November 10 - New York City, NY @ Madison Square Garden

[Spedgear]

A wonderful long line outside the garden for the GA folks...thankfully I don't live too far..but there's a crowd slowly building in the Garden.

[sixgnr]

Aren't there cameras on the street of the Madison?

[Davi]

updates from Madison Square Garden in GN'R BR

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User: tofugunner

 

[sixgnr]

updates from Madison Square Garden in GN'R BR

http://www.gunsnrosesbrasil.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1942&start=75&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

User: tofugunner

 

I don't understand if Baz has started.

[IDonTNeedUrCivilWr]

OMG!  This show rocked!  Rolled in the place around 9:30.  Skipped out on Bach to drink a bit... Going to the bathroom before GNR got on was like being in high school all over again.  If you walked in there, you would lose like 5 years of your life because of all the second-hand smoke.  People did not care at MSG.  It was one giant party!  When Papa Roach was on, we had fun booing the shit out of him and laughing hard at his gay ass.  He totally didn't belong on this show.  He ain't the same genre even.  Anyways... I wish I would have brought my camera inside.  They did not care at all.  You could have brought some heavy duty recording devices and filmed that shit for bootleg DVDs.  MSG did not care.  You live and you learn.

I was buying another beer at a stand after hotboxing a cigarette in a stall like in high school and then the music started thumping the floor.  I'm forcing money in the woman's hand and took the beer out of her hand before she could serve it to me and storm the arena back to my floor seat.  They were doing Jungle and I missed like a minute of the opening.  I clearly thought I'd be waiting a lot longer before they decided to come on.  THey didn't pull that shit Friday night.  I think it might have been around 11:15 or so.  I was in Section 5, Row N.  Not bad.  I could still see plenty of Axl's cornrows.

My fav was You Could Be Mine.  THey ripped that shit apart.  The crowd was goin' nuts.  I was goin' nuts.  Knockin' on Heaven's Door was a great one too.  The crowd got heavy into it.  Axl was doing that shit right.  Great response from the crowd.  Some kids came over and got in the middle of our floor seats to get high.  We hid them from sight and sang along with Axl.  Good times.  Live and Let Die was good too.  IRS was also a good new one.  I had been listening to that one for a week or two beforehand so I was sort of familiar with it and I like that one the best out of all the new album... even though it's not released yet. 

Dizzy had some dreadlocks.  I was laughing at that shit, but whatever.  It's Dizzy.  Man was playing the keys with heart.  Solid.  Go DIzzy!

Robin Finck.  You ROCK man!  Lunacy!  And Ron Fortus man!?!  YOU FUCKING RIP SHIT APART!  God fucking DAMN!  RIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Dude was vain and shit showin' off his ripped abs too.  I ain't hatin' though. 

Bumblefoot could hold his own, but I think Fortus and Finck made him look weak in comparison for the solos at this show. 

Wish I was in Section 6 because I wanted that mic Axl threw out in the crowd.  I bet some blows were thrown for that shit.  Don't be surprised if some deutsch puts out multiple mics on Ebay claiming it's the authentic mic.  Haha. 

Overall, fantastic blowout of a show!  Fucking awesome!  Loved it.  I want more.  I remember jumping up and down on the couch when I got home from middle school for MTV Rocks and Guns videos.  Man, I've been waiting too long for this shit to happen.  I'm really happy right now.  Everyone at the show seemed really happy to be there.  Hope it happens again real soon.  This was also the first time I got to party in NYC.  Great experience!  Axl, you've still got it!

[XxWickeds10xX]

Yeah it was a great show! I was on the floor, right up against the barracade! What a damn ggod show. Robin crowd surfed right over me! This was one of the best times Ive ever had at a concert. What was up with Baz? He complained about his setup about 30 times, plus he kicked some dude out during the first song! What the hell could that guy have done so quickly?

[sexkitten]

The dude he kicked out was right next to me.  He was completely hammered and was flipping baz off the whole time!  Good riddens!

[welshrose]

The show was nothing short of phenominal. I met some cool gunners at the pre-party (burninghills and his friend and my homeboy from Colombia via Ft.Lauderdale)

Words cannot even describe how utterly incredible Robin Finck is, the man is a beast he has this vibe that cannot be touched. He came out looking like an Evil Amish Farmer and his playing was incidenary, I was stunned, he was the best guitar player I have ever seen live and I have seen Slash.

Jungle, Easy, Brownstone shot off like a bottle rocket and the whole place was dancing and singing like it was the last concert they would ever see.

Fincks blues solo was really unique his style and playing is so different than the rest of the players in the band or any guitarist Ive ever heard for that matter. It was just flat out cool. He commands and devours the stage.

Axl was in unreal shape and his voice was consistantly strong and clear, he sounded downright demonic on a few numbers (Chinese Democracy and Out Ta Get Me)

the whole damn gig was great. My only complaint was the pace of the show, the middle section of the show was slow and killed the buzz that was created earlier.

The songs they play are perfect, the setlist was fantastic, I would just rearrange some of the tunes or maybe combine the guitar solos together to create one big 10-12min jam session or something. Because playing 3 songs and then having a 10min break messes with the flow.


However, when the band did kick it in 5th gear I havent seen anything quite so powerful in my life.

9/10 -1 for the flow.


the night belonged to Robin Finck!!!

[GnR-NOW]

I cant believe its over.  I ll be at Baltimore tomorrow, but theres nothing like NYC

[XxWickeds10xX]

The dude he kicked out was right next to me. He was completely hammered and was flipping baz off the whole time! Good riddens!

I must have been real close to you then, cause I was only like 3 people away from that. Where were you at the end when that fight broke out? I was to the right of it when it broke out.

BTW, did anyone see that couple that had thier like 3 year old son with them? I was amazed that security let them in. Poor kid was holding his ears the entire time I seen him. I dont remember seeing around for GnR.

[sexkitten]

Yeah, we must have been right by eachother because I saw that kid too.  What idiot parents to have brought him.  Was also right by the fight.  I'm still sore and bruised...that was hardcore up there.  Still haven't taken my wristband off...

[axlssis]

AWESOME SHOW!!!!!

[XxWickeds10xX]

Still haven't taken my wristband off...

HAHA  I slept with mine on that night. I was too tired to look for the damned scissors at 3am!

[crazycheryl]

How was the preparty at Stitch? Details folks....

[axlssis]

fun as usual.  met alot of cool people as usual.  something about guns fans, we're just too cool!

[anythinggoes]

Something cool i just remembered from that night during IRS at the side of the stage stood Beta Fernando and another girl dancing to the song and doing like a line dance as well i really wish i had captured that moment as it looked great, i think Beta likes the song.

[jarmo]

How was the preparty at Stitch? Details folks....

It was loud.


 


/jarmo

[axlssis]

 ;Dthat's a very good description jarmo!

 

[GnR-NOW]

At the end of the show, Axl said some words, I cant remember what he said anyone recall ?

[IDonTNeedUrCivilWr]

That he hopes to be back in NYC soon.