BIG NEWS: GN'R CONFIRMED IN LISBON - ROCK IN RIO 4, MAY 30 TH 2004

[loretian]

The main thing is, gnr are back, so crack the beers open and celebrate, people  

Done, and...... done!    

[Eazy E]

That's about the dumbest thing I've ever read. MSG no big deal to sell out? Okay. A band coming back after being gone for ten years, with a completely different line up and with no new album to put a face or sound to the band coming back and selling out venues is no big deal? The reasons above are why the smaller venues didn't sell, but they were still able to sell out arenas, when most "big" bands are still playing theaters.

What selling out venues? They sold out MSG.... as Roboto said, Vanilla Ice... hell, ICP could probably sell out MSG. That is NOT a big deal by any means.

They sold out London cuz it's 10,000 people or so, Vancouver was NOT sold out (I don't know who said that, but radio announcers were saying 'Come get your tickets at the door'), and Toronto sold because that's the big Canadian date and everyone can haul ass to make it there.  Gn'R are not a huge draw in North America, at least until an album comes out.


Anyways, this is fuckin' cool news.  I guess they did hook up to rehearse UYI songs, and although this probably doesn't mean jack shit for the album release, it'll be cool to have Don't Cry, Civil War, or Estranged boots by the new guys.  

[madagas]

I'll shoot myself and anyone around me if I see Buckethead playing Don't fuckin Cry......what a joke that would be...easily the shittiest lamest crappiest hair metal piece of junk ballad EVER by our beloved boys. I hate that song.

[Mysteron]

You are all going nuts over nothing.

First off, if this is true... 7 months is a TON of time for that uncle fucker Axl to change his fat wig wearing mind... so don't get too excited. Remember, this is the same guy who cancelled half of a US tour.... or I guess we all forgot about that.

CC cancelled half the US tour, not Axl

[MeanBone]

Axl will be there! mark my words

[younggunner]

u couldnt be more wrong if u think they are gonna bust out a ton of uyi songs...now ay in hell...im not saying they wont play maybe 1 or 2 if they do but not more than that...

its not that hard: from now on we will get a chinese democracy set. maybe with some hits sprinckled in from the past,maybe!

and i would be very puzzled if they dont release the album before this gig because why reveal all the new material live for the 1st time? it doesnt make sense from a strategy standpoint. i dont care either way but im almost positive the album will be out sometime in may.....

and gnr is back because when this period of the year comes it will be for good. no more stop n go's...now ist for real......ill bet any1 that all this is for real.if not the members will quit. the time is spring 04...plain and simple....for all u ahters out there get ready to see all over the map for the next few years

[chramos]

Oh my god, finally some huge news!!!!!!!!

GNR are back!!!!

Now i have faith in a summer release!!!!


Peace

[Mysteron]

The main thing is, gnr are back, so crack the beers open and celebrate, people  

Correct me if Im wrong, but that date is more than half a year away...how are they back?

Well, it depends on whether you look at the glass half full or half empty.

I am excited about this news, and I will be at the concert when it happens and I will enjoy myself while I am there  

[madagas]

That being said about Don't Masturbate....this new band could really pull off songs like Coma, Estranged, Locomotive. The three guitars could handle all the guitar parts. If you remember, Slash played a rhythm part, Izzy played a rhythm part, and Slash overdubbed the lead in the studio versions. That is three guitar parts which would have been hard for the old band to pull off live. With three guitar players on stage now, it should not be a problem....assuming Axl can do the vocals.

[Will]

u couldnt be more wrong if u think they are gonna bust out a ton of uyi songs...now ay in hell...im not saying they wont play maybe 1 or 2 if they do but not more than that...

I'm not saying they will play all 30 UYI songs...but it certainly won't hurt if they would play 2 or 3 UYI tracks they never played live before.
I agree this is going to be a CD setlist. But again, I thought it would be the case last year so you never know...

[Will]

I will be at the concert when it happens and I will enjoy myself while I am there  

You lucky bastard!

[younggunner]

yea its possible but i doubt axl made the guys learn estranged etc. it would be fukin awesome dont get me wrong
imo last tour was about:
-gauging gnr interest
-warming up in terms of tour
-giving the public one last chance to hear these songs played live at a great level
-showing the public the new era
and just having fun and getting out of the studio.they new they wouldnt be releasing the album soon so thats why we didnt get more cd songs.

next tour i think we will get some old songs sprincled in{but just the hits} but its gonna be chinese democracy set and maybe even a song here and there once every few months a song or 2 dfrom the upcoming albums

[rolleri]

 

HURRAY! I just hope I could make it there...

[Mysteron]

I will be at the concert when it happens and I will enjoy myself while I am there  

You lucky bastard!

Absolutely  

[Mysteron]

HURRAY! I just hope I could make it there...

I did say crack open the beers, but I didn't mean that many  

[Mysteron]

I gotta go now.  

Here's that confirmation from Reuters/Billboard that someone else mentioned

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2018534

Guns N' Roses has been confirmed to headline the Rock in Rio-Lisbon Festival in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 30, the second night of the five-day event. This is the first word of any live dates from the Axl Rose-led band since the plug was pulled on the band's disastrous Chinese Democracy tour last December with 13 dates remaining. That outing was marked by rioting in Vancouver and Philadelphia, when the band failed to take the stage.

Late last month, Geffen issued DVD editions of the 1998 home video "Welcome to the Videos" plus the separate 1992 releases "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II: World Tour -- 1992 in Tokyo."

[Eazy E]

yea its possible but i doubt axl made the guys learn estranged etc. it would be fukin awesome dont get me wrong
imo last tour was about:
-gauging gnr interest
-warming up in terms of tour
-giving the public one last chance to hear these songs played live at a great level
-showing the public the new era
and just having fun and getting out of the studio.they new they wouldnt be releasing the album soon so thats why we didnt get more cd songs.

next tour i think we will get some old songs sprincled in{but just the hits} but its gonna be chinese democracy set and maybe even a song here and there once every few months a song or 2 dfrom the upcoming albums

I disagree completely.  I think the whole idea, especially if he made them learn UYI songs, is that Axl wants this band to be GUNS N' ROSES... he wants them to learn all the old songs that they might play.

Obviously IF Chinese Democracy got released the setlist would draw heavily from that... but the best way to go about it is to have a DIFFERENT setlist every night like the old band used to do.   So they might play Brownstone one show, Don't Cry another.  If they don't do that their next tour will be very uninteresting IMO.

If GN'R could put together setlists like DMB does... that would be fuckin' awesome... I don't just want "Chinese Democracy performed live with a few other hits"... I want a suprise at the shows.

[chramos]

Not to curb your enthusiasm but who cares? It will probably be just the usual thing: play afd then disapear into the abyss for another year.
Without a album it fails to exite me.

The plan is to play a few less AFD, and a few more UYI songs

Hi Mysteron, do u have more information about this?!!! More UYI songs and finally promoting CD?!!

[Johnnyblood]

I'm as desperate a GNR fan as anyone, but this news doesn't do much for me. First of all, it's a loooong time away. Also it's just one show. And most of all, as many have pointed out, Axl could easily scratch it. I'll get excited when an album release date is given or more tour dates pop up. Meantime, I don't wanna set meself up for another ho-hum letdown.

[madagas]

Another point that people tend to overlook in the rush to rip the 2002 tour-if Axl has lost his fanbase and nobody cares, why are they being allowed to headline? I guarantee you they are being paid a nice chunk of change to play. Even after losing a portion of his fanbase, Axl still pulls considerable weight in the industry. Half a gnr crowd is still bigger than 90% of the bands in the world.