Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Tonight's the last show on this South American tour. After eleven shows in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia.

It's currently raining here in Fortaleza.





/jarmo

All the best to the Fortaleza fans t night...I wish I could have gone to some of the shows...it has been a great tour to follow. Some of the venues and crowds (sold out) have been amazing....and hot! Maybe another 3 hour epic. Great to see Duff back with Gnr for some shows.

Tommy must be pumped to return to band!

Doors open at 8pm.




/jarmo

jarmo..any favorite venues this tour.....

Can't think of a favorite venue.

The catering was great in Brazil, except Recife...




/jarmo

Ooh, the "catering"...ya bougie bastard!  Kidding. 

You get to spend time with Duff?  He's a good dude.  Tell him to play So Fine tonight!  And oh yeah, tell him Gregg from Pueblo Bonito in Cabo says hi

Show time

Chinese, jungle, easy

short video clip

Guns N' Roses
Last show.... Fortaleza. Let's make it special.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152335087553069

Brownstone, estranged

Rocket

Del James
Fortaleza-- the final show of the 2014 South American tour!

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Jarmo are the fans embracing Duff or do the fans miss Tommy more than people think?  

Here Today... Gone To Hell!
Duff
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Nice boys

Used it love her, attitude, you can't put your arms around a memory (partial), raw power

My Michelle

Better

4tus solo/ live and let die

htgth
@djashba
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 this I love, 

band introductions, dizzy solo/catcher, 

you could be mine, 

Dj solo/sweet child, 

Is Ron sick?

Flash move during sweet child with audience holding sheets of paper containing lyrics

Jam/November rain

FLASH MOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  : ok:  :beer:

Here Today... Gone To Hell!
Sweet child
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Sounds like a fun show!  :D

Looks like the band is having fun too! (short video)

Guns N' Roses
A bit of catcher....
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152335194253069&set=vb.10901008068&type=2&theater

Love that!!  :D

Sweet vid of Catcher!!  :love:

Bbf abnormal

Don't cry

Civil war

Heavens door

Jam/nightrain

short video

Guns N' Roses
Civil War.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152335244773069&set=vb.10901008068&type=2&theater

Encore: jam/patience

The seeker, jam/paradise city

I wonder why this wasn't played, the fans wanted it.  And they're not haters?

I dont understand it either. Why not take that chance if you have the opportunity?

Thanks Jarmo for all the updates and pics throughout the tour.  :beer:

Safe travels.  :)

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Fernando
Here we go, LAX. What a great run. Estamos voltando para LAX!
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I obviously have no idea how/why the songs are picked to play at each show but I can sorta understand them not playing a particular song because the crowd is chanting.  I'd think that during any given show, whether Duff is there or not, the crowd is chanting several song names that they'd love to hear so I think the band basically goes with whatever they feel is gonna "work" that particular night from the songs they've rehearsed.  Plus, I think that no matter what was done, us fans would naturally still want something else more.

It was still really cool that Duff did what he did.  8)

Great Post!  That picture with Duff on the plane is amazing!  I can't imagine how great he and Axl must have felt playing together!  Definitely a dream for so many fans and I assume for them.  I always catch myself wanting more, but in the end, I am so thankful for these tours from 2006-2014!  Again, a dream!

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They shared the set list with 'So Fine' on it via social media prior to the tour.
It's not unreasonable to think they might play it during one of the 5 shows they played together.  :crying:

"Nice Boys", "Attitude", "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory", "Raw Power", "Live and Let Die", "Sweet Child O' Mine", "November Rain" and "Patience" all in one video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THaAqFuaT9I

I'm not suggesting that because the crowd is simply chanting a song name they play the song that night.  I posted that quote because it was fans, who were at the show, who were making the request.

Duff posted a setlist with the song listed.  A lot of fans at the shows were requesting it, people online were asking for it.  I really thought they would perform it on the last night.  I was surprised they didn't.  I wondered why -- I would have liked to have heard it.


 

Before practically every show they've ever played, a set list gets posted online by somebody with about five songs that don't get played during the shows even though the fans at the shows are chanting for one or more of them to be played.  Some songs on those posted set lists that fans reported hearing the band playing during rehearsal don't get played during shows.

All Tom Jones and I are saying is..... it's not unusual.

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Chris
Forteleza Brasil, last show of the Tour - enter sad face

Forteleza Brazil - Sad that its last show of South American Tour 2014, the greatest fans, crews, production
we've done yet:) lets do it again!
--Love , chris
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Yeah, guns are not a jukebox, they give you the best they can, and thats it.

Exellent vid!

But where was bumblefoot during Nice boys, Attitude, Memory, Raw power and Live and let die?  ???

and that best is pretty damn awesome!  It would be highly unusual for any band especially a big one like GnR to toss out a song cause fans are chanting for it- like some have said, Duff held up a hand written set list with So Fine on it & and maybe that created some expectations but it's not unusual for all songs on the list to not be played-I've gotten plenty of set lists off the stage that had songs that weren't played. Besides, they did play all of the other songs he held up I believe- "So Fine" is kinda a lame song IMO anyway. It's also not unusual at all for most bands to play the exact same set list every nite the whole tour so I find it bizarre that some fans are disappointed when they don't constantly change it up especially when it already kicks ass!

 Thanks to everyone especially Jarmo for all the updates,pictures & sharing experiences with these SA shows for us to follow at home. My mouth is watering in anticipation of seeing them in a small venue in Atlantic City in a few weeks-The band looks to be on fire & AXL sounds great! -Will be My first in 3 years, can't wait! :drool:

Gotta say I wish Duff was staying! Great seeing him up there owning the stage.

Agreed.  Duff returning was the highlight (and created the most buzz) of the SA tour. 

So what do people think of the 2-3 new songs?  Do solos, Attitude and Raw Power count? 

Rumor has it Ron wasn?t feeling well. He also missed the final bow at the end of the show. The rumor started at some website called Perfect Crime. I?m wating for him to say something on twitter

I wonder how these songs can be played without one guitar not playing? And than the question is, is there really a need for that many axes in the band? I mean five songs played without Ron... Not that I haver anything against the guy, just wondering...GNR nowadays looks like a crowded army on stage.

I know all that Gypsy.  This was different, Duff posted it.  It was a rare opportunity for it to be played.

Again -- I'm not suggesting that because the crowd is simply chanting a song name they play the song that night.  I posted that quote because it was fans, who were at the show, who were making the request.  A lot of fans at the shows were requesting it, people online were asking for it.  I really thought they would perform it on the last night.  I was surprised they didn't.  I just wondered why -- I would have liked to have heard it. 

They obviously "tried it out" in rehersal....maybe it was working? maybe it didn't fit in the set?

I miss Madagascar and mentioned that once and the response I got was "it just didn't fit.....its like coming out with a funeral procession march".
I think they try to balance the energy.

Although....they do capitalize on 14 Years when Izzy is around....

I can hardly wait till Vegas....40 days and counting for me

So fine or no fine,been fun to follow this SA tour. Remember, not that many chinese songs were on that setlist Duff posted. I was positive surprised/relieved that he learnt all those.

Thanks to everyone who's updated and filming. Seemed like Duff enjoyed this. Hope Bumblefoot is back for full on the next leg! He sure is important!

I suspect that there was more than  five songs he didnt play...  :nervous:

The band doesn't have a setlist that they follow from start to finish.

Songs might be rehearsed and then not performed for various reasons.

The photos of setlists you've seen are just printed sheets of paper for people to keep track of song titles, pyro and to keep track of instruments etc.

Of course you can have a general idea of the order and what songs will be performed, but the setlist isn't something that's strictly followed. Band members constantly call out songs that aren't in the order of the setlist sheet....



/jarmo

Correct topic.

Axl and me almost 3 hours after the show:

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.       True- but I don't think that provides enough drama for some people- it's just too rational :confused:

Great pic with Axl. Congratulations!

.    Don't think I'd wanna fuck with Axl's bodyguard!

Nice post.  Interesting thoughts.

At time of the photo, I was touching the leather of the Axl's jacket and at the same time the bodyguard was holding my hand.

I once was close to the soundboard and I heard Axl saying "let's throw in some shacklers" (audience couldn't hear that, unless they were close to the soundboard - like me). Seconds later they started Shackler's Revenge. They sometimes decide what to play on the fly :-)

I think Axl calls out all the songs.  Except for where they know it's a given.  Example Richard solo into Live and Let Die.

In many soundboard bootleggs its mostly Tommy and Axl who calls the songs.

Nice shirt!



Here's the snippet of You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY1ReP8rArY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY1ReP8rArY)




/jarmo

 ;D Omg look at your smile - and even Axl is smiling in this photo. It's a great photo and congrats on meeting him which obviously meant a lot to you. So did you talk or chat or just get the photo & he left?
As hard as it is for fans to meet him, the ones that do say how polite & funny he is. I'm guessing you'll be singing his praises even more from now on.   :beer:

PS. Is it really necessary for the bodyguards to be that close & in the photos?? Surely Axl's not in danger having photos taken with fans is he, I know they have a job to do but they don't need to be that intrusive surely. Correct me if I'm wrong, I live in a country where the leader of the country used to go for a jog every morning without bodyguards & the public would join in & even shake his hand or hug him - so maybe I'm a little naive to the danger Axl could be in  :no:   :-\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-CZAt0caFY til, rocket and teenage kicks

amazing how Tommy manage to make the band sound punk ;D

Nice to meet you in person, Jarmo! Hope you enjoyed Fortaleza.
Fantastic gig. Axl and the all the guys were on fire. The crowd were amazing, singing along. Unforgettable. Hope that GNR come back soon. Brazilian media are saying only good things about this show. Local GNR fans were very very impressed with the band. Most of them saw these guys only in "Rock in Rio" tv broadcasting. Some critics are saying that this was the best show of SA tour. Can't count how many people i saw crying at the end of the show. Very special night.

Thank you. I bought this t-shirt after the show, from a guy who was dismantling the stage. It's a great souvenir. Beta was wearing one like that.

Maybe you remember, in that afternoon, at the doors of the venue, I asked to you: "Where's Beta? Is she here right now?" and you said: "Early" and I added: "Too early!" ;D


Thank you! It was the GREATEST moment for me like a fan since 1991! ;D ;D ;D

Axl left the venue almost three hours after the show, after all! Some fans, me and 15 others had this gold opportunity. When he came, with Beta at his side, Fernando reassured us, saying that he would take pictures with all of us!!!

All of it occurred behind the venue gates. The van was inside the venue and after it took the way to the airport.

He was very calm. The whistle that you hear in this video is from him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ETbLXOBrcU

I had a poster that I made to ask him to sign it. I was in middle of the front row and I showed it at the time of acknowledgments, at the end of the show. He saw it, Duff too, but he couldn't sign it on that time. So, this was the time to take his sign! I took the poster to give it to him but the Brazilian security said: no autographs! Save it! :crying:

Ok, son of a bit**... :rant:

His smile is a great history!

My time to take the picture. I shook his hand and said "Thank you" for the show. In seconds I was putting my arm behind him and he said:

"This guy wanna touch my ass!" and laughed! Ha! Ha! Ha! :hihi:

After this, I put my arm behind him and he put his arm behind me and Fernando took the photo. :beer:

As we were 16 fans, there was no many time to talk, so after the photo, I shook his hand again and said "Thank You" for the show again!!!

About the bodyguard...

At time of the photo, I was touching the leather of the Axl's jacket and at the same time the bodyguard was holding my hand!

Did he think I was going to pinch Axl?! Bullshit!

I don't know in another country, but here in Brazil the local employees think that they (bodyguards, producers etc.) are the law! They think that they are bigger than everything and everyone! So forbid and block some things that after, in some cases, will be opened/allowed by the "official" crew!

It's the crew shirt for the tour. Definitely a great souvenir.



/jarmo