Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Updates: August 5th, 2021 East Rutherford, NJ @ Metlife Stadium

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Taking my 11 year old to his first concert tonight …

Axl n Slash … pretty good …

About as good as it gets - enjoy the show

Come on guysss Hard School tonight!! And may be Sorry too. Really only hope Axl have a good show

I want to hear Mama Kin. 

My friend Soon needs to hear Madagascar.  Since he needs it, I'll go with that.

Are they ready to reveal Hard School tonight? I sure hope so!

Have a good one!

Doors: 5:00 PM
Mammoth WVH: 6:30 PM

I think we can expect GN'R around 8 PM maybe?

Absurd during soundcheck.

https://twitter.com/addict_slash/status/1423398117836197891

We are in...great weather!!!

Mammoth about to finish, GN'R in not too long

From the Official GNR Facebook (probably their other social media too)
What do you wanna hear?

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Wow

What did I miss?

Ali

NOTHING

https://www.facebook.com/100050296517884/videos/1460112320992130

https://www.instagram.com/riverafaf/live/

https://www.facebook.com/erick.montejo.923/videos/911776792881432

https://www.facebook.com/joseph.romeo1/videos/357229812628672
https://www.facebook.com/edgarjr.cokiss/videos/216304107087986
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.andersontaratun/videos/156643066576781
https://www.facebook.com/bruno.castillo.14289210/videos/245355394081837
https://www.facebook.com/beeej55/videos/559770078375771
https://www.facebook.com/rafal.puk/videos/855820011712892
https://www.facebook.com/pmppadro/videos/437806943950203
https://www.facebook.com/rick.dwoskin/videos/944588389731179

Setlist so far:

It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Chinese Democracy
Slither
Double Talkin' Jive

No WTTJ... Slither now

First time mixing up the first 4 for this line-up?

DTJ now

WTTJ will be late in the set it seems... first time since the Illusions tour I think

Yes

Also yes. Even then it was mostly in the early/midpart. Rarely at the end.

May be a change to take care Axl voice, another order of songs, i dont know

First time WTTJ is played right after Double Talkin' Jive since Rock In Rio 1991???

Setlist so far:

It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Chinese Democracy
Slither
Double Talkin' Jive
Rumble
Welcome To The Jungle
Better
Estranged
Live And Let Die
You're Crazy
Rocket Queen

they mixed it up quite a bit on the UYI tour. I would say first time on the NITL tour.

Axl is sounding great!!

🙌🏽🙌🏽👍🏽 Alex!!

Ali

I think McKenzie might be right.

Civil War usually follower DTJ and in 1993 it was the last song before the acoustic set.

The band is doing great tonight.  Stage looks a little sparse.
https://www.facebook.com/mitul76/videos/509491946795730
https://www.facebook.com/michele.angermiller/videos/522147605730666
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rock in rio was not the last time bro! 1991 setlists were all over the place here is an example

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/guns-n-roses/1991/spectrum-philadelphia-pa-4bd6c71a.html

peace  :peace:

https://www.instagram.com/riverafaf/live/

https://www.facebook.com/mitul76/videos/509491946795730

https://www.facebook.com/edgarjr.cokiss/videos/305837041334084

https://www.facebook.com/cesar.garciavelez.90/videos/233094232040543

I think that Better was almost a night and day difference between tonight and Hershey.

Ali

Sounds pretty damn good so far! The verses of Better sounds a little shaky from Ax, but he did a great bridge tonight!

Do you guys think they will play silkworms again or Hard School :beer:

Still, much better than Hershey.

Ali

May be silkworms again, it was posted by oficial counts of twitter, instagram, so i think they are going to play it many times

Didn't see that show, but sounds like it was bad?

Both on the list of alternate songs... Maybe (hopefully) they'll alternate from show to show.

Yeah, huge sound problems coupled with the layoff and monitor problems.

Ali

https://www.facebook.com/mitul76/videos/509491946795730

Much better RQ.

Ali

Setlist so far:

It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Chinese Democracy
Slither
Double Talkin' Jive
Rumble
Welcome To The Jungle
Better
Estranged
Live And Let Die
You're Crazy
Rocket Queen
You Could Be Mine
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Absurd
Civil War

https://www.facebook.com/tara.jakeway/videos/398844225005213

Axl sounds on tonight

Doing a lot of talking too.

Absurd now

Absurd is being released at midnight!!!

Awesome

What!?!?!? Are you serious? He said that?

Ali

What did Axl say before playing Absurd?

Is there a B side with downloads?  :hihi:

"In a couple of hours, you'll be able to download this song"

Holy shit!!!  :o

anybody can write what Axl said?

https://www.facebook.com/1071theboss/videos/356214266220129

YEAH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

Dropping a single tonight... MUST be a plan for the album then!

Slash's guitar having issues

Good stuff !

Contrary to the many skeptics on this board...they have been working on new stuff

Somewhere Chris Pitman is wiping a single tear with his towel

Contrary to the doubters and naysayers, they are moving forward.the

This will be the first original song with Slash and Duff in 30 years.

Ali

Setlist so far:

It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Chinese Democracy
Slither
Double Talkin' Jive
Rumble
Welcome To The Jungle
Better
Estranged
Live And Let Die
You're Crazy
Rocket Queen
You Could Be Mine
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Absurd (Axl Announced the song is gonna be released in 2 hours!)
Civil War
Slash Guitar Solo / Mannish Boy Jam
Sweet Child O' Mine
November Rain

I don’t think they are dropping anything;
I think Axl was mocking how the footage will
Be online as soon as the show is over.

Seriously, of all the songs to release- ABSURD?  :rofl:
That can’t be the best of the bunch.  No chance.

Does anyone have actually audio of what Axl said?  It’s changed 3 times on these thread already

Jarmo posted it on Twitter. I don't think that he would have done that if it wasn't true.

Who said that it was the best of the batch?

Ali

Jarmo just confirmed it on twitter. Jarmo knows :)

https://www.facebook.com/jimchet/videos/1941549332678339

I dunno, I’m worried that it could be…

Why not? Save Hard Skool for the second single. 

https://www.facebook.com/joseph.romeo1/videos/357229812628672

I'm encouraged they're promoting something so aggressive... but man with those lyrics how is it gonna get any radio airplay? :P

They skipped Dead Horse, will they play something else on the encore?

Could Hard School be the single, with Absurd as the B-side?

Because Absurd is well absurd.  

First single will be that shit?  

Who listens to radio anymore?   ???

At least they figured out how to release new music, i say cheers for that!  :beer:

Guess I’ll have to stay up late tonight.

Releasing ABSURD would be like going into a time machine back to 1991 and releasing My World

From the HTGTH twitter:

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No, it would not.

That song had no Slash guitar.

This will.

Ali

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https://www.facebook.com/100000459630062/videos/580756419622402

https://www.facebook.com/michele.angermiller/videos/644800086494680

I meant in terms of them both sucking

 :hihi:  Axl is making me smile tonight.  If I hadn't been watching i would have thought he was singing in the shower.

Also, no, I disagree.

Ali

People complain about them not road-testing new songs. No, they complain about new music being released. No wonder Axl hates the fans on the boards.

Ali

Hopefully, with a press release accompanying the single.. they say something about a new album

Do you really think Absurd is the best song they have that is unreleased?   Is it even top 5?

And it doesn’t have Slash guitar; it has Slash playing Buckethead guitar parts.

Okay, now that's stuck in my head.  :rofl:

A press release? :rofl:
Is this 1992?

Yep.

Dude we have a new GN'R song released TONIGHT!

Last time we had new music was 13 years ago

fucker  :rofl:  Yes it's a nice song.

I see Absurd as more of a Garden of Eden than a My World.

Wow, I was not expecting the announcement of a single tonight. Adding to my excitement we only have to wait hours to hear it. Absurd is by far my favorite but it is exciting to hear a new single from the band you love.

Don't you think there will be something written on their website? Call it what you want, news-bulletin, press release... whatever

Good one. Me too. It's become much more guitar-driven with Slash making it his.

Ali

Setlist:

It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Chinese Democracy
Slither
Double Talkin' Jive
Rumble
Welcome To The Jungle
Better
Estranged
Live And Let Die
You're Crazy
Rocket Queen
You Could Be Mine
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Absurd (Axl Announced the song is gonna be released in 2 hours!)
Civil War
Slash Guitar Solo / Mannish Boy Jam
Sweet Child O' Mine
November Rain (''Biz Markie - Just A Friend'' snippet as a intro and during the break before the last solo)
Only Women Bleed (Intro)
Knocking On Heaven's Door
Nightrain
Patience
Paradise City

Making it his?   IT IS THE SAME FRIGGIN SONG!!

https://www.instagram.com/betalebeis/live/

https://www.facebook.com/tom.fenzil/videos/1003500426856945

It is not.

Ali

T-Minus 88 minutes

I'm still thinking Hard School might be the single... that and Absurd are the only two new songs on the list of alternates for the shows.

They debut Hard School live, after the release.

Just fantasizing... :D

Im confident they are playing atleast one more song before PC! Make it Hard Skool!  :peace:

Lyrics were trimmed and re arraigned… but musically the song was just a synth disaster by Dizzy and Pitman before, it is far more guitar driven now with all of the Slash fills.

I want to hear how Slash makes it better because...he will.

Ali

Exactly.

Ali

Wonder if Patience or Don’t Cry makes it back on the setlist before Paradise City?

I don’t expect hard Skool to be played for a few weeks now. Then I think a similar time line will happen, it will be played a few times then dropped post show when they are on the West Coast as another single. After tonight it will be interesting to see if there is also You Tube content for Absurd.

ITs absurd they arent staples on the setlist quite frankly.

yeah that makes sense but still im excited! :D

When I first heard silkworms I thought it was a jam, never considered it a song. Absurd is the same.

People missing the big picture.... Releasing Absurd makes it easier to release MORE stuff. Regardless whether or not you like the song, a release of any kind is nothing but positive

Here's exactly what Axl said about downloading Absurd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCIDkwefCQ

That was a good show.   :D

Congrats to the band on a new release.    :)

How does it make it easier? 

That is CORRECT!!!!  It means anything can happen!

"Listen motherfuckers to the song that should be heard" is a pretty good ice-breaker for this new era they want to establish.

Anything is good at this point  :peace: : ok:

I'm curious about the production. Will it sound like Chinese? Hopefully, it'll be similar to Spaghetti, I love that sound.

Melissa's been working on sound effects for it for 5 years.

Im wondering whos playing on it. Brain or Frank? Robin? Buckethead? Melissa?

Or is it 100% this current lineup.

I'm betting 100% current line-up.

I wonder where the “link” will be. The website, iTunes, Spotify, etc?

30 mins now... first new release in almost 13 years (not counting Shadow here). Unreal.

Actually the song is called Absurd. Not Unreal :hihi:

It's up on Apple Music. https://music.apple.com/us/album/absu%D1%8Fd-single/1579986350

many are convinced tour is a cash grab/nostalgia thing.. This proves imo the band have bigger plans than just touring,  especially after reports of them recording etc

its on spotify too

On Apple, Does it seem to skip/jump a bit in the first couple chorus versus? Right at screaming banshee mark…

On spotify it doesnt say Brain is on the track.

Unbelievable! Just when I thought they had become predictable they go and do this !!!!’ ❤️❤️❤️❤️ The most unpredictable thing . Brand new GnR . Happy days fans . Long live new Gnr music 💥✊🏼

Nice one. This is how a new era gnr should have sounded years ago.

No. It's not.  It's VERY different.  This is a guitar driven punk song.

They now have the infrastructure, approvals, connections, and technical resources to release music.  Once that stuff is established, it becomes FAR easier to release music through the digital chain.

Every step they take puts them closer to releasing a new album.

A quick clip from the ending of November Rain from last night at Metlife...

It's great to see them smiling and having fun on stage as a band....

https://youtu.be/fYTM8Vnn8zI

Yeah, he was cracking Slash and Frank up.

Ali

Best part of this whole reunion for me.

This dude was so angry for so long.  It's great to see him just having fun after all this time.

Same here...he had me smiling too.

I Figured you guys would like that clip..as I recorded it I knew I had to post it here....hopefully we see more like it!

I don't know if anyone has commented on this yet, but they apparently have corrected something that REALLY bothered me on past tours: the tempo on some songs.

Frank was rushing a lot the tempo on November Rain, Estranged, Nightrain, and others. From the videos I've seen from the three show so far, the tempo is much slower, which suits the songs much better.

Agreed, he should do the bridge to Better like that every time from now on. His voice was cracking a lot trying to hit the highest notes before and this is still pretty high and still sounds intense. I was also thinking with stuff like NR, he should just do the whole thing (except the outro which he nails) in his lower register. Trying to do it in the head voice just doesn't work, and nobody listens to NR for screaming high vocals anyway.

Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but I was surprised at the lack of pyro last night. Thoughts?

From what I noticed last night there was no pyro or confetti, I just assumed it takes more crew to operate all of those things and they are probably trying to reduce that due to covid protocols.  That’s just a guess on my part.  They had all the extra stuff like flames for LALD and pyro for November Rain on the screens instead, and I thought it was cool.  The band was so great, while the extra stuff is cool, they definitely don’t need to have it IMO. 

The show was awesome last night! They were having a great time. Axl was interacting much more with the crowd than in 2016 and 2017. Patience sounded good! I have to say that I like Absurd.

Glad you enjoyed yourself, draguns 👊🏽

Ali

There's no pyro on this tour.

Also, video intro was used so no McBob intro anymore.






/jarmo

Why do people insist frank rushes it?  They play to click tracks with a midi sync to visuals, lights, etc like most major tours. 

Thanks! The one issue that I did have is getting nailed in the back of my head. Some stupid drunk guy in the above row was walking back to his seat and carrying a couple of beers. I had the aisle seat. The guy nailed me with his shin. That hurt. He didn't apologize until after I tapped him on the foot saying WTF. He apologized. This same guy was banging on the empty seat next to my friend like he was playing drums. This guy was a complete tool. When you are at a show act normal. Don't be a jacka$$!

Well maybe I wasn't clear enough. It's not that Frank loses tempo and rushes during the song.

What I meant was that the tempo (bpm) of those songs is noticeable smaller this tour, and I think that's great.

I miss Mc Bob's famous intro's....

The video intro was meh.. compared to McBobs running full speed into Its so easy...

They did McBob in Fenway??

I would like The general Intro back again!!