GNR back in Sydney in December

[Blitzkrieg]

GUNS N' ROSES To Perform At Sydney 500 V8 Supercars Street Race - July 13, 2010

According to The Daily Telegraph, GUNS N' ROSES will make its second trip to Australia since 1993 to appear at this year's Sydney 500 V8 Supercars street race.

Frontman Axl Rose last night confirmed the band will perform a one-off gig on Saturday, December 4, at ANZ Stadium, following the weekend's first event around the Olympic Park circuit.

"To mix GUNS with this massive Sydney event will be a blast," Rose said.

"We will be in Europe just before we head to Sydney so it will be great to come out and chill around Australia for a while, spend a bit of time getting around and soaking up the relaxed Aussie vibe.

"When we came back in 2007 it had been about 14 years between tours in Australia and we had a complete ball.

"Bring on Sydney and the V8 Supercars. Hopefully I can get a ride in one of those big beasts while I'm there."

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If they were to play another gig in Melb I would be there for sure, their tour in 2007 was awesome.

 

[Spiff]

Yep, I'd go see them in Brisbane again. It'd be great to go and actually know the Chinese Democracy tracks. Last time I was just sort of twiddling my thumbs because they meant nothing to me.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

The ones they played were the ones that were leaked online so I knew them well, unlike seemingly 99% of the crowd. I enjoyed them.

 

[Spiff]

I made a point of not listening to them because Axl didn't want us to.

 

[Goreripper]

This will be a one-off performance in Sydney only.

 

[Spiff]

But there's speculation, Bri-Bri - speculation!

 

[Goreripper]

They're getting $1M to play Sydney. Tickets are $91 each, and that includes entry to the V8s. I'd say if they play other cities, without the V8 Supercars behind them, tix will be twice that.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

But still cheaper than me travelling to Sydney to pay $91.

They were $150 in 07, pretty much the Rod Laver Arena standard these days, and I would pay that again.

 

[Goreripper]

Still, I wouldn't get my hopes up for this being more than a one-off.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Nah I didn't really expect there would be anymore shows, just interesting to speculate.

 

[salty]

http://blogs.news.com.au/jackmarxlive/index.php/news/comments/guns_n_roses_get/

 

[Southy]

Wouldn't pay that much to see an Axl and friends show personally

 

[Blitzkrieg]

http://blogs.news.com.au/jackmarxlive/index.php/news/comments/guns_n_roses_get/

What a cock muncher.

I won't go into the relevance of their music, but GNR Greatest Hits, which was released in 2004 (11 years after their previous release) has gone 4 times platinum in Australia, while their 2007 tour sold out many dates. I see this as being on par with getting KISS and The Who at the Melb Grand Prix, so don't see any problem with it.

As for the bands current lineup, I don't imagine I would have enjoyed their 07 gig anymore with the original lineup than I did with the current one (although Robin Fink was probably the standout guitarist, who has since left. Bumblefoot was also great though).

 

[Winmar]

I'd certainly go see them again if they played here. The last show was great.

 

[dreamwatch]

There's a great review of their set at the Sweden Rock Festival in this months Classic Rock magazine. It wasn't exactly glowing.

 

[FerretallicA]

There's a great review of their set at the Sweden Rock Festival in this months Classic Rock magazine. It wasn't exactly glowing.

 

[dreamwatch]

Yeah, that's it.

 

[Goreripper]

A Mecca bingo host!

 

[Shadow298]

you have to admit, if you piss off the Swedes, you're doing something very very wrong