New York City, USA Hammerstein Ballroom - May 15, 2006

[GNR estranged]

Another funny moment is when Axl refers to us as the "diehards" "the first day motherfucking ticketbuyers".

another good one was when he called us "first round draft picks"

[moondance_1]

hey all,just got up a couple hours ago.Man last night kicked ass! was great meeting DeezNutz and all at HArry's.My friend and i got there a bit late (say 5 ish)stayed had a couple drinks and talked some,i was like where's Mike? i remember his face,asked a guy and heard ya got a bit overloaded on the heinekin.Met crashdiet after the show,he's doing the cbgb thing tonight,i htink my friend and i will go this weekend or so. Anyway...see y'all tomorrow.will try  to make it earlier so i can meeet more board people. 
  oh,floor was kinda nuts last night huh?

[Jessica]

He also stoped in the middle of a song to ask "is that guy alright?" after some crowd surfer fell really hard.

How very sweet of him

[mikegiuliana]

hey all,just got up a couple hours ago.Man last night kicked ass! was great meeting DeezNutz and all at HArry's.My friend and i got there a bit late (say 5 ish)stayed had a couple drinks and talked some,i was like where's Mike? i remember his face,asked a guy and heard ya got a bit overloaded on the heinekin.Met crashdiet after the show,he's doing the cbgb thing tonight,i htink my friend and i will go this weekend or so. Anyway...see y'all tomorrow.will try? to make it earlier so i can meeet more board people.?
? oh,floor was kinda nuts last night huh?

doin gthe back to back nights with all day long pre parties really overwhelmed me...  When I went to the 15th pre party I was already somewhat sick and drunk, I thought I might be able to drink myself sober as it works at times but didn't... I wasn't the kind of drunk you can nap an hour or vomit and feel better, this was just in my blood from days of 12 hour drinking-a-thons.

I'll be there tomorrow, I stayed until about 6pm yesterday then took off.. I'll be there early yet again, more rested though.. ZTake care..

[Throatrake]

? oh,floor was kinda nuts last night huh?

There were some good punches being thrown to the right of the stage before GN'R came out. LOL

How cool was the little thing they played, when Axl said "This is the signs of a band bonding."(something to that effect)

[Ellroy]

Oh yeah (you're crazy i beleive) while you were waiting online you were with some red haired guy, he was the biggest douche bag ive ever met. He thought he was cool hi fiving people on the street, I hate him. That was some shit I wouldve pulled in 6th grade, he was a grown man, he made himself look like a fool.

lol, I was with him too. Cool dude.

Anyway, everyone else covered the show pretty well, but I'll add that it was my first GNR show and it completely blew me away. Best fuckin' show I have ever seen! We were on the right side of the stage and pretty damn close. I could have spit in Axl's eye and messed up his contact if I wanted to! lol, just kidding. The energy from everyone in the band was incredible. Axl can move faster and for longer than me and I'm only 21. And holy shit can that guy sing! He sounded ridiculously fantastic. His voice sounded a little tired in one or two songs but he overcame it immediatelty and kept on belting out great tunes with that awesome rasp. He was smiling and laughing all night, seemed to be having a great time. What was the deal with the basket of apples? lol, I got excited for a minute and thought they were gonna bust out Bad Apples.
 ? ? ? ? Robin was incredible. I've always been a fan but last night was the best I ever heard him play. He destroyed the solos, made them his own completely. It was cool to hear that he wrote the music to Better and that Axl wrote the lyrics. Tommy was on the ball as usual, Richard must be on speed, the dude has so much energy. The Fortus and Finck solo was really cool. Was that "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera they were playing? Whatever it was was amazing. Brain was great as usual, a big smile on his face. Pittman was going nuts on those keyboards, rocking the fuck out, though I'm not really sure what sounds he made. Dizzy was great as well. Such a talented player. The Beatles song before the Blues was a great touch. All in all, an amazing performance, one which will never be rivaled in my book. Some in the crowd were dicks, starting fights and what not, but that happens everywhere. Met some great people from the boards and had an awesome time.

[Throatrake]

Did anyone catch Axl when he was bending Pitman's keyboard? That was hilarious.

[Top-Hatted One]

you guys left out one of the most important parts - the richard & robin solo before rocket queen - it was, umm, christina aguilera's "beautiful"   

i'm embarrassed that i know that.   

Right, I think people are trying to pretend it didn't happen.  I actually thought it was amazing.

yeah I noticed that too...they just changed the last note.

[GnR-NOW]

i noticed after almost every song axl confered with tommy, what was that all about, probably talking about what they would play next?

[IFINGLOVEGNR]

you guys left out one of the most important parts - the richard & robin solo before rocket queen - it was, umm, christina aguilera's "beautiful"? ?

i'm embarrassed that i know that.? ?

Right, I think people are trying to pretend it didn't happen.? I actually thought it was amazing.

yeah I noticed that too...they just changed the last note.

Regardless on how much that song sucks, Robin, and Fortus are basically telling the audience

"Thats right people, we are cover artists, we cant write our own stuff, we could only add and slighty change what the real artists are writing"

Which is why they Must play the new songs more during the set so i dont get an e-mail review from VH1 that says

"Guns N' Roses Live: Basically Axl With A GN'R Cover Band, But Great Anyway
And the band hit the stage just an hour and 15 minutes late!"
?

[Scree]

About the "cut that shit out" bit.. Last night in the chatrooms someone mentioned this was because security was apparently body slamming ppl to the floor as they surfed over the front. Wasn't verified tho.

[XxWickeds10xX]

Was anyone near that moron, far left of the satge who kept screaming AXL at the top of his lungs? I was right next to him, and wanted to strangle that fool!! He dropped his cell phone twice....really nice people gave it back to him, even after he fell all over me and a few other people cause he was piss drunk!! Then he got drunker....and stared chanting "AXL ROSES"...everyone around him was just laughing at him. What a waste of a ticket he was.
All in all I had a great time, it was better than the Friday show I was also at...they seemd more "together" Axl had more to say also. I thought I seen someone right upfront holding a sign that said "AXL COME BACK TO PHILLY" It was hard to read backwards, but im pretty sure thats what it said, and I think late in the show, he said something like "soon brotha..soon" And that little section cheered....I could be wrong though...anyone remember that part too?

[GnR-NOW]

did anyone see that woman she was in the second balcony on the left side of the stage, she was wearing that one piece skin tight dress,  had to be one of the best looking woman ive ever seen?

[Barbie567]

did anyone see that woman she was in the second balcony on the left side of the stage, she was wearing that one piece skin tight dress,  had to be one of the best looking woman ive ever seen?

Didn't you notice Axl checking her out lol??

[sandman]

did anyone see that woman she was in the second balcony on the left side of the stage, she was wearing that one piece skin tight dress,? had to be one of the best looking woman ive ever seen?

ooooooh yeah. she resembled that model gisele. i have a picture on my cell pf axl looking up at her and smiling. then he went over to stinson and said something. ?i think i can guess what he said. ?

then there was a brett michaels looking dude on the other side rocking out. hilarous.

and pits were breaking out all over the place. the floor was pretty rough last night.

awesome night!

[GnR-NOW]

did anyone see that woman she was in the second balcony on the left side of the stage, she was wearing that one piece skin tight dress,? had to be one of the best looking woman ive ever seen?

Didn't you notice Axl checking her out lol??

i saw her blowing kisses to axl, so i figured my chances were killed after that lol

[TrixAreForKids]

how are Bumblefoot's solo's in between songs, does? he just thrash or do somethin' cool?

I was not impressed with Bumblefoot at this show. He had his own shredding solo, and he fucked it up. He broke a string and it sounded like his guitar was cutting out.

The rest of the band was really tight. I loved it when Finck jumped into the crowd, and he was all fucked up when he came out of it.

I think they played 17 songs, and Axl acknowledged us as being the first bunch to buy tickets. I had perfect seats, seating directly in the front row middle (I was the first one in Mezz 2 as we waited since 5pm in the line to get it.) of Mezz 2. Mr. I traded me for my floor tickets. Wow, what a show!!! I just got back to Canada, and I haven't slept in 48 hours. My fiance was dancing throughout the show, and she loves GnR' now.

A lot more stories to tell from that night, but really I can't keep my eyes open. Talk to you all soon.

Oh, thanks Mr. I again, I will never forget this show.

I also no for a fact that there is a bootleg audio and video for this show, as I was standing beside the folks that were doing it. It was a perfect location for it. When will we see this, who knows.

[Top-Hatted One]

Bumble really nailed the Nov Rain end solo though. it was the perfect mix of Slash and shreading

[GnR-NOW]

i thought bumble did an overall good job.  letting the fans hit his guitar during nightrain is a good way to win people over.

[Barbie567]

Bumble really nailed the Nov Rain end solo though. it was the perfect mix of Slash and shreading

I was thinking exactly the same thing - I mentioned that to him when he came out, & he gave me sort of a surprised look lol.