Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Hi again! Today we'll bring to HTGTH the updates from Rio de Janeiro GIG!

Some members of PerfectCrimeGNR are in the line and sending me photos, so i'll put them here as soon as my cellphones allows me!

Any one want to hang out drink a beer before the show and split a taxi to Apoteose ?!

Hi everyone!  :peace:
I?m back!

I?ll make my review about the show of Sao Paulo. But I can say one thing: IT WAS COMPLETELY AMAZING!
Axl's voice sounds amazing!  :o


Well, I've received the confirmation from some guys from PerfectCrimeGNR.com, and they will send me the updates.

So, stay tunned here in this topic, because my intention is doing the same thing we did in "Belo Horizonte" topic!

I hope you enjoy!


Silas
 :peace:

maybe HBK will copy yours and make it bold again? :hihi:

Coll,another show tonight!!!
Is it stadium or arena show,and what's the capacity of that place?

The show will be at "Pra?a da Apoteose" (where Carnaval happen)

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Capacity: 30.000

It's a outdoor show, but it's not a closed stadium.

coll we have another b4 show...last night 45 000 people saw band, tonight 3 0000.amazin

This is the largest crowds they've played for (solo not festival) since 93. You brazilians are great and loyal except when it comes to soccer, it's time to let someone else win.

you talking about football right?? WTF is soccer.. Looking forward to the updates Thanks

Actually I don't know anything about football/soccer except that brazil has made more appearances than any other country.  I guess they're pretty good.

I'm leaving home to the concert now. There's a huge chance the gig will happen under some rain. Cheers!  :beer:

they are the best

Yes, Brazilian soccer players are great, but let's talk about the show. Thanks ;)

It's currently raining and I can hear the thunder!




/jarmo

so this is an outdoor arena?  Can they still play if it's raining?

Here comes the rant against the weather... Hey God... you like f*cking up peoples show? I can go home you know  :rofl:

i suggest everyone tweet axl or all of gnr members to play estranged  everyone join together and tweet to play estranged!

that's not gonna happen remember the dvd thingie.. Ron gave us a laugh about it :rofl:

RIO just CANCELLED - PLEASE,INFORM YOUR FRIENDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!!

ATTENTION: The March 14th Guns N' Roses show in Rio De Janeiro at Apoteose Stadium has been officially canceled for this evening due to the stage collapsing because of heavy rains. Stay tuned for more info and possible rescheduling information as we receive it.
There is a possibility the show may be rescheduled for tomorrow night March 15th or at a later date. There fortunately are no fatalities but there are injuries from both our camp and Rio crews the extent of which is not known at present. The Rio Fire Dept is evacuating crews out of the venue to avoid further injuries with the heavy rains and winds. Details are just coming in. Also a truck w/part of The Sebastian Bach Band's gear has rolled on the trip from Sao Paulo to Rio what is our understanding several times and we are awaiting details on the safety of the driver at this time. Thank you for your understanding and please be safe out there. Thank you. Axl Rose-

Damn, thats not good. Hope everyones ok!!

Picture of the stage collapsing here:
http://gnrworld.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/tonight-show-cancelled/ (http://gnrworld.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/tonight-show-cancelled/)

holy shit thats fucking crazy!

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that's bad! hope no-one has been harmed in any bad way.
wish em all the best!

shit that looks fuckin awful!

Where did you get the pic?

If anyone complains about the show being cancelled.....  :rant:  :rant:

I really hope that no-one was seriously injured :( , that includes the truck driver whose rig flipped.

I'm so sorry to hear this :(. that really looks awful. Wish all the best for everybody over there and  Brazilian gunners be patience!!

Nick Sterling posted the poic on his facebook

Im here, major bummer. But me and my wife hopes for the best for the crew and the band. At least we saw my niece in Rio. :)

My prayers are with all the workers who may have been injured.

I was worried about informing my friends but after seeing this picture,if they were there I guess the outcome would be pretty clear and the official cancellation is just a confirmation of something they already knew.
I'm glad to hear all injuries are minor.I saw a guy all the way up last night fixing something near the roof of the stage and it looked terrifying.It is very,very high.These guys work really hard to put all that monstrous setting in place for our fun and joy and are rarely given ( by us) all the credits they deserv

It has been rainning all day or just the heavy rain and wind started at any moment ?

OMG, this is disasterous!  Hope no one was injured.  Sorry to the fans that were suppose to go to the show.  :'(

Hope no one is seriously hurt. We are thinking of you!!!

Praying for the workers who were there at the moment. As Nightrain said, they make it happen!!

But don't worry about the show, it can be rescheduled. I believe the band will make everything possible for the fans in Rio.

FRIGHTENING!!!  :o

My thoughts and prayers are with everyone there especially Baz's gear truck driver and all those injured. 

this was posted at facebook

 Del James  - The stage in Rio collapsed due to a massive thunder storm. Doors to the stadium had not yet opened to the public so no fans were inside when the stage collapsed. The band was not at the venue when this occurred The earliest reports lead us to to believe that there may have been casualties and serious injuries. Th...ankfully that was not the case. Everyone in the GNR crew are shaken up but doing fine. We will keep everyone posted as more information comes in but the most important thing is that everyone, GNR as well as local crew and stage hands, are alive and well.

Just came from Apoteose... i feel incredibly sad...

i was waiting for the show since 5 PM. Bought a coat for the rain, got completely wet and freezed (yeah, it turned really cool when the heavy rain felt down, and there was a very intense wind also.

Now, all i need, all i want, all i pray, is the band reschedules the show for tomorrow. Otherwise im fucked up, so do all the money i put to do this trip.

First I m glad no one was injured.. second,, I m sorry for all of those who couldnt attend today...  That really has to suck .. Hopefully we ll have a show tomorrow

Oh my God! It's unbelievable. I'm very afraid for what is happens.
Take care of you.
I'm very afraid for the people injured.
How many hours before the beginning of the show?

I'm very sad for you. But you are safe and this is the most important thing. You'll see that they are finding a solution.
Take care of you.
Sixgnr

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While i was making the line outside the venue, the rain was very heavy and so do the wind, but i would have never, by any chance, imagined what was happening with the stage. People from the neighbourhood were singing, playing football under the rain, and the overall vibe was really great. The rain was making the day attractive in some way, because it was very hot before it started raining. Trust me, i would have never imagined what was happening with the stage. No fan got injured or hurt, i saw no ambulances or people being assisted.

A guy from the organization, using a megaphone, said the show was cancelled and that the date could be rescheduled. Thats all.

I saw a lot, a real lot of people crying, dont wanting to leave the area, expecting some kind of miracle, like an announce of ?the show will happen later, you just have to wait?. Because, when the guy with the megaphone said the show was cancelled, there was no rain anymore. Anyway, it is still raining right now, and i really feel like a dead body.

All i ask to God, the band, whoever responsible of setting the new date, is... tomorrow. They have to think about people who has travelled from very far. I can attend the show tomorrow, i could attend the 16th (but there is a date in porto alegre), but if they reeschedule the date to a later moment, im fucked up.

man at least you ll get to see them in Argentina.(which I know will be muchh better than anything else).. people from rio would be really fucked up if there is no re-schedule..

RIO UPDATE: All injuries appear to be minor. There were originally radio reports of a fatality which has fortunately turned out to be false. Initial reports are that our staging is for the most part ok but a more accurate assessment is being made. No word yet on if the show will be moved to tomorrow the 15th or another night. Reportedly Baz's truck driver is ok as well. Thank you again for your understanding.
Axl-

i know this doesnt depend on Axl nor any person of the crew. Problems with the stage and the equipment could have been big.

But re-scheduling the date for tomorrow will be the best of the options. Booking one extra night in rio could be done for a few reais, and I would change my airplane tickets if it was necessary, but there will be a lot of fans who have traveled from very far that will not be able to attend if the show is rescheduled for a later date.

Im really shocked with what happened to the stage and the equipment. No one in being outside, waiting to enter, could have imagined that at all.

Got home now... Saw the exact moment the stage collapsed, meters away from our line.  

Just want to share how sad I feel right now... for me, for the band, crew (Saw an ambulance speeding on the street where the premium floor line was), for all the fans that have been waiting for 9 years like me, following the band with passion every single day through HTGTH and other boards/sites... it hurts deeply.

There's nothing worst for a musician to be taken the chance to play for the fans.
I imagine how Axl and the guys feel right now.

That situation was just beyond anyone's imagination.

Really hope every fan got home OK, hope the crew is fine now, and that the show can be rescheduled  for tomorrow, cause there are many fans from other states of Brazil, and even from other coutries. I'm from Rio, but, for example, if the show happens on the next saturday, I'll be traveling (until april 10th!), and couldn't attend.

I must also congratulate the organizers that took the right decision to prevent fans from entering the venue earlier.
They avoided a big tragedy.. just check the photos. I could be dead now.

Well, good luck to everyone, and a quick recover for the eventually injured. Take care.

From Axl's Twitter:

RIO UPDATE: They're now saying the venue actually experienced a minor tornado. Either that or regional Global media blowing usual hot air.
J/k !! Love, El Gordo!!


 :o  :o

hahaha El Gordo rules!!! lmfao

What does El Gordo mean?  I asked someone who knows some casual spanish, but he didn't know.

the fat...

Ahh...thanks ;D

I was there. It was crazy! Truly a day when everything was supposed to go wrong. For instance: the bus I took to go to the venue had to stop in the middle of Brasil Av. because there was a gunshot fire, in the middle of the highway, when two gangs from Flamengo and Vasco (footbal teams that played today, at Maracanã) crossed eachother's way, so they decided to take a few shots and stop the traffic on the biggest highway of the city. But let's not focus on the negativity... ::)

No one in line could imagine what happaned, and I'm glad the gates weren't open sooner, otherwise we might have had a bigger tragedy. Usually the gates are open around 5pm, luckly today they didn't.

I trully hope this show can be rescheduled, hopefully for tomorrow's night. That way most peole who came from other cities/states/countries can attend to the concert with fewer problems to reprogram their plans!

It was sad to see people crying because the show was canceled... :'(

unbelievable!  :o


*sending positive energies to you Brazilians*, have faith  :peace:


I love Axl's humour, so sweet ;D makes me wanna tighten those cheeks while saying you're soooooo cute my gordo hermoso! LOL

Lets all just be glad it happened before the band took the stage an before the crowd were let in!!!! This could have been a total disaster!!!!!

Everybody has to remember this is in "no way any fault of GNR"!!!

I slept only 4 hours to catch the flight to Rio. Spent a lot of money doing that. And I cant make it if they play tomorrow. Still, Im not pissed at all.

Jeeez!! What sad news to wake up to!

Thank God the gate weren't opened, and that the fans and (most of) the crew are unharmed!

Fingers crossed for that show can be rescheduled for tomorrow!                         

Thats just plain bad luck for you Brazilian fans! But at least everyone's safe and in reasonable spirits. I'm sure Axl will try his hardest to make it back to you in the best way possible.

This is sad news to wake upto but it could have been allot worse i`m glad everyone is ok ,the picture of the stage looks frightening it makes you realise how lucky everyone has been  hope you get your rescheduled show.

Fuck... :o

anyone got hurt?.

I'm a big fan of Universidad Catolica, Chilean team soccer, so I aprecciate the info, now I know I must be prepared when Flamengo fans come to Chile  :hihi:

Those pictures were scarey! It looks like a tornado hit it. :nervous:

Damn....:(

well, i think its over for me. If there is no news about the re-scheduled date at this point, that must mean that there will be no show today. So sad.

I would think it'd be tough to repair all that in one day anyway.  I mean, it'd be great for everyone involved if they could because I know a lot of people traveled and couldn't extend their time away just to see the show if it's re-scheduled for a later date.  But it seemed like wishful thinking to fix everything overnight when the weather was still not cooperating.

In the big picture, it's "just a concert".

We are very fortunate that everybody who was there are alive today. That's the only thing that matters.

I can understand people being upset about there not being a show, but look at what could have happened and suddenly the concert itself doesn't seem that important.

I'm sorry if that offends you.

I know I'll get a bunch of idiots telling me "it's easy for you to say, you get to see multiple concerts".

But people could have fucking died there yesterday!



/jarmo

Is there any news on a new date? is today a possbility?

Well said Jarmo, that couldve been a disaster had the crowd been inside etc. 
Its like people not understanding why their flight is cancelled when there is heavy snow!

its ok, Jarmo, i understand what you are saying, and i also think that thank god they never opened the doors and that no one got hurt. How can I feel offended?

Problem is all the surrounding situation... I came to Brazil just to see this show... I really thank God i could attend the Belo Horizonte gig but that was absolutely out of my original plans. I even bought 2 tickets, because the first one i bought was a regular ?field?ticket, and after watching how incredible is to be in the Premium Zone in BH, i just decided to buy a premium ticket for rio. 2 tickets, for nothing, and i cant even ask for my money back because 1) i have to fly to buenos aires tomorrow, 2) my ticket is destroyed by water, 3) i dont know if there is any place to ask for your money back...

anyway, will start to prepair my luggage my for flight to buenos aires tomorrow, while waiting for a miracle to pop up. Im doing my best not to cut my veins and go on with life with a smile. Hope the Montevideo and Buenos Aires shows occur normally... so far, i decided to go to 2 shows... Belo Horizonte > shortest setlist ever, Rio de Janeiro > minor hurricane, collapsed stage, cancelled gig...

You've been VERY unlucky so far... 
I hope for your sake that the next show is awesome! 

estebanf - You could always look into getting a refund for the tickets by way of your credit card details, which I guess you gave when booking the tickets.  Just a thought.  Of course I am gutted for everyone that msised out on Rio - I am just glad that everyone was safe when this so could of been a massive disaster.  Makes something like a rock concert seem pretty unimportant when so many lives were at risk.

Enjoy Argentina and Uruguay......

That's so unfair, I have been witnnes for years how estebanf loves Guns & Axl Rose.
Don't worry estebanf,  I'm sure you'll get what you expect in Shows at Buenos Aires or Montevido.  :beer:

T4F CONFIRMED: THE CONCERT WILL BE IN APRIL!
Link (http://"http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,MUL1530091-7085,00-SHOW+DO+GUNS+N+ROSES+TERA+NOVA+DATA+NO+RIO.html")

I'm ok, everyone on the bus were ok too. But it was really scary! Unfortunately I'm used to hear gunshots here, when I tell people that Rio de Janeiro is a very violent city people think I'm being negative, but I just speak out what I see on daily basis. But to experience that kind of situation, to have to lay down on the bus' floor and wait for, what, 10 or 15 minutes until the gunfire ends, with crying ladies and kids, people nervous and desperate and worry and scared by the possibility of being hit by a bullet...I hope to never go through that again, and anyone else for that matter. I had to build an amazing sense of calmness, because there was a woman, desperate, laid next to me, crying like hell, so I felt like I needed to be calm in order to make them calm too. I kept saying to them: "Everything will be ok. Be calm. You all are gonna be with your family soon. Nothing is gonna happen to us..."

That's a horribly situation. :-\

But be prepared if Flamengo goes to play there on Libertadores! But not just the fans, the team as well. I saw today on TV that the forward Wagner Love will have to talk to the police about a video that surfaced of him on a Funk "show" filled with drug dealers heavily armed, and he was being escorted by some of them...so the players aren't that innocent either! You have to watch out for them too!  :hihi:
But that's too much of an off topic.


Cool!  :beer:

But your link isn't working:
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,MUL1530091-7085,00-SHOW+DO+GUNS+N+ROSES+TERA+NOVA+DATA+NO+RIO.html

Another source:

http://musica.uol.com.br/ultnot/2010/03/15/show-do-guns-nroses-no-rio-de-janeiro-e-remarcado-para-abril.jhtm


Now let?s wait for a confirmed date... this "waiting" process is driving me crazy!  But it does makes sense,  since their last date in South America will be April 1st in Ecuador.

+1. We can't control natural disasters, but we can take precautions.

fuckin' great. I was goddamn disappointed because I couldn't get to see them, but I'm really happy now. I was in Rio this weekend (Had to travel 400km or so). Luckily noone got hurt yesterday :)

This could be so much worse when it happened during the show.

here's some footage of the stage from brazilian tv today

at 1.29

http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM1229598-7823-TEMPORAIS+PROVOCAM+DESTRUICAO+NO+RIO+E+EM+SAO+PAULO,00.html

I know it's not really funny at all, but I kinda had to laugh. Minor hurricane - what are the chances for just that?! On another note, I'm very glad nothing worse happened and I do hope you get retribution for all your misfortune Estebanf. I think I can safely say you deserve it  :).

Footage of the stage collapsing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWeMchmBjOU&feature=email

The caps is awesome:

In this Sunday, one of Guns N' Roses guitar players, Chris Pitman, got a Flamengo t-shirt as a gift from the team. (...)

(http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/foto/0,,38209064-EX,00.jpg)

Source: http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Flamengo/0,,MUL1530343-9865,00-FOTO+GUITARRISTA+DO+GUNS+NROSES+GANHA+CAMISA+DO+FLAMENGO.html

Nice pic Voodoo! I would have gave him the exact Corinthians #9 Ronaldo Nike T-shirt i just have bought with the money I got from the ticket for Rio  ;D


Now being a lot calmer, i just think its not the catastopher i thought it was... I already attended a show here in Brazil, and i got another two shows left to see. Lets see what happens at these 2 places... maybe aliens atacking Montevideo? maybe a meteorite falling down from the sky and destroying the Velez Sarsfield stadium?  :hihi: j/k

All i ask is decent setlists in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. GNR is so powerful and impressive live, that you will be always wanting more. But hey! the BH setlist could have been a bit longer!

Who gives a fuck about a concert man. Really, what if the show went on, then all this happened? It coulda killed someone, and that woulda been it.....you're alive, everyone else is alive, that's all that matters.

oh, and FYI, you can have your money back at Modern Sound (if you bought your ticket there) since 18th of march.

Since my flight to argentina is tomorrow, i just had to put my best sad and whiny face, speak in a very credible english, begging them to give me my money back, which they did. What begun being a ticket for GNR, it ended being a nice Corinthians Ronaldo t-shirt!  ;D

you must be talking to me, but you werent smart enough to quote actually me

Just to let you know, im very happy im alive. I had a premium ticket, so if the show happened, and the stage fell down, i would have been dead by now. Do you need any clearer explanation?

Now, there?s the other part of the history. I dont know who the fuck you are, where are you from, what do you do with your life, etc. All i know is i just went here to Rio to see this concert, and you will not tell me how to feel right now. I havent seen the band since 1993, and im so glad i was able to see the band in Belo Horizonte, so even though im sad, i had the experience of seeing GNR live and it was incredible, and Im gonna see the band 2 more times yet. I was just praying they could re-schedule the show for today, which didnt happen, and its fine with me. Life goes on, so do GNR and its shows.

Now you can go and give life lessons to another one who cares about them. Just to be even clearer, im not one of those.

 I already attended a show here in Brazil, and i got another two shows left to see. Lets see what happens at these 2 places... maybe aliens atacking Montevideo? maybe a meteorite falling down from the sky and destroying the Velez Sarsfield stadium?  :hihi: j/k
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I am curious to read about your further adventures in the days to come and following a natural development the next misfortune should indeed be something of galactic proportions  :hihi: Anyways, let's hope you and everybody else will be safe though and the only thing affected will be just  the concerts.

It's fuckin' crazy and so scary.
Like a horror movie.
It remember me the Heineken Jammin' Festival in Italy 2007: the day before the Aerosmith show at the festival, just at the end a band performance, the area was hit by a minor tornado. I was just coming back at home with my train tickets and my boyfriend told me what it happened... I couldn't believe it. Some light tower collapsed and some ampli dameged, some people injured... I was there with my tickets in the hand and no words to explain my state of mind.

Holy crap....

Umm....ok..........great to see you're still alive....

I'm pretty sure Jarmo was just saying in general, and not chewing you out specifically.

My point was simply agreeing with Jarmo, not attacking you personally. He was right. It was just a concert, and the most important thing is that the band, crew, the pale guy with the glasses and backpack, and the fans, yes including you, are alive to see another day.

That was horrifying even with the sound turned off  :o That is definitely twister weather, I can't even imagine being around all of that stacked metal with those kinds of winds, rain and lightening going on  :nervous:  My personal fear is tornadoes (I've never experienced one, thank goodness) so this really IS like a horror movie  :confused:  :nervous:

Today morning

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Holy shit!

Yeah it is sad this show by a strange twist of fate didn't happen.  I'm sure the band is happy it wasn't worse than it was but I'm just as sure they were looking forward to this show as much as the fans were. 

So, to whoever wants to believe this...

I live in Sao Paulo.  I went to the Palestra Italia show, trully amazing, almost shitted myself when Axl threatened to leave (there is more to shitting myself, keep reading) and had a blast.  Came home, slept, woke up, had breakfast (lunch actually) and headed to the airport for my 16:40 to Rio.   The flight left at 17:20, we got to Rio at around 18:00 and were about to land in the local airport (Santos Dumont) whent he pilot announced that the world was falling down and that the local airport, which has a VERY SHORT runway, was closed and we were diverting to the Internatinal Airport (Galeao, much bigger runway).

We flew for another 10 minutes, the pilot did the final left turn and lined up to the runway.  At this point, it was 18:20 (yes, the stage fell about 15 min after that I think).  About 20 seconds before landing (I know this because we talked later) he got an ABORT ABORT from the tower, gunned the throtle to FULL and flew straight up and into the storm.

Basically, this is the really pant-shitting part... I have flown quite a bit, but never, NEVER experienced anything like this.  Have you seen the first episode of LOST?  Well, we went short of the plane breaking in two.  Lightning, thunder, turbulence, people praying, I for the first time picked up the puke bag (to no use).  10 minutes of hell. The pilot had to climb back all the way to cruise altitude to clear the clouds, and even so it was a scary sight.  We ended up landing in Belo Horizonte, some 500km away and only then I found out that the show was off.

I spoke  for some time with the pilot while sorting out what to do, and he said it was one of the worst he has ever experienced. We were the last plane to try to land before they closed the airport, and we aborted landing about 500m from the runway.  some 45mph crosswinds were hitting the airport.

I got off in BH, checked on the weather, and hopped a plane back to Sao Paulo.  I aint worried about the money, probably because (a) I?m glad we made it and (b) my ticked for April is still valid.  But I?m probably driving there.

Having said that, I would like to say I?m very glad no one got seriously hurt, and the crowd was still outside.  A flying pannel like the ones from the roof, which are probably metal, would cut someone in 2 like butter when flying/falling from up there...

Cheers,  :beer:

Rafael

Wow! That's unbelievable!

I heard about the airport closing last night....


Glad you're ok!



/jarmo

That is scary shit. Thank god everyone survived with only minor injuries.

Thanks Jarmo!  Have fun in Porto Alegre.

cheers,

That sucks for everyone who was looking forward to the show (i know what it's like to be at a GnR show that doesn't happen), but...  that footage of the stage collapsing and that weather was some crazy shit! Thank God nobody got killed! And it's a good thing the stage collapsed when it did. Imagine if it held up til the weather cleared, and then collapsed later on, when there might be people around or even the fucking band on stage! Unless of course that fuckhead who threw the bottle the other night rushed up front to get a good bottle-throwing spot -- it wouldn't have been a loss for that fucker to get crushed by the wreckage!  :hihi:

Wow. Huge bullet dodge.

So happy everyone is ok. :)

Jesus Christ ... :o :o

Something terrible could have happened that night if the band took the stage and the audience was right there ...

What a nightmare it could have been.

Wow, what a scary turn of events. Thank God the stage collapsed when it did and not during the show. :o

OH my god... that is horrific. glad  to hear you are ok.
and that youtube clip was like a disaster movie, very ominous feel to it. nasty stuff. it really is incredible that everyone is ok. lets hear it for the crew for coping so well and making sure everyone was safe.

When I landed in Santos Dumont airport at 1:00 pm it was one of the bluest sky Ive evef seen. It was like 40 degrees, hot as hell. Never thought the weather could have such a twist...

Man! that sounds horrible!

yes. in fact, I came to Apoteose very early (like 15.30), and im not the kind of guy who likes to wait being quietly stood up. So I decided to walk for a bit, and found a cemetery near the sambodromo. I stayed there like for 2 hours, taking pictures, and I was glad because there was a lot of sunlight and the weather was just incredible (very hot).
Then i went back to start making the row, and when the first drops of rain came i was more than pleased, because it was hotter than hell and because i was dreaming an incredible hot and under the rain GNR gig in rio, which should be a dream for every foreign GNR fan!
But later, the rain came truly heavy, with huge winds and the temperature started to fall down. When I started seeing people leaving the row, i immediatly said for myself ''oh no, this just cant be true... i kept myself in the row, just waiting for a miracle, because even though the rain was heavy, i would have never expected that it could just destroy the stage! In fact, i discovered the stage felt down when I came back to Copacabana and went to a cyber to see if there was some news about a possible reschedule date.
The overall vibe before they announced the show was cancelled was the best possible. That neighbouhood was a little bit scary (i would have never walked those streets if there wasnt a GNR show or a whole lot of people doing it along me) but i was just having a great time, looking brazilian guys and gals playing football under the rain, singing, having fun, and there was also a lot of fans singing GNR songs in a very rustic and hybrid english!
Got my flight back to Argentina today at 17.30. Then, the 18th, i have to go in a ferry boat from Buenos Aires to Montevideo to see the band there at the Centenario Stadium, and then my last show at Buenos Aires.
Bittersweet experience until now. Got lots of good memories (specially from Belo Horizonte) and some other not too good ones. Anyway, I would do this same journey all over again to see GNR. GNR is worth everything. I just seen this with my own eyes. Once you see Axl dancing and singing with his characteristic fury and aggressiveness, nothing else matters.

On another note, im so sad I couldnt shake hands with Tico, Leatrice, Mandy, Voodoo and Manets, and all those crazy brazilian GNR fans. That was another part of my dream what couldnt happen. Now i have to meet some argentine and uruguayian fans that I came to love but never had the chance of meeting personally.