The smoke machines begin to run, the purple lights scan the crowd – the guitarist strums his guitar. We scream our lungs out. The guitar is strummed again. We eagerly wait. “Do you know where the f**k you are?” Axle Rose cries out. Saturday night June 16 2007, where else would I want to be but at Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne) to watch the Guns N Roses.
I stood in awe while I watched them perform “welcome to the jungle”. The concert had begun. Two & a half hours of absolut bliss. They continued to play “it’s so easy”, “mr brownstone” “live and let die”.
Axle Rose claimed by many who weren’t there – “too fat”, “has lost his voice” & “is crap without Slash”. Well, all I can say is you should have been there. Axl was like a 20 year old running up and down. His voice was in great shape. I had longed to watch them live, probably ever since I heard the double cd live album. So this was a dream come true – I had gold tickets!!!
They performed all the songs you would want to hear. The backdrop visuals were, simply put, brilliant! None of the animation crap – they used pictures, video clips, photographs. For “rocket queen” they had the cover titles of vintage pornographic movies, very tastefully done. Also “rocket queen” wasn’t performed on any of the earlier shows, even for the June 15 Melbourne show. Sebastian Bach came back during the GNR performance to sing with Axl Rose on “my michelle”. Songs like “novemeber rain” “knockin’ on heavens doors” & “sweet child of mine” blew the crowd away. Axl encouraged everyone to sing along with him on KOHD. Ron (guitarist) performed “don’t cry” alone on the stage while the crowd sang the whole song (the rest of the band was probably doing lines). But the song that tore the arena apart was the encore “paradise city”; probably one of the best bits of the concert. At the end Axl goes “aussie aussie aussie” & the crowd went “oi oi oi” three times. After which he thew the mic into the crowd – it landed just ten feet from me – but I would have been dead meat had I made an attempt. It seemed like I was in rugby game involved in a All Blacks tackle.
Rose tattoo & Sebastian Bach were the TWO separate opening acts for them. The concert began at 8pm with Rose Tattoo followed by Sebastian Bach (ex-frontman of Skid Row). He did sing the skid row hits “18 & Life” & also “I Remember You” didn’t really watch the whole thing, as I kept running to the bar (not allowed to carry alcohol to the concert area – seats or floor). We were expect GNR to come on by 11. They came only at 11:30 and they wrapped up around 2:00 am.
Here’s the song set for the Melbourne June 16 2007 concert.
“Welcome To The Jungle”
I stood in awe while I watched them perform “welcome to the jungle”. The concert had begun. Two & a half hours of absolut bliss. They continued to play “it’s so easy”, “mr brownstone” “live and let die”.
Axle Rose claimed by many who weren’t there – “too fat”, “has lost his voice” & “is crap without Slash”. Well, all I can say is you should have been there. Axl was like a 20 year old running up and down. His voice was in great shape. I had longed to watch them live, probably ever since I heard the double cd live album. So this was a dream come true – I had gold tickets!!!
They performed all the songs you would want to hear. The backdrop visuals were, simply put, brilliant! None of the animation crap – they used pictures, video clips, photographs. For “rocket queen” they had the cover titles of vintage pornographic movies, very tastefully done. Also “rocket queen” wasn’t performed on any of the earlier shows, even for the June 15 Melbourne show. Sebastian Bach came back during the GNR performance to sing with Axl Rose on “my michelle”. Songs like “novemeber rain” “knockin’ on heavens doors” & “sweet child of mine” blew the crowd away. Axl encouraged everyone to sing along with him on KOHD. Ron (guitarist) performed “don’t cry” alone on the stage while the crowd sang the whole song (the rest of the band was probably doing lines). But the song that tore the arena apart was the encore “paradise city”; probably one of the best bits of the concert. At the end Axl goes “aussie aussie aussie” & the crowd went “oi oi oi” three times. After which he thew the mic into the crowd – it landed just ten feet from me – but I would have been dead meat had I made an attempt. It seemed like I was in rugby game involved in a All Blacks tackle.
Rose tattoo & Sebastian Bach were the TWO separate opening acts for them. The concert began at 8pm with Rose Tattoo followed by Sebastian Bach (ex-frontman of Skid Row). He did sing the skid row hits “18 & Life” & also “I Remember You” didn’t really watch the whole thing, as I kept running to the bar (not allowed to carry alcohol to the concert area – seats or floor). We were expect GNR to come on by 11. They came only at 11:30 and they wrapped up around 2:00 am.
Here’s the song set for the Melbourne June 16 2007 concert.
“Welcome To The Jungle”
“It's So Easy”
“Mr. Brownstone”
“Live And Let Die”
Robin Finck Guitar Solo & Jam (with Dizzy Reed & Frank Ferrer)
“Sweet Child O’ Mine”“Better”
“Knockin' On Heaven's Door”
Dizzy Reed Piano Solo (“Angie”)
“The Blues”Band Introductions/JamRichard Fortus & Robin Finck Guitar Solo
“Out To Get Me”
“Rocket Queen”
Piano Moving Jam“November Rain”
“I.R.S.”
“You Could Be Mine”
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal Guitar Solo (“Back In Black”, “Don't Cry”)
“My Michelle” (with Sebastian Bach)
“Liquor & Whores” (with Bubbles)
“Patience”
“Nightrain”
Encore
“Madagascar”
“Paradise City”
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