G N' R Play Troubadour Friday, April 1, 2016: Axl, Slash & Duff Reunited

[pilferk]

Show #1 is done and Double Talkin' Jive and New Rose has been brought back in a setlist specially made for a club show I assume.

I think this bodes well for the full production shows in terms of bringing back more stuff.

I hope we'll get to hear:

Perfect Crime
Dead Horse
Coma
Breakdown
Pretty Tied Up
Move To The City
Human Being
Ain't It Fun

If i am in a building, and they play coma, live, i will legit lose my shit.

[sofine11]

BEST FUCKING FOOTAGE SO FAR!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ARjFgSjySA

Oh, damn that's good 

Just...incredible...What a great, great time for GNR and GNR fans.

Can't get over it ....

Fucking love the lineup... Axl sounds amazing. This band is going to dominate the rock scene this summer and hopefully for the foreseeable future. I see new music coming too!

I didn't think anything could get me more stoked for Vegas. Boy was I wrong....

[gcluskey]

Show #1 is done and Double Talkin' Jive and New Rose has been brought back in a setlist specially made for a club show I assume.

I think this bodes well for the full production shows in terms of bringing back more stuff.

I hope we'll get to hear:

Perfect Crime
Dead Horse
Coma
Breakdown
Pretty Tied Up
Move To The City
Human Being
Ain't It Fun

And Don't Damn Me. One of my favourite GnR tracks and it's never been played live

[Sosso]

I'm pretty sure that they will play songs like Street of Dreams, Catcher in the Rye and This I Love at the next concerts. And hopefully some rare songs from UYI I and II.

[Kasanova King]

Show #1 is done and Double Talkin' Jive and New Rose has been brought back in a setlist specially made for a club show I assume.

I think this bodes well for the full production shows in terms of bringing back more stuff.

I hope we'll get to hear:

Perfect Crime
Dead Horse
Coma
Breakdown
Pretty Tied Up
Move To The City
Human Being
Ain't It Fun

I agree, that was an all-rocker setlist, which fell in line with the entire nostalgia of the day with the line at Tower Records/Pop up display/secret show at the Troubadour theme.

Although we may hear most of those songs during the tour, I expect never in that order again and with about another dozen or so songs added...and of course, them mixing it up quite a bit along the way.

[Spirit]

If i am in a building, and they play coma, live, i will legit lose my shit.

It's on the top of 90% of people's wish list I think. It would be insanity.

[jazjme]

:Coma, Breakdown, Don't Damn Me, Move to the City, I would love to hear live and like Pilferk I would loose my shit over Coma!!

[Kasanova King]

If i am in a building, and they play coma, live, i will legit lose my shit.

It's on the top of 90% of people's wish list I think. It would be insanity.

Not sure if it was mentioned or not, rumor is they sound checked parts if it.

[Spirit]

Show #1 is done and Double Talkin' Jive and New Rose has been brought back in a setlist specially made for a club show I assume.

I think this bodes well for the full production shows in terms of bringing back more stuff.

I hope we'll get to hear:

Perfect Crime
Dead Horse
Coma
Breakdown
Pretty Tied Up
Move To The City
Human Being
Ain't It Fun

And Don't Damn Me. One of my favourite GnR tracks and it's never been played live

I mentioned Human Being in my list, but realistically I could have left it off as I did with Don't Damn Me.

Don't Damn Me is one of their greatest songs, but like Human Being it'll be a real challenge for Axl to sing those songs. No time to breathe.

[Spirit]

If i am in a building, and they play coma, live, i will legit lose my shit.

It's on the top of 90% of people's wish list I think. It would be insanity.

Not sure if it was mentioned or not, rumor is they sound checked parts if it.

Ah man... as if the waiting time for the next shows wasn't long enough already.

[Voodoochild]

Great review by Chuerta86 @ MyGNR. Notice he talks about rumor of Coma in the rehearsals.

Anyway, just short notes, don't read if you don't want spoilers...I guess

Axl sounded AMAZING, probably the best I've heard him since 2010
Axl was full of smiles, really moving, dancing and just looked like a new person, so full of confidence.
A lot of exchanges between Duff and Axl
Duff laughing at Axl jokes reference to this being the first show in 23 years (people were loud and couldn't hear much)
Slash was on fire, not many exchanges with Axl at first but midway through the end they also exchanged laughs, got close together and hug in the end
Fortus was fun to see, played Bumbleefoots arpeggios in Better while Slash did his take on the solo
The band did a jam before Better, at first I thought it was a new song, but eventually it turned into Better. I did not hear the intro lick just the intro chorus being sung mostly by Duff. Perhaps someone else who was there can address that. To me it sounded pretty good though.
Slash didn't seem to like Chinese Democracy, perhaps it was me but he looked bored. As an editorial, I felt this song doesn't suit Slash style. I would have imagined Street of Dreams would more suitable.
She-Pitman (Melissa Reese) was pretty cool and fun to watch, she was doing backing vocals, and seemed to also do samples but I couldn't really hear anything.
Axl fell on his back but kept smiling and singing during Mr. Brownstone, his pants also had  a huge hole.
DOUBLE TALKING JIVE!!! Nuff said
New Rose was also a nice surprise!
Frank sounded better than the other times, still missing the Adler feel, but he was solid. Perhaps it was the venue, the excitement or adrenaline. His drum set also looked smaller and much simpler.
The Godfather with the full band was EPIC. Slash started it, followed by Dizzy on piano and then the rest of the band it led into SWOM
Not sure if it was intentional or not but the end of SCOM sounded just a tad different, I think Duff played an off note.
It definitely was my best GnR experience, it was a historical night. What better place to see a rebirth of GnR of sorts in a place that hold so much history. I think we can expect surprises live in terms of songs; it was reported that Coma was played during soundcheck, I did not hear it so take it for what it is. That with the inclusion of Double Talking Jive I think they will be playing more deep cuts and stuff they havent touched in years. I would not be surprised if they add Perfect Crime.

Vegas be ready because your ass is going to get kicked hard.

Celebrities that i remember:  Nicholas Cage, Jim Carrey, Rocket Raccoon, Lenny Kravitz and Daryl Dixon.

(...)

Also, Axl introduced everyone including Melissa Reese during the intros. Duff and Slash both interacted with her during the show and at the end when bowing down Slash was reaching out for her. No sign of Pitman, it's safe to say she will in the stadium tour. She was moving around a lot. Pitman never stood out to me, actually, I had no idea he was even there the times I saw GnR.

Also, they didn't play the sampled intro to Chinese, Slash went straight to the intro riff.

Source: http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?/topic/214419-guns-n-roses-play-troubadour-los-angeles-friday-april-1-2016-axl-slash-duff-reunited/&do=findComment&comment=4128338

[Bazfreak]

I would pick Locomotive over Coma easily!

[Johnnyblood]

Wonders never cease! Yay Axl for moving on. So happy for the guys. I read Duff's and Slash's books last year, and it made me really sad about how things fell apart. They fought so hard to start the band. I hope this works.

[gcluskey]

Show #1 is done and Double Talkin' Jive and New Rose has been brought back in a setlist specially made for a club show I assume.

I think this bodes well for the full production shows in terms of bringing back more stuff.

I hope we'll get to hear:

Perfect Crime
Dead Horse
Coma
Breakdown
Pretty Tied Up
Move To The City
Human Being
Ain't It Fun

And Don't Damn Me. One of my favourite GnR tracks and it's never been played live

I mentioned Human Being in my list, but realistically I could have left it off as I did with Don't Damn Me.

Don't Damn Me is one of their greatest songs, but like Human Being it'll be a real challenge for Axl to sing those songs. No time to breathe.

I don't know about that, I think Don't Damn Me would be handy enough song to sing live. I'd love to hear Axl's thoughts on why they never performed such a killer track

[BillBailey702]

BEST FUCKING FOOTAGE SO FAR!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ARjFgSjySA

The person axl is pointing up to is Jim Carey, amazing moment

[Thorned Rose]

Yeah Slash brings just an auroa of coolness and chill to the stage...

He just adds so much. As it was still evident from the footage. Bucket, Ashba, Thal... Finck were all good guitarists, but not great.

Slash simply was just "good" outside of Gn'R, Slash and Axl together truly sum up what Gn'R are and always will be.

[Johnnyblood]

Show #1 is done and Double Talkin' Jive and New Rose has been brought back in a setlist specially made for a club show I assume.

I think this bodes well for the full production shows in terms of bringing back more stuff.

I hope we'll get to hear:

Perfect Crime
Dead Horse
Coma
Breakdown
Pretty Tied Up
Move To The City
Human Being
Ain't It Fun

And Don't Damn Me. One of my favourite GnR tracks and it's never been played live

I mentioned Human Being in my list, but realistically I could have left it off as I did with Don't Damn Me.

Don't Damn Me is one of their greatest songs, but like Human Being it'll be a real challenge for Axl to sing those songs. No time to breathe.

I don't know about that, I think Don't Damn Me would be handy enough song to sing live. I'd love to hear Axl's thoughts on why they never performed such a killer track

I think both DDM and HB would be physically tough to do live. There isn't much space to grab air between the lines. I'd love to hear Breakdown--my choice for the top moment on UYI.

[Malcolm]

BEST FUCKING FOOTAGE SO FAR!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ARjFgSjySA

Thanks, that is amazing footage...Love it in the last 20 seconds where slash finally kinda kicks it and gets pumped up playing jungle again

[draguns]

I would love to hear Don't Damn Me play live. One of the best GNR songs!

[Giantrobott]

Breakdown for sure. Slash's energy on the solos make me wanna break things.