June 23rd - Sydney updates

[jarmo]

Thanks for the reviews.

Dizzy's solo was Never Tear Us Apart by INXS. Thank tonya & tynia for that info.



/jarmo

[cfcsfc]

Before they played Nice Boy Axl said that it was a song the he and Angrey both hate, but they will give it a go.

Just pointing out- he didn't say they both hated the song; he said they hated the key. 

[faldor]

Thanks for the reviews.

Dizzy's solo was Never Tear Us Apart by INXS. Thank tonya & tynia for that info.



/jarmo

That's cool, I like that song.  Like to hear Axl sing some vocals on that, maybe as an intro to another song.

[Tatu]

I don't now from what date they are. Recorded with a cel phone. Part of:

November Rain http://youtube.com/watch?v=mq9Kj9qIqC4

My Michelle http://youtube.com/watch?v=iZG6_eKUmPs

Paradise City http://youtube.com/watch?v=dK3qaudbHKw

End of Show(Aussie, Aussie, Aussie) http://youtube.com/watch?v=OrR6qAuC4MI

[waxlrick]

Before they played Nice Boy Axl said that it was a song the he and Angrey both hate, but they will give it a go.

Just pointing out- he didn't say they both hated the song; he said they hated the key.?

I stand corrected. That actually makes much more sense. I couldn't understand why they would hate it???

[The Chad Cometh]

Well the night started with a few bongs, as is the standard when listening to copious amounts of Gunners. My mates and I were not too keen to see the support acts, we were more pumped for the man himself. And so stoned off our faces, and camera at the ready, we journeyed to ACER Arena for the show, arriving at about 10pm. Security getting in was a joke, not even checking pockets, just letting people walk straight in. So in we went, straight down to the front floor where Sebastian Bach was bringing the fucking house down. I mean, what an opener! We only saw half a dozen of his songs but very one kicked so much arse it was ridiculous, and the crowd LOVED him! Quite funny how he was telling the whole crowd to ?get out those camera phones? and start recording him, especially considering what happened later.

Anyway, Bach finished up and there was a bit of a wait till the Guns, bout an hour or so which was fine. Gave us all a chance to pop outside for a ciggie and get pumped up. Well the time finally comes, after my mates and I had managed to weasel our way down to about 4 rows from the front left hand corner of the stage. Fucking top view of the entire stage because through some freak stroke of luck, almost everyone in front of us was a short bastard.

The lights go down and next thing we know, Axl is busting in to WTTJ with gusto and boy did it go off! The crowd was mental and remained that way for most of the show. WTTJ led in to  It?s so Easy and then Mr Brownstone, which was followed by the best rendition of Live and Let Die I have ever heard! I mean seriously, it was that good and it brought the fucking house down!

It was about this point that the 2 chick in front of me noticed my camera and asked if I could snap a photo of them when Axl was close behind. I was more than happy to oblige, however this was probably the seed of my undoing. I tried to get the shot a couple of times, but much to my chargrin, Axl was just too quick in his striding around the stage (which amazingly did not affect his voice quality ? fucking well done Axl!). Finally I got the shot, during Knockin on Heaven?s Door, which was following a bitchin version of SCOM. What I had neglected to take into account was the unbelievably considerate crowd, who my mate later told me was making a big circle around the ladies and I to ensure I would get the best shot. A kiss and a fucking sweet Better later and out came the piano. I was thinking something along the lines of ?FUCK YEAH, bring on The Blues? while Izzy warmed up his fingers with some sweet piano melodies.

Axl steps up ? ?All the love in the world couldn?t save you? TAP TAP TAP on my shoulder. Security guard had spotted my camera. FUCK FUCK FUCK! And so here I was ? getting escorted out of the concert to the sweet soulful tunes of The Blues ? how fucking ironic is that? I wans?t pissed off at anyone but myself. I mean I know taking a camera to any gig is asking for trouble and I was being way to blatant as I was singing and swaying while recording (which probably means the footage was shithouse anyway lmao). To make things worse as I got outside I heard them just start up with You Could be Mine. I almost wanted to die for denying my mate that (he came out with me even though the security didn?t say shit to him).

Here is where the story takes a turn. We walked back to the train station, me being pissed off, my unbelievably understanding mate telling me not to worry about it and remembering the good parts we did get to see. Sitting down on the platform to have a cigarette and there is a chick a few metres away in the corner, crying her eyes out. She sees me and asks if the concert has finished yet? I asked her what was wrong and she proceeded to tell me a story of how her boyfriend had tried to sneak down into a better section and had consequently been kicked out by security. Naturally she went out with him, but instead of going home, the prick has taken her ticket and gone inside, leaving her outside to wait for him.

This is how I found her, with not a single cent, shivering with cold, crying her eyes out, scared shitless, mobile phone battery dead, no way to get home by herself, thinking about how she is going to find him when the concert comes out (no chance in a crowd that size). I gave her 20 bux, and we were talking about how she could use that to get somewhere (cause the trains were about to finish for the night) when it came out that she has been staying at the boyfriends house and her keys to her house were in his house, meaning she would have to wait outside his place in the fucking freezing cold until the bastard decided to show himself (which could be tomorrow afternoon if he went out after the concert). No way I was going to let that happen, so as it all came out, My mate and I caught the last train with her to Strathfield (not helpful at all lol). I then shouted 30 bux for a taxi back to my car, and I drove her about an hour back into the city to her friends house where she could spend the night.

All in all, getting kicked out of the concert turned out to be a good thing, cause even though we would not have known it, anything could have happened to this girl and I?m just fucking happy my mate and I were there to help.

ROCK ON AXL! See you in a few years when you next come down under!

[gnr2006]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=g-QBONLUdpY

Nice Boys, cell phone recording

[Voodoochild]

Thanks man, its quality is good enough to have an idea of how fucking good Axl sounded.

[badapple81]

Thanks man, its quality is good enough to have an idea of how fucking good Axl sounded.

He fucking nailed it.. Hartford 93 all over again. 2nd night he nailed it also. His voice was better Sydney night 1 but I think night 2 being the second time they played it, he nailed it a bit more.

[stolat]

That is a lovely story Guns and Chad! Good on ya!

[CheapJon]

awesome done chad

[Annie]

Well the night started with a few bongs, as is the standard when listening to copious amounts of Gunners. My mates and I were not too keen to see the support acts, we were more pumped for the man himself. And so stoned off our faces, and camera at the ready, we journeyed to ACER Arena for the show, arriving at about 10pm. Security getting in was a joke, not even checking pockets, just letting people walk straight in. So in we went, straight down to the front floor where Sebastian Bach was bringing the fucking house down. I mean, what an opener! We only saw half a dozen of his songs but very one kicked so much arse it was ridiculous, and the crowd LOVED him! Quite funny how he was telling the whole crowd to ?get out those camera phones? and start recording him, especially considering what happened later.

Anyway, Bach finished up and there was a bit of a wait till the Guns, bout an hour or so which was fine. Gave us all a chance to pop outside for a ciggie and get pumped up. Well the time finally comes, after my mates and I had managed to weasel our way down to about 4 rows from the front left hand corner of the stage. Fucking top view of the entire stage because through some freak stroke of luck, almost everyone in front of us was a short bastard.

The lights go down and next thing we know, Axl is busting in to WTTJ with gusto and boy did it go off! The crowd was mental and remained that way for most of the show. WTTJ led in to? It?s so Easy and then Mr Brownstone, which was followed by the best rendition of Live and Let Die I have ever heard! I mean seriously, it was that good and it brought the fucking house down!

It was about this point that the 2 chick in front of me noticed my camera and asked if I could snap a photo of them when Axl was close behind. I was more than happy to oblige, however this was probably the seed of my undoing. I tried to get the shot a couple of times, but much to my chargrin, Axl was just too quick in his striding around the stage (which amazingly did not affect his voice quality ? fucking well done Axl!). Finally I got the shot, during Knockin on Heaven?s Door, which was following a bitchin version of SCOM. What I had neglected to take into account was the unbelievably considerate crowd, who my mate later told me was making a big circle around the ladies and I to ensure I would get the best shot. A kiss and a fucking sweet Better later and out came the piano. I was thinking something along the lines of ?FUCK YEAH, bring on The Blues? while Izzy warmed up his fingers with some sweet piano melodies.

Axl steps up ? ?All the love in the world couldn?t save you? TAP TAP TAP on my shoulder. Security guard had spotted my camera. FUCK FUCK FUCK! And so here I was ? getting escorted out of the concert to the sweet soulful tunes of The Blues ? how fucking ironic is that? I wans?t pissed off at anyone but myself. I mean I know taking a camera to any gig is asking for trouble and I was being way to blatant as I was singing and swaying while recording (which probably means the footage was shithouse anyway lmao). To make things worse as I got outside I heard them just start up with You Could be Mine. I almost wanted to die for denying my mate that (he came out with me even though the security didn?t say shit to him).

Here is where the story takes a turn. We walked back to the train station, me being pissed off, my unbelievably understanding mate telling me not to worry about it and remembering the good parts we did get to see. Sitting down on the platform to have a cigarette and there is a chick a few metres away in the corner, crying her eyes out. She sees me and asks if the concert has finished yet? I asked her what was wrong and she proceeded to tell me a story of how her boyfriend had tried to sneak down into a better section and had consequently been kicked out by security. Naturally she went out with him, but instead of going home, the prick has taken her ticket and gone inside, leaving her outside to wait for him.

This is how I found her, with not a single cent, shivering with cold, crying her eyes out, scared shitless, mobile phone battery dead, no way to get home by herself, thinking about how she is going to find him when the concert comes out (no chance in a crowd that size). I gave her 20 bux, and we were talking about how she could use that to get somewhere (cause the trains were about to finish for the night) when it came out that she has been staying at the boyfriends house and her keys to her house were in his house, meaning she would have to wait outside his place in the fucking freezing cold until the bastard decided to show himself (which could be tomorrow afternoon if he went out after the concert). No way I was going to let that happen, so as it all came out, My mate and I caught the last train with her to Strathfield (not helpful at all lol). I then shouted 30 bux for a taxi back to my car, and I drove her about an hour back into the city to her friends house where she could spend the night.

All in all, getting kicked out of the concert turned out to be a good thing, cause even though we would not have known it, anything could have happened to this girl and I?m just fucking happy my mate and I were there to help.

ROCK ON AXL! See you in a few years when you next come down under!

You are an amazingly nice person! I hope that girl gets a new boyfriend1

[rosegarden20]

 
Yes, very nice indeed!

Doing good deeds for others in a time in need.  Very special.

[The Chad Cometh]

Thanks guys ... It really was the biggest fucking silver lining in a pretty damn dark cloud.

[ppbebe]

Indeed  you Guns_and_Chad and your mate are class and model fans and friends   and the poor girl better leave the asshole asap...altho I must admit I to a degree understand the bustard being so eager to see the rest of teh show that he forgot everything else. .

End of Show(Aussie, Aussie, Aussie) http://youtube.com/watch?v=OrR6qAuC4MI

I wanted to see the chant so bad. Thanks!

[babydolls]

much respect to you Guns_and_Chad - that was really good of you guys to help the poor girl out.  you deserve much    its actions like that that restore faith in human kindness. 

[williambailey]

Yeah I thought security was over the top with the cameras/phones.  I mean lets be honest people are only going to end up with pretty crappy/grainy pictures.

Shame Guns_and_chad you missed the rest of the show.

Although I gotta say that as I was reading your story I thought that the conclusion was going to be that you ended up hooking up with the chick you helped out because she was so annoyed with her boyfriend. 

[anythinggoes]

Yeah I thought security was over the top with the cameras/phones.? I mean lets be honest people are only going to end up with pretty crappy/grainy pictures.

Shame Guns_and_chad you missed the rest of the show.

Although I gotta say that as I was reading your story I thought that the conclusion was going to be that you ended up hooking up with the chick you helped out because she was so annoyed with her boyfriend.?

Depends what phone you have i managed to get some pretty good ones from a camera phone

[williambailey]

Depends what phone you have i managed to get some pretty good ones from a camera phone

Yeah true I got some pretty good ones myself, but it's hardly going to do any harm. 

I could understand if they caught someone with a video camera or something, or a massive zoom lense on a mega camera that was just snapping pic after pic.  But besides that it's like - big deal. 

It's just the security running with a little power trip.

[stolat]

Or, just doing thier job.....