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Guns n Roses - The O2, Dublin
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Can't wait for this gig ... Yes 2010 at the O2 was a shambles, Axl was 40minutes late ... big deal, the guy has always done this so you should know the score by now, if you can't deal with it then don't go, simples
he puts it down to preparing his voice and getting into the right mentality to play the gig. And personally I would rather wait and get an incredible performance with Axl totally on fire than have him shoehorned on stage just so he is on time.
The crowd was the worst I have ever seen and an embarrassment to this country, What kind of idiot would pay their hard earned money to see an act then fire bottles at them.
Also to people who say this isn't Guns N' Roses, sure its not the original line up, but the band is insanely talented and Axl is the last great rock n' roll front man left.
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A story from The Irish Times, i've highlighted what i find to be very interesting
LINK : http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0128/1224310869204.html
GUNS N’ROSES are to rehearse in Ireland before their forthcoming European tour, MCD promoter Denis Desmond has said.
The band announced a somewhat surprise concert at the O2 in Dublin for May following on from their disastrous performance at the same venue two years ago when singer Axl Rose (pictured) walked off stage and thousands of fans left the arena.
Their O2 concert on May 17th is anticipated to be the first of a series of shows the band will perform across Europe this summer.
It will take place almost 20 years to the day after their headline concert at Slane Castle in 1992.
Desmond said the request to play in Ireland came from Rose himself because the singer felt they had “unfinished business”with their Irish fans.
“We want to keep it simple. The thing is that it is a great show. He [Axl Rose] wants to come back.
“It was his request. The easiest thing for him to do would be to go ‘Oh I’m never coming back again after what happened’ but he wants to come back.”
They are also likely to use their time in Ireland to rehearse songs for an anticipated follow-up to their last album Chinese Democracy which took 13 years to complete. “The band like Ireland, they like playing here,” Desmond added. “I think he’s going to come back and deliver an 11 out of 10 show.”
Guns N’Roses will play the O2 in the full realisation that if they do not finish their set, they will not be allowed to leave the building as happened the last time they played.
The band walked off stage at their previous Irish concert after fans, who were agitated by their late arrival on stage, ignored a warning from Rose not to throw bottles on stage.
After a fan threw a water bottle during the intro to the second song Welcome to the Jungle, the singer announced: “Here’s the deal, one more bottle, we go home. We want to stay.
“If you don’t want to have fun just let us know. We’ll be on our way.”
Three songs later, another object was hurled onstage. Rose said goodnight, the group stopped the show and left the stage at 10.50pm to a cacophony of boos and cat-whistles.
Desmond appeared on stage and told the crowd he was endeavouring to get the band back on stage. He pleaded with them to refrain from throwing things up on stage.
Security refused to allow the band to leave the arena and they came back on stage at 11.10pm and finished a set which only concluded at 12.53am to a half empty arena.
Desmond cautioned that Guns N’Roses fans had to make allowances for the band’s habitual lateness coming on stage, but he did not anticipate a repeat of what happened at the O2 in September 2010.
“It was a one-off. Lightning doesn’t strike twice,” he said.
Axl Rose is the only surviving member of the original Guns'N’Roses line-up while keyboard player Dizzy Reed played at Slane Castle on the Use Your Illusions tour.
The original band members will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April leading to huge anticipation among their fans that they will put their well-documented differences behind them and reunite on stage for that event.
So they'll be coming into Ireland early and will probably play a gig the night before the O2 show to an empty arena, as a rehearsal for the tour (Like Pearl jam did a few years back, i know i was workin that night at The Point
:D:D)
As much as i hate what Axl has become, and i've been a huge critic of his recently, i honestly think that this show will be amazing, and don't even rule out a small club appearance by the band as another sort of 'apology'0 -
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A story from The Irish Times, i've highlighted what i find to be very interesting
LINK : http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0128/1224310869204.html
GUNS N’ROSES are to rehearse in Ireland before their forthcoming European tour, MCD promoter Denis Desmond has said.
The band announced a somewhat surprise concert at the O2 in Dublin for May following on from their disastrous performance at the same venue two years ago when singer Axl Rose (pictured) walked off stage and thousands of fans left the arena.
Their O2 concert on May 17th is anticipated to be the first of a series of shows the band will perform across Europe this summer.
It will take place almost 20 years to the day after their headline concert at Slane Castle in 1992.
Desmond said the request to play in Ireland came from Rose himself because the singer felt they had “unfinished business”with their Irish fans.
“We want to keep it simple. The thing is that it is a great show. He [Axl Rose] wants to come back.
“It was his request. The easiest thing for him to do would be to go ‘Oh I’m never coming back again after what happened’ but he wants to come back.”
They are also likely to use their time in Ireland to rehearse songs for an anticipated follow-up to their last album Chinese Democracy which took 13 years to complete. “The band like Ireland, they like playing here,” Desmond added. “I think he’s going to come back and deliver an 11 out of 10 show.”
Guns N’Roses will play the O2 in the full realisation that if they do not finish their set, they will not be allowed to leave the building as happened the last time they played.
The band walked off stage at their previous Irish concert after fans, who were agitated by their late arrival on stage, ignored a warning from Rose not to throw bottles on stage.
After a fan threw a water bottle during the intro to the second song Welcome to the Jungle, the singer announced: “Here’s the deal, one more bottle, we go home. We want to stay.
“If you don’t want to have fun just let us know. We’ll be on our way.”
Three songs later, another object was hurled onstage. Rose said goodnight, the group stopped the show and left the stage at 10.50pm to a cacophony of boos and cat-whistles.
Desmond appeared on stage and told the crowd he was endeavouring to get the band back on stage. He pleaded with them to refrain from throwing things up on stage.
Security refused to allow the band to leave the arena and they came back on stage at 11.10pm and finished a set which only concluded at 12.53am to a half empty arena.
Desmond cautioned that Guns N’Roses fans had to make allowances for the band’s habitual lateness coming on stage, but he did not anticipate a repeat of what happened at the O2 in September 2010.
“It was a one-off. Lightning doesn’t strike twice,” he said.
Axl Rose is the only surviving member of the original Guns'N’Roses line-up while keyboard player Dizzy Reed played at Slane Castle on the Use Your Illusions tour.
The original band members will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April leading to huge anticipation among their fans that they will put their well-documented differences behind them and reunite on stage for that event.
So they'll be coming into Ireland early and will probably play a gig the night before the O2 show to an empty arena, as a rehearsal for the tour (Like Pearl jam did a few years back, i know i was workin that night at The Point:D:D)
As much as i hate what Axl has become, and i've been a huge critic of his recently, i honestly think that this show will be amazing, and don't even rule out a small club appearance by the band as another sort of 'apology'
LOL I wish I could believe that. This gig will either be cancelled due to poor sales, or it will end up in disaster due to Axl forgetting the time(again).0 -
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/1800483BA4C05E50?artistid=735218&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
LOL doors open at 6.30pm. Must be to make sure Axl plays a full set and gets to bed early!!!?? 0 -
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