Here Today... Gone To Hell!

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Thanks for posting the link.  That was very cool and interesting.   : ok:


(..... and long.  I didn't watch the entire thing.  Hope there wasn't a surprise ending.)

Pretty cool thanks for posting. The chick from the radio station at the end was pretty dumb tho. You would think she would have at least known that Dizzy has been in the band for years (she said he was back in the lineup) lol other than that pretty cool insight into the production of the show.

http://music.blog.ajc.com/2016/07/27/guns-n-roses-a-first-look-at-georgia-dome-stage-and-a-glimpse-backstage/

Shorter clips of Opie talking about the show and The band.

This is the guy that got Axl and ACDC together, tour managed UYI and has know band since 1990!  Bet he has some stories!!

Douche reporter saying Axl broke his pinky toe!  Opie sounds like a great dude. What a life!  Amazing what the crew does to put this show together!

I didn't watch it, but this is from Blabbermouth....

GUNS N' ROSES' production magager Dale "Opie" Skjerseth says that "there's no end date" to the band's "Not In This Lifetime" reunion tour, with "plenty" of shows already booked for "far into next year."

Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/guns-n-roses-not-in-this-lifetime-reunion-tour-does-not-have-an-end-date-says-production-manager/#6PSGAgWpe0PMyyMf.99

I think, if you're hoping for an EU tour...your hopes were just given a pretty big boost. ;)

For the Atlanta Studio time concpiracy theorists, there is a little exchange with Opie and a Reporter about where they are going to be that night in Atlanta, Opie brushes off the question saying they should be at the hotel like him resting up for the show, then the reporter says something like 'well we heard a rumor about where they would be'... could be a recording studio reference, or not.

Skjerseth is a Norwegian surname, does anyone know if he's from Norway?

He's not, but the family is.



/jarmo

I assume they tour a good bit of 2017. Still a lot of places to hit :

- Australia
- New Zealand
- Japan
- China
- all of Europe

Assuming the logical downtime breather between some of these legs, that should be most of next year.

I agree.

But wasn't there talk that Slash had early 2017 commitments with Miles, etc, etc, etc way back when this whole thing was announced?

Maybe they were BS (though I remember a concert ticket auction or something?), or maybe things are just going THAT well for everyone. :)

Much as Axl can't go back to touring with a bunch of guys named Harry, can Slash go back either?

I would say no.  Unless you are going to overly just play solo stuff.

Much like I never need to hear who the hell knows who up there with Axl and try play the solos on 'Estranged' any more, I don't need some rando next to Slash trying to pull off WTTJ.

That shit was fine when thought the guys could never work together.  Now we see they can, who the hell needs that watered down crap?

I would think that based on seasons etc... you could very well see something that looks like the 2007 Australia, NZ, and Japan Dates or the 2013 run through Australia, Malaysia, and The Middle East which then leads in Europe and a reset in North American Arenas

There was also talk that Slash, Myles and the Conspirators would be in the studio while Axl was with AC/DC... yet it looks like Myles was in the studio during that time working on an Alter Bridge Album instead.

I think this is their full time gig for the foreseeable future... hopefully leading to some new music also.

That's a good point, regarding Slash's future solo ventures.  I think it's within ALL of their vested interests that this works out well, both in regard to touring and certainly for the next album.  They'll all want their mark on it for sure...

I would love to see a major Canadian tour leg as well

There are major stadiums for them to play in....

I would prefer though that they play arenas, jack up the ticket price to make it work and have multiple shows in a city.

I think that's doubtful, seeing how the 2010 tour was a result of his domestic touring issues with Azoff.  That said, you'll probably see a more "expansive" set of Canadian dates on the next NA tour, assuming there is one.

I have the feeling they will do a new years leg through western Canada

Based on the success of the tour so far, and the wildly positive reviews they are getting... I am hoping that they leave a few days of downtime where ever they are in the Feb time frame to accommodate a Super Bowl Performance if they are asked. Welcome to the Jungle is played multiple times a game every game for 17 weeks plus playoffs... How do you miss the opportunity for them to do it live at half time.

I really do not want to see a cross of uptown funk and biance or even that downtown song mixed with GNR. ha

Perhaps they are better suited for a big pre game show, open the superbowl to a live performance of Jungle

But we also know that Slash is a workaholic and has always kept multiple things going.
We still don't know ACDC's future, especially now with Cliff leaving, but if Axl and Angus decide to work together beyond the US shows, Slash will have to keep himself busy. My guess is that he will keep doing the Conspirators thing between runs with GNR.

Maybe.  IMO it makes far more sense for Axl to have Slash & Duff record on the next album between legs and keep this thing going strong than to do whatever with in the studio with Angus while Slash goes off with Myles. 

For the first time ever, I think the SB is a possibility.

I see 2 red flags :

- Not if they are in Australia or somewhere else on the far side of the world.

- The NFL does not mess around.  So the whole "we're GNR, we don't do press" routine?  Well, you can forget that shit.  The NFL told both The Rolling Stones and Sir Paul McCartney to shut the fuck up and get out there and glad hand on media day.  They aren't going to quiver in their boots over Axl Rose saying he won't play ball.

I have to agree that I'm not sure if Slash going back to Myles and the Conspirators would be viable at this point. For me, I saw Slash's  and Axl's band twice when they separated. Now  that they are back together, I don't think I would go. 

They aren't doing the Super Bowl

NFL would be stupid not to ask... I think it will be up to them to turn it down. Might make a little more sense too if they are looking to market a Live CD/BluRay from this American Leg around that time.

I get that the Super Bowl is extremely popular and give a good exposure. But isnt something more to the pop artists? Axl would want to properly perform and not do some pre-recorded shit.

The Who performed live in 2010, U2 performed live in 2002, can't speak for the whole performance of the Black Eyed Peas but Slash and Fergie were live 2011, Springsteen was live in 2009, Tom Petty Live in 2008, Prince was live in 2007, Rolling Stones were live in 2006, McCartney in 2005 is actually questionable when watching it (probably pre-recorded)...

Most of the rock acts (RHCP excluded) have been live, they have just been leaning towards the Beyonce's and Bruno Mars' of the world in the last several years.

Yeah, those last several years were the ones I was talking about.

That's more an indictment on Rock than it is on the Super Bowl Halftime show... There hasn't been a Super Bowl level rock band in the last several years worthy of the spot that wouldn't be a retread from a previous year.

Good point.

Anyways, it would be super exciting to have a proshot of the performance for sure. They would never risk it with a new song, but it would also be amazing.

They would def need to have something to promote if they where to do the SB

I heard this past year the NFL was making the acts pay to perform.   I can see why, the acts tour numbers go through the roof after the show.

So perhaps a high end arena tour, of north America?? 

I do not think a new album or a blue ray would be enough to promote, or worth it.

MB all of the above.  I high end expensive arena show, with a new album and hit single and a new blue ray!

I agree 100% for several reasons. First, Axl is slow as hell getting new music out and Slash releases a new album every 18-24 months, so he will have to keep himself busy during Axl's downtime or whatever he does. Second, I've seen Slash a bunch of times with VR and Myles/Conspirators and I think there is genuine affection among the Conspirators. They are really a tight band. It is hard to imagine that Slash would just walk away from something that he clearly enjoys. Third, I think Slash likes being the "main guy" and that is perfectly normal. We don't know the inner workings of GNR but at best Slash is co-main guy or maybe even a notch below Axl in terms of making decisions. Fourth, I find it curious that no one, to my knowledge, has said that the US tour and the dates to follow mean that the band is back together on a permanent basis. They've just said they are doing a whole tour. So what happens after that has run its course? It's entirely reasonable that Slash and Duff go back to their solo projects. That leaves Axl kind of stuck. At this point Axl needs Slash more than Slash needs Axl. Or maybe GNR will come together on an "as needed" basis which leaves plenty of time for side projects. In any event, I would bet money that we have not heard the last of Slash with Myles and the Conspirators. Unlike VR, which does appear to be dead.

I agree Slash can go do his other stuff no issue ... I think he really enjoys working with Myles and a lot of people including me enjoy that material.

If Axl ever presented this band without Slash again ... That would be.. A disaster on several fronts no matter how much some of us like the music.

Call me hopeful... But I think these two rock out together for a long time going forward. New music and all! I am still pinching myself that this all happened. I truly believed the man when he said never going to happen. Very happy and fortunate that I have been able to see it with my own eyes.

I have to disagree with this somewhat. The NFL blew it when they gave the halftime spot to Bruno Mars and not to Bon Jovi nor Billy Joel. You had the Super Bowl in the number one market for the first time. It should have gone to either artist as a result.  Last year, Metallica should have been the half time show. Instead the NFL blew it again!

Here is the issue, Bon Jovi and Metallica haven't done anything of consequence in years. Ever since people began counter programming against the halftime show (FOX did it first in the Early 90's with In Living Color) they are going for what keeps more asses on their couch tuned to the network carrying the game. Bon Jovi hasn't released anything and isn't selling out Stadiums... Metallica has cherry picked a few big shows here and there (like Rio in Vegas) but overall that band has been average for ticket sales and hasn't released anything since 2008. In 2014 when Bruno Mars played the Super Bowl he had the #10 highest grossing tour of the year (#9 in North America), Metallica was #28 and primarily doing over seas dates which is not the focus of the NFL.

Yeah, if this tour has taught us anything, it's that we should "never say never" to anything, and that includes a new album with Slash & Duff featured. Only real question is "When?".

If and when they ever release a new album I want a version of This I Love and Better with Slash on it.  : ok:

I wouldn't place it outside the realm of possibilities.  He had them re-recorded featuring DJ, and the demand for that was...well...less.  :)

Yeah, but what was Tom Petty promoting?  Or The Who?

Or Prince, for that matter.  For all the inevitable love post passing, people had long stopped buying Prince stuff.

But huge names, all.  Just like GNR would be. 

Cross check the years they performed with tour numbers... they all had active successful tours. Metallica and Bon Jovi haven't done that in years. Not a shot at them, but the NFL is looking for eyes to stay tuned in and what better way than to base it on how many asses they put in seats of US Stadiums and Arenas.

They seem to finally be moving past safe, white guy acts.

At least until they panic and throw in the Chili Peppers, anyway.

I hear ya, but with the case of the Super Bowl being played in the NYC area for the first time, you have to give it to the local guys. Bon Jovi will sell! Billy Joel has  33 consecutive sold out shows at Madison Square Garden. I think that surpasses Bruno Mars. I really hope that GNR will be a halftime show. I think it would be great!

I get what you are saying, but they aren't looking to win over the 70-100k people in the building (who are almost never locals), it's the 50 million people watching at home and Super Bowl Parties.

I would defently be taking a crap during this time if billy Joel or Bon jovi played half time.  Boring

Unless they do a mash up of born to be your baby and piano man.   Born to be your piano man

I think they want to avoid "defining" what it is or isn't for now as they don't really know.  It seems like they are having fun being on the road and plan to continue around the world next year. 

Beyond that, who knows.  I doubt they do.

Has anyone ever been in a relationship were people asking "When are you getting engaged" "When are you getting married" "Are you going to have kids"   :hihi:

Can't argue with a word of that logic DX  :beer: : ok: