Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Glad to read a positive review in that liberal rag RS!! Their as music as MTV hese days..But here is the review..

Sometimes with Axl Rose, all you need is just a little patience. Other times, you need a little more than a little. Guns n? Roses? Wednesday night concert in Winnipeg, Canada ? their first North American date (and fifth show overall) since the release of Chinese Democracy in 2008 ? was, thankfully, a case of the former.

Axl in action: check out photos from Guns n? Roses? marathon opening-night gig.

After making the world wait nearly a generation for his sixth studio album, and then keeping fans on hold for more than a year for a tour, Rose wasted little time getting down to business in the Great White North. The frontman and his septet took the stage shortly after 10:40 p.m. ? practically a matinee for the notorious Rose. And once they got down to business, they certainly made up for any lost time, treating 7,500 fans at the city?s MTS Centre to a high-energy three-hour marathon of new material and classic G n? R hits.

Following the basic template laid out on the band?s Asian dates in December, they kicked open the doors with the title cut from Chinese Democracy, followed by the one-two-three punch of ?Welcome to the Jungle,? ?It?s So Easy? and ?Mr. Brownstone? from 1987?s Appetite for Destruction. From the moment Rose opened his mouth to scream, ?You know where you are? You?re in the jungle, baybeeee!? it was clear his corroded air-raid siren of a voice had lost little of its range, rage or power. Likewise, the rest of the band ? guitarists Richard Fortus, Ron ?Bumblefoot? Thal and DJ Ashba, keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman, drummer Frank Ferrer and bassist Tommy Stinson (formerly of The Replacements) ? hit the ground running, tearing through most of Appetite and Democracy, with a few cuts from the 1991 Use Your Illusion albums (including covers of ?Live and Let Die? and ?Knockin? on Heaven?s Door?) sprinkled in for good measure.

Although he appeared to be in good spirits, between songs Rose kept fairly quiet, offering little beyond the usual thank-yous and how-is-everybody banter. In fact, for a guy who wields such a commanding musical presence, he spent much of the evening shining the spotlight on his bandmates, bolting from the stage during every instrumental break and introducing nearly every player for a solo segment (best of the bunch: Stinson?s suitably snotty bash ?n? pop version of the Who?s ?My Generation?). Rose also posted a backstage photo on his Twitter, and wrote, ?Excited 2 get this rolling. In r off time we?ll b helping Mounties flush out Al Qaeda. (What?s that aboot, Eh? jk)? in one of his first three tweets since the new year began.

The gigantic three-runway black stage and high-tech production ? which included all the requisite video screens, moving light trusses, pyro, percussion bombs and confetti cannons ? also commanded plenty of attention. But not enough to overshadow Rose?s and co.?s triumphant return to North America. Now, you just have to wait for them to make it to the States. All you need is just a little ? well, you know.

Set List:

?Chinese Democracy?
?Welcome to the Jungle?
?It?s So Easy?
?Mr. Brownstone?
?Shackler?s Revenge?
Richard Fortus Spotlight
?Live and Let Die?
?Sorry?
?If the World?
Dizzy Reed Solo
?Street of Dreams?
?Better?
?You Could Be Mine?
DJ Ashba Spotlight
?Sweet Child o? Mine?
?I.R.S.?
Axl Rose Piano Solo
?November Rain?
?Scraped?
?O Canada? / ?Pink Panther? (Bumblefoot Spotlight)
?Out Ta Get Me?
?Knockin? on Heaven?s Door?
?Nightrain?

Encore:
?Madagascar?
?This I Love?
Frank Ferrer Drum Solo
?Rocket Queen?
?My Generation? (Tommy Stinson Spotlight)
?Patience?
?Paradise City?

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Link:
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/01/14/guns-n-roses-bring-chinese-democracy-to-north-america-with-marathon-winnipeg-gig/

Photos:
http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/31783299/guns_n_roses_bring_chinese_democ

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That's fucking GREAT! No negativity in the article whatsoever!

Finally a reporter, who actually "reports" on their concert. Not a single word on the former members, that's how you do it!  : ok:

Wow, a good and accurate review. That's shocking! ;D

Great review! Hopefully, people will start reading these new reviews and realize that this Guns n' Roses IS Guns n' Roses, so deal with it and accept them for the great band they are. of course, some people are gonna be haters no matter how many positive reviews are written. I say, Fuck Them!  My favorite picture that goes with the review is the one with Axl giving the finger (#3?). He looks pretty badass in that one.
Rock on, Axl. C u soon, brother!!!

do what? Censorship?
it's an objective fact, why should anyone fear the name "Slash".
who gives a fck.

It's not a question of "fearing" the name Slash. It's a matter of this band getting the recognition they deserve, instead of a review were half the article are comparison to the old band.

This was their concert, their moment, it should be all about them.

E.X.A.C.T.L.Y.!!!!!!!!!!!! : ok:

Very kind review, I like it very much  :beer:
I saw some videos in youtube, and I thing that was a very very great show. Axl sounds very well  :drool:

yes things defo turned 180 degrees. strange how its took people ages to realise what we knew , that new gnr rock

I hated it when people went around calling them a cover band or saying the Axl Rose band.  There's still a bunch of idiots on youtube that love to trash a band which they know nothing about.

Wow - it's so refreshing to read a positive, well-written review  : ok:

Thanks for posting this!

I hope they do that press conference Peru wanted them to do.  Also this is great hype for a north American tour.

I was super geeked to read that last night. Wish I was there...  :drool:

Finally a review that focuses on what the show was instead of what it wasn't, who wasn't there etc.

Great!

Just like it should be.



/jarmo

...great article

and it should have been. from the first cd tour.
Aren't music journos sluggish? it took them, most of them, this long to start reviewing a show appropriately.

with them, you need lots of patience.

What is even more impressive is the GnR review is still the top story on the website.  This is what 3 days after the show...I think that says how big and impressive this tour is.  (I think I need to buy my wife some flowers for letting me go to 2 shows :)  )

rollingstone.com isn't updated in the weekends..

However, great timing, more exposure for the band  : ok:

Even with that it is still up there for both 14th and 15th which is still impressive.

this is cool, i've noticed in a lot of recent articles that the whole band is finally getting the respect that they all deserved during the last tour... the new cd is brilliant and the shows are top notch so theres really nothing to complain about unless you're just a negative person.

as for slash not being mentioned... its cool that all the old school gnr fans who come out to see these shows are  finally moving on and accepting the current band.  even tho theres really no need to ask about slash anyway with how he's put himself out there the last few years, its no secret what he's up to... everyone already knows, lol

It's up on their home page, kind of cool.

Guns n' Roses' Roaring Return: Full Live Report

http://www.rollingstone.com/

dif cool