I saw Merck the first night watching Bullet.. he shook the singers hand as he walked off the stage and nodded, from what I could tell from a distance. I found it interesting that Axl never acknowledged BFMV for opening. Usually you get the obligatory "I'd like to thank so and so for opening for us." bullshit, nothing from Axl at any of the shows.
Sunday nights show there was some wannabe that looked alot like Kevin Federline in the lower booth for awhile with Mickey Rourke and Jimmy Fallon, befor e moving up one balcony. Not sure if it was but someone caught the crowds attention as they were constantly chanting "You suck", "You're a fake", and flipping the middle finger all night until Guns came on.
I kind of feel sorry for a lot of opening bands, but BFMV got a lot of publicity out of it.
I reckon Sebastian Bach should have opened for GnR - thatd be fucking insane