Oslo, Spektrum, Norway - June 28 + July 8, 2006

[Steve McKagan]

So Elm Street before the gig?

And after too? Maybe I'm at Elm Street in the afternoon at 4-5 after me & my friend has grabbed something to eat. Or maybe we eat at Elm Steet, I don't know...

[doubletalking]

Elmstreet looks great!   

[Death Cube K]

Too bad I cant go. I had to drop one of the GNR shows for my other passion in life, vintage fighter aircrafts air shows, Duxford, England here I come

Good luck to everyone. If I was in town I most certainly have met up with you guys at Elm Street.

[Rainfox]

Elm Street it is 


Jarmo, you have my cell number.

We'll be landing around 2PM (14:00) I think. Go to the hotel (Best Western), change and we'll go there....

See Ya 


/RF

[jarmo]

I'll also go to the hotel first and then head for Elm Street.


Rainfox, you got a PM.


Hope to see you all on Saturday!




/jarmo

[Will]

I had arrangements to stay with erose but he didn't give any news for a while, and I'm leaving tomorrow. Big problem here: I'm gonna have to spend two nights outside. If someone can help me out please let me know. I'm coming all the way from France with a friend who's from Belgium.

[Will]

We worked it out, it's all good now! Thanks again to erose and Jarmo who helped me out!

See you guys at the show!

[Rainfox]

Will  --  thats good news.

See you all at the pub!

RF


 

[Captain P?l]

haha.. the weather here is  real dandy, so why dont we ALL sleep in the park? 

[izzy0r]

Amulet confirmed as supporting act tomorrow

[Vegar]

Is Brain gonna play tomorrow or not? 

[Rainfox]

Singing: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaalright now, baby it's a aaaaalright now!"


We're all set to go.

One of the homeboys is down with a stomach flu but he just got ordered on Coca Cola and bananas. That should do it. Otherwise we have 2 stand-ins.

See you all at Elm Street tomorrow afternoon and later at the show... and then Elm Street again.

 

RF

[erose]

yeah elm street it is!

sorry will, didn't mean to leave you hanging but i'll see you in a few...

three days away from the internet and all hell brakes loose 

[Steve McKagan]

Probably my last visit here before the show! I hope I see some of you at Elm Street. I will be wearing my HTGTH-shirt so you will recognize my directly! (and I probably also have a smile on my face) 

[Spirit]

Here's my review from the 28th..

Landed in Oslo with my brother about three o'clock, and immediately took the train into the city and set course for Spektrum. We got there around four o'clock, and a line had started to form. There's several entrances to Spektrum, so I have no idea how many people who'd gathered around the building at that time. In our line there were about 50-60 people. Now the wait started.

Close to 6:30PM they opened the doors and started letting fans in the venue. I could see that some cameras were confiscated, but I could easily have brought one in as I had a jacket with me, he just asked me what I had in the pockets. As we got inside, we decided to buy a couple of t-shirts first, and then get in front of the stage. We got a pretty good spot, dead center with just 4-5 rows of people in front of us. As we stood there a little while, we could hear that some people were really psyched and ready for Guns N' Roses, the "Axl"-chants had already started.

Bullet For My Valentine came on a bit late, around 8:45PM. At this point people were so hungry for something to happen that the crowd "almost" went nuts when they started to play. But this didn't last very long, during their set most people were just standing still, however no boos as far as I could hear. They played for half an hour and closed up at 9:15PM. Now, people were saying "one hour till Guns N' Roses".

Approaching 10PM I could already hear some people talking and speculating about Axl not showing up, but I was not concerned. My only concern was my feet starting to hurt a bit after standing still for hours. Finally at 10:25PM the intro started....

Opening chords for Welcome To The Jungle started to roam inside the venue, the crowd reaction was crazy. Everyone started to jump up and down, and when Axl screamed the famous line, the crowd screams almost drowned the speakers. What can I say, with this kind of opening I knew instantly this would be the night of my life. Axl sounded fabulous, even better than any of the bootlegs I'd heard. Robin, Richard and Ron were all energic on stage, and displayed a great presence. As usual the following songs were It's So Easy and Mr. Brownstone.

Before Live And Let Die, Axl adressed the crowd by saying "You guys have been waiting a long time, right? A really long time." The meaning being twofold (we had been waiting a while that night, and waited since 1993, having two dates cancelled in the meantime). After Live And Let Die, Robin did his guitar solo before Sweet Child O' Mine. Finck was often caught smiling during the evening, clearly in a good mood. Better was introduced the usual way, Axl talking about downloading from the internet, and calling us "naughty Norwegians". Dizzy played some bits from a-ha's "Take On Me" during his piano solo before The Blues, to great appreciation from the fans.

Frank played a drum solo at this show naturally followed by You Could Be Mine (awesome performance). After this song Axl pointed out that "Frank knows all the songs inside-out, his mother knows the songs inside-out." I also think he smashed one of the drums during the song (Axl said something in that direction). Knockin' On Heaven's Door was done the usual way. Then Richard and Robin played Beautiful, with big cheers after the performance. Axl came back to the stage saying "law enforcements everywhere... espescially in Sweden", then starting Out Ta Get Me, which by the way were one of the strongest songs of the night.

The Piano came back out, and November Rain was next. Axl played a little solo first (Fuck The Police), and commenting: "Straight outta Sweden... I'm an AWA - Asshole With Attitude". Tommy and Axl laughed. After November Rain Axl and Tommy talked, "this next song is a request from Tommy, his new favourite song" - Rocket Queen.

Bumblefoot got the whole place singing Don't Cry, a great moment. IRS didn't get quite as much response as Better, but still a great performance. I think this will come with time, when most people start to know the songs beforehand. During Patience there were some funny moments. First, Tommy showed his theatrical skills when he mimed Axl's words (Example: "I sit here on the stairs"). Second, Tommy again.. I think his mike volume was set a bit high, so when the chours started and he started to sing, it was just as high as Axl's. Tommy, Dizzy and Ron all started to laugh. The next time they hit the chours, he had to try his way to find a good distance from the mike so he didn't drown Axl's voice.

Bumble played a stratocaster during the Nightrain solos. The band went off stage, and "Guns N' Roses" chants immediately started. The encores consisted of four songs, Chinese Democracy, My Michelle, Madagascar and Paradise City. The show was over at 1AM, a 2h 35m show.

All in all, the greatest concert I've ever been to. But it wouldn't hurt the show if they cut a couple of the solos, but we've already had this discussion...

[erose]

i have two great standing tickets for today for the price of one, pm me for the details and phone number!

 

[mongis]

i have a spare standing aswell

[43minutes]

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[zqyx79]

What time should show starts? I mean supports before Gn'R,and  Gn'R. Anybody knows?

[izzy0r]

Hope there will be updates here later! I'll not moving a metre before Amulet has finished