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

[swosh26]

this does a lot for me, i wont see the concert i live in canada. But any gnr concert is good news and u can look forward too an album but hell if there isnt surley theyll play some different songs and do awsome jams like last rio. And could lead too smaller gigs too warm up. its all good, any action is good.

[jarmo]

Could the whiners stop whining about the 2002 North American tour in the thread about a performance that has nothing to do with that tour?

It's the same band but the show isn't part of the 2002 North American tour. Last time I checked, RIR4 is in 2004 and it's in Portugal, Europe.

I think we've heard your opinion on the 2002 North American tour already.....




/jarmo

[younggunner]

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.
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i understand what ur saying but i disagree because how would a set of brand new material be boring? im sure they will mix in songs from the past but until they get to their second album its gonan be cd....
when they are touring on the 2nd album thas when the set will be totally unpredictable..because they wil lhave 2 albums to play...

[echrisl]

Well, it makes little sense to do this concert unless there's going to be a release of CD between now and then, but then again GNR doesn't always make sense, so I guess we really can't lean on that one.

At least it's some news ... we'll see how it plays out, I guess ...

[Eazy E]

i understand what ur saying but i disagree because how would a set of brand new material be boring? im sure they will mix in songs from the past but until they get to their second album its gonan be cd....
when they are touring on the 2nd album thas when the set will be totally unpredictable..because they wil lhave 2 albums to play...

I don't mean it will be boring... if the CD comes out and the songs kick ass, obviously i'll enjoy seeing the band play them.  It just wouldn't be nearly as exciting for me if I knew ahead of time... I hate when bands have a setlist that they follow for a whole tour (Oasis does this and it SUCKS!)

That's the thing... I hope that Axl is thinking more along the lines of "once we're touring on the 2nd album, that's when the setlist will be totally unpredictable because they we'll have 6 albums to play..."

[its_so_easy]

excellent news! its about bloody time though...

[Gunner4Life]

HELL YEAH!!!!! This is the kind of news I've been waiting for! I was actually just wondering what was gonna happen with Rock in Rio this year and was event thinking about bringing up the subject on this board. Now I don't have to, obviously!

And to all you people spreading the negativity, I have one question: Why? Isn't the reason were all here to have a place to wait and discuss GN'R until Chinese Democracy finally surfaces. This is the best piece of news we've had since the U.S. tour was announced over a year ago. And the reason Axl cut that tour short was because of disagreements with Clear Channel and possibly some other things going wrong. He's not just gonna blow off this date. He knows he can't do that anymore so show a little optimism. And don't worry about gnronline not being updated. I don't think I even have to explain that(lol).

This has got to be finally it! I see this show being the big "were back" type show, followed by a big summer tour. My money on the album coming out now is probably June, but thats speculation. I'm graduating from college a couple weeks before May 30, and as much as I would love to celebrate and get out to that show I just don't have the funds right now. So all I can say to my fellow European gunners is go out, get crazy, and have the time of your life watching the greatest front man of our time and the mind-blowing new Guns N' Fucken Roses rock the shit of Lisbon! Oh yeah, if there are any warm up shows anywhere in the U.S. I'm so there!

[Buritoking]

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

Well Mysteron you sure killed my spirits. To me this isn't a big deal at all, unless we get teh album. I mean you can only listen to a bootleg of a concert with songs you've heard a million times, so often. Not that this matters to anyone, but i really won't be excited unless we get a release date.....

[Nacho Man Randy Salsa]

I highly doubt the new band will pull out Estranged......


BTW,I honestly don't believe GNR will jusmp right to a performance in front of 150,000 people............they have to have warmup after a year of rust.I expect more dates.

[Nacho Man Randy Salsa]

BTW guys.......hasn't Axl said all along "See you next summer."?

[echrisl]

BTW guys.......hasn't Axl said all along "See you next summer."?

That would have been the summer of 2003 ...

[MeanBone]

yeah he did, i just didn't knew he  was talking to ME!!!!!

[Mattman]

I think it sets GN'R fans aside from other music lovers when we hear about one concert by our band and it's the biggest news all year.  I'm really happy to hear this news, but it has little to do with the actual tour.  Basically, every time Axl plays a show, it brings with it the possibility that he's going to be playing it to promote Chinese Democracy.

Now, let's look at the evidence.  One of the band members (forget which...I think it was Tommy) said a while back that they would hopefully get it out early next year.  Usually, I don't put too much faith in such remarks, but now with this news, I'm thinking the album might ACTUALLY be released early next year.  I don't know if Axl would really have much interest in having his first show in a year and a half be yet another collection of Appetite oldies.  The fact that this date is so far away gives plenty of time for promotion of the album, other dates to come up, and so on.  Who knows...they might release the album before the show so that they can play a whole bunch of the tracks at Lisbon.  I mean, there's not that much point in playing mostly new tracks if nobody has the album.  When I hear a band play new songs, I like them to be sort of familiar.





Stick to your Guns!  

[misterID]

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.

 So selling out MSG is no big deal? Vannilla Ice can sell out MSG now, or back when he had the number 1 album in America. ICP sold out MSG? When? Why do you think this?

Philly was sold out, and I believe there was another too. Why do you feel like you have to piss on an accomplishment like the venues they did sell out?  How many bands can sell out an arena? I don't get it.

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.  

Yes, you are correct

[Dot]

i was planning on going to RIR but know I?m sure I?ll be fickin?there motherfucker!!!!

[holidayidol]

BTW guys.......hasn't Axl said all along "See you next summer."?

That would have been the summer of 2003 ...

No, then he would have said "See you this coming summer", but he said next summer, which meant summer after the one coming up, and....

hah! nevermind, just kidding.

[duga]

I live in Sweden and will probably visit Portugal   Maybe stay there to see some Euro football too  

[Dizzy]

A performance at a major festival such as this would certainly help Axl get back on track, but given Axl's track record, I wouldn't bank on this happening, even if it is confirmed.  I'll believe it when they're onstage and playing.

[swosh26]

seriously though if axl  no shows and theres a riot with 150 -200,000 that is not good AT ALL!

[Eazy E]

So selling out MSG is no big deal? Vannilla Ice can sell out MSG now, or back when he had the number 1 album in America. ICP sold out MSG? When? Why do you think this?

Philly was sold out, and I believe there was another too. Why do you feel like you have to piss on an accomplishment like the venues they did sell out?  How many bands can sell out an arena? I don't get it.

It's just not a huge accomplishment to sell out MSG is all... they only sold half the seats for most of the places they played.  You're right... not many bands CAN do that, but GN'R used to sell out stadiums (I know, no new album, new lineup, etc., etc.)... The 2002 tour was failure tho.