[UPDATES] The Apollo Theater ? New York, NY ? July 20, 2017

[DeN]

Slash is killing it

[Voodoochild]

I always felt that the Rock in Rio is a more suitable venue for something different like an old song or a deep cut.

Honestly what Hershey Park in PA, or (fill in the blank city) in (fill in the blank State) is a great option if they aren't live streaming the show or recording it for an official release. Whether it's 1500 seats and millions of Sirius subscribers, or 100,000 'seats' at a massive festival being broadcast on live TV and streamed on the internet neither is the ideal situation for going outside of the box. The have been public missteps by the band in the past (i.e. 2002 VMA's) that they don't need to repeat now.

They also brought back Estranged back in 2011 and it was just fine.

[westcoast_junkie]

Well, they do play 2/3 of Appetite at every show, so that says something.

[faldor]

Well, they do play 2/3 of Appetite at every show, so that says something.

I know, they've been honoring AFD for the last 15 years in a sense.

[Virolec]

And that is a battle you are going to lose.  It may make you feel like you are making some brave, powerful statement.

Yet at the end of the day, nothing you do matters.  They are selling out all over the world.  Yes, even despite your strenuous objections.

But keep fighting that good fight, man.  I'm sure victory is juuuuuuussssssssssst around the corner. 

Outside of your discussion re: setlists with the other poster:

This is the point I've been making for awhile about all sorts of things (including new music).  Until the butts stop showing up in seats...they're not really going to be motivated to change anything.  Why? To please the hardcore? Right now, for every person ticked about [insert anything here], who decide to pass on a show, you have 3 more people vying for their ticket.

When attendance drops, they'll have to decide what to do next. New music? Shuffle up the set list? Go away and hide for a few years and do it all again, but with Adler/Izzy/Both? Or just ride off into the sunset (you have to admit...this would be a BALLER way to go out).

But now? They're making money like they're printing it.  They're filling stadiums like they can clone people. They're gonna keep doing what they're doing until that's not true anymore. Rightly so...there's obvious demand for it.

Bingo.  That's about the size of it, and while I can see that some people are frustrated, that's what's on the menu.


Re: the posters - plot twist!  They were trolling to make people who remember 1987 feel old!    Fun fact:  The release of Appetite for Destruction is now closer Chuck Berry releasing Johnny B. Goode  (1958) than it is to today.

[allwaystired]

And that is a battle you are going to lose.  It may make you feel like you are making some brave, powerful statement.

Yet at the end of the day, nothing you do matters.  They are selling out all over the world.  Yes, even despite your strenuous objections.

But keep fighting that good fight, man.  I'm sure victory is juuuuuuussssssssssst around the corner. 

Outside of your discussion re: setlists with the other poster:

This is the point I've been making for awhile about all sorts of things (including new music).  Until the butts stop showing up in seats...they're not really going to be motivated to change anything.  Why? To please the hardcore? Right now, for every person ticked about [insert anything here], who decide to pass on a show, you have 3 more people vying for their ticket.

When attendance drops, they'll have to decide what to do next. New music? Shuffle up the set list? Go away and hide for a few years and do it all again, but with Adler/Izzy/Both? Or just ride off into the sunset (you have to admit...this would be a BALLER way to go out).

But now? They're making money like they're printing it.  They're filling stadiums like they can clone people. They're gonna keep doing what they're doing until that's not true anymore. Rightly so...there's obvious demand for it.

Bingo.  That's about the size of it, and while I can see that some people are frustrated, that's what's on the menu.


Re: the posters - plot twist!  They were trolling to make people who remember 1987 feel old!    Fun fact:  The release of Appetite for Destruction is now closer Chuck Berry releasing Johnny B. Goode  (1958) than it is to today.

Not sure i enjoy being 'trolled' by my favourite band!

[jazjme]

The show absolutely rocked, was great to see you and your wife Jarmo, I can't even bring the words to how incredible and electric it was inside and wow! Yeah Just fucking wow!

[Wooody]

I read somewhere that they played back off bitch but I can't find it anywhere, did they ??

[allwaystired]

I read somewhere that they played back off bitch but I can't find it anywhere, did they ??

Nope. Wherever you read that is bullshit. It wasn't played.

[pilferk]

I read somewhere that they played back off bitch but I can't find it anywhere, did they ??

You MIGHT have read they played Back off Bitch in the Sirius Channel thread.

"They" did...meaning the radio station played it....the version off the album...a few hours before the show.

The band did NOT play it as part of the concert!

[MR.BROWNSTONE]

This was a great show. Very happy I was able to get in. Glad to see a lot of other fans made it in also. My first time in the Apollo Theater. It's pretty cool on the inside. So much history.

[allwaystired]

This was a great show. Very happy I was able to get in. Glad to see a lot of other fans made it in also. My first time in the Apollo Theater. It's pretty cool on the inside. So much history.

Sounds great. Seems a few people from this board managed to get in, which is fantastic. Was worried it would be all 'industry types'.