Twelve GN'R shows in Vegas (10/31 - 11/24)

[axlrosegnr]

"The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas & Clark County, NV will temporary rename Paradise Rd to Paradise City Rd for GUNS N' ROSES residency at The Joint 10/31-11/24!"

https://www.facebook.com/hardrockhotellv/posts/10151222844117720

 

That's so awesome.

[raindogs70]

Is everyone thinking of pre-partying at the Hard Rock or are there better/cheaper bars/pubs nearby?

I think there's a liquor store and a brew house across from the Hard Rock, but I'm sure some are going to tough it out at the nickel slots for "free" drinks.

Keep in mind the Hard Rock's not on the strip, it's prob. a half hour walk, it's close to UNLV.

There were complaints about the beer selection at The Joint, there's decent brewpubs all over the Strip, but don't remember there being one in the Hard Rock casino.

 

The Hofbr?uhaus is right across the street.

We drank our ASSES OFF one morning at that place a couple trips ago! Great place!

Food ain't bad either. That's about as good as your gonna get for a pre party place. Besides the Hard Rock itself. I wish the Rainbow was still right across the street. That place didn't last too long.

Some people going there prob. think it's close to the Strip.

Can't go wrong with Yard House on variety, but Beer Advocate's a good "go to" guide when you're looking for a place to drink and pick something up for the room.
http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/city/35

[jarmo]

Dizzy Reed talks about Guns N? Roses? upcoming residency in Vegas
Posted by Caroline Fontein on Oct 25th, 2012

In less than a week Sin City will be home to the legendary rock band Guns N? Roses. The group is setting up shop at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for their first residency, ?Appetite for Democracy.?  Their 12-show run at The Joint starts Oct. 31 and runs through Nov. 24.

To honor the occasion, the Hard Rock is renaming their street to welcome the rockers to Vegas. On Oct. 29 Hard Rock and Clark County will declare Paradise Road to be known as Paradise City Road. The name pays homage to the group?s record-breaking hit ?Paradise City.?

?Appetite for Democracy? will feature an exclusive set list that spans the group?s biggest hit songs from their debut album, ?Appetite for Destruction? (1987), to their most recent platinum-selling album, ?Chinese Democracy? (2008).

Today?s GNR lineup consists of frontman and founder Axl Rose, DJ Ashba (guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboards), Tommy Stinson (bass), Richard Fortus (guitar), Ron ?Bumblefoot? Thal (guitar), Chris Pitman (keyboards) and Frank Ferrer (drums).

?There?s definitely going to be some cool surprises, and I don?t want to give anything away,? said Reed. ?The main thing is that [fans] are going to see a kickass rock and roll show. ?

Reed joined GNR in 1990, making him the longest-running member in the band aside from Rose. He played on both the ?Use Your Illusion I and II? albums and contributed to a majority of the songs, including ?Dust N Bones,? ?Live and Let Die,? ?Novemeber Rain,? ?Garden of Eden,? ?Civil War? and ?Yesterdays.?

VEGAS.com had a chance to talk to Reed about the group?s upcoming residency and what it means to the band to be playing in the Entertainment Capital of the World. Here?s what he had to say:

What made the band decide to do this residency in Vegas at the Hard Rock?

?Vegas is a fun town, a great place to play. We love playing there. Great atmosphere, very festive,  so it seemed like a good idea.?

What does the band have planned for the residency shows?

?We?ll do a lot of drinking, a lot of gambling, hope to play some golf during the day and yeah and play at night.?

Are fans in Vegas going to see anything different with your residency shows than they would when the band is on tour?

?There?s definitely going to be some cool surprises, and I don?t want to give anything away. The main thing is that they?re going to see a kickass rock and roll show. That?s what we deliver, and we do it every  night. That?s where it?s at; that?s the bottom line.?

What about your set list? What do you have planned?

?Well, we have a shitload of songs worked up, and we have for a while. You know the thing with this band and the way it?s always been with this band is there?s never really a set set list. It?s just more of a guide. ? We have a huge repertoire, and we?ll be pulling stuff from that every night??

When you?re not performing are you going to be staying in Vegas?

?As far as I know, we?re going to be hanging in Vegas most of the time, the whole time probably. I may have to come home maybe once or twice just to check on the place, but for the most part we?ll hanging there. So, you?ll see us around out on the golf course, in the casinos, the nightclubs ? that?s what Vegas is all about.?

What does it mean to you that 2012 is also the 25th anniversary of ?Appetite for Destruction??

?The whole anniversary thing is pretty amazing to me ? it just makes me feel kind of old. I?ve been in this band a long time. That?s a lifetime for a lot of people, but it?s cool that it?s still going strong. It?s great to be a part of it. Like I said, this is just a kickass band, and we definitely do it all justice.?

Why do you think that album continues to be so iconic today?

?Today I think music is so much more about the production and the bells and the whistles and the tones and the sounds, who won ?American Idol.? It?s more about the presentation, but at the end of the day if you can sit down and play a song on your acoustic guitar or on the piano and it still sounds great, that?s what it?s all about. I think that record comes from that period of time when you had to have that.?

I know you joined the band after that album came out, but what is it like for you to play those songs for fans 25 years after ?Appetite? was released?

?Well, you know, we?ve been playing a lot of those songs for a long time, but when I first joined the band, I was a big fan of that record. It?s always a treat for me to add what I can to those songs. I always think it?s good to twist things around a little bit when you play things live. To me, it?s always kind of disappointing to go see a band and they play their record exactly the same as the record from beginning to end. It?s a little boring? To add anything creatively and to help deliver it to people that?s always a treat. That?s why we do this.?

Are you working on any new music now?

?We?ve been kicking some ideas around. We have some time off in Vegas. Hopefully we?ll be able to organize ourselves to get in a room and continue to refine a lot of those ideas and see what happens. I think as a whole this particular lineup has never really written together. We have in smaller groups?it could be great, it could be a disaster, you never know. We have three guitar players. You have three guitar players in a room together it?s always going to be volatile, but I shouldn?t say that because those guys are great. They actually work really great together, and they?re all so good. They?re the top of the heap, and for them to be able to work things out and present it the way we do every night live, it?s pretty amazing. I?m sure we can harness that energy and that vibe and get stuff recorded.?

There always seems to be some controversy surrounding GNR, but what do you want fans to know about the band and your music?

?I just want our fans to know we?re thinking about them. We always do because it?s for them. Everything we do is for the fans. As far as controversy and stuff, I probably said something in this interview that?s going to start something. I never know (laughs)? We?re here for the fans and we appreciate the fans, especially the ones that have been fans for such a long time and the ones that have come out and seen the new band. I know there?s always been skeptics, obviously, and the ones that actually come out, I think most of them walk away going, ?Wow that was cool; that is a great band.? So if you haven?t seen us yet come check it out.?

What does it mean to you that GNR is going to be part of the entertainment lineup in Vegas?

?You know when I was growing up it was such a really cool special thing. You heard about the Rat Pack  performing there.  Then when Elvis did his residency, that was just a huge thing. It was just like magic ? you just wanted to be there. So I think , you know, not that we?re as cool as Elvis or anything, but we?re still alive, that?s a positive, and just to be a part of that, that?s pretty awesome.?



Guns N? Roses
When: 9 p.m. Wed., Sun., 10 p.m. Fri. ? Sat., Oct. 31 ? Nov. 24
Where: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino


http://blog.vegas.com/las-vegas-shows/dizzy-reed-talks-about-guns-n-roses-upcoming-residency-in-vegas-25064/





/jarmo

[jarmo]

Guns N' Roses planning most elaborate spectacle yet for extended Vegas stay


By Jason Bracelin
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Oct. 26, 2012 | 2:07 a.m.

When DJ Ashba was but 9 years old he was already playing guitar in cover bands, small in stature if not aspiration.

"I remember trying to play Guns N' Roses songs," he says, recalling a bit of youthful prescience.

Today, Ashba sits in a backroom of The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel as one of the guitarists of the band whose locomotive riffs and finger-spraining solos challenged him as a kid.

It took close to three decades to get the gig, but here he is, reclining on a couch, talking about GNR's upcoming "Appetite for Democracy" 12-show residency at the venue.

"We're doing stuff that we've never done before at any shows," he boasts, though boasting isn't really his thing.

Ashba looks like an extrovert, someone comfortable being at the center of attention, with tattooed arms as brightly colored as macaw plumage sticking out of a sleeveless blue flannel shirt, matching lip and nose rings and the fashionably distressed cowboy hat of a range-riding goth.

He has the appearance of a rock star - and he certainly is - but he doesn't always carry himself like one, a thoughtful, soft-spoken presence who's gradually gone from outcast to insider.

"It was really tough as a kid," Ashba recalls of growing up in the soybean country of central Illinois. "I would spend most of my time under our stairs in the basement. I felt so alone. I couldn't really relate to anyone. I didn't know why I felt like I did. I just knew I wasn't in the right place. I knew that I didn't belong there."

As confusing as his childhood was at times, it would prepare Ashba well for eventually joining Guns N' Roses, a band of misfits who made not fitting in both a visual and musical aesthetic.

The album that started it all for the band, that got Ashba and millions of others hooked, that continues to stand as a landmark of sleaze, danger and leather, 1987's "Appetite for Destruction," turned 25 this year and is still the heart that pumps the blood through the band's veins, even though only singer Axl Rose remains from the lineup that recorded the album.

This has long been a sore spot for certain GNR loyalists, some of whom have gone so far as to show up to the band's gigs sporting the signature top hat of former guitarist Slash in protest of his absence from the current incarnation of the group.

"If you're coming out to see the old band, you're going to be bummed," Ashba says. "They haven't been around for well over 15 years. If you're coming out with an open mind, you're going to get your ass kicked hard. That I can promise."

Guns N' Roses lived up to Ashba's words the last time the band was in town for a pair of shows New Year's weekend, also at The Joint.

On the first night of the two-day stand, the band powered through a sweaty, completely over-the-top, three-hour demonstration of rock 'n' roll of button-bursting heft.

In a town of all-you-can-eat buffets, this was the hard rock equivalent.

In addition to Ashba, the band features two more guitarists (Ron "Bumblefoot" Thall and Richard Fortus), all of whom soloed at will, oblivious to concision.

Rose seldom stopped moving, and when he did, it was to plant his feet and send his voice hurtling up to the rafters in his trademark shriek that still hammers eardrums the way a blacksmith pounds his anvil.

Meanwhile, there was so much pyro going off that nostrils were stung by the acrid sent of sulfur that lingered in the air after the explosions.

It was spectacle served in corpulent portions, a thoroughly overstuffed performance - but that was the whole point.

From the outset, this band has been defined by excess, initially of a darker, drugs and booze variety, but this same too-much-is-never-enough spirit still propels the group forward.

For their extended Vegas stay, GNR is planning their most elaborate production yet.

"When you're on the road, you can only do so much a night because the show has to be big, but it can't be too big to where you can't tear it down and get it to the next state," says Ashba, who now lives in Vegas. "This is something where we can custom build a stage just for the venue, we can bring in the right lighting. You can do so many things and really cater to the venue that you're playing in."

Ashba also says that the band will mix things up songwise from night to night.

"We don't want to play the same show 12 times in a row," he explains. "We do know that there's people who are going to see the show four or five times, and our main goal is to make sure that it's a different experience every show.

"What Axl's really good at doing is reading the crowd," he continues. "We never follow a set list. Basically, we just kind of go from song to song and throw it out on the spot, in between every song, and that's what makes every show so spontaneous and different. It makes it a little more nerve-racking, but it makes it fun and real. It doesn't get stale."

It's hard to imagine life in this band ever growing old for Ashba, a music lifer who started playing piano at age 3 at his mother's prompting.

All these years later, he's still performing some of the same songs he did as a kid, handed the key to a "Paradise City" all his own.

"I never doubted what I was going to do," Ashba says of a career in rock 'n' roll. "In fact, I dated a girl all through high school, and I remember telling her in the sixth grade, 'I'm just letting you know, one day, I'm going to L.A. to become a rock star.' As soon as I graduated, I went, 'All right, I'm out.'

"She didn't believe me," he says, savoring the memory, "but I always knew."

Contact reporter Jason Bracelin at jbracelin@ reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0476.


http://www.lvrj.com/neon/guns-n-roses-planning-most-elaborate-spectacle-yet-for-extended-vegas-stay-175937871.html




/jarmo

[sexkitten]

Is everyone thinking of pre-partying at the Hard Rock or are there better/cheaper bars/pubs nearby?

I think there's a liquor store and a brew house across from the Hard Rock, but I'm sure some are going to tough it out at the nickel slots for "free" drinks.

Keep in mind the Hard Rock's not on the strip, it's prob. a half hour walk, it's close to UNLV.

There were complaints about the beer selection at The Joint, there's decent brewpubs all over the Strip, but don't remember there being one in the Hard Rock casino.

 

The Hofbr?uhaus is right across the street.

We drank our ASSES OFF one morning at that place a couple trips ago! Great place!

Food ain't bad either. That's about as good as your gonna get for a pre party place. Besides the Hard Rock itself. I wish the Rainbow was still right across the street. That place didn't last too long.

We should just all meet at the center bar in the hard rock for the pre-party!  How can we not??? all decked out in GNR!  LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY FOLKS...IT'S GOING TO BE BALLS TO THE WALL! I'M SOOOO PSYCHED!!!!

[axlrosegnr]

Got my poker chips this morning!

[raindogs70]

I think GNR would be real easy to spot on a LV golf course.

[Siamese Democracy]

Jarmo wil you be there to provide updates for us?

[jazjme]

Glad I didn't book trip for the first 3 shows from NY, I think I would be fucked with the damn storm coming exactly the same time I would be trying to leave, just hope it doesn't bleed into next week when I do go.

[Dalshime]

Glad I didn't book trip for the first 3 shows from NY, I think I would be fucked with the damn storm coming exactly the same time I would be trying to leave, just hope it doesn't bleed into next week when I do go.

I had a flight booked for Tuesday so I changed it last night knowing I was probably going to be screwed. I'm glad I took care of it so quickly! I now leave tomorrow at 1pm and on top of my 3 Guns shows, I got tickets for Dylan and Elton John! I can't fn' wait.

[jazjme]

Glad I didn't book trip for the first 3 shows from NY, I think I would be fucked with the damn storm coming exactly the same time I would be trying to leave, just hope it doesn't bleed into next week when I do go.

I had a flight booked for Tuesday so I changed it last night knowing I was probably going to be screwed. I'm glad I took care of it so quickly! I now leave tomorrow at 1pm and on top of my 3 Guns shows, I got tickets for Dylan and Elton John! I can't fn' wait.

cool, have a blast!

[axlrosegnr]

I think I'm gonna have to take a couple hours off work for this:

On Monday, Oct. 29, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas and Clark County will declare Paradise Road to be known as Paradise City Road in honor of rock legends Guns N? Roses? first-ever residency, Appetite for Democracy, at The Joint. The street will pay homage to Guns N? Roses? record-breaking hit ?Paradise City,? through the band?s extended run Wednesday, Oct. 31 ? Saturday, Nov. 24.

At 2:30 p.m., members of Guns N? Roses will celebrate with a renaming event in Hard Rock Hotel?s parking lot in front of Paradise Road, next to the main valet entrance. Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow will declare the street be temporarily known as Paradise City Road and present the Guns N? Roses band members with an official street sign. They will be joined by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino?s Chief Operations Officer Jody Lake, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino?s Vice President of Entertainment Paul Davis, AEG Live Las Vegas? Vice President John Nelson and AEG Live Las Vegas? Marketing Director Suzanne Richardson. During the event, the group will address the crowd and pose for photos.

Las Vegas will never be the same as the world?s most iconic rock band, Guns N? Roses, takes over Sin City with their first-ever residency Appetite for Democracy at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The band will play 12 shows starting Wednesday, Oct. 31 through Saturday, Nov. 24.

Each night, the band will perform an electrifying show featuring a set list created exclusively for The Joint. Appetite for Democracy will span the band?s biggest hits from their debut album Appetite for Destruction (1987) through their platinum-selling record Chinese Democracy (2008). Exact details about the show are being kept under wraps but fans can expect the raw and gritty heavy metal Guns N? Roses is known for along with a few surprise elements. Produced exclusively by AEG Live, Appetite for Democracy is unlike any show the band has ever done before or will ever do again.

Ticket prices start at $45 (plus applicable services fees). To purchase tickets or for more information, visit the Hard Rock Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com, www.thejointlasvegas.com or charge-by-phone at 800.745.3000. Ticket and room packages are available at www.hardrockhotel.com.

http://tunes.broadwayworld.com/article/Paradise-Road-to-Temporarily-be-Renamed-Paradise-City-Road-in-Honor-of-Guns-N-Roses-20121026

[Annie]

Is everyone thinking of pre-partying at the Hard Rock or are there better/cheaper bars/pubs nearby?

I think there's a liquor store and a brew house across from the Hard Rock, but I'm sure some are going to tough it out at the nickel slots for "free" drinks.

Keep in mind the Hard Rock's not on the strip, it's prob. a half hour walk, it's close to UNLV.

There were complaints about the beer selection at The Joint, there's decent brewpubs all over the Strip, but don't remember there being one in the Hard Rock casino.

 

The Hofbr?uhaus is right across the street.

We drank our ASSES OFF one morning at that place a couple trips ago! Great place!

Food ain't bad either. That's about as good as your gonna get for a pre party place. Besides the Hard Rock itself. I wish the Rainbow was still right across the street. That place didn't last too long.

We should just all meet at the center bar in the hard rock for the pre-party!  How can we not??? all decked out in GNR!  LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY FOLKS...IT'S GOING TO BE BALLS TO THE WALL! I'M SOOOO PSYCHED!!!!

I agree. I'll be wearing a white flowing ghost costume and I will be with my date Bitty Ted of Gisborne.

[Siamese Democracy]

I am seriously debating getting my butt to Vegas for some residency shows.  Anyone think it will be possible to get a pic with Axl?  Seems like if he is staying in the rea he may be more accessible to the fans.  It is my dream to have a photograph of myself with W. Axl Rose.  It would be a keeper!   

[axlrosegnr]

I am seriously debating getting my butt to Vegas for some residency shows.  Anyone think it will be possible to get a pic with Axl?  Seems like if he is staying in the rea he may be more accessible to the fans.  It is my dream to have a photograph of myself with W. Axl Rose.  It would be a keeper!   

Do it man!!! Come on out! Sure it's possible. I got my arm signed last year, I'm sure you could catch him at some point. Hang in the Casino after the show, he'll walk through eventually. Even if you don't get your pic with him, you'll see the best show of the year!

[GnR-NOW]

I hope to meet Axl too, that would be the icing on the cake !

[One.In.A.Million]

When I went to Las Vegas in 2006, to see the Sept 16th/17th shows at the old Joint. I was walking around the Hard Rock checking things out and I got my photo taken in front of the GN'R display window by another fan. And I went into the memoribilia store which was located just next to the reception where guests checked in. And I'm looking at the t shirts, and I almost literaly bump into Ron doing the same, it was unbelievable. 

I told him how great the show last night was, and we was talking about me flying from the UK, and also the show on that night. I got a photo with him and he was the nicest guy ever, and he also waved at me on that night at the show, and everyone around me was like "WTF is he waving at you?". 

Also saw Robin and Richard laughing at the GN'R display window, probably because of all of the old bands gear being in there at that time. Also saw Dizzy and Del strolling through the casino... and all this was in 2 days!!!!!!!!.

So if you want to meet members of GN'R, Las Vegas IS the place to go to see them. 

[axlrosegnr]

When I went to Las Vegas in 2006, to see the Sept 16th/17th shows at the old Joint. I was walking around the Hard Rock checking things out and I got my photo taken in front of the GN'R display window by another fan. And I went into the memoribilia store which was located just next to the reception where guests checked in. And I'm looking at the t shirts, and I almost literaly bump into Ron doing the same, it was unbelievable. 

I told him how great the show last night was, and we was talking about me flying from the UK, and also the show on that night. I got a photo with him and he was the nicest guy ever, and he also waved at me on that night at the show, and everyone around me was like "WTF is he waving at you?". 

Also saw Robin and Richard laughing at the GN'R display window, probably because of all of the old bands gear being in there at that time. Also saw Dizzy and Del strolling through the casino... and all this was in 2 days!!!!!!!!.

So if you want to meet members of GN'R, Las Vegas IS the place to go to see them. 

YEP! Over new years, I saw every one in the casino at some point, and that was just one weekend! Haha. (Totally off subject, but as I was taking the elevator down to the casino one time, the door opens and I see Fieldy from Korn standing there by himself playing with his phone. Haha, I said what's up Fieldy, and he just looked up and smiled and extended his hand. Almost as if he was happy someone recognized him. So yeah, besides the band, it wouldn't surprise me to see other known people wandering around as well.)

[Siamese Democracy]

When I went to Las Vegas in 2006, to see the Sept 16th/17th shows at the old Joint. I was walking around the Hard Rock checking things out and I got my photo taken in front of the GN'R display window by another fan. And I went into the memoribilia store which was located just next to the reception where guests checked in. And I'm looking at the t shirts, and I almost literaly bump into Ron doing the same, it was unbelievable. 

I told him how great the show last night was, and we was talking about me flying from the UK, and also the show on that night. I got a photo with him and he was the nicest guy ever, and he also waved at me on that night at the show, and everyone around me was like "WTF is he waving at you?". 

Also saw Robin and Richard laughing at the GN'R display window, probably because of all of the old bands gear being in there at that time. Also saw Dizzy and Del strolling through the casino... and all this was in 2 days!!!!!!!!.
 
So if you want to meet members of GN'R, Las Vegas IS the place to go to see them. 

rd Rocl I will be able to meet a band member and maybe even a nice photo of me and one of them?!!?   Seems like my best bet.  I really want to get to know tefans and te bnd as I am really into GNR.,

[gabble]

Not sure if it's been posted already, but I just found an article about the residency in the Hard Rock Hotel magazine.

http://issuu.com/hrhmag/docs/hard-rock-hotel-casino-fall-2012?mode=window&pageNumber=50