Well guys!!!!!!!!!! Guess what???
IZZY FUCKING STRADLIN WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I nearly shat bricks when he came on!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, let's start from the top! Got there about 6.30pm and as we drove into the car park we got a notice handed to us saying that the concert was running late and we could get a refund if we wanted. Oh. Fuck! This worried us to whether Axl was pulling a wobbly or not. The doors were supposed to open at 6pm but it was nearer 7pm that they did open. As we got in Bullet For My Valentine were getting ready and they were suprisingly good to be honest. After them we had the wait to see if Axl was gonna show or not. We amused ourselves by engaging in my favourite between band activity, chatting to various random people in the crowd (one of whom, after chatting to me for about ten minutes, told me that I was "the heart and soul of rock n' roll!"
). After every song finished over the PA (one of which was Motorbreath by Metallica which I got very excited about! ) the crowd would chant but as time went on it turned to boo's. Eventually at about 10pm the lights went down and the place erupted to Axl shouting, "Do you know where the fuck you are?!?!?! You're in the jungle baby, wake up! Time to die!!" and into Welcome To The Jungle. The crowd were very into it which was great to see. As the drums pounded out the intro to one of my very, very favourites Mr Brownstone, I got that really happy feeling in my heart that I always get when I'm at a concert and I sang along at the top of my voice! One of the new songs, Better, was played which I thought wasn't too bad. After that there was a solo from Robin. This set the tone for what pissed me off the most the whole night - the constant guitar solos. A minute or so is fine but each one was at least 5-10mins long. After he'd finished he went into Sweet Child O' Mine and the place went properly nuts. Judging by the look of some of the people there, this was the only song they knew! I knew it was very unlikely that I'd get my favourite song, Estranged, so I'd settle for my second favourite - You Could Be Mine which I went fucking mental at!! 
I was bouncing around, headbanging and screaming every word. Dizzy was introduced and he looked like a caveman with those dreadlocks he's got now! He did a solo and then they went into a new song, The Blues which was pretty good I thought. Band intros and yet another soloing session followed. Out Ta Get Me was an unexpected suprise but was great! I was so disappointed at Don't Cry being played instrumental but I sang the words anyway. I was looking forward to November Rain immensely as this was the song which got me into Guns N' Roses way back in 1992. Then the best bit of the whole night happened - Axl said he was going to bring a friend on and I was expecting it to be Sebastian Bach as he's been coming on to do My Michelle with them quite a few times. I nearly died when Izzy fucking Stradlin came out!!! He played on the last few songs with the exception of Madagascar and did joint vocals on Used To Love Her. Nightrain was another unexpected surprise but I roared every word! I didn't think much was going to top the reaction for Sweet Child O' Mine but when Paradise City started, the crowd went fucking insane!!!!!!!! There was pyro and tickertape and 10,000 people all singing at the top of their voices!! It was a good concert, it would have been a great concert if they'd come on at the right time, not had about half an hour of mindless guitar solos, if they'd done more from the Illusions and if Don't Cry had been done properly, but then that wouldn't be Axl Rose eh?
Setlist
(My personal highlights underlined)
Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr Brownstone
Live & Let Die
Better
Robin Solo
Sweet Child O' Mine
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
You Could Be Mine
Dizzy Solo
The Blues
Band Intros
Twin Guitar Solo
Out Ta Get Me
Bumblefoot Solo
Don't Cry (Instrumental)
November Rain
Izzy Introduced
Think About You
Used To Love Her
Patience
Nightrain
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Madagascar
Robin Solo
Paradise City
Photos!!!
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/littlemissmetallicat/album?.dir=/70f6re2
IZZY FUCKING STRADLIN WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I nearly shat bricks when he came on!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, let's start from the top! Got there about 6.30pm and as we drove into the car park we got a notice handed to us saying that the concert was running late and we could get a refund if we wanted. Oh. Fuck! This worried us to whether Axl was pulling a wobbly or not. The doors were supposed to open at 6pm but it was nearer 7pm that they did open. As we got in Bullet For My Valentine were getting ready and they were suprisingly good to be honest. After them we had the wait to see if Axl was gonna show or not. We amused ourselves by engaging in my favourite between band activity, chatting to various random people in the crowd (one of whom, after chatting to me for about ten minutes, told me that I was "the heart and soul of rock n' roll!"
). After every song finished over the PA (one of which was Motorbreath by Metallica which I got very excited about! ) the crowd would chant but as time went on it turned to boo's. Eventually at about 10pm the lights went down and the place erupted to Axl shouting, "Do you know where the fuck you are?!?!?! You're in the jungle baby, wake up! Time to die!!" and into Welcome To The Jungle. The crowd were very into it which was great to see. As the drums pounded out the intro to one of my very, very favourites Mr Brownstone, I got that really happy feeling in my heart that I always get when I'm at a concert and I sang along at the top of my voice! One of the new songs, Better, was played which I thought wasn't too bad. After that there was a solo from Robin. This set the tone for what pissed me off the most the whole night - the constant guitar solos. A minute or so is fine but each one was at least 5-10mins long. After he'd finished he went into Sweet Child O' Mine and the place went properly nuts. Judging by the look of some of the people there, this was the only song they knew! I knew it was very unlikely that I'd get my favourite song, Estranged, so I'd settle for my second favourite - You Could Be Mine which I went fucking mental at!! I was bouncing around, headbanging and screaming every word. Dizzy was introduced and he looked like a caveman with those dreadlocks he's got now! He did a solo and then they went into a new song, The Blues which was pretty good I thought. Band intros and yet another soloing session followed. Out Ta Get Me was an unexpected suprise but was great! I was so disappointed at Don't Cry being played instrumental but I sang the words anyway. I was looking forward to November Rain immensely as this was the song which got me into Guns N' Roses way back in 1992. Then the best bit of the whole night happened - Axl said he was going to bring a friend on and I was expecting it to be Sebastian Bach as he's been coming on to do My Michelle with them quite a few times. I nearly died when Izzy fucking Stradlin came out!!! He played on the last few songs with the exception of Madagascar and did joint vocals on Used To Love Her. Nightrain was another unexpected surprise but I roared every word! I didn't think much was going to top the reaction for Sweet Child O' Mine but when Paradise City started, the crowd went fucking insane!!!!!!!! There was pyro and tickertape and 10,000 people all singing at the top of their voices!! It was a good concert, it would have been a great concert if they'd come on at the right time, not had about half an hour of mindless guitar solos, if they'd done more from the Illusions and if Don't Cry had been done properly, but then that wouldn't be Axl Rose eh? Setlist
(My personal highlights underlined)
Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr Brownstone
Live & Let Die
Better
Robin Solo
Sweet Child O' Mine
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
You Could Be Mine
Dizzy Solo
The Blues
Band Intros
Twin Guitar Solo
Out Ta Get Me
Bumblefoot Solo
Don't Cry (Instrumental)
November Rain
Izzy Introduced
Think About You
Used To Love Her
Patience
Nightrain
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Madagascar
Robin Solo
Paradise City
Photos!!!
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/littlemissmetallicat/album?.dir=/70f6re2
