July 6th - Helsinki, Finland

[WaurioRocks]

What a night! Better was so amazing!!

Does anyone have a picture of Axl with a whistle he used in Paradise City?!
It would look very good in GNR collection because I got it yesterday!!!

 

It's a simple yellow whistle.

[kaasupoltin]

-Someone threw a furry animal on stage, Axl put it on the opening where the pyrotechnics come from, saying "I'm gonna sit its ass on the pyro!" and laughing

That was fucking hilarious And before that he kinda played with the animal.. walkin' it over PA or something.

Well anyway, I was too tired to post a review yesterday so I'm going to do it now.

When I got inside the arena I was sitting in the corridor next to some guy, so I asked if he has any idea how late the band was tonight. Well he didn't have a clue, but when he left I saw that he was wearing a HTGTH-shirt
The band started late again, but that's okay to me 'cause when I heard WTTJ's intro riff I forgot all the waiting. There was some tight-asses around me, just standing but doing nothing really. I felt like an idiot (again) jumpin' around, singing along, clapping my hands etc.. For fuck sake, we were at Gn'R concert and people around me are acting like in a court or something. But I must say that rest of the crowd was very energetic.. better than in the first show IMO. Thank god there was this foreign couple at the second row dancing and singing so I had some company But when I looked to the upper seats where people when rockin' their asses off, I just hoped that I could be there. But the security says NO! Anyway, the band seemed to be even more energetic than it was in the first show.. I loved their performance

My highlights:

-WTTJ as an opener just works so well.

-Finlandia.. people were standing on their seats and gave very loud ovation to Finck.

-Dizzy's solo was amazing like it was in the first show Crowd loved it.

-Axl on top of the piano on The Blues was a great spice for the song.. alot of people got interested when he did this. I hope someone video taped it.

-Out Ta Get Me.. very energetic performance.

-The furry animal

-I.R.S.. I was waiting for this in the first show so I'm glad they played it!

-Paradise City.. I think that people knew they wouldn't see this band for a while, so they got up from their asses and started to dance and shit (even the tight-asses around me Except those who already left).. I blew my voice and my hands were friggin' tired but I didn't care. It was amazing end for these to nights.

-Going home. I don't know why, but when I got to the train station and bought a coffee and I was sitting on the ground drinkin' the coffee.. I realised that I had just seen Guns n' Roses two times, and I have nothing to worry about. I don't care if I don't even get in to the train, I just saw Guns n' Roses. I can wait three hours for the next train. I don't have to sleep 'cause I just saw Guns n' Fuckin' Roses! It was a great feeling

Back to the gig.. After the show Axl said "I'll see you again!", so I hope they'll be here again sometime. One thing that I didn't like was Maddy, 'cause it was played so late on the set. It was better when they played it earlier. After this song there was only me + 7 people on my row. And there was like 15 seats. After Nightrain there was only me + 5 guys and two of them were almost passed out. Thank god the rest of the audience really got into PC..

I had two amazing nights and I will never forget them

[makkonen]

GUNS N` ROSES STOLE MY SUNGLASSES!!!! 
Well, not really
I throw my glasses to the stage maybe during PATIENCE (or just before) when Axl was very close to my section of the sittingplace. It was very classy throw i must say
Landed right next to Axl?s feet but he didn?t notice them. Axl moved back to the center of the stage and Richard came to the "sunglass-spot", almost crushed them accidentally. And he left to other parts of the stage too.
And then came Ron Thal, playing hard with the song that was on, noticed my glasses, picked them up and put them on for a while then Ron probably understood that they were too dark for a stage so he just put the glasses nicely on the top of the amplifier (or something). So...Ron Thal wore my sunglasses, pretty-fucking-cool 
Great gig again, i personally think that Madagascar was played MUCH better yesterday but i REALLY missed Chinese Democracy Why on earth GN`R skipped that gem both nights

[.Seal]

This a fucking awesome too! I was rocking myself out and standing during the whole gig (I had seats really close to the stage in this gig). It was awesome though I can't even compare it to the feeling I had on 5.7 when I was in front row 

[Axlative]

Yeah!

Last night was amazing. Nothing to add to what's been said before. Clearly the better of the two nights although Wednesday rocked too!

 

[kaasupoltin]

I forgot to mention that during the early part of the set, Axl mentioned that at the backstage he heard and saw how people were clapping their hands and stomping their feets.. or something like that. It was cool! And like Wednesday, there was also waves going around the arena before the show.

[tonya_ytzerman]

-During Paradise City's "ragz to richez" part, Axl pointed at Fortus

Ragz to Richard, or so they say, I remember that one.

[LaTeRaLuS]

haha, what did richard do or did he not see?

[Skeletor]

haha, what did richard do or did he not see?

I think he just smiled...

[MIIKA]

WOW! What a great night! 

I was there with my girlfriend, and we had the best night of our lives. My only worry was if I may have some major panic attack (I have those sometimes), but beer helped me a lot  To be honest I don`t remember much details of the show....was just screaming along with axl whole night, and sweating a lot....there was fucking hot! Great show.

This morning my GF woke up and said "you know what?...Axl is GOD". Yeah...good girl

[kaasupoltin]

WOW! What a great night!

That's the best review so far! But it's true.

I heard that someone got a video camera inside and filmed the whole show Anyway, there's already a 3min clip of Ron's solo on youtube. Bad quality though as it is recorded with a phone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgO2gUzwD0c&search=guns%20n%20roses%20finland

EDIT. Oh it was from Wednesday show.. well I don't care

[aeroplane]

The best concert ever!!
I loved axls voice, it was great! Even the solos were great. I think axl nailed the high notes perfectly.
Btw, axl said that fortus is from new york again! I thought he is from new jersey? Ok whatever.
The audience was great (i think), of course the scream, when the lights went out, was priceless! Amazing sound.
The toy thing was very funny. Also, audience didnt throw bottles to stage. Instead, Robin threw water bottles to audience. At least i saw that. I did have to leave earlier to get a taxi to home.
 : ok:great show

[WARose]

The best concert ever!!
I loved axls voice, it was great! Even the solos were great. I think axl nailed the high notes perfectly.
Btw, axl said that fortus is from new york again! I thought he is from new jersey? Ok whatever.
The audience was great (i think), of course the scream, when the lights went out, was priceless! Amazing sound.
The toy thing was very funny. Also, audience didnt throw bottles to stage. Instead, Robin threw water bottles to audience. At least i saw that. I did have to leave earlier to get a taxi to home.
 : ok:great show

you had to leave earlier to get a taxi??

[mongis]

i personally think that Madagascar was played MUCH better yesterday

the first day? on that they were obiously not sure when the solo ended so they didn't come in at the same time. i thought 6.7 was better, but i dunno...

[mongis]

Btw, axl said that fortus is from new york again! I thought he is from new jersey? Ok whatever.

i'm  pretty sure he said new jersey at show #2, but new york show #1 if i remember right

[Mandy_83]

WOW, don't really know what to say... This hole experience has been priceless I really enjoy being at the concert. BUT...I don't understand why people had to move to the bar etc... I had seat so I saw people constatly moving on and off. And some were really drunk.... (I shouldn't worry about that....)
Most important is that Axl sounded great and behave different way. (Meaning being polite, cheerfull etc.)
And last song was Paradise City, it's was fucking amazing to see people dancing, jumping and singing... Great way to end show

[Apple7]

pics???

thanks jarmo for updates

[Hanoi_Guy]

Great gig!!

..And for your listening pleasure: Robin Finck -Finlandia 06.07.2006 Helsinki.
Sorry 'bout bad picture quality 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uIBvKtyy9I

[justincrowe]

the show was ok. i do have the usual complaints.

the endless guitar solos and "70's porno movie muzak" jams between songs sorta killed the momentum of the show for me...

it also sucked big time that they started 2 hours late.

to be brutally honest, i wasn't blown away... i saw VR two years ago, and they put on a better show IMO.

but, Axl truly does have a killer voice these days and the band seemed pretty tight... i wish Brain would've been there, though.

all in all, it was "just" ok.

[Emilie]

Btw, axl said that fortus is from new york again! I thought he is from new jersey? Ok whatever.

i'm  pretty sure he said new jersey at show #2, but new york show #1 if i remember right

He said Richard was from New York in the Stockholm gig too! And then something like "No.. I screwed that up... You're from Jersey"
 

Thanks for all the reviews! Sounds like another great show.