "all the eggs in one basket type of deal".

I'm not saying this is how it went down, cuz i have no inside information what so ever, but to this is what it looks like.

I mean, if the Stones would have come, and black sabbath, and zeppelin and guns they might have done ok, but that was clearly not what they ended up with even tho they had elements of all the bands present.

The played mainly there own songs though, so it wasn't like a cover band.  Ozzy did his songs.  Slash did songs from GNR and VR of course etc.  and a few covers. 
It looked like an awesome show!  the crowd looked good, set list rocked, many big names.

Its not Slash's fault if the festival people spent most of there budget and chose to put all their eggs in one basket is it?

Report: SLASH Was Paid $1.65 Million For QUART Festival Appearance - Sep. 3, 2009

According to Dagbladet.no, former GUNS N' ROSES/current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash was paid 10 million Norwegian kroner (approximately $1.65 million) for his headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival on June 30, 2009 in Kristiansand, Norway.

Quart festival manager Arild Buli would not comment on the report when contacted by Dagbladet.no, calling it "an internal matter" and expressing his concern about "confidential information" being leaked to the public.

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Im sure that was probably the price paid for the 6 core band members on the night and the 3 or 4 special guests and probably other things.
Thats the price of a great gig!  :smoking:

I obviously kid, i dont know anything about Slash or the quart festivals finances.

So what if he was paid that much money? More power to him if thats what they offered him. He wouldve been crazy not to accept that for a single gig.

For that kind of money maybe they should have premiered one of the new songs...just sayin'. :)

All he did was play some shitty versions of the classic GNR songs, with Fergie or whoever, and a bunch of boring covers.   Just a cash grab.   

Now, nothing have been confirmed people, so chill the F out! And Slash was not responsable for anything regarding the financial, and he delivered a GREAT show, I know, I was there. Whatever the amount was, it also, always include planetickets, transportation, hotelrooms, food and drinks, and many of the artist travel with entourages like wives, guitar/bass/drum technicians, sound and light guys,sometimes bodyguards and so on, Ozzy arrived in a private jet that day, dont you think that have to be paid? Whatever the amount was, Slash did not put even half in his pocket, maybe one third or less. (I've worked with high profile concert bookings for many years)

who is that incredibly hot chick who sings Sweet Child? Wow.

^Fergie. VR needs to get her as their lead singer!

She does have some stellar moves during Slash's solo.  I have to give her that.

Either way, i thought it was an awesome show and it looks like the crowd loved it too.
Get on board or fuck off.
Who cares how much they got paid anyways.

If Slash can make that kind of money on his own, why would he ever return to VR?  This way he's in control, which we know he loves to be, and he makes a shitload of money to boot.  I foresee a long Slash solo project and a long (maybe permanent) break for VR.

As if he's going to make this kind of money on his solo project? C''mon...

This kind salary is basically unheard of.

And your point is? If you were offered that much money for a one off gig you wouldnt take it?

Who knows, the guy just made over a million dollars for ONE gig.  And I doubt he's playing Vegas for free.

That is one hefty payment whatever way you look at it (remember Slash doesnt pocket 1.6 million but still).

And all the people saying money grabbing and stuff, get the fuck over yourselves. Just cos your an artist doesnt mean you shouldnt get paid and why wouldnt you take as much as you can get. Surely thats the point of earning money.

Yeah, take as much money as you can and fuck everybody over while doing it! Must feel real good!  :P

Who did Slash fuck over ???

If they couldnt cover the expenses they shouldnt have offered that much or agreed to the deal if thats what Slash requested. The creative process and performance aspect is where artistry and integrity come from, the rest is business.

C'mon... Slash didn't fuck anyone over. You can read between the lines... Zutaut did tho by spendiing 1.6 million fuckin' dollars, a third of the whole budget, to get Slash and friends to the festival.

Now if Slash would have sold many many many tickets for the festival it'd be a little easier to defent, but he didn't and the festival goes under while Slash and Zutaut are walking away with a redicolous amount of money.

To be honest, I think this is the best payed gig Slash has been part of in his whole career.

I thought the crowd looked full and i know people that were there that loved the show. 
I wouldnt expect anyone to turn down a large offer to play a gig.  Playing guitar is his job at the end of the day, im sure he wants to make all the money he can for himself and his family.

Agreed.

 :beer:

Would be nice to make that kind of money i must admit!

but Quart goes under EVERY year!
And it would with or without Slash...

No one gives a fuck about Quart anymore eitherway...

It probobly would, but with less money spent on slash there would be less debt and with less money spent on slash and more on other headliners the festival might have survived. Who knows...

Not blaming Slash here, I just find it a little wierd that the festival thought it was a good idea to throw everything they had on him... What were they thinking? Who is Slash in this day of age to fill up a whole fuckin' five day festival???

Norway's biggest music festival bankrupt, again

Originally published October 5, 2009 at 10:40 a.m., updated October 5, 2009 at 11:45 a.m.

OSLO (AP) ? The organizers of Norway's biggest summer music festival have declared bankruptcy for the second time in two years.

District Court records show Quart Festival organizers filed for bankruptcy Monday in the southern coastal town of Kristiansand where the festival is held.

The 2008 festival was canceled after going bankrupt then.

Organizer Arild Buli told the commercial network TV2 Monday that Quart is 15 million kroner ($2.6 million) in debt after this year's festival sold just 67,000 tickets, less than half what organizers anticipated.

Quart 2009 took place June 30-July 4 and featured former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash as the headliner. It is unclear if Quart 2010 will open June 29 as scheduled.

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/oct/05/bc-eu-norway-festival-bankruptcy/?entertainment&national-entertainment

JASON BONHAM With SLASH At Norway's QUART Festival; Drum-Cam Footage Available - Oct. 24, 2009

"Drum-cam" footage of Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) performing with Slash during the former GUNS N' ROSES/current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist's headlining appearance at this year's edition of the Quart festival on June 30, 2009 in Kristiansand, Norway can be viewed below. The featured songs are "Immigrant Song" (LED ZEPPELIN) and "Highway to Hell" (AC/DC).

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