06-11-06 | Download Festival - Review
by CoMa

It's 5:00AM:

I'm hot, tired, sweaty, smelly, filthy and just dead. So what do I do? Write a review for you all cos i'm THAT dam nice! (I really should be in the shower)

All I can say is for tonights show is a 'W..T..F' from a good side and a bad side. The good side: 5 New Song's, Izzy playing on a few tracks and being able to provide a FULL video bootleg of the show to you all.


The bad side: Tommy almost killing someone, the air of uncertainty after a few tracks and the momentum of the show.
So lets first show you guys the FULL setlist.

Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
*1* Mr. Brownstone
Knockin'On Heavens Door (Axl goes to the front row and run's along the entire crowd and slaps hands singing the chorus)
*2* Robin Solo / Sweet Child O'Mine
Ron Thal Solo (FULL VERSION OF DONT CRY!)
*3* You Could Be Mine
Richard Fortus & Robin Finck Solo (Beautiful)
*4* Better
Jam
*5* Out Ta Get Me (This WAS played)
Think About You (with Izzy Stradlin')
Jam
November Rain
Jam
My Michelle (with Sebastian Bach)
Smoke On The Water intro / Patience (with Izzy Stradlin')
Nightrain (with Izzy Stradlin')
Madagascar
Rocket Queen
I.R.S
Chinese Democracy (Awesome extended Intro before guitar kicks in)
Used To Love Her (with Izzy Stradlin')
Robin Finck Solo
Paradise City (with Izzy Strandlin')

Ok above you can see that Dont Cry was played in it's entirety as a guitar solo by Ron, Out Ta get Me was also played. Ok also I've noted the numbers 1,2,3,4 as these are when the incidences happened tonight.

*1* - Axl trips and makes Tom tape up the gap between the runway and mainstage.

*2* - In the last chorus Axl slips and keeps his blance on the freshly laid tape and gives the middle finger to Tom.
Axl doesnt say the "Ahhh' at the end and announces and I quote 'The band will be taking a break due to technical diffilculties'.

IN THE BREAK: The tech team add a non slip mat to the runway and make it slip proof.

*3* - Axl does sing the 'While you're breakin' down my back' part or the rest of the song and just walks off.

*4* - In the last chorus someone throws a piss bottle at Tommy prompting him to throw down and smash his bass to the floor and jumps on
it, picks it up and hurls it blindly at a cameraman hitting him in the face.

*5* - Tommy comes back out walking with a fucking purpose and grabs the mic of Axl and says "If anyone throws another piss bottle again i'm fucking off home, I'm here to play a fucking rock and roll show not have shit thrown at, fuck off"

After that the band's momentum started to build up again, Out Ta Get Me was IMMENSE! Axl was just pissed off and wanting to go all out and he did his voice was just WOW.

Things got better but there was a noticeable 20% of the crowd who didnt know if they liked or hated it, by the end everyone was cheering...

After witnessing the Hammersmith show I was praising the band to everyone I met telling them they didnt know what was gonna kick them in the ass tonight... everyones asses were kicked but man tonight was very... different we will say.

Axl's voice was 10/10 all night, he is really pushing hard these days and sounds like an AFD Axl again, duelling vocals with Bach.... THAT was amazing.

Ok, I need a shower and some sleep guys and gals, if you have more questions just ask them, I can remember everything that happened tonight to every small detail, tonight is a night I will not forget.

P.S. My car broke down today so I just got towed back home, show ended at 11:00PM, I was home at 5:00AM..., great.

It's 5:39AM

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