So where do I start?
Like everyone else, in the que! Started queing at 4pm and at 5pm i recognised a man of chinese origin with a camera, I wave to him and go 'George Chin...?' he look's at me an smiles and goes 'yeah...?' he come's over to me and I say 'let me shake your hand, your pictures of the band on it's recent shows are amazing!' he was really stunned that I (we) had seen his picture's and was happy to talk,
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after a lengthy chat about GnR he goes 'One second...' walks off and grabs a guy with a camera and goes 'tell him everything you just told me at the camera, this is for the GNR DVD!' so im talking at the camera acting like im the biggest fan ever as I know everyone in the new band and have seen them before, you know, working the camera etc... but before the camera was about to end it's filming I said, DUDE, one more thing....
'EVERYONE GO TO WWW.CHINESEDEMOCRACY.COM - The BEST GnR forum in the world!'
so before the show had started, the forum now has a plug for the NEW GNR DVD!  I know you'd be proud!
So lets roll to show time, it's 11:00pm, it's time for curfew but the guy's hit the stage, I dont know what Axl is doing these days but his voice, impeccible, immense, everything it use to be and more...
One song stood out for me, SCOM, it was the album version onstage, no 2002 voice, just hardcore AFD era vocals. Immense!
I was front row in front of Ron and more or less chatted to him throughout the show, singing all the new songs in front of him aswell as richard and robin who came over our side and gave a smile and a wink to me as i sang the new songs, and in BEtter when I was singing along Axl came over and looked me dead in the eye as I sang the part in Better leading to the line ending 'Absolution' he looked me dead in the eye and more or less acknowledged the song I was singing with a stare...wow.
This was by far the best GnR show I've seen and nothing will ever beat it, if you didnt go, your loss and i'm totally sorry!
Axl also introduced Robin Finck as the Ribbed Condom of Guitarists, haha
I've also got video og half of nitrain and half off robins solo and paradise city. The place was going nuts, i didnt have a chance to stand still for mroe then a couple of moments.
The setlist in full:
01. Welcome To The Jungle
02. It's So Easy
03. Mr.Brownstone
04. Live and Let Die
05. Robin Finck - Solo Guitar
06. Sweet Child O' Mine
07. Madagascar
08. Better
09. Jam
10. You Could Be Mine
11. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
12. Blues Jam
13. Dizzy Reed - Piano Solo
14. The Blues
15. Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal - Solo Guitar (Con Don't Cry)
16. IRS
17. Out Ta Get Me
18. November Rain
19. Richard Fortus - Solo Guitar
20. Richard Fortus & Robin Finck - Solo Guitar (Con Beatiful)
21. My Michelle (ft. Sebastian Bach)
22. Patience (G/F nearly passed out so had to miss *visually* the rest of the song and half of nightrain)
23. Jam
24. Nightrain
25. Robin Finck - Solo Guitar
26. Paradise City
So what can I say?
A possible role on the GnR DVD, a shoutout for the forum on the DVD also, chatting to Ron through the set, being acknowledged for singing the new songs and Axl and the entire band being completley awesome.
10/10 motherfuckers.
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