Here Today... Gone To Hell!

there are already some rumors for Europe Summer 2018..... Italy, France, others that I do not remember now...
we'll see...

Poland 2018 http://muzyka.interia.pl/koncerty/news-guns-n-roses-znow-w-polsce-koncert-w-chorzowie-w-2018-roku,nId,2462466

It's weird that one- pretty much confirms it, doesn't even mention it being a rumour. To my knowledge that's the first/only mention anywhere of a venue and date for a concert.

If it is true (and I'm very much not convinced) it would have to be announced officially soon.

hope they rest up for 4-5 months, maybe lay a track or 2 and hit it again summer 2018.  :peace:

Confirmed for download festuval uk.

What are peoples thoughts about the nitl tour entering its third year? I'm excited about seeing them again, but also wondering whether the momentum will still be there come next summer....

Download in Madrid as well. Planning on seeing that one.

https://www.facebook.com/DownloadFestMad/photos/a.195662660870881.1073741828.195646460872501/390532051383940/?type=3&theater

Also on Graspop festival in Belgium

Norway Valle Hovin... first time since 1993.

so this will be one of the biggest tours ever..

Estonia confirmed. Wow. Wow. Wow.

http://m.publik.delfi.ee/article.php?id=80119144

Saturday, June 3, 2018 Berlin, Germany Olympiastadion

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Odense, Denmark Dyrskuepladsen

Saturday, June 9, 2018 Donnington, UK Download Festival

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 Gelsenkirchen, Germany Veltins-Arena

Friday, June 15, 2018 Firenze, Italy Firenze Rocks

Monday, June 18, 2018 Paris, France Download Festival

Thursday, June 21, 2018 Dessel, Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting

Sunday, June 24, 2018 Mannheim, Germany Maimarktgel?nde

Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Bordeaux, France Matmut Stadium

Friday, June 29, 2018 Madrid, Spain Download Festival (On sale)

Sunday, July 01, 2018 Barcelona, Spain Estadio Olympico (On sale 24/11)

Wednesday, July 04, 2018 Nijmegen, Holland Goffertpark

Saturday, July 07, 2018 Leipzig, Germany Festwiese

Monday, 09 July, 2018 Chorzow, Poland Stadion Slaski

Friday July 13, 2018 Moscow, Russia Spartak Otkritie

Monday, July 16, 2018 Tallinn, Estonia Song Festival Grounds

Thursday, July 19, 2018 Oslo, Norway Valle Hovin

Saturday, July 21, 2018 Gothenburg, Sweden Ullevi Stadium

That's a bloody big tour for the second time round. I thought they might have moved to Arenas.....

I am not happy without new music. I'm in a vicinity to go to many of those but guess we'll have to wait and see.

At least finally Tallinn. It is just an amazing place that Song Festival Grounds. Yeah, I'll be there no matter what :beer:

Also, there could be a little clash with something known as the 2018 FIFA World Cup, colloquially known just as the World Cup. Yes, soccer, and the USA crashed out of the World Cup having attended since 1990. Mentioning that because quite a few members seem to be from that country and not caring about that whatever it is.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Europe multiple dates might be not cool for many fans of the beautiful game. Everyone knows about this, so does the management, and they are taking their chances.

Even if you are not going to Russia (where they play the actual matches) very many fans will choose to stay in a pub in their home town watching the game instead of a show that we have seen so many times.

If a show is on another day, why not, but next summer many countries in Europe will rather watch their heroes and that is not Slash. Or Melissa.

Bet the UK gets a full arena tour later in 2018. Probably be announced aroundvthe week of Download! Here?s to NILT being biggest grossing tour ever! 😃

Or the band could use it to their advantage. Show the games on the big screens before the concert starts. The latest games this World Cup will start at 1900 CET due to Russia being some hours ahead of Europe.

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I don't know. Surely they're pushing this to it's limits now? I'd say more stadiums is risky- they didn't all sell out on the last run, with all the hype and excitement. There's going to be less of that, not to mention the fact a lot of casuals have 'ticked the box' now.

In Europe they all pretty much sold out.

I was thinking about that but it is two different worlds really. Would it work as expected? Simply switching from something else to something else. Surely, there are a lot of people in the same target group and it could actually be great fun.

But what about if your country loses an important match and then some guy comes on stage singing all you need is just a little patience...

Anyone know when day tickets to download uk will be released?

Nice!

Berlin and Tallinn are interesting.

Hard to know my schedule for the summer right now.

I thought a few struggled? I know Paris did, as they ended up running special offers which I found odd. Maybe the prices were too high though.

Do you think stadiums again are ambitious?

Oh yes!! This is amazing  :beer:

Prices for Tallinn are affordable

regular for 70? and golden circle for 100?

Surely some did struggle. They were not all sold out. They just were not.

Nightrain sales seem to start on Monday already. But for once I'm not worried about getting tickets and they will be easily available to many places. Funnily, I got just paid today and could buy all the tickets in the world. There is no rush though, let's see where and when.

Bigger question is what are they going to be doing from February until May ?
Shows?
Studio??
Other projects???
Nothing????

I was there with Metallica back in 2006 :beer:

The problem was not the tickets, not at all. It is a huge place and will not sell out. Accommodation was a little problem though but the city has developed hugely, I have visited since.

Still, that many motherfuckers in a city of half a million, I'll reserve some dodgy hotel room first and worry about getting into the grounds later.

I know already that the transport to Helsinki wil be hell  :)

Norway, finally!

Denmark once again! And even pretty close to my neighbourhood - 1/2 hour drive...

All the hotel booking sites have pretty much the same availability. Currently on one it stands at 30% around the gig day. That is normal and who knows, probably even a fake figure.

Yeah, good luck with those ferries :hihi:

If you have a rock n' roll train it is quite possible to keep adding cars and quite a lot of them. But with ferries it is harder, there just won't be enough ships sailing.

I will be looking at my flights throughout the winter, something will come up. And they have a great bus network here in the Central Europe. Whatever it takes we will be there.

I'm just going by Billboard Boxscore.

Lowest attendance was Bilbao with 27,900. The rest of the shows were in the 42,000 ? 79,000 range.

Struggle... I guess the word has taken a new meaning in that case.

Got my tickets for Download Madrid. Hell yeah.  :peace:

Count me in! Hope to attend more than the 2 shows I did last summer. :)

So Winter/Spring will be spent getting the  next album ready in time for the summer tour, obviously.

Good point  :peace:

yeah, right
LOL

Hoping for a few more North American dates before or after 8)

 ;D

So much for that break from touring in 2018. ;)

Germany and Holland  :peace:

 :smoking: LOL

One of my best Fridays....  :peace:

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This is just unreal. People already asking how to get here and there and of course we will go. Are you going, have you heard :peace:

Do you think we can expect more European dates than this ones?

Well it was the most popular and highest-grossing global tour of 2017. I wouldn't use the word struggle.

I'll bet 20 bucks that there will be a new song out there. :D

I hope you don't mind losing $20... :hihi:

Haha, no worries, even though I think you would be happier if I win. ;D

Does download festival still offer live stream?

For sure...new music from this lineup would be awesome, but if this is still being billed as the NITL tour, and they're hitting up places they haven't been to yet, I don't think they're going to deviate from the norm...but I would love to be wrong.

Question now is, will they be taking a (deserved) six month break, or will they play before Europe.

My hope now is they'll finally do an interview where they talk about their plan with GNR for the future. Axl has mentioned new music, dare we hope as early as next year?

Hope is a dangerous thing. :P

Been there, done that. It always just ends up in tears :'(

Ullevi, Sweden: I can't find the link to the pre-sale? Gunsnroses.com only links to the usual Livenation site with tickets on sale from Nov 16. I have the pre-sale access code.

Edit: seems to not work for anyone.

Edit 2: Four golden circle tickets bought.  8)

Even more dates added....

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Ullevi Golden Circle :beer:

Still no Switzerland  :'(

Why does that matter? It is not like it is not very centrally located to get anywhere ???

Anybody else have trouble with their nightrain presale code?

It dosent work for Tallinn but it works for Ullevi and Berlin.
The thing is that im most interested in Tallinn

does not work for Oslo for me.! but it works for ullevi..
stupid ticketmaster shit

3 Golden Circle for Odense, Denmark. Half hour drive from where I live, so I'm a happy camper!

Didn't work for me with Chrome, then I changed to Explorer were it worked. Got my Golden Circle tickets  ;D

Here didnt work on my laptop but worked with my phone in the end

Also got myself a ticket to Berlin.

Golden Circle Fos 1!

Got Berlin FOS 1, will also do Barcelona once it goes on sale. :)

Anyone else feels Ticketmaster's ?34.90 for shipping a piece of paper is a rip-off?

Yeah, agreed.
I Also went for the 35e option. The lines to pick up the ticket at the venue must be crazy (i think people missed the start of the gig in Bangkok because of that)

For Tallinn the was the much more sensible e-ticket option for 1e extra.

There was a "print at home" option when I purchased my ticket for Prague last summer...

They'll probably charge me another ?34.90 when I buy the Barcelona ticket.  :)

There was for Prague but for Italy I paid that 35 euros to some innocent delivery guy only doing their job. That is just stupid and laughable, how do they get away with that.

Back in France, around with DJ Ashba I went to a collection point without any queues despite the gig selling well and not being too early either.

It is just impossible to know what will happen and I prefer e-tickets. Surely, printing them destroy the nature but so do drugs and rock n' roll.

My 35 euros ticket looks nice on the fridge door though.

All I?m interested in is IF they plan on doing a propper UK wide tour this time in 2018, come on G n R stop holiding out and give us the dates !!!

Well that was quick, Berlin ticket arrived in the mail this morning.  : ok:

Seems the Oslo, Norway show is sold out, did not expect that to happen. I predict a lot of tickets on second hand market.

First show of the tour in Norway.... sold-out shows aren't exactly uncommon on this tour ;)

I got my Berlin ticket today in the mail!  :)

Frankly, I think they're nuts to keep touring through 2018. Axl's voice has been cracking/splitting on the high notes lately and I'd hate to see him do real damage. If he ruins his voice for any possible future album, would an extra leg of touring have been worth it?

Ruin his voice ?  This is a joke right ?

Managed to get Barcelona after two hours of errors on Ticketmaster's website.

And they offer a print-at-home option which saves a few Euros.  :)

There's a six month break between the last show in 2017 and the first in 2018. That's plenty of time to recuperate.

This time i gave up Florence... Tickets for pit run out fast because of fuckin scalpers so they can fuck off... :beer: :beer:..

It is a long wait but things are already happening. Got a nice group of fuckers willing to travel to foreign lands for a gig. I didn't even check yet but it just might be that none of them has seen this rock band before.

We go to Leipzig :beer:

Can anyone help. Trying to buy a golden circle early entry ticket to Oslo.

Are they sold out?

Don't see any available on Ticketmaster.....



/jarmo

Yes, ruin his voice. No, is that a joke? The vocal chords wear out with excessive use and abuse. They do not imply get stronger like a muscle, as some apparently seem to think...


That is, assuming they don't add more dates.

I'm sure you know better how he should take care of his voice. He's only been singing professionally for 30 years and worked with accomplished vocal coaches like Ron Anderson.

Ali

Frankly, I am amazed he was able to do 80+ shows of 3-3.5 hours each every other day or so. It's just incredible. I go to one concert (GNR) and scream my head off and my throat is sore for 2 days. I don't know how he does it.

I was in another business yesterday in southern Poland and decided to make a little detour to check the venue in Chorz?w.

Oh boy and what did I witness. A park is only a park but when it is a very very big park and when it is a well-kept park. And then they have a modern stadium there bang just in there. It will just be so full of rockers hours before the guns go off.

The logistics might be a problem but surely they must have a plan for that. The train station is some mile away and it is only a little village one. Not much help from there. There are also not many pubs around.

And then the other problem. Public drinking is very illegal and fiercely enforced everywhere in Poland. Maybe they make an exception to that, I have no idea.

Some might say can't you be sober for a few hours. Well, the songs were written when in drugs and drunk so I just want to listen to them when drunk :beer:

In any case, be there on July 09, I know I will :peace:

I'm in Poland watching Polsat News, just their main news channel. I speak the language a little but not much, just trying to listen and understand.

Today was a big nationwide charity day for poor children and Guns N' Roses was mentioned. No, not possible to mishear that.

What on earth might be happening. They were showing some general pictures so it could be just that by the way this rock n' roll band will be performing here in July.

But I don't see the connection in any case. Surely there is a date 9th of July.

Some people in poland contacted slash and asked him to be involved in designing a custom guitar. They then had this guitar made and signed by him. This was auctioned off in support of the national charity day.Rhe guitar is yellow and features a sort of 3d spongebob.

Not sure if this has been posted yet.

Some info on the other acts at the festivals on the day GN'R plays:

June 15th, 2018: Firenze, Italy @ Visarno Hippodrome (Firenze Rocks)
Guns N' Roses
Volbeat
Baroness
The Pink Slips


June 18th, 2018: Paris, France @ Br?tigny-sur-Orge (Download Festival)
Guns N' Roses
Volbeat
Seether
The Pink Slips
Greta Van Fleet
The G


June 21st, 2018: Dessel, Belgium (Graspop Metal Meeting)
Guns N' Roses
Black Stone Cherry
Iced Earth
Doro Pesch
Bury Tomorrow
Madball
The Pink Slips
Follow The Cipher




/jarmo

I've heard of very few of those names. I must be out of touch, unless they're not that popular!

No word on tour support yet I presume?

No.

But as you might have noticed the Pink Slips will be appearing at several festivals with GN'R. So I'm guessing that they might appear at more shows. They already opened shows for GN'R in North America.



/jarmo

Good spot! Seems quite likely, I agree.

Guns N Roses & Volbeat is an awesome combination would love to see them together in the States one day. For anyone who doesn't know volbeat check them out its metallica meets johnny cash really good stuff.

Just had a listen- definitely not for me! Sounds like Offspring-lite.

Thank You

 :beer:

How cool is this :beer:

Any word of how much the guitar went for then?

Anyone think a UK arena tour might come at the end of this tour? They did that when they played Download in 2006.
The fact Download hasn?t announced them as an ?exclusive? makes me wonder. Also it would sell amazingly.

Auction is still going on - another 9 days left.

http://aukcje.wosp.org.pl/en/gitara-slasha-z-guns-n-roses-od-szymona-chwalisza-i5608987

Your guess is as good as mine!

Thanks for the auction link, it is just over USD13,000 now and that gives a purchasing power of about $50,000 in Poland compared to richer EU countries. So this is a big donation already.

As for anyone's guess. My guess is that nobody knows as of today. Most likely or at least maybe there are some negotiations going on. People in suits will meet, lawyers will be there.

Then they will tell the world what they have decided. Nobody asks the band and they couldn't care less either. There will be some gigs or no gigs.

Judging by the Download Festival poster: https://downloadfestival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DL-2018_1000px_MASTER_3974_FINAL2.1-900x1260.jpg

GN'R are playing on the main stage with Black Stone Cherry and Thunder.
I'm assuming In This Moment, Inglorious, Marmozets, Monster Truck and The Pink Slips might also be on the main stage.




/jarmo

I'm hoping The Temperance Movement are there on the Sat, great band, real RN'R vibe with them. Saw them live in a tiny room back in Nov, they tore the roof off.

Chill

Possibly not- depending on how long they let GNR play for, and what time curfew is. If, as it may well be, it's 10.30, and they're given a decent amount of time to play, stage turnaround would probably have to begin at, say 6-ish? If music starts at midday, that doesn't that much time for too many other bands on the main stage, when you factor in their performance times and turnarounds too.

Pure speculation, but I'd suggest maybe 2 other acts on the main stage, before Thunder? 

The bands listed under the big names are in alphabetical order...

Last year it was seven-eight acts per day on the main stage.

With the acts I listed, it would make eight.




/jarmo

Won't things change though if gnr are given a 3hr+ set time? Don't most headliners only get arounf 1hr 30?

That depends on a few things. How many minutes do the other bands play, when do they start and if/when there's a curfew.


Let's say there's a midnight curfew. GN'R could start after 8PM and have plenty of time...


When GN'R last played European festivals in 2012, they did full sets and there were about the same number of acts sharing the stage with them.




/jarmo

Very true. Here in the UK though we do have early curfews-epsecially for outdoor things. 11 would be the absolute latest they would get without breaking curfew i'd think. Sadly though, I won't be there to see the whow this time as I have a wedding. I'm sure my absence will be sorely felt! Haha!

Am I the only one who will never attend a big festival because of this. If we need a calculator to check how many songs there might or might not be then I'm just not interested in going.

It is just not a normal show and if someone will enjoy it, please do.

Festivals can be good, or not so good. Depending on how you see it.

You really do get the chance to see a lot of acts during the one day (if you only go for one day to catch one headliner) or during the whole festival.


But yeah, sometimes they limit the times of the acts. Especially those who aren't headlining.



/jarmo

Last time we got bored here waiting we talked about pizzas. Now we decorate.

Step by step I'm decorating my new home and AfD vinyl is missing. I went to a very big shopping mall that has everything. All around the world they have the same shops, maybe sometimes under a different brand.

No vinyls but then I thought let's see the compact disc section. What I found was Lies, it will easily blend in :peace:

I was just thinking this could be the first time I have ever paid for Lies. But now it's done motherfuckers, I even have the receipt to prove it :smoking:

I feel the same. For me it's more the crowds though- i've had some crap experiences watching bands surrounded by peolle who arwn't interested but just want a couple of hits to sing along to while they drink and talk. Musi festivals have changed a lot though- they used to be really full of dedicated music fabs, now they're often social events fpr the sort of people that never buy music.
Having said that- i have enjoyed some and know they have theor place-especially when it comes to helping bands make money.
Give me a bands own gig anyday though.

Yeah, the crowds are definitely different.

But to be honest, when you do any big shows, you'll always have a certain element of the crowd who are mainly there for the big hits. This is true for any act.




/jarmo

AfD is so ubiquitous in the UK that I'm confident I could walk into even the smallest branch of HMV and find 5 vinyl copies minimum. In fact, no kidding, the supermarket Morrison's here had a little stand of vinyl around last Christmas and....you guessed it, about 10 copies of Appetite. Little 'classic albums' set-up with Sgt. Pepper, Rumors, Bat Out Of Hell, Nevermind and a couple of others. Dad gift market covered  :P

We live in the past here. It's really hard to find anything new - but old stuff is EVERYWHERE and seems to be all people buy. I find it pretty depressing really - I mean, I like a lot of these albums, but when I see them stacked up next to Baked Beans in a supermarket, with dull-looking middle aged couples flicking through them, I can't help but feel that something great is being lost. Vinyl has become a weird a weird middle-class fashion accessory- no Ikea-clad perfectly tidy and characterless house is complete without one of those record players that open up out of a case now, and about ten records next to it. I've no idea how or why things like Appetite and Nevermind have slipped into that bracket, but I sure as hell don't like seeing them in it! Can't wait until that dies down and I'm back to picking old records up for pennies in charity shops!

Music means too much to me to see it as a modern lifestyle image attachment, picked up at the same time as a new bathmat and a fucking yankee candle.

In some ways I agree, but we have to remember the original audience for those albums are now the middle-aged couples shopping for baked beans. And their lives now have other concerns and they probably haven't set foot in a record store in 10 years+. Seeing that might at least bring some memories back. We can't all rock forever.

To that end, if anyone wants some tix for Mannheim at a knock-down price, check my thread in the On Tour section. Sorry to mention it here but I'm in an absolutely desperate situation and need to get them sold ASAP.

I can't see a scenario where I'll go to another concert to be honest. Priced out of the market generally - this was intended to be my last big blowout. Life takes on other concerns. From 2000-2012 I saw probably 20 concerts a year. I haven't been to one in about 2 and a half years now.

Haha! Maybe that's what depresses me! Being greeted with reality......I've probably got too much fire in me still to even get angry about these things!

Weird you mention that- I was just ten minutes ago saying how I feel priced out of live music to a friend, and how sad I was about that. Things have got crazy now, to the point where I wonder who goes to concerts and big music events. I certainly can't go to as many as I did- and the thing holding me back is the price of them. In the 90s and 2000s I had so much less money, but used to go to so many concerts due to them being affordable.

Plays into the middle-class thing too. Evidently a lot of people have a lot of money because the stadiums still pack out, but most people I know can't afford ?100+ per ticket on a rock show no matter how much they'd like to go. Thought to myself 'okay, just this once', a trip away to Germany with my wife and that's my treat for the year...and that came back to bite me in the arse pretty quickly.  :hihi:

Yep- even smaller shows are really expensive now too. I just don't know who all these people are that can afford it. I saved massively for GNR shows - and I've sacrificed a lot of other gigs to go to them. You're not on your own mate- there are a lot of us out here, flat broke! feel sorry for you though, having to miss the show. 

I bought a new bathmat a month ago ::)

If they try a third pass through the States this fall, they won't get me again.

2016, that was a "never thought I'd see the day" type thing.  Cost what it cost.  Didn't care.

2017, it cost me even more for a smaller venue.  But, I rationalized that away thinking it could be the last time I ever see them.  I assumed they would go their separate ways after 2017.  Axl to AC/DC, Slash to Myles, Duff to wherever.

So when I saw 2018 announced, I mean, I'm happy for the Euro fans getting a second pass.  But, me, personally, I've seen this show twice now.  Think I'm good.

I'm certainly good at $300 a seat.

They come back in support of new music, I'm there no matter the cost.  Otherwise I'm good.  Agreed at these costs I'm good with seeing this show twice.

Even The Stones gotta put out something new to tour once in a while.  Fresh coat of pain never hurt anyone...Except Axl. 

If they gear all this up again in 3 years or so, even with nothing new, I'm going to go.  I'm not going to sit there and lie to myself.

Won't be quite the "event" it was this time around.  But it's still my favorite band.

Download Festival Madrid poster: https://downloadfestival.es/backend/public/uploads/lineup/5a6716da6cf97.jpg

Guns N' Roses, Parkway Drive, Bullet For My Valentine, Clutch, Underoath, Thrice, Mooseblood, Creeper, The Pink Slips



/jarmo

Greetings from Warsaw, Poland. It has been unnormally cold and some trouble functioning at night. I got a little bit lost not finding my accommodation. It was always close but where. Nothing to panic about but some frustration started to grow.

Then what do I find (before home), a GNR billboard for the summer. The gig is some 200 miles down south but surely everyone wants to know about it.

It gave me great strength to find my path. The summer is here. Soon :beer:

Finnish suburb trains are full of billboards/posters advertising the Tallinn gig  :)

No they don?t. They go multiple tours without albums and when they do release one they play maybe one possibly two songs from it. Most causal fans don?t care. They want the experience of seeing the band and hearing the hits.

I do agree that prices are getting ridiculous but people are willing to pay for them. I do expect Guns to come back to America one last time at smaller arenas. I?d like to see the Big Three again (I?ve caught three shows from this tour) but prices will have to drop a bit for me.

So never mind the darkness... 8)

Posted on the Download Festival Facebook:
Day tickets for Download '18 will be released on 9 APRIL!




/jarmo

Tallinn, Estonia confirmed Volbeat and The Dead Daisies as opening acts.

Ghost opening in Norway! And Tyler B.

Manic Street Preachers supporting in Berlin - one of my favourite all time bands. Wish I was going!

This is the info I gathered from local Live Nation offices and festivals:


June 3rd, 2018: Berlin, Germany @ Olympiastadion:
Manic Street Preachers, Greta Van Fleet

June 6th, 2018: Odense, Denmark @ Dyrskuepladsen:
Manic Street Preachers, Greta Van Fleet

June 9th, 2018: Derby, UK @ Donington Park Circuit (Download Festival)
Other acts: Black Stone Cherry, Thunder,In This Moment, Inglorious, Marmozets, Monster Truck, The Pink Slips

June 12th, 2018: Gelsenkirchen, Germany @ Veltins Arena:
Manic Street Preachers, The Pink Slips

June 15th, 2018: Firenze, Italy @ Visarno Hippodrome (Firenze Rocks)
Other acts: Volbeat, Baroness, The Pink Slips

June 18th, 2018: Paris, France @ Br?tigny-sur-Orge (Download Festival)
Other acts: Volbeat, Seether, The Pink Slips, Greta Van Fleet, The G

June 21st, 2018: Dessel, Belgium (Graspop Metal Meeting)
Other acts: Black Stone Cherry, Iced Earth, Doro Pesch, Bury Tomorrow, Madball, The Pink Slips, Follow The Cipher

June 24th, 2018: Mannheim, Germany @ Maimarktgel?nde:
Rival Sons, The Pink Slips

June 26th, 2018: Bordeaux, France @ Matmut Atlantique:
Rival Sons, The Pink Slips

June 29th, 2018: Madrid, Spain @ Caja Magica (Download Festival)
Other acts: Parkway Drive, Bullet For My Valentine, Clutch, Underoath, Thrice, Mooseblood, Creeper, The Pink Slips

July 1st, 2018: Barcelona, Spain @ Estadi Ol?mpic Llu?s Companys:
Volbeat

July 4th, 2018: Nijmegen, The Netherlands @ Goffertpark:
Volbeat, Gojira

July 7th, 2018: Leipzig, Germany @ Festwiese:
Rival Sons, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

July 9th, 2018: Chorzow, Poland @ Stadion Slaski:
Volbeat, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

July 13th, 2018: Moscow, Russia @ Otkrytiye Arena

July 16th, 2018: Tallinn, Estonia @ Lauluv?ljak / Tallinn Song Festival Ground:
Volbeat, The Dead Daisies

July 19th, 2018: Oslo, Norway @ Valle Hovin:
Ghost, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

July 21st, 2018: Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi Stadium:
To Be Announced



/jarmo

Good research work!

Thanks for that Jarmo ^^

Manics have often spoken very highly of Appetite and used to cover Its So Easy in their early gigs:

1992:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwLQ5B6QNCc

Manics! Nice!!!

Glad to see some love for the Manics. They seem to often get derided, or at best ignored these days- but in my view they're one of the most consistently interesting bands of my lifetime.

Pretty cool that The Pink Slips are opening a bunch of shows. Duffs daughter plays in that band.

Manics are cool, i dig that Its So Easy cover posted here.

Greta Van Fleet are weird, they kinda seem like Led Zeppelin copy cats, that said they seem decent.

The Dead Daisies could be interesting, strong GNR connection.

How about Volbeat? I don't like them especially- but I understand they're massively popular. Too big for a support slot I'd have thought?

I dont like em.

I saw them live once in a festival, it was boring as hell. Whenever i hear one of their songs in the radio ect, my feelings only come stronger :-[

Manic Street Preachers is a great opening act & I always thought Dead Dasies would suit. Richard will no doubt guest.

I?m going to Gothenburg hope I get one of them there.

Greta Van Fleet is a great choice for Berlin!

July 21st, 2018: Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi Stadium:
Graveyard, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown





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Who are Graveyard? Never even heard the name!

Local band.



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Graveyard is pretty good.

Graveyard - Unconfortably Numb :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K58iuxowDvc

Graveyard are great, Ive seen them a couple times.

The band will also support boyhood heroes Guns N? Roses on a series of European dates. ?That is a long-realised ambition for them,? said Thomas. ?Duff [McKagan, GN?R guitarist] personally asked them to do it because of the links between the bands.

http://www.musicweek.com/live/read/x-ray-touring-agent-scott-thomas-talks-manic-street-preachers-return-to-arenas/071853




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I'm under the impression that it's Duff who has been organizing all the support acts for the tours. There seems to be links between him and most of the ones booked previously.

Seems to be a combination. I can see Slash having a hand in inviting Wolfmother and Lenny Kravitz, while Axl knew Tyler Bryant from the AC/DC shows.

Wonder who thought Skrillex was a good idea?!

Haha, hard to say. When I think about it, Melissa maybe?

Can you, please, stop scaring people. It is still very cold here but spring is coming and after that comes summer.

I checked that Skrillex and luckily they are playing nowhere near where I'll be attending : ok:

Now we know the summer is coming. I'm watching some Polish news and they had a report about a stadium renovation and getting everything ready.

Their national football (soccer) team is playing there next week so it was about that.

However, I've heard of an American rock n' roll band who will pay a visit to that very stadium in July. See you soon 8) :beer:

Awesome!. Manic Street Preachers is a great, great band. ''Send Away The Tigers'' is probably one of my favourite albuns back to back from all time.

Couldn't agree more.

Too bad in Nijmegen we get boring Volbeat  :-\

Good to find some send away the tigers fans! That album isn't viewed too highly, but i rate it as oneof their best too. Do you like lifeblood? That gets a panning from everyone, invluding the band, but i love that one too.

I must say I've never heard of an album by that name :yes:

But I really like the name so I'll have to give it a listen as I'll be seeing the band live.

Was quite different to their usual sound- fans hated it! Envious of you! Which one you doing?

Berlin for the Manics and then some others with different openers :peace:

Yes! Good stuff. ''Futurology'' is the one I didn't quite get yet but that's a subject for a new topic.

What do you guys think, is this the final leg of the NITL tour?

All things point to that, it's been quiet for a while but personally I think they could have done one more run of indoor arenas in Europe. Different cities in the UK for instance.

Same...but that was loved by most people! Sounded a bit of a mess to me though.

I don't just think it's end of the road for NITL, I think it's the end of the road of GNR....at least for a good few years.

I disagree, but I think we'll have to wait until 2019 for something to happen.

Completely agree with you with Slash announcing a new album and tour and rumours of Axl doing ACDC again it sounds like this European tour will be the end of GnR in its current form however with little or no communication from the band  who knows what the future holds but with Slash going back to his old band it sounds at the very least there will be a long hiatus.

From things Axl has said in the past it sounded like he wanted to do Chinese democracy 2 but Slash is writing new stuff for his album.

CD2 is ready and in the vault :peace:

Day tickets for Download Festival: https://downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets/




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There seems to be pit tickets available for all german shows  at the moment.

The tickets for pit 1 and pit 2 in Berlin are not exactly for free.

I'm going to Berlin but didn't even consider pit tickets. I was just thinking what the fuck is this bullshit pricing ???

Think that's the case across almost all of the shows I've looked at. They're expensive tickets - especially for the sort of casual fans needed to fill these buildings, who have probably ticked GNR of their 'seen' list last summer.

This is getting crazier but luckily I haven't bought any tickets apart from Berlin for the summer. If I miss a gig in Germany and Poland it looks like I'm going to Moscow and Tallinn instead. I've been to the venue in Tallinn and it's the best on the tour.

I have also visited Moscow but a gig there ;D

Edited to add:

Flights booked, here we come :beer:

Sure it is.

I do think it is in the vault, I just don't think it is ready.   :P

Being reported that they've announced a show in Iceland for July 24th, at the end of the current European run. Nothing seems to be on the official site though, so could just be speculation? Seems late to be adding dates to me.

http://www.ruv.is/frett/guns-nroses-spilar-a-laugardalsvelli-i-sumar

As an Icelander, I can confirm this speculation you mention. It was announced in every local media today. Tickets go on sale in may.

 :peace: Iceland! thats awesome. getting real excited for this run. First time seeing GNR overseas for me (Barcelona)

Cheers!

Nothing from official sources though....weird.

Does it say where tickets are for sale from? Seems very strange to me that there's no mention of it on their website at all.

goes on sale may 1 on www.show.is

I am guessing it will appear on their website today.

Bet you're excited right?!

How much are tickets? Iceland is an expensive country isn't it?

It is relatively expensive.   Standing tickets are $190, Golden Circle are $400. Super VIP is $590.

And yes, pretty excited about it.

That seems a lot yeah - over 300 euros for golden circle! Wow! I don't know if that's in keeping with gig prices in general there though.....but it seems a lot to me!

I'm not going but I always check flights for fun. I could get direct flights for 175 Euros. Pretty crazy that ticket price.

(http://scontent-frx5-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/be79ce1ab4b5ce10f424d5dbf2a7121b/5B6A8EF3/t51.2885-15/e35/30590293_194106061314413_4316246166007185408_n.jpg)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh9kZ_XFAGv/?taken-by=gunsnroses





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Now that's a cool poster...

Would agree! ;)

Wonder when the full ticket breakdown inc VIP packages will be announced.  Looks like the Nightrain presale has GA, then standard seats, then two levels of premium seating.  No mention of Gold Circle or other VIP packages as far as I can see?
Iceland!!  Very exciting  :beer:  always wanted to go..

Iceland is really nice if you get a chance to fly from the UK. Amazing scenery, very different

^^ have you been?  would love to know any tips/advice!
Bet the view from the plane alone will be great  : ok:

Well, the best tip is that there is no beer in a normal supermarket. There just isn't and you need to ask locals where is the nearest state-owned shop but they actually sell it there :beer:

I don't remember how much was the taxi to faraway lands but it wasn't cheap. The best bet is to buy as much as you can carry from the airport.

I hope they play Shadow of Your Love and Jumpin Jack Flash this summer.

A little nugget from the AFD - Locked N' Loaded press release:





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https://youtu.be/RpWtpB4Xp84 This has to be one of the best vocal performance by Axl ever.

Interesting spot! Difficult to see how it can continue into the fall though, with Slash's plans. It also contradicts some of the press material around the Iceland show, which stated it was the last one.....

Here's hoping for some more North American gigs this fall 8)

get back to MSG!!!!! exciting times again

Looks like Dizzy will be touring with H&B from mid august, so it depends..

GNR New Date November 25

Moscow ticket just arrived in my email box :beer: :peace:

There was a possibility to collect as well but don't really want to do that anywhere, it's not about Russia. Also, it is entirely possible that they simply give you a printout only.

It was straightforward as fuck, just some Google Translate required. Plenty of tickets left but a number sold as well so it should be great eventually. Tickets are named and the site asked to provide your real name to avoid disappointment at the gate.

Just been having a look at ticket sales (in a bored moment!) - I'm quite surprised how many there are left for all the shows. All the venues I looked at even still had Golden Circle standing left. Guess a lot of people have ticked the box marked 'Guns N Roses' last summer? Perhaps stadiums were a bit of a reach for another run around Europe?

From my experience, more tickets are often put on sale once the shows get closer. I saw the Gothenburg show had only nosebleed seats available for a long time. Then suddenly one week there were lower bowl seats available, and then those were gone....





/jarmo

I think you're probably right- and I think that probably has a lot to do with 'encouraging' people to buy tickets from certain other places......illusion of demand and all that. But that's a huge topic to get into!

Crazy to think the tour starts in two weeks time - the year since they were last in Europe has flown by!

I just bought Aerosmith, Live in Donington 2014. Our band will be there in just couple of weeks. What wouldn't I give for a recording like this! Would be historic too! 

If you're into Aerosmith, get this, awesome shots, great camera work, strong production overall. I imagined the GNR boys on this setting for a moment, yeah, one can only dream!

https://www.amazon.com/Rocks-Donington-2014-Blu-ray-CD/dp/B010NUSGI4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527466443&sr=8-1&keywords=aerosmith+blu+ray
 

Imagine GNR RAR 2006 In BluRay

 :drool:

Stage going up.  Gypsy, you going to be able to cover these?  Don't leave me alone here.  :nervous:

Cool but why so early. It's a long week before the gig :peace:

I won't be attending that one but it will be easy to sell on the Facebook page of the show.

amped for that Barcelona show.....first time going there! And this Euro Leg snuck up quick huh? This sunday already  :peace:

"Dear Guns N'Roses fan,

you can claim your will call tickets for the Guns N'Roses show on June 3rd, 2018 in Berlin at the box office (marked as "Ticketmaster Will Call" on the venue map) of the Olympiastadion from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Tickets will be handed out at five counters. The counters are arranged by customer surname."

Just received an email. I think is happening :D

Any pics?

Yeah, all over the boards.  Just your standard stage stuff.  GNR Bar probably has something on Facebook.  Apparently there is a sad picture of Blue watching Beta leave.  Haven't seen it but I don't want to wish they'd stay home, poor puppy.  Many who make sacrifices so we can see the band.