Here Today... Gone To Hell!

This Saturday I'll be updating with the help of our good old friend Sukeberon...

So stay tuned!!!  :smoking:

anyone wanna free lift up there around the sydney area?

let me know

(sorry mods, i know its the wrong area, just want it to get seen before times up cheerz :/ )

You're leaving for the venue now?

Isn't the show on Saturday.....?




We'll just lock this thread once the updates start coming......



/jarmo

Jarmo, your forgetting the meet and greet my friend ;p

A friend of mine was having a beer at about 2 - 2.30pm today when Frank and Tommy walked in! How cool is that.

It was an Irish pub in downtown Sydney - http://pjgallaghers.com.au/

He had a chat to them and said they were nice fellas. I'll find out the deets later on today :)

Leaving in six hours, 2a.m and it feels like Christmas morning  : ok:

It has been raining all over the state for the past week with no sign of it letting up, very rare for this time of year. Hopefully it doesn't deter anyone from keeping around for the concert, especially race fans likely to get their panties in a bunch if GN'R don't hit the stage on time. I don't care if it hails the size of golf balls though, in fact I don't care is a f'n tornado rips through the joint I'll be front and center threatening divorce if my darling wife decides she needs to powder her nose.... unless in a literal sense.

Is somebody updating here? I'll try but no promises. Review ASAP at the very least. Expect videos of TIL, KOHD and maybe a few others if security are not over the top also

Is it wrong to start drinking now?  :-\

^ def not too early!  :beer:  have a great time, fkn wish I was there!  look forward to hearing all about it whenever easy for you

I'm drinking a beer while I'm standing in the line ad I type this
;)

Entry to stadium at 4pm.! Doing a circuit of the stadium. Light drizzle, big storms forecast.

If anyone want me to, I can try to do the updates from the concert as well. Just need some help on how to do so, cause I don't have twitter or something like that...

:: vincent ::

Just met up with Angry Anderson of Rose Tattoo...surprise appearance for 'Nice Boys'?

Okay, heading to the Olympic Stadium right now! GET IN THE MOTHERFUCKING RING!

:: vincent ::

Sitting outside stadium drinking like a fish. Humid and over cast, gates open in an hour. Probably over fifty fans waiting patiently at the moment but lots more loitering near by. Some nice shirts available also.

I'm still thinking to head down, how much is ticket entry for the show tonight?

I'm heading there now, got held up in the cross.

One of the fellas on the Prime telecast said he was going to try and track down Axl during the race, he was standing with the grid girls so I'd assume he decided to go with the grid girls instead of the sick kids.

Has anyone been watching? Has Axl been on? :-\

Finally got here. Near the front. Ready for a great show. Its raining which is a bit of a prick.

Have a good show everyone! :)

Just saw dj at the side of the stage..

Shit, he's hanging about pretty early. What time's the gig?

First band just about to come on...

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First band are on... Not sure who they are... Not spiderbait I know that much.

Delta Rigs just finishing.

Weird Crowd! Going to be a lot of "where is Slash?" I think!

First band are off. Next spiderbait. I used to like them back in the day.

Just saw my old friend tom mayhue.

Spiderbait are on...

Kram from spiderbait just announced axl is in the stadium... Huge cheer...

sukeberon, yibbida and everyone else there have great time !

Just got told guns will be on late - Kram "that's what you expect at a guns n roses concert". Now spiderbait hav to play longer. Lol and I don't think they hav enough material judging by the long periods of Kram banter

Spiderbait are off. They sure did do as instructed...

Spiderbait done at 8pm Sydney time. 

How long will we have to wait? :)

The Stadium is filling up... Should be a large crowd.

Have a great time everyone!!

And thanks for doing the updates, Christos/sukeborn!  : ok:

Starting

Chinese. Djs guitar fucked up...

Jungle easy

Brownstone... Band are really enjoying themselves...

What's the time over there? Not that I care, just finding it strange sitting in front of my PC on Saturday morning with a coffee and watching updates for GN'R show. Nice. Thanks Christos and sukeberon.

8:50 PM

Sorry

The crowd are loving DJ!!!

Axl sounds amazing... Looks a million bucks too...

Axl: "its great to be back. What a great crowd..."

Better... The crowd are loving it..

Axl is singing with unbelievable intensity...

Better

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From Del's Facebook...

Richard Fortus Solo (James Bond Theme)

Theres a super hot chick taking photos of the band...


comment by Christos: Hahahahahahahahaha... yeah, like we weren't watching her during the European tour...  :rofl:

Live And Let Die

Fuck those fireworks are loud. I'm right up the front...

9) Jam

This I Love

Fuck, Axl is amazing...

comment by Christos: I'm just posting what I'm getting...  : ok: (I did warn him that this tour is a bit "different" than 2006...  ;))

I was worried about this crowd but they're amazing!!!

Rocket Queen

The band sound even better than when I last saw them in 2007...

Frank is pounding the fuck out of the drums..

Introducing the band...

Dizzy Solo: Ziggy Stardust

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From Del's Facebook...

Street Of Dreams

You Could Be Mine

Some dickhead just yelled out for slash... Cockhead...

Axl owns this crowd....

DJ Solo

This is the first time ive seen dj play in guns... Great addition...

Crowd go apeshit over that...

Sweet Child O' Mine

Axl cant stop smiling... Neither can I...

Axl sings where do we go now with chris and dizzy...

Jam while they get axls piano...

Another brick in the wall...

November rain

Great solos from the boys...

Fuck that cant be safe dj

Axl singing 20 octaves higher than normal...
Bumblefoot chant goes out...
Pink panther...
That chick is back...

Knocking on heavens door

Axls got amazing control with his voice...

Axls jeans must be extra tight...

Comment by Christos: Too much info there Sukeberon...  ;D

November Rain (from Del's Facebook)

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Whole lotta rosie...

Axls really loving this song...

3 guitar jam

Nightrain...

Dj is on the floor...

Huge guns n roses chant...

Dont cry with axl...

Jam

Madagascar
DJ on drums...

Dj strumming with a drumstick...

jam

Paradise City

I guess this is it for tonight ladies and gentlemen...

A huge thanks to Sukeberon for updating us all!!!

Good... Fuckin... Day?

Oh, and we're open for comments now...

Thank you so much!!!!!!!
Christos!!

I was just the middle guy... Sukeberon did the hard work, trying to watch the gig while sending updates... Kudos to him!!!

Seems like it was a great show. :)

Btw how big was the crowd?

Thank you Christos!!!  :beer: :beer:

One last post from Sukeberon...

"Confetti every where...

Good Fuckin Night"

19 songs, if I counted right, nice setlist

the guys are warming up with each show ;)

Another message from Sukie  ;)

"Bumble did aussie aussie aussie"

Yeah I noticed her a couple times in Europe...

Great gig, can't wait for the tube vid's to come up...

Thanks @Sukeberon for the updates, I hope you had a kick ass time...

Cheers

Crowd at least 40,000.

That was fucking amazing. 100x better than 07. Sheeet. Awesome lil bumbledot chant at the end and greAt covers. Luv u gnr

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Guns N' Roses Perform In Sydney
By: Robert Cianflone
Getty Images Entertainment

Wowwwwwwwww!!! 40.000?!?!?! That's awesome!!!

Tks Christos and Sukeberon for the updates!!!
It looks like Sydney got a fkn amazing concert!!!  :yes:
Tks Del for the pics!!!

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40,000 sure does sound like a nice crowd!  ;D

Thanks Christos and Sukeberon! Just woke up (again!), nice to check some updates with a cup of coffee. ;D

Hey, isn't a bit warm in Australia? Or is it just here in Brazil? Because that jacket really looks like a personal hell to use around here. :P

it was raining tonight but it's like 20 celsius there...

What's funny is that it's still like 23.40 there and a GN'R gig is done... WOW...

Indeed, it was really early. Seemed like only half an hour between the opening act and GNR. :)

So, 20? isn't that warm. Here it's like 30? :rant:

Yeah 20 degrees is mild here. Warm is normally 30+, Celsius that is.

Thanks sukeberon!  :beer:





/jarmo

I'm guessing it's that cute blond...I saw her at Birmingham, being at the front, I got a good view if you know what I mean  : ok:

Yeah, it made it difficult doing the updates. I was supposed to be watching the band but kept on getting distracted.

By the way, what happened with DJ's guitar during Jungle?

Happened during the opening of chinese democracy. It only played half the notes. He soon changed guitars.

Sound like a wireless failure or a bad battery in it...

Glad to hear you had a good time and view though :-)

Cheers

40000 fans are a lot...
thanks for the updates

Thank's for the ups !!!

Blown away. Probably better then 07 which is really saying something.

The crowd was a bit odd but the band were generally well received at the beginning and loved by the end. Especially Ron who stole the show, exceptional performance.

The were the expected idiots in the crowd but hey, you get that. My mind is a bit of a blur right now at 3 in the a.m but I try piece together a proper review later on.

Uploading videos now, hopefully the quality is at least o.k.

Can I post them here or do they have to go in the Youtube thread?

Here is fine since they're from this show... :)



/jarmo

I found first videos from Sydney in YouTube.
"Better" in great quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOPdsO19bXM

Thanks for the video to colinhay66

That is what I call a great video and awesome performance !

They look on top form can`t wait to see more : ok:

The band sounds as good as I've probably ever heard them.

Whoa.

Rock n' roll, Sydney!

Beautiful moment: father and son to witness the concert.

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 : ok:

Awesome !

And did he became the biggest GN'R fan after/during the show?

Cheers

Kick-ass video! : ok:

Thank you !!!

O M G

 :drool:

That video of Better is amazing. :)

My friend in Sydney  :love:

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I was standing right from where that was tak :-\en from. They were amazing last night. I still can't believe they have improved on when I last saw them in japan in 2007.

Wow, ok ive had about 5 hours sleep since getting to the v8's at 8:30.am

Got to meet some cool people in the lineup from the forums, and then we were allowed into the stadium at 4:00 pm.

3 coffees later and we were sitting through delta riggs, and it started to pelt down with rain.
Not a good sign, and some fucking idiot through a glass beer bottle near them and smashed everywhere.

Anyways, spiderbait came on, not that good really and did their set , 20 or so minutes after the guns n fuckin roses show kicked off.

Non stop in your mother fucking face music, richard was excellent , bumbles solo was senfuckingsational and dj was giving the crowd love nonstop all night. He started playing his guitar with franks drumstick at one point haha!

Shook hands with Del and Fernando during the show, and waved to Beta and Vanessa. The crowd loved every song, and for me this i love, street of dreams and better were the fucking best of the show (out of a very very good show). A few people that were near me and saw Guns back in 93 at eastern creek, said Axls vocals last night were way better and some even said he hasn't soundedt his good since 88.

Great fucking show, the band were awesome and I just wanna throw a big fucking thankyou to Ron for everything hes done during this tour with the fans both on and offstage. He just gives so much to the fans and is the best thing that has happened to this band in a loooooong time.

Seeya fuckers in Adelaide/
out!

Can't believe people are complaining they were late on stage  :rofl:

Onstage by nine o'clock is hard to fathom yet people still complain they were up to two hours late and blame Axl alone, it shows how media agenda can actually effect the views of the mindless drones who adhere to the beliefs of music critics in papers. More so, I think its a case of one person saying something and having it snowball, easier then thinking for yourself I guess.

Much like the lip syncing allegations that are coming from everywhere this morning, I guess the Floyd and AC/DC covers are synced also.

Concert was absolutely phenomenal, just no pleasing some people when their minds are already made up prior to the event. 99% of people left ecstatic but its the other one percent who bitch on the internet.

Axl is being persecuted over here for the use of effects and backing tracks in songs like Madagascar and Sorry, etc it seems.

Regardless, the show was amazing, the band was incredible. Frank was an absolute monster, Stinson and Fortus were really into it from start to finish, Dizzy and Pitman got a lot of recognition given to them which was great to see and Bumblefoot was, well, words can not explain this guys talent and personality. He is Guns'N'Roses all over. DJ was good but I hardly ever seen him, they need to keep the dude on a chain seriously. Like he has a bad case of ADHD, haha.

Axl is nearing fifty years old and I can't think of many people who could match it with him in terms of stage presence, energy , attitude and delivery no matter their age. He is out of this world but we already knew that.

Long set, I wrecked just watching it. Can't imagine how drained the band are today.

Highlights were seeing This I love live, getting to see Madagascar again and Nightrain which they absolutely nailed. Ron again in particular.

Some more high quality videos:

"November Rain"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6LaYGM2k5g

"Welcome To The Jungle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6GTPmQSnLg

"Sweet Child O' Mine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk-E6gcYOnY

"Live And Let Die"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-IXMw7BHAs

Setlist:

Chinese Democracy
Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Sorry
Better
Richard Fortus Guitar Solo
(James Bond Theme)
Live And Let Die
(Paul McCartney cover)
Instrumental Jam
This I Love
Rocket Queen
Dizzy Reed Piano Solo
Street Of Dreams
You Could Be Mine
DJ Ashba Guitar Solo
(Ballad Of Death)
Sweet Child O' Mine
Instrumental Jam
(Another Brick In The Wall Part 2)
Axl Rose Piano Solo
(Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/? more)
November Rain
Bumblefoot Guitar Solo
(Pink Panther Theme)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
(Bob Dylan cover)
Whole Lotta Rosie
(AC/DC cover)
Instrumental Jam
Nightrain
 
Encore:
Don't Cry
Instrumental Jam
Madagascar
Instrumental Jam
Paradise City

Awesome great setlist. Thanx for the vids.  :beer:

Here are some videos I took, picture quality not the best but acceptable. Sound is decent to good though.

This I Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-AzVXfpLI

Knockin' On Heavens Door

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVHKGbkV984

Nightrain

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

Madagascar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3t-saStkUQ

Whole Lotta Rosie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy7N31WA45E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anAtnBnofn8

^ Chinese Democracy.  :peace:

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

^ Street of Dreams.

I notice in the comments that the guy posting these top quality videos was using a compact camera so there are EVEN better videos out there yet.

I seen two people filming with proper video recorders in the pit alone and these guys mention another two rows back, let alone in the stands.

Hopefully we get great video of the whole set.

I'm thinking V8Supercars may of also filmed this, can anybody confirm that?

Once again a magnificent instrumental intro, I LOVE this!  :love:



Thanks for all the videos, they're all great!  :)

Being pedantic, but its not always what you've got, but how you use it  ;)

Hope your right though, sounds like it was a blast...

Dizzy piano solo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJUmoxW1SyQ

Luckiest kid in the world!!!   8)

PC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VjhdPDzg04&feature=player_embedded


Sorry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ecCLQXA9s&feature=player_embedded

And now for the best Whole Lotta Rosie I've ever heard :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy7N31WA45E&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy7N31WA45E&feature=player_embedded)

great intro to PC

Oh GOD! check out that Whole Lotta Rosie!

Its hard to believe that this just their second show back from a break. They just stepped right in where they left off, not missing a step. incredible energy.

It was the best concert I've ever seen and I've been to quite a few. 07 was the best till now.

Sorry was amazing as was This I Love, Madagascar, Dont Cry. It was magic. Always great to see the best frontman in the world too :) DJ seemed like a really cool guy, crowd loved him.

Cheers guys

Just like the way this band are growing together chemistry wise and putting their footprint on the music.

A number of photos here:

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&p=Guns+N'+Roses+Perform+In+Sydney

Hey nooow!
Back in Melbourne and almost caught up on sleep.
I had The best time at The Sydney gig.

The band and Axl sounded amazing. I have no complaints about the set list at all.
Sure we all have personal hopes and wants but it was a pretty fucking solid list.

On time and sounding amazing, I was in awe of my all time favourite band!

Bring on Radelaide tomorrow

Couple of my vids guys, still have a ton of pics etc to upload, but they're all hi res / HD so they're taking ages.

Will get everything up on Thursday, after the Adelaide show when I'm back home! : ok:

Sorry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzsXaUx8gWg

Jungle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZB1tBDp67k

Please watch them in HQ if your connection can handle it, so I don't feel like I wasted 3 hours uploading 1.5GB of viddeo to YT.... :hihi:

More to come!

The best night ive ever had. Got to meet the band and some great people.. Ron was amazing, such a great person and i think he appreciated the numerous "bumblefoot" chants we started!!
Axl is in top form, it is a very surreal feeling being within 2 metres of the man at the concert he truly is the greatest hard rock frontman...

Did you get bumblefoots  pink panther solo plus dont cry?

Amazing Quality.

This was one helluva show by the looks of it! ;D God he sings good now, amazing performance :peace:

Looks pretty cool too.

Great to meet u nightrain7, u dissapeared though at the club, best fucking night, bumble kicks ass!! Yeah!!

You too mate, yeh we got over waiting so we went home.. Ron sent Stewy a message the next day sayin Axl didnt even go there..

Fair enough man, I didn't get back home till 5am haha, I saw u2s "guys" there

Did u get into the club?

Nah, but think did

Look at the drivel  :hihi:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/motor/axl-roses-rock-star-antics-rock-v8-finale/story-e6frey5r-1225966007656

I'm not sure they will publish my concerns regarding their source information. They just get away with making up reasons for being late, phone conversations, starting times and traffic routes, no questions asked. No retractions.

I can't believe the media is going on about the lateness of GNR on this tour. Are you kidding me? Would you rather it was a midnight start like back in 2007. I was elated when the lights went down at 8:30pm. With Axl, it doesn't get much better than that.

I know what you mean.  This has been a GNR standard for decades.  It's like people complaining about band members who have been gone 15 to 20 years.

Watched in 720p, great footage. Really loved that you filmed the other members aswell, that's something not everybody does. :)

As for the performance, that was fucking great! :D

A few pics my GF took from Sat night:

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Thank's for the vids and pics !!!

look at this then

http://www.3news.co.nz/Guns-N-Roses-concert-leaves-fans-fuming/tabid/418/articleID/189235/Default.aspx

Axl could sue them I think as they accuse him of miming!!

Almost whole show:

http://gnrworld.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/sydney-nsw-australia-set-list-pictures-and-videos/ (http://gnrworld.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/sydney-nsw-australia-set-list-pictures-and-videos/)

Some songs are left to be added...but just couples.  Some GREAT shots there.

GN'R Thrill Faithful At Sydney Show

5 December, 2010

The Telstra V8 Supercars organisers would have been relieved to see GN'R start their set only 15-minutes behind schedule and for the next 2-and-a-half hours they thrilled the GN'R faithful with a great rock show.

DJ Ashba has assumed the role of Slash, top hat and all, and he definitely has the chops to carry off every solo, while Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Richard Fortus, Tommy Stinson, Dizzy "F***in" Reed and Frank Ferrer are all excellent musicians that carry off their own vibe.

Triple M's Byron Cooke admitted GN'R put on an entertaining show.

"They do their thing and hell, they played "Welcome To The Jungle", "It's So Easy" and "Mr Brownstone" back to back. I can't hate them for that!

"Any gig you see the night after a U2360 spectacular is going to lack intensity, so it was rough for me to be impartial tonight. But Axl is still a rockstar. He is entitled to perform and do what he loves doing."

Despite the ANZ Stadium being only half-full the GN'R faithful really got into it, especially for rousing versions of "November Rain" and the Acca Dacca classic "Whole Lotta Rosie", both of which set the crowd alight.

Setlist
Chinese Democracy
Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Sorry
Better
Richard Fortus Guitar Solo
Live And Let Die
This I Love
Rocket Queen
Dizzy Reed piano solo
Street Of Dreams
You Could Be Mine
DJ Ashba guitar solo
Sweet Child O Mine
Another Brick In The Wall (instrumental version)
November Rain
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal Guitar Solo
Knockin' On Heavens Door
Whole Lotta Rosie
Nightrain

Encore
Don't Cry
Madagascar
Paradise City

http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/news//blog/gnr-thrill-faithful-at-sydney-show/20101205-at69.html

Is that a GN'R hat??

When's this available on the online store?  :o

Firstly, I'm not new here but I haven't logged on in a long time and my login disappeared. 

I was at the Sydney show, flew over from Perth before they announced the show here... I am going to that one too.

Now, I stand on neutral ground with GNR because I've had some disappointmets and quite frankly I thought at the 2007 Perth show Axl semed like he was stuggling (in his defence the venue was crap), his vocals weren't the best and I would even say that some of his vocals on Chinese Democracy (album) were average, far from the early days....

Then comes Sydney, here I am expecting a show similar to 2007, good, but aware that the year have passed an deterioration is inevitable... Hll, I was willing to travel over to see him so I still expected something good..

Ok WTF, who is this guy? surely not.... His voice was the best I have heard since the very early days, I'm talking appetite era.  Far superior to his recent album and 10x better than 2007.  Axl, IMHO is back with a vengence.  The show in Sydney was one of the best rock shows I have ever seen, in every way. Axls voice was absolutely superb.  As for the rest of the band, they performed with an intensity not often seen.  DJ Asba, whom I know nothing about, was extremely charismatic and had the crowd really pumping.  They all were really great.

The show was that great that I'd have to say Axl's voice has improved over the past few years.  I can't help but wonder if CD was recorded right now, I think it may be a completely different beast.

As for the claims about lateness and lip synching.  A few minutes late, a lot earlier than I expected that's for sure.  Axl's voice was layered in parts which is what I assume people think was lip synching, but he definitely did not at any stage lip sync, BUT the vocals were THAT good!!!

I don't think you'll see a day when Axl lip syncs his songs.  He will retire for good before that happens IMHO

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I strongly disagree about Axl's vocals on the album (IMO, his best work by far, just different from the early days). Anyways, cool review, Im glad you liked the show! : ok:

Absolutely great vocals on CD and live... at times you might get mislead and think it's a backing track you hear, but in fact you hear and see Chris, Dizzy, Ron and Tommy on backing vocals.

In other tracks there's is obviously a backing track with harmony vocals, but that's something that's been done ever since big live production's been setup in the 70's and 80's etc and second these are done for two reasons...
A: part's you otherwise can't recreate live and B: to thicken the lead vocals and/or backing vocals.
 
In Axl's case it's definitely part's you can not recreate live, like the backing vocals of Sebastian in Sorry for example and the intro of Better.
Either way it surely fit's the live production and has really been improved since the early beginning of the tour in Japan and South Korea,
these stems are better blend in to the mix and became less obvious but just right to do what they are supposed to do.

But there is definitely no lip syncing going, in the last Better video you might think he is but is in fact miming to the backing vocals of the rest of the gang...
Something else nobody ever seems to mention is that Chris, Ron and Dizzy are performing pretty high ball breaking notes as well. Top notch !!!

Cheers

It was Chinese Democracy that there were layered vocals.  I'm pretty sure it was not the band backing up as it was Axl's voice - unless one of them can replicate it.  That's why I did a double take myself when watching/listening. There is nothing wrong with using layering, it's not like lip synching it's just like adding an extra instrument, IMO no different to playing horns on a synth...

IMHO since last seeing him in 2007 his vocals have improved out of sight.  I was really blown away in Sydney and did not expect what I got at all.  From my experiences he was far stronger and far more confident. This actually makes sense as a well trained voal cord gets stronger with more use - I just didn't expect what I got.  There is no doubt that in the years between TSI and CD his voice was not used anywhere near as often as it has been since CD was released.

Not trying to hijack the thread talking about his voice before the CD, but I think you're misunderstanding what he tried to achieve. The rasp is great, but with his cleaner voice he reached the highest notes of his carreer. To me sounds quite the opposite of what you said.

Does anyone know how many people turned up at the Syd gig?  I went and it was a great show.  Though I must say, I have seen them twice now and there is something missing........dare I say Slasher......................???  Look, the show was awesome and I am a huge fan of the new band, not so new now, but there is a chemistry the old guys had that is so fucking beautiful....I mess it.  But well done axl for this band and all it brings to us..... :beer:


Anyway, how manyt people came to Syd...anyone know???

There were about 61,000 people at the show that evening. Somewhat different to the "half full" stadium some media commentators described it as...

For mine, I do not miss Slash at all. I saw him play with GNR twice and he often f*cked up his guitar parts, whether due to intoxication or some other reason who knows but his attitude about being THE guitarist for Guns N' Roses should be viewed in comparison to how well the current guys play. There IS no comparison IMHO. The current lineup blows the old Guns away in terms of their musical prowess live.

If you need to see an "attitude or a top hat" to make the concert feel "right" for you. Than I feel sorry for you. Me I prefer the music to be played WELL and this band delivers it in spades...

it was definately more than half full, I would say 75%-80%, obviously the section behind the stage was blocked off, but it was no fucking way half full.

Triple m are biased anyway, they have contractual agreements with Slash, he is the one that re did that dr death theme/even does guns n roses voice bites for them to this day, and he hasn't been in the band more than 14 fucking years.
What a joke they both are.

Haven't missed the guy at any gig I've seen the past 10 years, the only moment I thought of it is when some dickhead in the audience yells for it... pretty sad thing to do btw...
My big wish is that this line up is one to stay, they have a great chemistry together and all of them really want to be part of it. This is top notch GN'R !

I felt Sydney was the BEST out of the 3. Axl was SO happy. In such a GREAT mood  ;D.

I agree Zephyr.  As I've said compared to 2007 show both of what I have seen were 10x better.  I've already mentioned Axl's voice but it was the band as a whole felt (to me) more like a band performing together for enjoyment, their own enjoyment.

@ Voodoochild, I understand completely why Axl took a cleaner approach to his vocals and while no where near his abilities, I've had to change my style also as I can't get through more than 5 songs without fading away (damaged hard rocking back in my late teens).  BUT unfortunately, as I have also experienced myself, when doing this the voice loses a little bit of tone/character/ whatever you want to call it, after all you are changing what you were previously doing. 

That's what impressed me so much is that Axl has gotten that edge back and he still looks after his voice, that is very apparent, he has to, but he has that great tone/character back that, to me, I did not hear as prevalent in 2007.

Street of Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgabw4JAWfU

Hey, was standing next to ya in the front on your right for the Sydney show. Had an absolute ball! Great job on the pics and vid's! Appreciate the effort you put in, and for putting up with my jumping around like a maniac while you were filming - a little evident especially on WTTJ! But hey, that's what a GNR show's all about! How'd the After Party go?