no, they played it too fast at Rio 3 especially during the chorus. Did they have a train to take? secondly it sounded "metal". THE GUITAR SOUNDED Metal while Paradise City is a pure Rock n' Roll song. However I recognize there was a lot of energy when they played it. My best "new" GN'R version of that song is the CHICAGO 2002 version
at the end, buckethead + fink + fortus were doing guitar solos at the same time. amazing version. THE MSG one kicked ass too.
Now about Rio, the best song was THE BLUES. The blues RIO VERSION got the perfect tempo.