December 1 - Ames, IA @ Hilton Coliseum

[Ringo]

I hope so i have to drive out of a blizzard to get there only 4 1/2 hour drive from here in illinois...

[pntra420]

Me Too!  Think it's 5 for me.

[Ringo]

Holy shit 14 inchs of snow in illinois   hw 74 and 39 shut down..How in the hell  am i suppose to get to Ames

[Deez Nuts]

Leaving now gunners!  7-8 hour trip, get there safe guys and party hard.

[WhatIsItMan]

Holy shit 14 inchs of snow in illinois? ?hw 74 and 39 shut down..How in the hell? am i suppose to get to Ames

I'm trying to figure out how to get out of my driveway...   

[mnsotapop]

Hopefully Axl will make it.  I would bet he stayed the night in Chicago and was planning on flying down to Ames just in time for the show. 

[Ringo]

I hope not........

[Ringo]

We are going to try to leave around 2:00 .It stopped snowing here and hope the plowes get out there and clear the roads...

[Ringo]

Holy shit 14 inchs of snow in illinois? ?hw 74 and 39 shut down..How in the hell? am i suppose to get to Ames

I'm trying to figure out how to get out of my driveway...? ?

  I hear you i got 14 inchs of snow here.........

[JuicySwoos]

I am leaving at 4:30 from Minneapolis...bring 3 bottles of night train with me...damn i am excited

[mnsotapop]

I am leaving at 4:30 from Minneapolis...bring 3 bottles of night train with me...damn i am excited

Don't go to fast on I35, the Iowa State Patrol likes cashing those Minnesota speeding tickets

[JuicySwoos]

I am leaving at 4:30 from Minneapolis...bring 3 bottles of night train with me...damn i am excited

Don't go to fast on I35, the Iowa State Patrol likes cashing those Minnesota speeding tickets

I am not driving, but told the person who is driving he is not going to speed for that reason.  Thanks!

[JuicySwoos]

Gosh, I hope Axl isnt stuck in Chicago.... The airport is shut down apparently....

[mnsotapop]

Apparently Axl didn't hit the stage till 12:35 am...

Wake up and give us a review you motherfockers?

Guns N? Roses? setlist from Hilton Coliseum in Ames From the Des Moines Register

1. ?Welcome to the Jungle? (12:35am)

2. ?It?s So Easy?

3. ?Mr. Brownstone?

4. ?Live and Let Die?

5. ?Sweet Child O? Mine?

6. ?Better?

7. ?Knockin? on Heaven?s Door?

8. ?You Could Be Mine?

9. ?The Blues?

10. ?Out ta Get Me?

11. ?Used to Love Her?

12. ?IRS?

13. ?My Michelle?

14. ?Patience?

15. ?Nightrain?

16. ?Chinese Democracy? (encore)

17. ?Madagascar? (encore)

18. ?Paradise City? (encore) (2:38am)

[west_coast_offense]

I cut and pasted my review from mygnr....................here you go.

So i'll start with standing in line. We get there at about 400 and there's less than a dozen people in front of us. The line for the GA was very small, I'd say about 30 people until about 630. Then the line started to get longer. The crowd was very diverse as far as age goes, there was a couple there that look like they were in their 60's. Then there was a family there with a kid that looked like he was 7 or 8. But lot of kids in high school n stuff like that. IT WAS COLD AS FUCK. I was wearing Chuck Taylor's so my toes were frozen like nobody's business. At 7 o'clock the doors finally opened. As we were running to get our front row spot, the old couple that I was telling you about, the lady fell on her face. NO BULLSHIT!!!! 

But anyways, at 7:30, a band from St Louis played, forgot their names. I guess they won a spot from a radio contest or something to open. They were alright. Next were the Suicide Girls, HOT HOT HOT SEXY HOT. Nuff said. Then Baz, comes on with his corny ass. I was not a fan of him and still am not. However, I did enjoy his performance, better than what I expected. Blah blah blah.

Then shitty ass Helmet. I just did not get this. They SUCKED, THEY SUCKED, THEY FUCKING SUCKED. Their music was bland and boring, kinda killed the enthusiasm. The crowd booed them and a couple of things got thrown at them. I don't understand why Axl thought that EODM sucked and don't think Helmet sucks. But then came the wait.

12:30 am...................are you fucking kidding me? When 12:00 o'clock rolled around, I thought that the show was gonna get cancelled and that we would have a Philly on hour hands but this time with pitch forks. But when Axl finally came on stage, all was forgiven. I would say that that Axl was in great form. Voice was good and energy was good. He did blow his nose just a couple of times and coughed a few. The highlight of the show to me was Tommy freakin Stinson. I asked him for a pick, and he threw one to me but I did not catch it. DAMN!!! But dude is hilarous. During November Rain, Tommy was looking down at us, and he was mocking Axl's lyrics. On the part that goes, " Don't you know you need sometime, all alone" Tommy mockingly rubs tears out of his eyes. Funny as hell. I will now say that Tommy won me over.

Overall, the show was good as expected, Axl looked great, but pretty short. And speaking of short, Baz's bass player looks like a midget. Either that or he could be a stunt double for an Asian in a kung fu movie. But anyways, seeing the concert front row and absorbing in the show did not change my opinion about this band. It was a great show, but the 1993 show was better. I still think that there is a lack of chemistry between the bandmates. Security was very cool. They were passing out cups of water to the people on the floor and they were very personable. We waited by the buses hoping to meet members but it got too cold, so we gave up.

I met a couple of people from this board and HTGTH. I met Whatisitman, who by the way, is a season ticket holder to GnR shows.

Another cool thing was, our hotel was right next to this Mexican bar/restaurant who had $.99 Margaritas. 

That's how I get down.

[JuicySwoos]

Sorry if this was posted someplace else already.  But here is a kickass video apparently from the Iowa show.  Amazing camera work, it almost looks pro-shot.  I was there!!  wow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTW7KmbIpYM

[holtzmn73]

Looks like someone filmed the screens

[jemin]

Just wanted to say that I enjoyed this show (much better than the Chicago show, since I posted that there were some things I did not like).  The solos were scattered a bit more and that was one of the complaints I had about the Chi show.  Seemed like to many solos, but this time since they were spread out a bit more it seemed to let the set breathe (if that makes any sense).  The long wait did kill me since I had a 4 hour drive through the shitty ass weather.  I ended up not getting home until 7 am the next day.   

[WhatIsItMan]

I met a couple of people from this board and HTGTH. I met Whatisitman, who by the way, is a season ticket holder to GnR shows.

Ha ha Nice!   

[Backslash]

does someone have an accurate setlist for this show?  November Rain is missing above...