[UPDATES] July 4th, 2017 Prague, Czech Republic @ Leti?tě Praha Letňany

[Lord Stan]

And the show must go on

I am a little familiar with the city but never been to the venue. It is an old airport so plenty of space maybe. Last show for me in this leg and everyone knows what the 4th of July is for Americans. Let's see if that means anything to Axl when he's at work. Does he get double time

All ready and booked, just waiting at work now

Edited to add:

For any of us foreigners attending wednesday is a local public holiday. Not sure how it affects to anything though but usually somehow.

[gnr-4-ever]

Landed in Prague yesterday, first show of this tour for me. 

[zombux]

not sure if this information got out loud enough: the Metro C (red line), which goes from the city centre to Letňany (terminus) is interrupted in the city centre.
there are substitute buses XC, but since the situation started early today, there were huge delays, the buses were completely full and people might have almost 1 HOUR delays!
so double check your travel itinerary so you don't end up lost somewhere.
if you arrive to the city via bus to Florenc station, you're OK.
http://www.dpp.cz/en/transit-restrictions/flonrec-prazskeho-povstani-temporary-suspension-of-the-metro-service/

[Lord Stan]

Does that mean there is no metro at all or not as many trains going.

I was thinking of spending a few hours walking towards the venue.

[Lord Stan]

What is this now, good I checked:

16:00 doors open

17:15 Jesse Jo Stark

18:05 Biffy Clyro

19:15 Guns N' Roses
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If it says 19:15 then I believe it is so but that seems to be just some random site though

[hRob]

from the Live Nation fb page

[hRob]

Does that mean there is no metro at all or not as many trains going.

I was thinking of spending a few hours walking towards the venue.

PARKING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Parking will not be available for visitors at the GUNS N? ROSES concert;
We would kindly like to ask all the concert visitors to use a public transport -metro C line - getting off at the Letňany Metro Station and after the concert again to use the same public transport ? its service from 14:00 to 20:00 and from 22:30 to 24:00 will be significantly enhanced. For transportation from the eastern part of the city you can also take advantage of an enhanced 195 bus service on Skalka ? Vysočansk? - Letňany route. Please note that there is a total lack of parking space at the location of the concert.

[allwaystired]

Are Biffy Clyro a big deal over there? I'm surprised they're supporting- in the UK they are pretty popular in their own right. Arena level shows.

[zombux]

Does that mean there is no metro at all or not as many trains going.

I was thinking of spending a few hours walking towards the venue.

the metro works, actually they even go more frequently to Letňany because of the show.
but they only go from Florenc to Letňany and back, not further in the city centre:


so if you come by bus, you're most probably OK, because most buses to Prague terminate at Florenc bus terminal.
if you arrive to another bus terminal (unlikely, all others are small, but it's possible), check for alternate route.
if you arrive by train, you most probably arrive to Hlavn? n?dra?? (Main station), which is 1 metro stop from Florenc... but the metro doesn't work there at the moment. I suggest you take the short way on foot to Florenc, it's about 10 minutes walk.
if you arrive via plane to V?clav Havel airport, you have multiple choices how to get to Letňany:
1. Bus AE (Airport Express) - this one doesn't use the standard public transport ticket and you have to pay for it separately (dunno, I've never ever used this one). but it takes you quite quickly to the city center, you can either drive to Hlavn? n?dra?? or to Masarykovo n?dra?? (the other important train station in the center) - these two are 5 minutes walk from each other and also near Florenc.
2. Bus 100 to Zlič?n, then metro B to Florenc, and change lines to metro C to Letňany
3. Bus 119 to Veleslav?n, then metro A to centre and switch to metro C to Letňany. but this one is NOT recommended at the moment, as the transfer point at Muzeum is being repaired as well... so you have no way to switch metros comfortably
4. of course a taxi - no idea how much it costs on average, I only know that local taxis know how to strip tourists of money! so beware. taxis from big companies like AAA Taxi (yellow taxis) should be okay.

[AFGnR]

Jarmo, are you going to this and all the shows still?

[gnr-4-ever]

Buzzing for tonight!! 

I'll be wearing a black Charlie Don't Surf shirt and jeans, feel free to say hello if you run into me. 

[allwaystired]

That's a REALLY early onstage time for GNR. Perhaps the earliest of the tour?

[Lord Stan]

That's a REALLY early onstage time for GNR. Perhaps the earliest of the tour?

Probably on this leg but Japan was earlier.

[allwaystired]

That's a REALLY early onstage time for GNR. Perhaps the earliest of the tour?

Probably on this leg but Japan was earlier.

Sorry yeah, meant on this leg.

[hRob]

JJS started

[Lord Stan]

At the venue with 0 seconds to get in and 30secs to get beer.

Plenty of happy people here and some loud opener. Had to pay deposit for the beer glass but this is actually something I'd like to take home but most likely can't be bothered to carry around.

[allwaystired]

At the venue with 0 seconds to get in and 30secs to get beer.

Plenty of happy people here and some loud opener. Had to pay deposit for the beer glass but this is actually something I'd like to take home but most likely can't be bothered to carry around.

Is the beer glass special then?

[hRob]

At the venue with 0 seconds to get in and 30secs to get beer.

Plenty of happy people here and some loud opener. Had to pay deposit for the beer glass but this is actually something I'd like to take home but most likely can't be bothered to carry around.

Is the beer glass special then?

It's pretty cool, got the classic gnr logo and the name of the tour on it. I'm keeping mine :-)

[ice road trucker]

it is only a glass nothing rare nothing special not rare they made alot of them

[allwaystired]

Made of plastic or glass? If glass- I want one a lot! Can someone save one for me? I'll pay for postage etc. Even better if someone is there from the UK!