[Updates] July 16th, 2016 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre

[BFD]

I have to say this show was fantastic.  Billy Talent was good, and their sound was good.  The guns going for half an hour on the screen got the crowd a little antsy.  The security was telling people at 9:20 to get out of the aisles, the show is starting...then the guns!!!  Woooo!  Then the waiting.  Then Axl, Slash and Duff hit the stage for the first time in Toronto in 24 years!

The sound for the first few songs didn't sound ideal.  Bass and drums were coming through great.  Vocals and guitar not so much.  Maybe 50,000+ voices in the seats were competing for the high end in that concrete building...but as the night went on the mix seemed better.  This I Love got a better reception than anticipated.  It is my least favourite GNR song but Axl's vocal sounded fantastic, and then Slash's solo got everyone going.  Playing Sorry and Better back to back seemed to take a bit of energy out of the crowd.  I'm willing to bet 99.9% would have preferred My Michelle over Sorry but I enjoyed hearing it.  Though it was a very similar set list to what we've seen most of the year the set lasted a little longer than usual.  In fact, the wait for the encore was minimal...almost like the band realized it'd been a long night. 

I can't imagine that stadium has seen a rock show like that before.  I've talked to dozens of people who attended and all raved about the show...even though it was likely the most any of them have ever spent on a concert...and even though it's so easy it seems to bash on Axl for both fair and unfair reasons.  Even the media has given its "thumbs up".  I think I enjoyed Toronto more than I enjoyed Vegas.  Maybe because I was more awake this Saturday night and I didn't have to fly across the continent to see a show the same day. 

[MrMojoRa]

Otherwise, the tight-sounding group - rounded out by rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer and keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese - began their marathon set just ten minutes after their scheduled start, which is a miracle by the notoriously late Rose?s standards, launching the night with It?s So Easy.

How many times are we still gonna read this? Even back in the 2013/14 they were not late like that. If you want to consider only this new lineup, they were not significantly late a single time.

It's the go-to rhetoric for mindless trolls.

[D-GenerationX]

I can't imagine that stadium has seen a rock show like that before.  I've talked to dozens of people who attended and all raved about the show...even though it was likely the most any of them have ever spent on a concert...and even though it's so easy it seems to bash on Axl for both fair and unfair reasons.  Even the media has given its "thumbs up".  I think I enjoyed Toronto more than I enjoyed Vegas.  Maybe because I was more awake this Saturday night and I didn't have to fly across the continent to see a show the same day. 

Had to be better with him out of the chair, right?

I was worried the vocals might suffer, but he sounded great, I thought.

[banachkevin]

To be honest I wasn't that exited to see billy talent, but I think they fit the bill just right. Lots of energy and they sounded great. They got a new fan that night