Guns N' Roses - Concert Reviews & Ratings !@

[HBK]

And Still Champion... GN'R!!

Target Center - Minneapolis, MN - 11/13/2011Posted 11/16/2011by RealDealNeil

I've been to well over a hundred (probably closer to 200) rocks shows and I can not remember seeing a better show than this one. The band is every bit as good as anything previous and Axl is in top form. The sound was nothing short of spectacular! The band looks like they get along great and Axl appeared to be truly enjoying the show along with us. I've seen GN'R all 5 times they've played Mn and this was my favorite show thus far. If you are on the fence as to go or not or have a doubting friend that you'd like to prove wrong - Go! You will NOT be disappointed and trust me I'm an "expert" by now. Heck, it's three days later and I'm still on a natural high! This is my first review of a show and I felt compelled to write it. Bravo Axl! Bravo Guns! Can't wait to do this again!

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[rabia]

Its fantastic how much the fans have been loving the shows and GN'R's ratings on Ticketmaster have been constantly rising as a result of the incredible energy and hard work they put in. 

Unfortunately, it looks to me like some haters have been busy on the Ticketmaster website writing two or 3 line "reviews" and giving one star ratings to try to knock down the overall average. Some of these "fans" are making claims that only limited favourites are played on the show and Axl is "never on stage" and the band was 4 hours late to start the show. Its hard to imagine such obvious inaccuracies coming from honest reviewers.

[Alfie Bones]

Yeah, any bad review is either coming from someone with a third grade vocabulary or some woman whining about how long she had to wait and had to pick up her kids from the sitter or whatever.

Do your homework. Guns N' Roses shows don't end at midnight.

[Dr. Blutarsky]

They could have had the Beatles reunite in the middle of the set and these people would complain. Some people you cant ever please no matter what.

[HBK]

A New Day Has Come
Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL - Tue, Nov 15, 2011

and I'm NOT talking about Celine Dion. Axl has *definitely* transformed. The best way I can describe it is by quoting him during one of his speeches in between sets:

"I ran into this old lady at the supermarket the other day and asked her 'Do you know Guns N' Roses?' She said 'Yeah, I heard that Axl Rose is always late, you never know if he's going to show up, and he's usually in some sort of fight!' She's my new best friend."

In case that doesn't make sense for sh!t, he meant he has changed..and it was VERY apparent by his performance. Now, don't get me wrong, he still took until 11:30 to come on for a supposed 9pm start, and he DID chuck the microphone stand multiple times onto the stage (God love him), and he DID hit old school sh!t like Rocket Queen and It's So Easy - HARD. He rocked out and didn't sell himself short with his new image. The one thing I WOULD say is that his vocals were either extremely AMPed or piped-in for his new sh!t, Chinese Democracy, of which he did a LOT of. It's not that bad, actually, but definitely NOT on par with the GNR of the old days..which did, in fact, get a LOT of airtime. He did some difficult songs too, like Estranged, and did them WELL.

A word on his accompanying band... in a word - TALENT. All of them had solos with more than enough chance to showcase their stuff. They all seemed to have their own personalities, and seemed secure in themselves. The band definitely had a good on-stage presence and chemistry going on...

There's this one guitar dude with a long beard that has a real bluesy feel about him. You could tell he could stand well enough on his own, given his talent. Oh, and did I mention the pyrotechnics???

Bottom line - SOLID performance. They played for 3+ hours and didn't dick around. I didn't count the songs and couldn't even name them all.. but it was definitely worth the Wedenesday morning (and afternoon...and EVENING) hang over.
THANK YOU AXL. THANK YOU G N F'ing R !!!!!

Favorite moment: Estranged - FULL VERSION
Setlist: Are you kidding me - go see the damned show man - why would I give away the best part???

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[HBK]

Copps Coliseum ? Hamilton Place ? Hamilton Convention Centre @

THANK YOU GUNS N' ROSES FOR AN INCREDIBLE AND PUNCTUAL (FOR AXL) PERFORMANCE! Highlight track of the night would have to be Estranged which they have not played live in - wait for it - 18 years! Incredible