CKY opened to a mediocre response, as they were unable to get the crowd into their performance at all. Mix Master Mike then came on, to an actually rather good response. For me the novelty of the DJ ran out after about 10 minutes, and his 45 minute set was definaetly not warranted in my opinion, as the act became rather repetitive. But nonetheless, many people in the crowd were very into his show, much to my suprise. Now the wait began, and a bitch of a wait it was. From 9 25 - 10 35 Axl Rose built the tension to an unbearable level, that was made somewhat fun by the large breasts being shown on the jumbotron.

But with the piercing Welcome to the Jungle riff Guns N' Roses took the stage to an amazing response. From there they covered the usual ground seen in a GNR concert nowadays, though they mixed up the set list a bit. The band is definaetly starting to hit its stride. Its So Easy, Brownstone, and LALD all smoked. The best version of The Blues and Chinese Democracy were played tonite in my opinion, with the Blues incredibly majestic. Honestly, the crowd when nuts for CD and The Blues, and seemed a bit in awe of Madagascar. This is the show where it sounded like it was all coming together. Musically the show sounded great, though Robin had his usual flubs but clearly won the audience over with his charisma that has to be seen to be understood.

Other interesting things that happened at the concert. Axl got a paper cup thrown at him and in the middle of Rocket Queen yelled up at them "Real smart asshole." Axl also screwed up the beginning lyrics to RQ. He caught a bra from a fan and pretended to put it on. He gave a speech explaining the meaning of "Rocket Queen" and "Nightrain", and also mentioned the new songs, saying they were still withholding, but they'd be back soon with a "shitload" of new songs. He also had a little wrestling match with Tommy.

Robin flubbed LALD, the 2nd slow solo in November Rain, and parts of Out Ta Get Me. His solo before Paradise City was AMAZING though, truly fascinating to watch him play.

Buckethead passed out toys after his solo and was truly weird in a cool way, but Robin was clearly the favorite in the crowd. Fortus rocked, Tommy clearly enjoyed being in his hometown and said hi to his parents. During Paradise City a fan jumped on stage and a security absolutely leveled him. Well thats all I can remember, I'm about to pass out....Peace.

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