Admitedly, he looked much older than I remembered him, but it was still
him none the less. He wore a long "Hendrix-esq" scarf that was wrapped
around his head and he kept smiling in a very humble sort of way at the
crowd who (most of which) couldn't believe there eyes! He is a very timid
soul and didn't come to the front of the stage to "show off" or anything...
but he rocked, regardless. He did Think About You (a KILLER
song that he wrote, one that GNR didn't do all week!), then - after
Sebastian Bach came out (for the 4th night in a row) and dueted with Axl
My Michelle, Izzy came out again later in the set to do an honest
rendition of Patience... wow!! If we weren't in heaven already, Axl
this time introduces Kid Rock along with Izzy and they all do a killer jam
on Nightrain!! The packed crowd was losing it!! Just going nutz!!

The most interesting part about that particular song was that apparently
the drummer, Brain, somehow "messed up" the intro of the song, so
much so that Axl (for the first time in all 4 shows) got mad and ordered
them all to actually STOP THE SONG! Izzy looked scared, as if he did
something wrong... but Axl just started in on Brain "...um, we practiced
this at rehearsal!!" (I felt a sinking feeling - like "oh god, here we go with
Axl's bullshit again") but, after Brain quickly apologized and uttered
something to the effect of "this is live - it ain't no Britney Spears shit"
they started back into it just fine... weird.

To wrap it up, the encore ended with the usual (and killer) jam of
Paradise City (confetti cannons and all) and was a great ending
to the night, as well as the week. At the very end, Axl brought out
everyone who played with them this week and they all did one big
'curtain call' (remeniscent of te old GN'R days!)... Amazingly, at this
point of the night, the following people were on stage:

-W. Axl Rose
-Tommy Stinson (aka: my personal God - I'm a huge MATS fan!)
-Izzy fuckin' Stradlin'
-Kid Rock (the douche bag that he is)
-Lenny Kravitz (yep, you heard right)
-Sebastian Bach
-Dizzy Reed

...and Richard, Robin, Chris, Bumblefoot (who's solo SUCKED tonite, btw), etc, etc...

Can you BELIEVE that?! What an ALLSTAR line up!!

I actually have video of Izzy doing Patience, Sebastian doing My Michelle
and Kid Rock doing Nighttrain, but alas its a crappy cell phone version
that I took (about 10 feet from the stage) so I'm not sure how good it is.
If I figure out how to get it off my phone I will post it on youtube.com or
something for all you guys...

That's about it... just wanted to share w/ fellow GNR nuts like myself! :)

PS: Two things...

1. If you are ever in NYC, take it upon yourself to see one of the greatest
(and funniest) GNR tribute bands, 'Mr. Brownstone'... They are personal
friends of mine (as well as my clients) and they rock!! I went to a private
party for this Atlantic Recs dude that they played on Sat in NYC and we
all had a blast!! I was told that Axl & Kid Rock might show up, but alas,
they didn't... Anyway, they are so popular here in NYC that they are
headling a show at the Bowery Ballroom (fairly big venue) on June 10th
and you shoud all go.. its the closest thing you'll get to seeing the original
line up & worth every penny!! Trust me... :)

2. I'd love to find my future wife on here, so... if you live in or near NYC,
are cool, beautiful, and fun (as well as a big GNR fan like myself) and are
single & in your 20's or 30's... like, find me! :) Let's make beatuiful music
together! :P

Til then... ROCK. THE. FUCK. OUT!!

-TRx

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