The final post for today and number 800 for ticketsthere.com. We’re going to kick back with sweets, movies and our Axl Rose inspired Halloween Tree 
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Happy Halloween … Tree
Posted in General Tickets There Blog with tags Axl Rose, Guns N Roses, Halloween, halloween tree, happy halloween on October 31, 2012 by Tickets ThereAxl Rose’s Appearance On Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Full Video)
Posted in Gig Listing, Music, News with tags 2012 tour, Appetite for Democracy, Axl Rose, axl rose halloween tree, cocktail, Guns N Roses, guns n roses las vegas, halloween tree, hard Rock Cafe, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Las Vegas, tv interview on October 25, 2012 by Tickets ThereLegendary Guns N Roses frontman, Axl Rose, made a rare appearance on live television yesterday when he starred as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The private singer (and all round GOD) joked with Jimmy about his infamous ‘punctuality’, the old days when the band were starting off, his unique Halloween tree and discussed the upcoming Appetite for Democracy residency the band are playing in Las Vegas.
Guns N’ Roses are set to play 12 dates @ The Hard Rock Café in Last Vegas starting this Wednesday and running right through till thanksgiving. The Hard Rock are issuing special poker chips and an all new GN’R themed cocktail menu to celebrate the event. Several of the shows have already sold out. After that the band will move on to Indonesia and India where they’ve announced several shows with more to come (we assume – well it’s a long way for a few shows). The full list of confirmed 2012 dates can be found below – check the Tickets There Guns N’ Roses 2012 Tour Dates article for regular updates.
Oct 31st The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV- Nov 2nd The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 3rd The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 7th The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 9th The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 10th The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 14th The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 17th The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 18th The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 21st The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 23rd The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Nov 24th The Joint @ The Hard Rock Café, Las Vegas, NV
- Dec 7th Bengaluru
- Dec 9th Mumbai
- Dec 12th Gurgaon
- Dec 15th Lapangan D Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
Review: Guns N’ Roses – Live @ The O2, Dublin (May 17th, 2012)
Posted in Gig Review, Music with tags 2012, 2012 review, Axl Rose, Dublin, Guns N Roses, Ireland, Review, The O2 on May 22, 2012 by Tickets There
“Axl’s not coming, he fell off a table in Russia and isn’t allowed to fly at the moment”. Just leaving the central bar on O’Connell Street to catch the Luas down to the O2 and one waiter talks himself out of ever getting my custom again with that little comment. But then again, what’s a Guns N’ Roses gig without a little drama?
Entering the O2 tonight brings back some of those worries and dreads from 2010 (the elephant in the room), but these are dashed instantly as a completely different crowd and atmosphere await. There’s no-one falling over the place, spilling their blue WKD’s and roaring insults at everything in sight. There’s no booing, complaining or bickering. Instead there’s an excitement in the air and the sight of Thin Lizzy taking the stage only heightens that.
Anyone that’s caught the Irish legends over the past few years will attest that they are the strongest line-up of the band since their glory days with Philo. Brian Downey and Scott Gorham are still there, looking and sounding great but the show stealer is frontman, Ricky Warwick. He avoids the cliché of adopting Phil’s moves and style to the letter, choosing instead to inject his own road tested brand of rock n’ roll energy and deep vocals which boost the songs energy and the band’s performance. Tonight they magnetically blaze through classics such as ‘Emerald’, ‘Jailbreak’, ’Don’t Believe A Word’, ‘Cowboy Song’, ‘Whiskey In The Jar’ and ‘The Boys are Back in Town’ before finishing off with ‘Black Rose’, noted favourite of Guns singer Axl Rose. The announcement of a headlining show later in the year doubtfully went un-noted by tonight’s attendees. Now, on to the main event!
Lizzy leave the stage around 9:30 and it’s time to let the anticipation begin. Unlike Guns’s previous show in Dublin, the crowd tonight seem more than happy to wait things out as the bar queues extend, the smoking area expands and everyone kicks back and relaxes with good tunes coming from the PA. Before we know it, the house lights go dark and it’s time to rock n roll.
Under their massive video backdrop, guitarist DJ Ashba climbs on high to deliver the show’s signature opening of ‘Chinese Democracy’ before their legendary frontman explodes to life amidst a massive pyro display. The crowd give a rapturous welcome to the band as they commandeer every inch of the stage, taking no prisoners in their mission to give their fans the greatest show possible. Guitarists Ron Thal, Richard Fortus and especially DJ Asba barely stand still for a moment as they rocket from side to side, lapping up the crowds cheers and delivering note perfect performances while Axl’s razor sharp vocals and on stage magnetism conquers all. Despite persistent rumours that he’s gained hundreds of pounds in weight, lost his voice and is apparently stuck in Russia, he is on stage, looking incredible, sounding better than ever and 100% guaranteed – is not a hologram. Even with his very recent and very serious looking leg injury, Axl still dances and moves across the stage likes there’s no tomorrow, even climbing up to the podiums on either side to greet everyone.
Set classics such as ‘Welcome to the Jungle’, ‘It’s So Easy’, ‘Mr. Brownstone’ and ‘Rocket Queen’ electrify the crowd while Chinese Democracy heavyweights ‘Sorry’, ‘This I Love’, ‘Street of Dreams’ and ‘Better’ bellow through the audience with incredible energy and force.
The band appears in great spirits, obviously delighted with the change since their last performance. Axl interacts on several occasions with the crowd even quipping that despite his leg injury (I’m) “probably moving a lot more than the last time I was here” before grinning and carrying on. Solo’s from the band add refreshing breaks from the onslaught of heavyweight classics and Chinese Democracy juggernauts and give each of the guys a chance to show the fans why they’re members of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band of all time. Tommy Stinson performs ‘Motivation’, a song from his previous band The replacements. DJ Ashba moves in with his own ‘Mi Amor’ solo. Dizzy Reed gives us a little ‘Baba O’Riley’ from The Who and Ron Thal knocks out his take on the Pink Panther theme before slipping in a little ‘Danny Boy’ for the crowd.
‘You Could Be Mine’, ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’, ‘November Rain’ (preceded by Axl Rose’s piano solo) and ‘Don’t Cry’ deliver hit after hit before the band kick back with a cover of AC/DC’s ‘Whole Lotta Rosie’ – doing the DC proud! The mighty and rarely heard ‘Estranged’ adds a wave of euphoria to those in attendance who swear it’s the bands greatest recorded moment before the epic ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ and assaulting ‘Nightrain’ bring the main set to a close. Just when you think they’ve nothing left in them, the band return for a quick jam before launching into ‘There Was A Time’, one of the most accomplished songs in their arsenal before delivering ‘Civil War’ and one final blowout performance of ‘Paradise City’. With red confetti flying in the air, thousands of fans screaming and cheering the band on, Axl and co bow before their final signoff – three hours after walking on stage, “Thanks for coming out, thanks for putting up with my lame ass and thanks for not throwing shit”. Anytime Mr. Rose because good things come to those who wait – come back soon!
GUNS N’ ROSES LIVE IN DUBLIN TONIGHT
Posted in Gig Review, News with tags Axl Rose, Dublin, Guns N Roses, Ireland, O2 Arena on May 17, 2012 by Tickets There
The wait is almost over folks. Tonight, GUNS N’ ROSES return to the O2 arena, Dublin. With support from Thin Lizzy and Vengeance and the Panther Queen.
6.30: Doors
7.00: Vengeance and the Pantger Queen
8.30: Thin Lizzy
(times subject to change)
9.15: GUNS N’ ROSES
As we told you back when this show was announced, Guns may be late on stage do 1- pace your drinking, 2- take in the sights n sounds of the lovely O2 Arena, enjoy the hell out of Lizzy and 4 – BRING TAXI MONEY !!
Guns are playing roughly 23 songs in their set, including Chinese Democracy gems and greatest hits! Axl, DJ, Ron, Richard, Frank, Tommy, Chris and Dizzy have been enjoying the relaxing city of Dublin over the past few days, tone for us to have a good time.
If you’re going, have a great night. If you’re not, well – tickets are still on sale. Don’t miss you’re chance to catch these legends!
Guns N’ Roses: No Appetite for Induction
Posted in Music, News with tags Axl Rose, Guns N Roses, refuses, Rock N roll hall of fame on April 12, 2012 by Tickets There
Guns N’ Roses will not be re-uniting for the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame. Despite early hopes from fans (ourselves included) that that classic Appetite for Destruction line-up may get up on stage for a couple of tunes at this Saturday’s ceremony, it is now confirmed this will not happen. In what can only be described as a couple of turbulent weeks of scathing comments (thank you Steve – the Knob – Adler) and suggestive stabs (good man Slash), lead singer Axl Rose has finally broken his silence and confirmed he will not only refuse his invite to the ceremony, but has also refused induction, even by another member of the band.
In an open letter sent to several media outlets, Axl Rose has refused to be inducted into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame. In 2006, notorious punk rockers The Sex Pistols refused to attend the ceremony, even going as far to call the museum a ‘piss stain’. Now Axl has refused not only his invite, but the (so called) honour of induction which, according to reports this morning, the Hall are refusing to acknowledge and will continue with the induction of Axl, Slash, Steven, Duff, Izzy, Matt and Dizzy.
Axl Rose Letter (April 11th): I strongly request that I not be inducted in absentia and please know that no one is authorized nor may anyone be permitted to accept any induction for me or speak on my behalf. Neither former members, label representatives nor the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame should imply whether directly, indirectly or by omission that I am included in any purported induction of ‘GUNS N’ ROSES.’
Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Statement (April 12th) :”We are sorry Axl will not be able to accept his induction in person,” Lauren Bishop, a spokeswoman for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, said in a statement.
The news will no doubt be a blow to any hangers on who expected the band to drop the anger and move on together. For the rest of us, Guns N’ Roses kick off theior 2012 European Tour next month in Russia and hits Ireland on May 17th, O2 Arena with Thin Lizzy as support. For all the latest Guns news, check out out Guns N Roses 2012 Tour Page (Click Here)
Axl Rose Full Open Letter
“When the nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame were first announced, I had mixed emotions, but, in an effort to be positive, wanting to make the most of things for the fans and with their enthusiasm, I was honored, excited and hoped that somehow this would be a good thing. Of course I realized as things stood, if GUNS N’ ROSES were to be inducted, it’d be somewhat of a complicated or awkward situation.
“Since then we’ve listened to fans, talked with members of the board of the Hall Of Fame, communicated with and read various public comments and jabs from former members of GUNS N’ ROSES, had discussions with the president of the Hall Of Fame, read various press (some legit, some contrived) and read other artists’ comments weighing in publicly on GUNS and the Hall with their thoughts.
“Under the circumstances, I feel we’ve been polite, courteous, and open to an amicable solution in our efforts to work something out. Taking into consideration the history of GUNS N’ ROSES, those who plan to attend along with those the Hall for reasons of their own, have chosen to include in ‘our’ induction (that, for the record, are decisions I don’t agree with, support or feel the Hall has any right to make), and how (albeit no easy task) those involved with the Hall have handled things… no offense meant to anyone but the Hall Of Fame induction ceremony doesn’t appear to be somewhere I’m actually wanted or respected.
“For the record, I would not begrudge anyone from GUNS their accomplishments or recognition for such. Neither I or anyone in my camp has made any requests or demands of the Hall Of Fame. It’s their show not mine.
“That said, I won’t be attending the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction 2012 ceremony and I respectfully decline my induction as a member of GUNS N’ ROSES to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
“I strongly request that I not be inducted in absentia and please know that no one is authorized nor may anyone be permitted to accept any induction for me or speak on my behalf. Neither former members, label representatives nor the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame should imply whether directly, indirectly or by omission that I am included in any purported induction of ‘GUNS N’ ROSES.’
“This decision is personal. This letter is to help clarify things from my and my camp’s perspective. Neither is meant to offend, attack or condemn. Though unfortunately I’m sure there will be those who take offense (God knows how long I’ll have to contend with the fallout), I certainly don’t intend to disappoint anyone, especially the fans, with this decision. Since the announcement of the nomination we’ve actively sought out a solution to what, with all things considered, appears to be a no win, at least for me, ‘damned if I do, damned if I don’t’ scenario all the way around.
“In regard to a reunion of any kind of either the ‘Appetite’ or ‘Illusion’ lineups, I’ve publicly made myself more than clear. Nothing’s changed.
“The only reason, at this point, under the circumstances, in my opinion whether under the guise of ‘for the fans’ or whatever justification of the moment, for anyone to continue to ask, suggest or demand a reunion are misguided attempts to distract from our efforts with our current lineup of myself, Dizzy Reed, Tommy Stinson, Frank Ferrer, Richard Fortus, Chris Pitman, Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal and DJ Ashba.
“Izzy came out with us a few times back in ’06 and I invited him to join us at our LA Forum show last year. Steven was at our show at the Hard Rock, later in ’06 in Las Vegas, where I invited him to our after-party and was rewarded with his subsequent interviews filled with reunion lies. Lesson learned. Duff joined us in 2010 and again in ’11 along with his band, LOADED, opening in Seattle and Vancouver. For me, with the exception of Izzy or Duff joining us on stage if they were so inclined somewhere in the future for a song or two, that’s enough.
“There’s a seemingly endless amount of revisionism and fantasies out there for the sake of self-promotion and business opportunities masking the actual realities. Until every single one of those generating from or originating with the earlier lineups has been brought out in the light, there isn’t room to consider a conversation let alone a reunion.
“Maybe if it were you it’d be different. Maybe you’d do it for this reason or that. Peace, whatever. I love our band now. We’re there for each other when the going get’s rough. We love our fans and work to give them every ounce of energy and heart we can.
“So let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn’t owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another’s, or in this case several others’, expense.
“But hey if ya gotta then maybe we can get the ‘no show, grandstanding, publicity stunt, disrespectful, he doesn’t care about the fans’ crap out of the way as quickly as we can and let’s move on. No one’s taking the ball and going home. Don’t get it twisted. For more than a decade and a half we’ve endured the double standards, the greed of this industry and the ever present seemingly limitless supply of wannabes and unscrupulous, irresponsible media types. Not to imply anything in this particular circumstance, but from my perspective in regard to both the Hall and a reunion, the ball’s never been in our court.
“In closing, regardless of this decision and as hard to believe or as ironic as it may seem, I’d like to sincerely thank the board for their nomination and their votes for GUNS‘ induction. More importantly I’d like to thank the fans for being there over the years, making any success we’ve had possible and for enjoying and supporting GUNS N’ ROSES music.
“I wish the Hall a great show, congratulations to all the other artists being inducted and to our fans we look forward to seeing you on tour!!
“Sincerely,
“Axl Rose
“P.S. RIP Armand, Long Live ABC III”
Guns N’ Roses Officially Confirm Full 2012 European Tour
Posted in Gig Listing, Music, News with tags #GNREurope2012, Axl Rose, european tour, Guns N Roses, tickets, tour dates, Up Close and Personal on March 2, 2012 by Tickets There
That’s right, Guns N’ Roses have officially confirmed 29 dates of their 2012 European tour which will seen the band playing extensively in France and England as well as stopping by Ireland, Spain, Germany, Turkey, The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Poland, Belgium, Austria, Italy and more. The full list of dates can be viewed below or on Guns N’ Roses official website – www.gunsnroses.com
Guns are currently in the middle of their critically claimed Up Close and Peronal Tour across the East and West coast of the states which sees the bands announced small club/theatre shows and play the hell out of them. For more details of their tour and all the latest news, please visit out Guns N Roses 2012 Tour Dates Page which we regularly update with all the latest news from their 2012 goings on.
05/17 – Dublin, Ireland @ The O2
05/19 – Nottingham @ Capital FM Arena
05/20 – Liverpool @ Echo Arena
05/23 – Newcastle Upon Tyne @ Metro Radio Arena
05/25 – Glasgow, Scotland @ SECC Arena
05/26 – Birmingham @ LG Arena
05/29 – Manchester @ MEN Arena
05/31 – London @ The O2
06/01 – London @ The O2
06/04 – Rotterdam, Holland @ Ahoy Stadium
06/05 – Paris @ Palais Omnisports De Paris Bercy
06/08 – Mönchengladbach, Germany @ Warsteiner Hockeypark,
06/10 – Lyon FR @ Halle Tony Garnier
06/11 – Strasbourg FR @ Zenith
06/14 – Toulouse FR @ Zenith
06/16 – Clisson, France @ Hellfest
06/18 – Montoellier FR @ Parks & Suites Arena
06/19 – Toulon FR @ Zenith
06/22 – Milan, Italy @ Arena Fiera (Gods of Metal)
06/24 – Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metal Meeting
06/27 – Basel, Switzerland @ St. Jakobshalle,
06/29 – Graz, Austria @ See-Rock Festiaval 2012
07/06 – Istanbul @ Vasil Levski National Stadium
07/08 – Sofia, Blugaria @ Sofia Rocks
07/11 – Rybnik, Poland @ Mosir Stadium
07/13 – Piešťany, Slovakia @ Letisko (Airport) (Topfest PLUS)
07/15 – Serbia @ The Exit Festival
07/17 – Split HR – Spaladium Arena
07/21 – Benicassim, Spain @ Costa De Fuego Festival
GUNS N’ ROSES: O2 Dublin Tickets On Sale Now
Posted in Gig Listing, Music, News with tags 2012 tour, Axl Rose, Belfast, DJ Ashba, Dublin, Frank Ferrer, Guns N Roses, O2 Arena, Richard Fortus, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, tickets, Tommy Stinson on February 3, 2012 by Tickets There
For those who don’t know, Guns N’ Roses tickets for the O2 arena in Dublin on May 17th went on sale this morning. Tickets are priced €65.50 – €69.50 plus booking fee. Guns N’ Roses last played Ireland in 2010 with two sold out (awesome) shows at Dublin’s O2 Arena and Belfast’s Odyssey Arena.
Axl Rose, Frank Ferrer, Tommy Stinson, Richard Fortus, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Dizzy Reed, Chris Pitman and Dj Ashba have been building a momentum across Asia, North American and Europe over the past three years with hundreds of sold out shows, rave reviews and stellar performances. April 2012 will see the band officially inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame before they hit the road to tour the festival circuit across Europre, as well as playing several of their own shows for the mix.
The tour kicks off in Dublin on May 17th. This is your chance to catch one of rock’s greatest front man deliver one of the best live shows you’ll ever witness from one of the most legendary bands of all time. GUNS N’ ROSES: Live in Dublin May 17th. Tickets on sale now @ Ticketmaster.ie
Guns N’ Roses – Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide: Vinyl & Cassette Buyers Guide
Posted in General Tickets There Blog, INTO-NOISE!, Music with tags 12", Authentic, Axl Rose, buy live like a suicide, buy vinyl, buyers guide, buying, cassette, Ebay, ep, fake, genuine, Guns N Roses, LIES, Live Like A Suicide, live like a suicide fake, live like a suicide real, live like a suicide vinyl, vinyl on November 13, 2011 by Tickets There
This page is the accumulation of several years’ research, hard work, frantic panic, image comparing, fact re-re-re checking and the near collapse of my better half’s admirable patience. If you’re in the market for a copy of this record or you’re close to someone who’s searched for it, you’ll understand.
So you know who Guns N’ Roses are and more than likely you know what Live Like A Suicide is. If you didn’t you most likely wouldn’t have found this page. Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide is a mini-album released by Guns N’ Roses back in 1986. It’s a fake live record and was recorded in a studio with audience sounds added after. It contains four tracks, Reckless Life, Nice Boys (Rose Tattoo song), Move To The City and Mama Kin (Aerosmith cover). It was released by the band on their own Uzi Suicide label under the guidance of Geffen Records who were worried about the band’s instability and they wanted to test the market before pushing a full studio album. Reportedly 25,000 copies were pressed but only 10,000 copies were sold. It never appeared on CD so legit formats only include 12” vinyl and the rarer cassette; but we’ll talk about that later on. Originally I was going to write a handy point by point piece, but feck it. If you’re in the market and have the cash, then take the time to properly research your future purchase and avoid getting ripped off.
(DISCLAIMER: The information contained within this guide is based on my own research and may not be 100% factual. Tickets There does not guarantee everything in this guide is true and the only reason we’re saying that is because psycho-bitches sue everything in sight.
Due to the rarity of this release and also the fact it’s an official album release in the bands discography, Live Like A Suicide is a must have for all Guns N’ Roses collectors. Normally this would be handy enough, fork out a couple of hundred dollars and bob’s your uncle, but like everything else GN’R related, there’s a complication. If you like seedy Russian tricksters, deceit, worry, exploitation and more worry; then read on.
The Myth
Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide is not a highly difficult record to find, despite some collectors insistence that it is. At almost every minute of everyday a copy is being sold on Ebay. As for the records high price tag, this is entirely dependent on how much a fan is willing to pay. Factory sealed, undamaged copies have been valued by long time reference guide Ladydairhean @ $300. However it’s rare you’ll find a factory sealed copy for less than $400, especially on Ebay, Eil.com, Discogs..etc Again, the value will only go up and if you have the cash, Tickets There says ‘go for it!’. Unless of course it’s a fake which brings is to the real point of this page.
I started looking for an original printing of this EP about three years ago. Like everyone else who does a little research, I was introduced to ‘the myth’ which scares 100% of all LLAS buyers away from immediately parting with cash for a copy. The myth goes as follows; in the early nineties, some chap in Russia bought a vinyl cutting press and reproduced several hundred / thousand copies of Live Like A Suicide in an attempt to cash in on Guns ‘Use Your Illusion’ success. Whether or not this is still going on is unknown. If it ever happened like that at all is also unknown. One thing that is guaranteed, not every copy of Live Like A Suicide sold is an original and there are some very obvious, some very difficult and some un-guaranteed methods of checking if the copy you’re buying is an original or not.
‘LIES’
LIES is the second album release by Guns N’ Roses. It came out in 1988 and as well as featuring the classic Patience, the notorious One In A Million and the savage Used To Love Her, it also includes the four Live Like A Suicide tracks. Technically the album is an E.P., but what can you do. The front cover was a take on all the bad press the band were generating with their off stage antics, the back cover was a re-print of the original Live Like A Suicide art work and that’s were the trouble begins.
People looking to buy LLAS will generally run into the LIES problem first. This is when a seller posts an image of the back cover of LIES and advertise it as LLAS. Most sellers will generally slip a note in somewhere saying it’s actually LIES you’re buying, but some miserable bastards won’t. Fortunately you’ve found this guide and we can help.
LIES Front & Back Covers: Spotting a copy of LIES is very simple. First of all, there’s a bar code in the top right hand corner and some writing and logos at the bottom. These do not appear on the actual Live Like A Suicide. The more adventurous tricksters will try to hide these using paint or photoshop so always ensure you ask the seller for several clear images and close-ups taken in daylight if you have doubts. As for back cover images, these are generally taken from the back of the LIES inner sleeve as this was also re-produced from the original LLAS artwork.
There are two main give-aways to look out for. First, the original LLAS does not have G SIDE 1986 printed after the Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide name. Again this can be edited out with paint and photo-shop so look for the second main give-away, the shading. While some sites will tell you there is no white text on the original LLAS, there is (the song titles appear in white); but not as much as there is on LIES. Checking the shading around the LLAS logo (especially the words LIVE & LIKE A) On Lies the shading will be white, on the original it’ll be a purple colour. Also check the overall quality of the record as the back cover of Live Like A Suicide is glossy and hard, the LIES inner sleeve is darker, plainer and paper. Here’s an image of the covers side by side for reference. (Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide is on the right)
FINDING FAKES
When it comes to spotting a fake, things get a little more difficult, especially using pictures. Time of day / artificial lighting and flash photography all change the particulars of the art work which some use as the basis for spotting a fake. Ladydairhean puts a lot of emphasis on colour in her guide but a lot of her points are not correct as far as I’ve been able to tell. The examples she uses are based on pictures she’s found and used to write the article from rather than using a genuine copy of the record. Unfortunately, colour is still one of the key factors in judging your copie’s authenticity. Fake copies generally have a darker front and back cover. The real Live Like A Suicide has a fairly dark front cover, but the back has a strong red tint that’s visible in the light. Since it’s hard to get a side by side image of the front cover, you’re best off asking for a photo of the back cover from a slanted birds eye view to verify the red tint.
As for the colour of the labels, the red side is a dark toned red, not blood red or bright. In certain lights the label can also appear slightly orange, pink and bright red –that makes things nice and easy don’t it? Here’s a few images of the official release’s label in different lights (All images taken of the same copy in different lights)
It’s reported that the Live Like A Suicide vinyl’s matrix engravings were also reproduced on the fake copies (I know, bastards!!!). So checking these is necessary, but again it’ doesn’t guarantee authenticity. The LLAS matrix numbers are,
- USR-001-A/B-SH1 USR-001 A/B-SH2
There is good news though, one crucial stamp is reported to not have been included on most of the bootleg copies!! Engraved along the same lines as the matrix numbers you should see the world ‘STERLING’ machine stamped on both sides of the record. One final thing, there’s also a raised ‘A’ within the inner circle on both sides of the label, but like the STERLING stamp is sometimes impossible to photograph and won’t appear in 90% of the images you see of this release.
Again, some of the fakes are reported to have this stamp included, however it doesn’t appear as prominently as it does on the genuine copies. Considering the difficulty in photographing the stamp on the genuine copies, this will be difficult to assess on-line and would best to check in person. We are working with one of the forum users on HTGTH to get a photograph of the fake ‘STERLING’ stamp for comparison.
A special thanks to Rubber Soul Records in Stoke-On-Trent, England (yes, the home of Slash and Lemmy!) for allowing us to use this image. I may have gone overboard on the branding, but this is a very difficult picture to take on most camera’s and I’m sure no-one wants it stolen by some **** on Ebay. Thank you guys!
Vinyl Colour
One very obvious way to see a fake is the colour of the record itself. If you see anything other than black vinyl – stay away. There is no such thing as an official copy printed on red, yellow, see through or any other kind of vinyl other than black. Despite the fact that these pressing are fake, some collectors still view them as collectable and have been known to pay upwards of £70 for a copy. These are surprisingly rare these days but can be found from time to time on Ebay.
Misleading Photos
There is one problem that is difficult to find a resolution for, stolen pictures. Sellers can quite easily steal pictures from guides like this and others; or simply steal them from other on-line sellers. There’s little you can do to avoid this but if you’re wary of this, request specific images from the seller from various angels. If the item is legit, the images should be mailed and you’ll notice if the environment & lightening changes. If it does, be careful as it could mean the seller has hunted down the images from other sites. If all remains the same, then they most likely have the record to hand. Remember: If you’re paying £100+ £100+ €100 for an item, it is OK to ask for photos and receive them – do not deal with any seller that refuses to provide these.
Previous Sales (Ebay)
On Ebay you can check if a seller has sold copies of the EP before and this is another way of spotting fraudulent items. If you see a seller is selling the album regularly, do not buy. If you see a seller only selling privately, do not buy. If you see one or two occurrences, check other items for sale and see if 1, everything is high priced (rare for a private seller to only sell high priced items. Items like Live Like A Suicide should be gems in their collections and much more expensive than their other items) and 2, if there’s any trend to the music they’re selling. If they have rare Guns N’ Roses LP’s, then most likely they’re hard rock / metal fans and other items should sync with that. Shops won’t be good for this but private sellers will.
UPDATE: I just saw a LLAS cassette for sale on Ebay. Thing is, they’re using thumbnails from the copy I bought last week!!! 
The seller has 3 pieces of feedback (one of them negative) and has taken the pictures and description from the cassette I purchased a few days ago – FAKE!. The way I’ve gone about re-checking my items authenticity is simple, I went to the seller I purchased the cassette from, went into his feedback as a seller. Clicked through the recent ‘View Items’ from recent feedback and checked the background of the photos he’s been using. Fortunately, they’re consistent with the background from the LLAS cassette meaning he has the tape, the other seller doesn’t. This is another handy trick when buying any copy of LLAS but again, people don;t necessarily photograph their item in the same place.
CASSETTE
Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide was officially released on cassette in 1986. Like the LP, it came factory sealed and included the same four tracks on both A&B sides. The art work differed slightly from the 12” version due to the fact that the 12” graphics were printed on the front side of the sleeve while the credits were printed on the back against a dark grey background.
Tickets There has not been able to work out how many of these cassettes are in existence but the original overall figure of 10/25K copies printed of the EP seems to include both vinyl and cassette; however there were much fewer pressing of the cassette format than the vinyl one making it harder to find, but surprisingly enough, cheaper.
The cassette is valued at around £100 for a factory sealed copy, but chances are you’ll pick it up for a lot less than this. While researching it, I found copies going between $50-$90 (sorry for all the currency jumps, depends on the value I see). Because the value isn’t as high, the cassette has managed to avoid the counterfeit craze so copies sold are genuinely authentic…unless the seller is stealing images like the story above. Again, always request pictures, always ensure the pictures are clear and all sides of the cassette are re-taken with matching back grounds and no paint touch ups have been carried out.
Lots more pictures of the cassette can be found below in the gallery.
CD
Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide was never originally released on CD. Around 2003, it was released in CD format with Appetite For Destruction (original cover) as part of a Guns N’ Roses boxset. Bottom line, any CD of LLAS is not from the original 1986 pressing.
In Brief
Do not despair, you’ll find a copy. The majority of the versions I’ve seen (that aren’t LIES) are generally originals and the so called counterfeit scare does not seem to be as prevalent as most people assume. A lot of the scares are false and as long as you look out for the following on the 12”, you can’t go too wrong.
- Make Sure you’re not buying LIES. Remember – Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide does not have any bar-codes any where on the cover or record. If you see a bar-code, it is not LLAS
- The only white text on the back cover should be the song titles, any white shading on the E.P.’s title is LIES and not legit.
- Matrix Numbers & STERLING machine stamp: Although they’re hard to photograph, you should try to buy a copy that you can see the matrix numbers and STERLING stamp printed. Collectors of the EP have reported fake copies do not contain the STERLING stamp so this is a great indicator to go by.
- Ageing: Personally, I stay away from shrink wrapped, unopened versions of the EP because you’ll pay roughly $400 for one and there’s no way of telling what’s inside without opening the shrink wrap which instantly devalues the record. A lot of sellers provide the original shrink wrap and if it’s been opened, you can request photos. The record should appear aged (well it is 25 years old, going on 26 (as of Nov, 2011). Perfect pristine copies should be avoided when possible (unless you really need that mint condition look)
- Back Cover Fold: According to some sources, official copies have a fold on the bottom left hand corner where you can see the image from the front. This is not 100% accurate and we do not endorse this a strict ‘must-have’ for buying this album. You should see part of the image folded under the back cover, but it should not be visible when staring at the back cover from a birds eye view.
- Thumbnails: Do not buy from a seller using thumbnail (small) images. Make sure you at least get decent high-grade pictures before purchasing. Also remember to check the consistency of the background in each image. If they’ve photographed a genuine copy for sale, they won’t move it around the world for each snap so the background should be the same in each picture. When requesting new pic, ask for them to be taken in the same location the first batch were to make sure the seller has the item.
I hope this guide helps you find a genuine copy for your collection. I took a long time to gather this information and will provide updates if and when I have them. It’s a wonderful piece to own and every GN’R collector should have it, just a shame some bastards have made it so difficult. There are always people waiting to take advantage of you but if you put in the work and ‘have a little patience’, you’ll be fine. Good Luck!
Update: 15th Nov 2011.
As a safety check, I’ve posted a link to this article on Heretodaygonetohell.com ‘s message board. User ‘williambailey‘ has kindly sent on some detials about the Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide EP’s release that he got from former Guns N’ Roses manager, Alan Niven which you’ll find interesting. Thanks williambailey for sending this on!
Live Like A Suicide was only manufactured on vinyl and cassette, total number of both items was, to my best memory 25,000 units, which I sold to Important records, an indy distributor of the day. They were manufactured by Warner Bros on my request, with care to ensure there were no markings whatsoever to link the discs to Geffen or their manufacturer. [Of course, the fact that the band were already signed to a major was somehow overlooked as I got these out in the guise of an indy record. The $40,000 I got from Important funded the first foray into Europe, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and the first three Marquee shows - and the momentum was thus begun].
Guns N’ Roses: 2011 Tour Dates
Posted in Music, News with tags 2011 tour, 2011 us tour, argentina, Axl Rose, Axl Rose Battling Bronchitis, Axl rose pumpkin, Brazil, Chile, FAT, fat axl, gnr 2011 tour, gund n roses rock in rio, guns n r us tour, Guns N Roses, guns n roses 2011 tour, Guns N Roses 2011 us tour, guns n roses argentina, guns n roses brazil, guns n roses chile, Guns N Roses pumpkin, guns n roses us tour, guns n roses us tour 2011, Happy Halloween Guns N' Roses fans, lOOKS AND SOUNDS HORRIBLE, OBESE, RIR 4, Rock In Rio, Rock In Rio 4, tour dates, UNRECOGNIZABLE, us tour, us tour dates, us tour tickets, VOICE LOST on February 26, 2011 by Tickets ThereFor the 2012 Tour Dates Please CLICK HERE
***UPDATE – 16th Nov. *** LAS VEGAS & L.A. Tour Dates Added***
Sorry for the recent silence folks – will do a proper update this evening, For now it’s time for Los Angeles and Las Vegas to get excited cause Guns N’ Roses are coming to town. The band have announced shows for December 21st (@ The Forum, LA) and 31st (The Joint, Las Vegas) so get your Christmas and New Year’s all within a few hours’ drive of each other….and several days apart. What am I talking about? Who knows!
Oh, and Axl hasn’t ruled out the option of re-uniting with the old line-up if Guns get inducted to the Rock ‘n’ Roll hall of fame. He knows some fans want to see it and isn’t against the suggestion.
***UPDATE – 1st Nov. *** Axl Rose Battling Bronchitis – But The Show Must Go On ***
According to blabbermouth (who in turn credit it to an insider from Guns N’ Roses management) has leaked that Axl Rose has been battling bronchitis and ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’ for the past few weeks. For those of you who don’t know, Montezuma’s Revenge is a nice way of saying ‘travellers diarrhea’ which Axl himself confirmed he had in a recent posting on his twitter account.
Despite this, Axl and the Guns have been kicking ass and taking names in Orlando, Miami and they’re set to do the same again tonight in Greenville, South Carolina at a special Halloween show at the Bi-Lo Centre. The last two shows have toppled the three hour mark with Axl and DJ Ashba even stopping by a sleepy VH1 crew from ‘That Metal Show’ to give an hour long interview.
America, if you haven’t bought tickets for this tour yet then you deserve a slap!
***UPDATE – 31st Oct. *** Happy Halloween Guns N’ Roses fans ***
Wishing all you fans and the band a very Happy Halloween.Hope you like this very special Axl Rose / GN’R Logo pumpkin that cause my hand much throbbing
***UPDATE – 30th Oct. *** Full US / Canada Tour Dates ***
As promised, the full set of dates for the American / Canadian Guns N’ Roses 2011 Tour! These have been taken just now from the official Events page on the Guns N’ Roses facebook. I thought there was a couple more but God help me if I’m going to try and collect this info from blogs and such, could be there all year trying to spot the differences, changes and general silliness and unreliability that goes with a Guns N’ Roses tour. If it’s on sale @ ticketmaster, then they’re playing so buy a ticket. All the dates are linked to the general Events page.
***UPDATE – 30th Oct. *** US Tour: 2 Dates in! ***
Well folks, they’re home! Guns N’ Roses kicked off their first US tour in five years on Friday night with a stunning 2.5 hour show at Orlando, Florida. The set included 23 songs, 5 solos and 2 jams. According to reports from fans Guns sounded amazing, blowing the crowd away. Just read the comments on the Orlando Sentinel for poof. Included in the set were Chinese Democracy classic including Better, There Was A Time, Sorry, Madagascar and Chinese Democracy as well as fan favourites Don’t Cry, Estranged, Rocket Queen, You Could Be Mine and of course ..the usual . Excellent set and an excellent comeback from the band.
But they didn’t stop there, last night the band headlined Miami American Airline’s Arena and played an equally stunning show again with no muss, no fuss; just good old fashioned Guns N’ Roses rock ‘n’ roll. Long may it continue! The official GN’R facebook has lots of tasty snaps for ya’ll to check out. Also, several new Canadian dates and a handful of additional American ones have been announced over the past coule of weeks. Tickets There apologizes for the delay getting these up – work I’m afraid and lots of it has stopped us doing anything else. Never fear, we’ll get there.
***UPDATE – 12thOct. *** FAT / OBESE / VOICE LOST / UNRECOGNIZABLE / LOOKS AND SOUNDS HORRIBLE / FAT AXL ***
I think it’s time to get something straight that’s annoying Tickets There and probably a lot of other Guns N’ Roses fans. Axl Rose is not fat, obese, unrecognizable. He doesn’t look horrible, his voice isn’t gone…etc, etc. The people writing this shite are called the media (and dick heads). The media make money of Axl Rose by focusing only on the negative and tearing them to shreds. Nobody ever hears about all of the fantastic shows Guns N’ Roses play because the media couldn’t be arsed talking about them. They like the controversy, the juice and they’ll suck the blood of the this band as long as they can because, well; Guns N’ Roses are the band people love to hate.
For instance, now the tabloids and online blogs are claiming Axl is fat and unrecognizable on the current tour. He looked exactly the same last year when they played Europe – not sure what the story is but if they’re expecting to see a 49 year old man looking the same as he did in 1987 (when he was 24) then that’s really their problem isn’t it?
As for losing his voice, Guns have played four shows on their current South American tour (Rio, Santiago, La Plata and Rosario). The last three have gone extremely well and you need only listen to the videos to see for yourself. Rio was first and Axl didn’t have his best night. I believe you’ll find that most musicians will say the first night of a tour is never the best (never-f**king-ever actually). Maybe it should be taken for granted that Axl, like all humans may get nerves and needs time to warm up and get comfortable. it can’t be easy; jumping on stage, day 01 of tour and play to 300,000 people for two hours in the pissing rain. Get off his back or have the deceny to trwat every band the same if you must bitch.
As for the bands tardiness, well what can I say? Oh, I could say that after two decades of late shows you are a f**king retard of the highest proportions to expect anything else. If you seriously (and I mean seriously) expect GN’R to be punctual after two decades of controversy and late gigs then you really are a total loss and a dreg of mankind. I cannot get over the sher rampant stupidity of anyone that would expect this band to be on time after everything they’ve done to convince the whole world that they’ll never change. You are a total moron and you possibly need to be sterilized or shot to stop you from infecting the rest of the race with … well, whatever the hell is making you that thick. My god, sea lions learn faster than you, monkeys, snails, brick walls, dirt – everything in the world has more intelligence than you and your kind.
Now for Obese comments (you f**king pricks! Wonder how the public would react if you just started snapping regular punters in the streets a couple of pounds overweight and called them obese in the press? There’d be outrage! Axl doesn’t look for media attention and avoids it like the plague so why focus on him?). Below is a picture of an obese man(left) and Axl Rose from the Chile gig on October 5th 2011 (right). Does he look obese? Does he look terrible? No, he looks a lot younger than 49 and he’s rocking the place. Did you hear about that? No – why? Because of everything in the opening paragraph.
The haters have nothing better to do with their lives than stir shit. Axl doesn’t let it get to him and that’s an example for us all. Fuck the haters, do your own thing. Heeding that advise, this is my last word on it.
***UPDATE – 10thOct. *** Facebook Fun & More U.S. Tour Dates Confirmed
‘Love them / hate them - they ain’t changing no matter what’ seems to be the message coming from the Guns camp in their latest FaceBook update. In a posting on Saturday (Oct. 8th) the band reaffirmed that anyone who has trouble staying up late for a hard rock concert has no business being there (agreed). Here it is in full,
Love it Hate it Accept it Debate it – You want 8 o’clock shows go find F-R-I-E-N-D-S or hit a cinema somewhere.. or you wanna be informed go catch the 10 o’clock news.. this is Rock N’ Roll! Treat yourself don’t cheat yourself thinking you’re gonna go to school or work or whatever you “normally” do the next day. Oh and remember before you get high and never want to come down. “you can have anything you want but you better not take it from me!” This is Guns N’Roses and when the time is right the stage will ignite. Looking forward to sharing that with rockers soon
What do you say to that? Well Tickets There has to agree. We’ve been through it and you know what – Guns comes on and kick ass. if you need an early sleep or have somewhere to be – then don’t go and see Guns N’ Roses. No-one’s making you so deal with it.
New U.S. Tour Dates!
The tour dates have once again been updated. The good folks at ChineseDemocracy.com have posted the latest list….and so have we
October 28: Amway Center, Orlando, FLORIDA
October 29: American Airlines Arena, Miami, FLORIDA
October 31: Bi Lo Centre, Greenville, SOUTH CAROLINA
November 2: Philips Arena, Atlanta, GEORGIA
November 4: Toyota Center, Houston, TEXAS
November 5: Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas, TEXAS
November 8: Qwest Center, Omaha, NEBRASKA
November 9: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OLKLAHOMA
November 12: Sprint Center, Kansas City, MISSOURI
November 13: Target Center, Minneapolis MINNESOTA
November 15: Allstate Arena, Chicago, ILLINOIS
November 17: IZOD Center, E.Rutherford, NEW JERSEY
November 19: Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CONNECTICUT
November 20: Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes Barre, PENNSYLVANIA
November 23: Times Union Center, Albany, NEW YORK
November 25: DCU Center, Worcester, MASSACHUSETTS
November 26: Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden NEW JERSEY
December 01: The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MICHIGAN
December 04: Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TENNESSEE
December 05: DeSoto Civic Center, Southaven, MISSISSIPPI
December 07: Covelli Centre Youngstown, OHIO
If you’re in doubt about the shows then fear not. They’re f**king incredible live and the sight of Axl Rose in real life, sounding and looking great is enough to wipe any nerves away. They’re like nothing else you’ll ever see live and worth every penny. Buy a ticket, go to see them and move on with your Guns N’ Roses love!
***UPDATE – 3rd Oct. (AGAIN)*** RIO Set-List***
According to one SetList.fm user, this is the set played by Guns N’ Roses at this morning’s Rock In Rio IV show. We’ll update with change if there is any. No hint of a brand new song but with a full South American tour and a North American tour to come over the next few months, we could be looking at some new stuff popping up at some stage. Tickets There will let you know of course!
Chinese democracy
Welcome to the jungle
It´s So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Sorry
Richard F. solo
Live And Let Die
Rocket Queen
This I Love
DJ solo (NEW)
Sweet Child O’ Mine
Estranged
Better
Dizzy Reed Solo
Street of Dreams
You Could Be Mine
November Rain
Ron Thal Solo
Knookin’ On Heaven’s Door
Nightrain
Patience
Paradise City
***UPDATE - 3rd Oct.*** Guns N’ Roses ROCK RIO ***
Well folks, they’re back! Guns N’ Roses are not long off the stage from their Rick In Rio IV headlining slot. It’s very difficult to get a proper set-list at the moment but they apparently played all the tracks from the 2010 tour with the added bonus of ‘Estranged’ being played for the first time in 18 years and ‘One In A Million’.
One of the pics included above (which have all been robbed from Chinese Democracy.com - Click for lots n lots more) is tonight’s sound desk set-list which includes two new totals ‘Going Down’ and ‘Riff Raff’. Whether these were played or not is still a mystery, but Tickets There doubts it as the boards and twitter would have lit up….not that they didn’t. A whooping 50% of all tweets for several hours there were Guns N Roses related – they still got it!
***UPDATE – 27th Sept.*** All 16 Confirmed Dates Now On General Sale***
The offical Guns N’ Roses Twitter confirmed it this morning – the 16 confirmed U.S. dates are now on sale through Ticketmaster.com
*** UPDATE – 26th Sept. *** – More U.S. Tour Dates Announced***
Guns N’ Roses have confirmed several more shows for their U.S. jaunt which kicks off in late October. Dates taken from Here Today…Gone to Hell (thank you 
). Enjoy!
October 28th, 2011: Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
October 29th, 2011: Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
October 31st, 2011: Greenville, SC @ BI-LO Center
November 2nd, 2011: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
November 4th, 2011: Houston. TX @ Toyota Center (NEW)
November 5th, 2011: Dallas. TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
November 8th, 2011: Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center (NEW)
November 9th, 2011: Norman, OK @ Lloyd Noble Center (NEW)
November 12th, 2011: Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
November 13th, 2011: Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
November 15th, 2011: Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
November 17th, 2011: East Rutherford, NJ @ IZOD Center (NEW)
November 19th, 2011: Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre
November 20th, 2011: Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Area (NEW)
November 25th, 2011: Worcester, MA @ DCU Center (NEW)
November 26th, 2011: Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center (NEW)
*** UPDATE - 21st Sept. *** – Guns N’ Roses Announce a SERIOUS F**KING TOUR!!!!***
For anyone that got excited yesterday, wait till you see this! Guns have outlined a 21 date US tour (with upwards of another 10 shows still to be confirmed) that’ll run from October 28th until new years eve. Lots n lots of details still to be confirmed, but here’s a little bit to wet your beak. (thank you Revolver Magazine)
10/28 Orlando, FL, Amway Center Arena
10/29 Miami, FL, American Airlines Arena
10/31 Greenville, SC, Bi-Lo Center Arena
11/02 Atlanta, GA, Phillips Arena
Houston, TX
11/05 Dallas, TX, Gexa Energy Pavillion
Omaha, NE
Tulsa, OK
11/12 Kansas City, MO, Sprint Center Arena
11/13 Minneapolis, MN, Target Center Arena
Chicago, IL, All State Arena
East Rutherford, NJ
Hartford, CT
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Worcester, MA
Camden, NJ
Detroit, MI
Cincinnati, OH
Nashville, TN
Indianapolis, IN
Denver, CO
*** UPDATE - 20th Sept. *** – Guns N’ Roses Announce a TOUR!!!!***
The day American’s have been pinning for is finally here, a full on tour of their native land is in the works and due to kick off late next month! Apologies for the delay between updates but this has brought has back. If Axl and co. are planning a major trek, then we’ll be right there with them.
The last US tour occurred in 2006 and went……well-ish…well, you can see for yourself. Hopefully this time all will be well with Guns able to give American’s the same amazing show the rest of the world have been basking in since 2007. Full list of 2011 tour dates is below with many more American ones set to be added in the coming days / weeks. Keep an eye on Tickets There for updates!
Oct. 8th – Buenos Aires (La Plata)
Oct. 10th- Santa Fe (Salon Metropolotano Rosario_
Oct. 12th- Cordoba (Orfeo Superdomo)
Oct. 15th- Asuncion (Jockey Club)
Oct. 18th- Mexico City (Sports Palace)
Oct. 19th- Mexico City (Sports Palace)
Oct. 22nd- Jalisco (Telemex Arena)
Oct. 23rd- Monterrey (Arena)
Oct. 28th- Orlando, Florida
Oct. 29th- Miami, Florida
Oct. 31 – Greenville, SC – BI-LO Center
Nov. 02 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
Nov. 05 – Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
Nov. 12 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
Nov. 13 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
Nov. 15 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
Nov. 19 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theatre
*** UPDATE – 12th June *** – Guns N’ Roses Announce Chile and Argentina Tour Dates
Would love to announce that you heard it here first, but Tickets There’s been busy this week enjoying the greatest few days of 2011 (so far). While we were off our old pals, GN’R announced a couple of South American shows in October that will coincide with their already announced headlining slot at Rock In Rio IV.
That’s right, they’ll be hitting the Movistar Arena in Santiago on October 5 (Chile) and the Estadio Único de La Plata (just outside Buenos Aires) on October 8th (Argentina). Tickets are on sale for both shows later this month.
Tickets There is delighted to see the band hitting the road again so soon and hopefully we’ll have more announcements in the coming weeks.
*** UPDATE – 11th May *** – DJ Ashba Hopes Guns N’ Roses Will Play US This Year
I Read the news today Oh Boy – Mr. DJ Ashba, a man we can all agree is a legend, has spoken (a few times recently – but we’ve been lazy) about the chances of Guns N’ Roses playing the US this year. As you may have noticed, the April – May dates we posted below aren’t going ahead (unless they’re very good at keeping secrets. Who knows, maybe they’ve played a million shows but forgot to let people in or tell anyone about them).
In a comment to Metal Injection at the recent Revolver Golden Gods Awards, Ashba made the following remark about the chances of Guns N’ Roses playing more dates this year.
“Absolutely,” he replied. “We just booked [Brazil’s] Rock in Rio [festival] for October 2, but there’s talk we’re gonna be going out way sooner. And hopefully we’re gonna be [playing dates] here in the States this year. I’m hoping. That’s the plan.”
I suppose the folks in the US must be getting pretty tired of these reports but as we’ve said before, be patient. They will play eventually and it’ll be one hell of a tour when they do. Maybe everyone go out, buy a copy of Chinese Democracy, forget the old guns and embrace the new sound (or stop listening to GN’R is you can’t dig it) and the band will be there in no time.
Thanks to GNRDaily.com(the greatest GN’R site on the net) for the story.
*** UPDATE – 29th March *** – Guns N’ Roses to Headline ROCK IN RIO 4
Oh yeah, the boys (Guns N’ Roses – Duh) are going for Brazil this year to headline the Rock In Rio festival on October 2nd. They’ll be playing the festival with old pals Metallica, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and lots more. Tickets on sale now.
This is the first confirmed show by the band for 2011 with the US tour that was suggested below looking less and less likely to kick off next week (Sarcasm). Don’t worry US, they’ll play there at some point – just don’t act like a pack of assholes when they do and Uncle Axl will reward you with more frequent tours.
Don’t go getting too excited yet folks but the good lads at GNRDaily.com have posted an extensive list of rumoured US / Canadian tour dates that the legendary Guns N’ Roses just might be embarking on in 2011.
Kicking off in Atlanta on April 7th, the tour is currently scheduled to last until June with a total of 29 dates including stops in New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles Nokia Theatre.
No official word on these dates yet but Tickets There, like all Guns N’ Roses fans are hoping these are true and the US will finally get to see exactly how good the band are these days. We’ll update ye with more news as soon as we hear it.
Guns N’ Roses 2011 American / Canadian Tour Dates
April 7 – Atlanta, GA Arena at Gwinnett Center
April 9 – Orlando, FL UCF Arena
April 10 – Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
April 12 – Raleigh, NC RBC Center
April 13 – Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
April 15 – Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 16 – Boston, MA TD Garden
April 18 – Newark, NJ Prudential Center
April 20 – New York City, NY Madison Square Gardens
April 22 – Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
April 23 – Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Events Center
April 24 – Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
April 28 – Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
April 30 – Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre
May 5 – Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
May 7 – Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
May 8 – Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
May 9 – St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
May 19 – Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
May 20 – Seattle, WA KeyArena
May 22 – Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
May 23 – Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena
May 25 – Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena
May 26 – Denver, CO 1stBank Center
May 28 – Dallas, TX Verizon Theatre
May 29 – Houston, TX Toyota Center
May 30 – Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
June 3 – Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
June 5 – Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre
Axl Rose Sues Activision over Guitar Hero III
Posted in Music, News with tags Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III, Guns N Roses, Slash, suing on November 25, 2010 by Tickets There
Well, we weren’t going to mention this but we decided not to take the Perez Hilton approach and only report the good but our benefactor (speaking of which, where’s the check Mr. Rose?) has decided it’s finally time to sue Guitar Hero III. Well, he’s suing the makers of the game Activision for $20 Million (Yikes)..
Legal Mumbo-jumbo from Skip Miller, Rose’s attorney- “This lawsuit is about protecting Guns N’ Roses and ‘Welcome to the Jungle,’ and is about holding Activision accountable for its misuse of these incredibly valuable assets.” He further adds, “The relief we are seeking is disgorgement of profits and compensatory and punitive damages.”
They’ve also got some other stuff in there about Sweet Child O’Mine being used in Guitar Hero II and something along the lines of Slash’s character not being allowed to associate himself with Guns N’ Roses..I don’t know, who cares? It’s good old uncle Axl doing what he does best, pissing people off.
Personally, we at Tickets There think this is a message to anyone who thought the Duff McKagan reunion in London may become more widespread. If we hear anymore, we’ll let ye know (expect a Wikipedia update in 5 years that the case was settled out of court and a comment from Slash either saying ‘I don’t know what Axl’s doing’ or ‘I Can’t comment on that’)
GUNS N’ ROSES: Belfast & Dublin 2010 – The Good, The Bad & The BLITZ! (Live Review)
Posted in Gig Review, Music with tags Axl Rose, axl rose dublin, Axl Rose Ireland, Axl Rose review, Better, Chinese Democracy, DJ Ashba, dublin live review, gnr Belfast, gnr belfast review, gnr dublin live review, gnr Odyssey, Guns N Roses, guns n roses Odyssey arena, It's so easy, Madagascar, nightrain, November Rain, O2 riot, Odyssey Arena belfast, Odyssey arena gnr, Ricard Fortus, Ron Thal, Sorry, Streey of Dreams, The O2 Arena, Welcome to the Jungle on September 2, 2010 by Tickets There
- Belfast Photos By Davis Fitzgerald (@ The Belfast Telegraph)
- Dublin Photo’s By Aaron O’Connor
- Crap Pictures (Really out of focus, far away/B&W ones) by Tickets There
“STOP! Right, here’s the Deal. One more bottle – we go home. It’s up to you. We would like to Stay, you want us to stay? We want to stay; we want to have some fun. If you don’t want to have fun all you gotta do is let us know and we got no problem, we’ll go on our way. Start Over.”
– Axl Roses, Dublin September 1st 2010.
What ever problems Guns N’ Roses have had over the past twenty years, today more than ever it is very, very unpopular to be their fan in Ireland. Just 24 hours after an amazing performance in Belfast, last night’s O2 area show almost ended in total chaos when the band left the stage after just twenty minutes due to bottles and objects being thrown on stage and at band members despite a very firm warning from Axl earlier in the set that the band would leave if another object was thrown.
The Bad: Let’s get the Elephant Out of the Way…
Dublin fans become irritated when the band turned up almost 40 minutes late for their set, not bad in normal Guns N’ Roses time but more than the gathering of greatest hits fans in attendance were used to. The final 20 minutes of waiting had been filled with a mixture of booing, complaints and chants from the restless, now tired, bored and drink filled crowd. When the band finally took the stage, their opening song Chinese Democracy did little to calm the audience down. Even the opening chords to their second song, Welcome To The Jungle were meet with an even mixture of boos and cheers. After three objects were directly thrown at Axl, the show was stopped for Axl’s warning before the band kicked into WTTJ again.
It’s So Easy followed, where a pissed off Axl could be seen to give more than a normal effort into the line “I see you standing there, you think you’re so cool. Why don’t you just, Fuck Off!’ flipping of the remaining nay sayers in the audience. The classic Mr. Brownstone went off without a hitch but still didn’t relieve the tension in the room and Axl’s unapologetic Sorry from Chinese Democracy landed like a lead balloon in the room. At this point, Axl introduced guitarist Richard Fortus for a solo and as he turned around to depart the stage, he was once again struck by an object from the crowd. Axl simply turned and said goodbye to the crowd, announced the show was over and the band walked off.
You don’t know why, I won’t act the way you think I should…. To hell with the pressure, I’m not cavin’ in.
- Guns N’ Roses – Sorry (Chinese Democracy, 2008)
This was meet by massive booing from the now pissed off crowd. The lights remained dark and people that weren’t roaring insults at the stage were deep in GN’R conversation about the possibilities of the band actually returning to the stage. As most GN’R fans know, Axl will almost never return to a stage after walking off and right now, Tickets There cannot think of one time he’s actually done before last night.
After a period of waiting, an official spokesperson announced the crew were working through some “technical difficulties”, an announcement that was meet with a burst of laughter from the crowd. Seeing the tension. Denis Desmond from MCD took the mike to inform the crowd they were trying their best to get Guns N’ Roses back on stage and asked the crowd for calm. The House lights were turned on and several thousand people departed assuming the show was over. Outside, security guards scrambled to remove all fencing from around the arena and smoking areas for fear of a mass exit and possible riot while departing fans roared their disapproval at Axl’s treatment of the crowd. Back inside the bars and merch stands were closed, fans stood around not knowing what to do, smoking openly in the middle of the floor unable to restrain their anger towards the band, especially lead singer Axl.
Out of nowhere, the house-lights were turned off, the cameramen took their positions around the stage and the band reappeared, jumping around and smiling. Axl begrudgingly retook the stage and the band sombrely started into Live And Let Die, which was met with a nervous relief and quiet excitement from the remaining crowd members. Axl stood at the back of the stage, away from the shower of bottles many in the crowd were sure would arrive if the band actually returned. Fortunately the lesson seemed to work as no more objects were thrown at the stage and the booing seemed to stop completely. Axl remained at the back of stage for almost the entire night moving only to walk back stage occasionally during song breaks and solos and to take his piano for November Rain (not including his solo this time).
Like the majority of the crowd, Axl looked upset, pissed off and in no form to be on stage after the fiasco that had occurred earlier in the night but his voice was strong, soaring, deep and shirking. Every note was delivered perfectly and had he been more animated, no-one in the audience would have known there’d ever been a problem.
Leaving the stage around 01:00am, the band had managed to play almost their entire set and Axl once again spoke to the crowd to wish us a good night. The band forwent their usual collective bow and Frank Sinatra’s My Way came over the PA as the house lights lit up. Show over, people left quietly in a mixed state of disillusionment, disappointment tiredness and for some, a secret thrill that they had attended what will surely become a highly talked about, notorious Guns show. For others, the circus of media attention awaiting the next day seemed like a hassle not needed after a night like that. Some fans just left happy enough to have seen the band play their full set.
The BLITZ!: It wasn’t all bad, quite the opposite in fact…
In stark contrast to the Dublin show, Guns N’ Roses performance in Belfast was immaculate, euphoric, rapturously well received and quite simply, amazing. It was a testimonial that the current line-up and Axl can come together so perfectly and deliver a nights entertainment that few can measure when fans in attendance are respectful to the band.
Taking the stage roughly 35 minutes after support band Danko Jones finished their set, Guns came out with all ..ehm, guns blazing. Chinese Democracy blew the arena to pieces and the mere sight of the iconic front man was enough to lift everyone to their feet and explode with delight that Guns were here, they were on stage and they were kicking ass.
Welcome To The Jungle blitzed the Odyssey Arena as all fans, new and old, diehard and greatest hits folks jumped for the ceiling with Axl dominating every corner of the stage. The claims that the singer was bloated unfit and unable to sing turned out to be total rubbish and became so laughable, few could even remember there ever was any negativity in the press. It’s So Easy and Mr. Brownstone only strengthened the audiences excitement and sheer joy that the band were firing on all cylinders, delivering an already highly memorable performances.
Sorry went over exceptionally well for a new ballad after such an explosive start and Richard Fortus’ solo brought him closer to the crowds hearts, making that initial step to being accepted into the old fans hearts. Live and Let Die turned into a 14,000 strong sing along and This I Love was again warmly welcomed before the classic Rocket Queen once again brought the crowd to its full force fighting feet. A piano solo from Dizzy Reed calmed the now drink/breath starved audience before the band returned to the stage to deliver a note perfect rendition of Street of Dreams, one of Chinese Democracy’s real highlights. Axl smiled the entire way through the show, obviously ecstatic that the headlines from the weekend were behind him and Guns were back to doing what they do best, putting on the greatest show on earth. He looked great, sounded great and with occasional costume changes, he made this every bit a Guns N’ Roses show we’d ever heard about – without the controversy.
You Could Be Mine and Sweet Child O Mine ripped through the arena like a tornado with the crowd showing pure excitement in every form. Moshing broke out towards the front, crowd surfing started, everyone with a pack of cigarettes in the middle broke them out and for the first time in a long time, we knew we were at a real rock n roll show. Axl arrived in stage to a disco ball styled Roland piano for a nurturing solo before causing mass eruption with the opening notes to the classic November Rain, which on its own made the ticket price worth every penny. The band were as tight as they come, the stage show was amazing with explosions, towering flames and visuals for almost every performance.
Ron Thal’s Pink Panther solo added an inspiring, comical touch to the night with the crowd singling along to the familiar themes before new song, Better turned up to fight Chinese Democracy’s corner and win. Knockin’ On Heavens Door and the amazing Nightrain finished the main set and saw Guns temporally depart.
Returning on his own, Ron Thal again took a solo, delighting fans with an instrumental rendition of Don’t Cry before the band accompanied him for a truly spectacular performance of Madagascar. One final instrumental jam lead the way for tonight’s closing anthem, Paradise City which saw crowd and band alike explode enthusiastically as the arena became engrossed in pyro displays, red and silver confetti and the closing moments of one of the best shows most of us had ever seen.
Guns remained on stage to give three appreciative bows to the audience who stood strong to rousing applaud the band for their incredible performance that delivered everything a fan could ever ask for from any live band. Guns left as heroes, fans left delighted, filled with adrenaline after more than two hours of classic anthems from one of the worlds greatest bands.
The Good: …?…
Guns N’ Roses let alot fans down last night. Some fans let Guns N’ Roses down last night. Axl and co made people wait over 40 minutes (more than an hour including set-up time) for the show to start. The crowd greeted the band with boos (fair enough, Axl has to have come to expect this. It’s as much a part of the show as the late starts themselves). On top of that however, certain crowd members threw multiple objects at the stage with 2/3 hitting Axl directly. For the safety of himself and the band, Axl made his position clear and someone chose to ignore this.
There is no excuse for throwing objects at a stage, what ever they might be. There is never any reason to throw anything at any performer in the middle of a crowd trying to do his job, no matter how angry or upset you are. He was there, the band was playing and sounded great and people couldn’t let it go. No band should ever put up with that kind of attitude from the crowd and ignoring it and carrying on is not the answer. Bands who let things like happen are only asking for much worse trouble.
Axl was hit straight on with a bottle during welcome to the Jungle and ignored it. After a second object hit him when his back was turned he warned the crowd. After a third object hit him, again when his back was turned; he left. Any reasonable human being with an ounce of cop on knows he was fully in the right. He would have put up with the booing, the chants and the insults but he’s not stupid enough to become a target for every drunken attendee standing in the mass, blacked out crowd cowardly throwing objects at him. They may have been plastics, but stand there long enough; god knows what else would have appeared.
On the other hand, Axl displayed his happy, gracious and true front man powers in Belfast, performing a truly outstanding and memorable show. That that will sadly be completely eclipsed because of last night but for the 14,000 that showed up, we know exactly what Guns are capable of when the crowd and band are in good form. Dublin missed out on a great opportunity and though Guns played, it wasn’t the show it could have been. The media didn’t seem to care when things went right one night but they can’t get enough of today’s headlines. Hopefully some will calm down and see the unevenness the media creates around the bands image and the knock on effect this has on people attending the shows. Others won’t and will bad mouth Gn’R for the rest of their days. What ever happens, this year Ireland got to see every side of hard rocks greatest band, the good, the bad and the Blitz!
To see the three bottles that struck Axl during Welcome to the Jungle, watch the video below and see the following minutes,
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Guns N’ Roses – Dublin, September 1st 2010: Message From Tickets There
Posted in Music, News with tags Axl Rose, axl rose dublin, gnr, gnr dublin, Guns N Roses, Guns N Roses dublin, sept 1st, The O2 on September 2, 2010 by Tickets There
***Review of Dublin & Belfast Now Posted***
Without rushing into a review, please allow Tickets There one quick comment to all the fans in Dublin who attended tonight’s Guns N’ Roses gig.
Go fuck yourselves, each and every fucking one of you. Anyone that booed, anyone that spent the entire night (not just the 30/50 mins we were waiting) complaining, bitching and moaning about the current line-up, the Chinese Democracy Album, the headlines from Reading (not Leeds or Belfast off course, no fun in discussing the gigs that go brilliantly) and especially every cunt in that crowd that threw bottles at the band – you are scum. You are total scum and Tickets There can only hope you receive the same, the exact same fucking treatment the next day you arrive at work – if yer capable of holding down jobs you total wastes of space.
Fuck Dublin, Fuck tonight’s crowd and fuck anyone that tries to defend the shit Guns had to put up with tonight. You are dicks!
Axl Rose – Asshole or Hero? NME Ask The Question!
Posted in General Tickets There Blog, Music, News with tags Appetite For Destruction, Axl Rose, Axl Rose – Asshole or Hero?, Chinese Democracy, Duff McKagan, fuck, Guns N Roses, Izzy Stradlin, New Musical Express, NME, Rebellion, Rock N Roll, Slash, Steven Adler, Tim Chester on August 29, 2010 by Tickets There
Tim Chester over at the English music scenes answer to a cheap gossip rag, New Musical Express has posted a question based piece entitled, ‘Axl Rose – Asshole or Hero?’. Now normally the NME isn’t worth reading, replying to or taking any notice of at all, well not unless you want to know which shop Pete Doherty just walked out of or what brand of cigarettes Amy Winehouse smokes (Thanks Daily Gossip!). But this time Tickets There is taking the liberty of branding the author, the magazine and their staff a bunch of over the hill, raised on camp indie bullshit-artists, with as much right to write about Rock N’ Roll as a Nazi has to a fair hearing.
The Facts: Reading 2010
Guns N’ Roses played Reading on Friday night. In the week leading up to the event, NME spearheaded reporting a speech from Reading /Leeds organizer Melvin Been that the Guns had been issued a warning that their stage times must be adhered to after local councils and police made a similar warning to Melvin a co.
The band were scheduled to arrive on stage at 09:30pm, eventually arriving at 10:30 -an hour late. Their original cut off time was 11:30pm and they managed to play on until 12:00. When the band tried to return for an encore, their sound was cut so the band staged a sit in protest after leading the crowd through an ‘acoustic’ rendition of Paradise City, which saw nearly 90,000 fans singing along and chanting ‘Let Them Play‘ and ‘Fuck You Reading‘(Not a secret, watch the videos). They eventually left the stage after Axl made a comment the band would not play Leeds after the treatment they received at Reading by ‘those responsible’
Coming on Late Ain’t right is it?
For the past twenty years, Guns N’ Roses have had a very obvious, very public, well documented and very much lampooned and hated reputation for showing up late by heritage fans and the music press. In fact, the writer shows a knowledge for this by highlighting (as usual) the low points and incidents of previous GN’R tours, in no great detail or context off course as that might involve some real journalism on their behalf – God forbid. For anyone to act surprised or angry at the group for turning up late has a vendetta because Axl Rose and the band have never done anything to make you think they’ve changed.
Do these people still act surprised when they get wet in the shower? Because they seem to have no comprehension for the flippin’ obvious.
Our Response – Axl Rose – Asshole or Hero?
Rock music has lost it’s way – Rock is now dead. Rock N Roll hall of fame, award shows – heritage bands reuniting, greatest hits set-lists, staying together for the ‘career’, money, album after album of repeated glory day styles, follow the rules, adapt to the industry’s expectations, the fans expectations, pander to the press, bad mouth your band mates and still stick together because there’s no-where else to go. Bands are old, rock is old and it’s fans, it’s bands and the industry built around them to exploit and drain what ever profits it can has finally destroyed what was once a perfect machine for encouraging rebellion. A style designed to give kids a voice to express their views, their difference of opinion and the things the mean the most to them.
Rock N’ Roll, Punk, Rap, Heavy Metal all evolved in each generation to suit new fans, new young people and their lives but the spirit of rock n roll has always been carried over and that message is simple – Don’t Follow The Rules and fuck society, fuck the industry, the government and fuck you, I’ll do what I want.
That message has become a cliché, a punch line for the marketing and advertising industry every time a twenty two year old college grad is given the new Motorhead album to push. The people running things, the bands involved and the new breed of fans, raised on ageing fogies playing greatest hits tours every year while struggling younger bands repeatedly get passed up so rich musicians can make more money. These days bands have to sound like Coldplay or Arcade Fire to get ahead, music that your gran, neighbours and teachers can sit back with, sip wine to and discuss the banking crisis. Very rock n’ roll eh.
Then you take Guns N’ Roses. Old Guns N’ Roses. Slash, Duff, Axl, Izzy and Steven and Appetite for Destruction. Sweet Child O Mine, Welcome to The Jungle and Paradise City. massive. Then Later with Don’t Cry, November Rain, Live and Let Die, You Could be Mine…just as massive. They had it all and could still be out there today, like every single other heritage rock band making money, touring Appetite for Destruction and a choice selection from what ever Appetite rip off they released that year and pandering to the fans every whim and wish. The so called ‘Most Dangerous Band‘ could be there in the O2, top hat, American flag shorts and all, like nothing ever changed in the past twenty years.
Wake the fuck up, things change and people move on.
Slash is gone, playing American anthems to stadiums, selling guitars for Gibson, living up in every respect to the stereotype cast on him. Discussing reunions and his love for Axl. Duff is around, playing in second rate punk bands, writing for Playboy (he’s a journalist now don’t ya know) and still playing with Slash and Matt Sorum in Guns N’….sorry, I mean Velvet Revolver. He likes to discuss reunions occasionally aswell. Steven, poor Steven plays in Adler’s Appetite, a band that until recently exclusively played Appetite For Destruction at every show. Again, he mentions the idea of a re-union at every given opportunity.
Axl does not discuss reunions, he does not give interviews, he does not play national anthems to baseball stadiums full of 40/50 year old Americans who point and remember he was the guy who sang Sweet Child O’ Mine. He keeps the band fresh. He works on his music in his own time, he tours and plays shows ranging from 2.5-3.5 hours with a new band of incredibly tight musicians playing half hits and half new material. He goes on stage when he’s ready, he releases his music when he’s ready and he does what he likes, when he wants to do it. Not when people tell him he should do it.
He makes no secret of this and anyone that tries to argue that is an opinionated, but faceless moron following the sheep and the lead taken by people set out against Axl for personal grudges. Ya see, musicians who don’t pander to the press become enemies. People who won’t do what they’re told become a nuisance. and people who tell you to fuck off after you’ve devoted yourself to them for years on end get pissed off.
Axl Rose does what he likes when he likes. He doesn’t set out to piss off fans or anyone else but anyone turning up at a Guns show expecting to see the band on time is a straight up retard and fuck knows where they’d get the idea that was going to happen. It might, it’s not like they never turn up on time but you only hear of the occasions when they don’t. It’s not like every other band in the world always turn up on time, but then again – they don’t make as interesting reading as Axl.
He doesn’t pander to press, to fans, to x-band mates, to record companies or to anyone who else who tells him what he should be dong. He’s nearly 50 years old and he knows very well what he’s doing and how he wants it done. he knows when he’s ready to walk on stage to give the best performance he can and he knows when his musics ready. The Press, managers, fans and no-one else knows this because they all suck off the ‘product’ he’s giving the world. if you don’t like it – fuck off, if you question it – fuck off and if you have a problems guess what – Fuck Off!
Rock N’ Roll is rebellion and Axl Rose rebels against pretty much every rule in the book, whether it’s the industry making them, Society making them, the fans making them or his band making them. He will give you a fantastic show as long as you don’t throw shit at him (by the way, how many of you would remain in your chairs at work if customers came along throwing bottles and coins at you with a spot light in your face blocking your view?? Ya, fuck off!).
Axl Rose is the last true hero of rock n roll because he’s the only one famous enough still telling pressure and rules to go fuck themselves and anyone that can’t see that has no business being a fan of rock in the first place. Fuck off and listen to Radiohead and leave Rock N Roll alone for people with some balls.
Moving On:
Guns N’ Roses play Belfast on Tuesday, Dublin on Wednesday. Don’t go if you want Slash, don’t go if you have somewhere to be after. Go if you want to see the last true icon of a rotting genre, that once gave people alot of hope before it’s originators, it’s fans and it’s spokespeople were absorbed back into the system the movement set out to defy in the first place. He might also play a few cracking tunes while you’re there.
NME – Stick to reviewing The Kings of Leon, The Libertines and The Klaxons. That seems to be as much danger as ye can handle. I hear there’s a fat, squirrel eating lesbian naked somewhere – go quick, there’s a cover due!
Guns N’ Roses: Power Cut By Reading Organizers
Posted in Music, News with tags Axl Rose, Guns N Roses, Leeds Festival, Reading Festival on August 28, 2010 by Tickets There
Guns N’ Roses set was cut short last night by Reading authorities after they ran over their 11:30pm curfew. Reading organizer, Melvin Benn spent most of last week shooting his mouth off to the press about the strict times being applied to Guns set and announced that if the band tried to play longer, he would pull the plug after local authorities in Reading threatened the festivals license.
After finishing the majority of their set, Guns returned to the stage for an encore around 00:00 only to find their sound cut which lead to Axl and band staging a sit in while the crowd chanted ‘Let Them Play‘. Without guitars, Guns drummer Frank Ferrer led the crowd into an ‘acoustic’ , crowd sung rendition of Paradise City and We Will Rock You. Axl and Guitarist DJ Ashba also went into the pit thanking members of the audience before returning to the stage and announcing that because of the organizers handling of the night, the band would not play Leeds tomorrow night.
According to NME and Reading & Leeds spokespeople, the bands show will go ahead tomorrow and you can follow all the guns updates RIGHT HERE – CLICK, CLICK, CLICK
Guns N Roses – Dublin and Belfast Shows On Sale Tomorrow
Posted in Music, News with tags Axl Rose, Axl Roses 2010, Chinese Demcoracy, Chinese Democracy tour, gnr Belfast, gnr dublin, Gnr O2 Arena, gnr Odyssey arena, Guns N Roses 2010, guns n roses 2010 european tour, guns n roses 2010 tour, Guns N Roses Belfast, Guns N Roses Belfast tickets, Guns N Roses dublin, Guns N Roses dublin tickets, Guns N Roses Ireland on June 10, 2010 by Tickets There
Just a reminder folks, Guns N’ Roses tickets go on sale tomorrow morning @ 09:00AM. That picture above is from today’s full page advert in The Daily Star who are also running a competition to win 2 tickets to the show. Lines close tomorrow, but enter today just in case
Read our main post about the shows and keep tabs on Updates as they filter through by Clicking Here
Guns N’ Roses 2010 Tour Official!
Posted in Music, News with tags Axl Rose, Chinese Democracy tour, Gnr 2010 tour, gnr tour, Guns N Roses, guns n roses 2010 tour, guns n roses tur on November 11, 2009 by Tickets There
Moving swiftly along from the disastrous audio spectacle that is Slash’s new single Sahara and it’s totally original B-Side, Paradise City, we can now look on to the happy, happy news that is…drum roll please….the fact that Guns N’ Roses have made the 2010 Tour Dates official.
The bands MySpace and Facebook were updated with the dates today so all eyes on are on the gunsnroses.com website for the final confirmation.
Lead singer and living rock super god, Axl Rose and the band have yet to make any comment about the dates but all’s looking good so far. With any luck the band will start to announce further dates in the US and Europe soon.
Check Tickets There’s previous post for a full list of the dates and the official tour video by Clicking Here (Dates) and Here (Video)
Guns N’ Roses – gotta love em!
GUNS N’ ROSES 2010 TOUR VIDEO
Posted in Music, News with tags Axl Rose, axl rose tour, Guns N Roses, guns n roses 2010 tour, guns n roses 2010 tour tickets, guns n roses play Canada, guns n roses tickets on October 22, 2009 by Tickets There
Seems things are really piling up in favor of the 2010 Guns N’ Roses tour actually going ahead. Axl Rose, Tickets There’s personal choice for greatest living rock legend and his group of guns will be hitting Canada and the world next year for a tour that looks set to be pretty massive. As long as Ticket sales and normal ranting issues don’t get in the way, the world will finally have one of hard rock’s greatest bands back on its feet.
For More detials about the tour, please Click Here and see TT’s original article with all confirmed dates listed.
Here’s a video for their show in London, Ontario on January 25th
Guns N’ Roses: 2010 Tour Dates Announced!!
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***UPDATED – 30/11/2010 – Guns N’ Roses: TO TOUR USA IN 2011? ***
Rumours are flying high that Guns N’ Roses will be touring the US in the spring of 2011 with the possibility of a new album (or remix album with a DVD) and…(yes, there’s more ) some new material being played at the shows. Whether or not the new songs will be played at the bands December shows is unclear but rumours generally have some basis in the Guns business (trying our best not to shit a brick laughing at that last comment).
According to Guns N Roses News, a source, the same that leaked the lyrics to sorry a year before they were released has divulged the following information.
“From what I’ve heard through some of my band contacts, 2011 should be a very cool year for the fans. Axl really wants to get Chinese Democracy’s follow-up out there, they’d like to tour the US (unfortunately lawsuits may prevent them), and we may even get that remix CD album bundled with an official DVD release that they’re working on.
Also, don’t be surprised if you hear a previously unreleased song or 2 played live for the first time. From what I hear, Axl is wanting to test the waters. Keep your fingers crossed that it is either “Forgotten” or Atlas Shrugged”. Whatever it is, you can be sure that it will be sweeeeeeeet!”
So, if anything more comes about this, we should be in for a fun filled Guns N’ Roses 2011. It’s too soon and too little for breath holding but where there’s light..etc. When we hear more, we’ll tell ye!
***UPDATED – 22/10/2010 – Guns N’ Roses Announce Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates December Show***
No word on Israel yet (thank-god!) but Guns N’ Roses have announced a show in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi!. Penciled in for December 16th, the date follows Guns Australian shows earlier in the month. For a full list of confirmed 2010 dates, please see below.
- Dec. 1st: Guns N’ Roses live in Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Dec. 4th: Guns N’ Roses live in Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Dec. 7th: Guns N’ Roses live in Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Dec. 11th: Guns N’ Roses live in Perth, WA, Australia
- Dec. 16th: Guns N’ Roses live in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
***UPDATED – 14/10/2010 – DUFF McKAGAN PLAYS WITH GUNS N’ ROSES IN LONDON***
Can barely believe it myself folks but original Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan got up on stage with the band tonight to play You Could Be Mine, Lies favourite Nice Boys, Knockin’ On Heavens Door (featuring Duff on Guitar) and Patience (featuring Duff on Tambourine) at the second sold out night in London’s O2 Arena.
Apparently Axl Rose announced “There Was This Guy At The End Of My Hallway Playing All This Loud Music & Shit. Who The Fuck? Oh! It’s Duff!”. So it seems Mr. McKagan was staying at the same hotel as Axl and the two decided on giving their UK fans a little treat.
This is mega for anyone underestimating the significance. It’s the first time since 93 that Duff and Axl have played together live and might signal an end to the bitterness and rivalry at last. No-ones calling for a reunion, but it would be nice if those guys could patch things up. They did great work together and should get along. Fair play to both Axl and Duff tonight and to Tommy and the rest of the guys for standing back and letting the crowd lap it up. Christ I’d give almost anything to have been there!
Duff ain’t the only X-guns to take the stage with the new line-up. Original guitarist Izzy Stradlin played several shows with Guns in 2006.
Set-list with full Duff details (thank-you Blabbermouth)
01. Intro
02. Chinese Democracy
03. It’s So Easy
04. Mr. Brownstone
05. Sorry
06. Shackler’s Revenge
07. Richard Fortus Solo
08. Live And Let Die
09. Instrumental Jam
10. This I Love
11. Better
12. Rocket Queen
13. Dizzy Reed Solo
14. Street Of Dreams
15. You Could Be Mine (w/ Duff McKagan on bass)
16. The Ballad Of Death
17. Sweet Child O’Mine
18. Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)
19. Axl Piano Solo
20. November Rain
21. Bumblefoot Solo
22. I.R.S.
23. Nice Boys (w/ Duff McKagan on guitar)
24. Knocking On Heaven’s Door (w/ Duff McKagan on guitar)
25. Nightrain
Encore:
26. Don’t Cry
27. Madagascar
28. Patience (w/ Duff McKagan on tambourine)
29. Whole Lotta Rosie
30. Waiting On A Friend (jam)
31. Paradise City
***UPDATED – 13/10/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES Play London O2 Arena Tonight***
Tickets There wishes Guns the best of luck tonight when they return to the UK for the first time since the whole Reading / Leeds thing. This side of Europe mistreated rock royalty in August and early September, so hopefully things will go smoothly on this leg of the tour and the UK will get to see the band in full blazing glory.
***UPDATED – 10/10/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES to perform in Israel?***
According to YNetNews, Guns N’ Roses are likely to play 2 shows in Israel this December.
The dates are slated to take place on the 18th and 19th. No city, venue or official confirmation has been announced as of yet but rumours seem to be king for this tour and Guns are stopping at every port in the sea (aside from the one over yonder). These shows follow the Australian ones taking place in Early December.
On a personal note, Tickets There isn’t delighted to see Guns break the boycott of Israel that many others have signed up to but then again, they’re musicians, not politicians. Hopefully the nukes won’t drop on The Knesset until after Guns finish up their show.
***UPDATED – 04/09/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES ROME SHOW UNDER-WAY***
Several Twitters, forums and Mr. Del James have confirmed Guns are on-stage in Rome!!!!
We’ll let ye know how things go when we have an update.
Same set-list as always, apparently the crowd are going nuts (in a good way). Guns are Back on form!!!
Rome show is over, everything went brilliantly!!! Tomorrow night, let’s see them do it again!!
***UPDATED – 02/09/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES Dublin & Belfast Review Now Posted***
Well, by now the entire GN’R world (and Beyond) has heard the media’s version of last nights show in Dublin, now it’s time for TT to have our final word on the subject.
Review now posted: Click Here to Read The Dublin & Belfast Reviews
***UPDATED – 29/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES ARRIVE IN BELFAST***
Well folks, no word on those extra Australian shows yet but good news for Irish Gn’R fans, The band have arrived in Belfast and they’re reading and willing for tomorrow night. Please excuse Tickets There for the next few days but after tonight, we’ll be binging in some good old fashioned Gn’R!
***UPDATED – 29/08/2010 – Axl Rose – Asshole or Hero? NME Ask The Question!***
Well, seems to folks over at NME are carrying on with their typical Bullshit. They posted a piece entitled ‘Axl Roses – Asshole or Hero?‘ and Tickets There has answered.
Click Here to Read Our Response
***UPDATED – 29/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES: LEEDS IS LOVIN’ IT ***
Well folks, Queens of the Stone have finished and Leeds is waiting. We’ll let ye know as soon as they’re on.
***21:32 – Word is it’s Starting!!!***
***21:38 – Guns N’ Roses are on stage at Leeds. Welcome to The Jungle definitely played – more than likely Chinese Democracy aswell***
***21:47 – According to all the Twitter Updates From Leeds, Guns N’ Roses are rockin’ the Joint!***
***22:04 – Best source for Leeds Festival news is GunsNRosesNews On Twitter. According to them, the following songs have been played so far,
“Chinese Democracy”, “Welcome To The Jungle”, “It’s So Easy”, “Mr. Brownstone”, “Sorry”, Richard Fortus Guitar Solo (James Bond Theme) & “Live And Let Die”, “This I Love”, “Rocket Queen”, Dizzy Reed Piano Solo (Ziggy Stardust) & “Street Of Dreams”, “You Could Be Mine”. “DJ” Ashba Guitar Solo (Ballad Of Death) & “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, “November Rain”, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”, “Nightrain” played so far!
***23:11 – Right, crack time. Curfew for Leeds was 23:00 and we’re 12 minutes past. Let’s see what happens!***
***23:22 – According to GunsNRosesNews On Twitter, the Leeds organizers have told the band the show must end now. Waiting for an update.
**23:30 – Here Today Gone To Hell have confirmed the Leeds show is now over. Standing by to hear how it ended.***
***23:32 – According to GunsNRosesNews On Twitter, Axl made the following comment on stage “Coppers & Organisers Want To Fuck With Us & You. I Mean We’re In The Middle Of Nowhere In A Field“. Dead right, it’s a fucking festival for christs sake, leave them be!***
***UPDATED – 29/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES: AXL CONFIRMS LEEDS APPEARANCE ***
Good news Leeds fans, Axl Rose has updated his twitter account to confirm the band will be playing Leeds tonight and they’re in negotiations to ensure that fans attending the show get their moneys worth.
He has also stated that fans deserve an apology from the Reading organizers, or to not mis-quote the legend “from those responsible” for ‘this nonsense’ (the way the last show was cut short). See both tweets below,
“We r in constant talks to ensure the fans attending Leeds get what they paid for w/out undue bureaucratic interference. We thank you for your understanding. Peace!! “
“In regard to Reading we feel at the very least the fans deserve an apology from those responsible for the nonsense. We’d also like to thank the fans for being so great, singing along n’ not tearing the place apart!!“
These updates will come as a sense of relief to the thousands of fans at Leeds today hoping to see Guns N’ Roses close the festival tonight.
***UPDATED – 28/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES: LEEDS FESTIVAL APPEARANCE STILL GOING AHEAD DESPITE AXL’s SPEECH ***
Photo Taken From BBC.co.UK!
Well folks, if the word of NME and the Reading/Leeds organizers is anything to go by, Guns N’ Roses will still play their headlining slot tomorrow.
So far, none of the band has commented on Axl’s speech at last nights Reading show but Guitarist DJ Ashba has posted a twitter message branding the organizer, Melvin Benn a “money grubbing prick” and rightly pointed out that Melvin knows guns n roses show and if he wasn’t prepared to take them as they come, he shouldn’t have booked them.
We’ll post an update as soon as we hear it.
***UPDATED – 28/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES: LEEDS FESTIVAL APPEARANCE CANCELLED?***
Photo Taken From BBC.co.UK!
Not many reports about this so far, but Tickets There was just watching a video of Axl speaking to the crowd at Reading last night after the bands sound had been cut by festival organizers and Axl clearly says (0.21 seconds in)
“…so unfortunately due to tonight, WE WILL NOT BE AT LEEDS“
This was followed by the crowd chanting ‘Fuck You Reading‘. No-one from Leeds, Reading or Guns N’ Roses has commented on Axl’s speech so far leaving things very much up in the air for tomorrows headlining appearance. Watch the video below.
Good news for fans around Europe, Axl Rose has updated his twitter account for the first time in three months to announce,
‘Bkstage at Reading. Tour’s ON! Our apologies 4 any inconvenience. Peace!‘
He has also removed the previous hacked comment about the tour cancellation.
***UPDATED – 28/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES: READING FESTIVAL ENDS***
Well folks – I’m sorry. Went for after work pint…ended up as cocktails, pints and shots and low n behold, a full blown session but, I was watching GN’R updates the whole time and finally it’s 100% official – Guns N’ Fucking Roses are in Europe!!!!
Tonight,the Guns played Reading and in typical, Rock ‘N’ Roll fashion, they turned up late, giving a two finger salute to the so called ’11.30pm’ curfew bullshit. Axl and co played until 00:00 and the pulled was literally pulled. Not liking this, the band did a sit in with the crowd chanting ‘Let Them Play‘ when finally, drummer Frank Ferrer led the crowd into a massive sing along for Paradise City with Axl-The Legend-Rose signing vocals through a megaphone!
There were reports that due to the band arriving an hour late on stage (an hour, BIG FUCKING DEAL!!), the crowd turned pretty hostile but in all fairness, people are sacks and half the audience is an NME crowd out for blood. Pass no heed and look at the positive notes. The Reading audience wouldn’t know rock N Rill if it jumped up and beat the living hell out of them!
No riots, no cancellation, no no-shows, Guns N’ Roses played, time for Reading to appreciate that. Their set was as follows,
Chinese Democracy’
‘Welcome To The Jungle’
‘It’s So Easy’
‘Mr. Brownstone’
‘Sorry’
‘Richard Fortus Guitar Solo’
‘Live And Let Die’
‘This I Love’
‘Rocket Queen’
‘Dizzy Reed Piano Solo’
‘Street Of Dreams’
‘You Could Be Mine’
‘DJ Ashba Guitar Solo’
‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’
‘Instrumental Jam’
‘Axl Rose Piano Solo’
‘November Rain’
‘Night Train’
***UPDATED – 27/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES: READING FESTIVAL BEGINS***
Tonight is the night and Tickets There is giving up our Friday evening relaxation time to being you live highlights from Guns N’ Roses headlining slot at the Reading Festival. We won’t be there in person but god damn it we’ll bring you the updates one way or another!
Keep an eye on this post for the go ahead. Stage Time: 21:30 GMT
And remember, it’s not too late to get tickets for their Irish shows next week (Belfast Aug:31st / Dublin Sept. 1st). Banner below.
***UPDATED – 27/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES: More Australian Shows Announced?***
Well, rumour seems to be fact rather than fiction these days in the Guns N’ Roses camp so an announcment from AMP – Andrew McManus Productions that GN’R are set to play two extra dates in Australia with KoRn as special guests may come true.
In a posting on AMP Presents Official Website, they’ve announced Guns and KoRn will play shows in Townsville (December 1st) and Adelaide (December 7th). Tickets go on sale September 7th.
These shows will happen around Guns already confirmed show at the Sydney 500 V8 Supercars street race on December 4th. No official confirmation has come from Official Facebook Page but we’ll let ye know when it does.
***UPDATED – 25/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES: 2nd London Date Official***
Yep it’s true, Guns N’ Roses have confirmed a second date at London’s O2 Arena on October 14th on their Official Facebook Page. Sebastian Bach of Skid Row is set to support the band on all October UK dates.
The band are currently in the UK preparing for their European tour which kicks off at the Reading Festival this Friday. Twitter updates from several band members have confirmed their safe arrival and pre-tour tour activities starting. To follow the guys, check out a list we made on Twitter that follows most of the main GN’R players,
Follow Tickets There’s – Essential Guns N’ Roses List
***UPDATED – 25/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES Land in U.K / New Tour Dates?***
Word on Chinese Democracy.com and Here Today, Gone To Hell is that Guns N’ Roses have announced an extra date in London’s O2 Arena for October 14th.
Neither Ticketmaster, The O2′s Official Site or Guns N’ Roses Official Facebook Page mention the date yet but here’s hoping.
By the looks of things, CD.com also have word there’ll be another date announced for Oct.29th, although there’s no country mentioned. Also, HTGTH have just posted on Twitter that Sebastian Bach will support GN’R on their October UK Tour. This would tie in with a recent re-tweet on SB’s Twitter.
Follow Tickets There’s – Essential Guns N’ Roses List
***UPDATED – 19/08/2010 – GUNS N’ ROSES TOUR STILL ON***
Well folks, looks like every things A-ok! Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal has confirmed on his Facebook Page that the band are leaving for the U.K. on Monday.
“Leaving for the UK on Monday, for the GNR TOUR. NOT quitting GNR, don’t listen
to any trolls and dweebs pretending they have a clue.“
Once we hear they’ve arrived, we’ll let you know!
***UPDATED – 16/08/2010 – (Even More official) AXL ROSE TWITTER ACCOUNT WAS HACKED***
More reports are flooding in that this whole thing is the result of some prick arse hacker. Official sources are still contacting the world to confirm this was a hack but no-ones updated the official GN’R Facebook or websites yet and no band members have commented. Some of the sources that have confirmed this was a hack are as follows,
- MCD (Belfast & Dublin promoter)
- MyGNR Forum Admin
- NME (Main source for confirmation at the moment along with the official Reading and Leeds Twitter Acc.)
- Ticketmaster.ie (because they haven’t removed or stopped selling tickets for the shows)
- Planetrock
- Kerrang
- Reading & Leeds Official Twitter
- GNRDaily.com
- BBC (Taking the news from Reading and Leeds)
- Blabbermouth (Taking the news from NME.com)
- Rocksound (Taking the news from Reading and Leeds)
- HotPress (Not claiming any sources other than gnr management)
- The Celebrity Truth (Again, taking their news from Reading & Leeds Organizers)
***UPDATED – 16/08/2010 – (Almost official) AXL ROSE TWITTER ACCOUNT WAS HACKED***
News that will come as a relief to thousands, it appears Official sources are desperatly trying to contact all press and booking agents to inform them the scheduled Guns N’ Roses dates are not cancelled and Axl Roses Twitter account has been hacked.
Currently this semi-official line is being reported by Planetrock, Kerrang, Reading & Leeds Official Twitter and other outlets around Europe.
When GN’R Confirm it, we’ll let ue know.
***UPDATED – 16/08/2010 – ALL GUNS N’ ROSES TOUR DATES CANCELLED?***
According to Axl Rose’s Twitter Account – “All upcoming Guns N’ Roses dates are officially cancelled”.
Is this true? Tickets There is hoping not. All other entries were made via IPhone and this one has been made via MobileWeb so with any luck it’s a hacker (bastard if it is).No official announcment has come from MCD or the Guns N’ Roses camp so stay tunned for updates as we have them.
TT has fingers crossed left right andf centre that this is a hack. Belfast and Dublin were so close 
.
**UPDATED – 03/08/2010 – UK TOUR CONFIRMED – Zaragoza & Barcelona Dates Re-Scheduled**
It’s official, Guns N Roses have confirmed the UK Tour dates on their Facebook Page. The date’s in Spain have been re-scheduled for the 22nd/23rd of October. Guns N’ Roses Official Facebook Page has added the three UK dates to their touring schedule.
October 13th – The O2, London
October 17th – LG Arena Birmingham
October 18th – MEN Arena, Manchester
Updated list of tour dates is below,
08.31 – Belfast, Northern Ireland @ The Odyssey Arena
09.01 – Dublin, Ireland @ O2 Arena
09.04 – Rome, Italy @ Palalottomatica
09.05 – Milan, Italy @ Mediolanum Forum
09.08 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
09.10 – Amneville, France @ Le Galaxie Arena
09.13 – Paris, France @ Bercy Arena
09.16 – Genebra, Switzerland @ Arena Geneva
09.18 – Vienna, Austria @ Wiener Stadthalle Arena
09.21 – Bucharest, Romania @ Romexpo
09.23 – Belgrade, Serbia @ Belgrade Arena
09.24 – Zagreb, Crotia @ Arena Hall
09.30 – Antwerpen, Belgium @ Sportpaleis
10.02 – Lille, France @ Zenith
10.03 – Arnhem, Netherlands @ GelreDome XS
10.06 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Pavilhao Atlantico
10.09 – Madrid, Spain @ Palacio de Vistalegre
10.10 – San Sebastian, Spain @ Velódromo de Anoeta
10.13 – London, England @ The O2
10.17 – Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
10.18 – Manchester, England @The MEN Arena
10.22 – Zaragoza, Spain @ Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
10.23 – Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Olímpic de Badalonagland
**UPDATED – 03/08/2010 – European Tour Expanded to included UK**
Guns N’ Roses have expanded their European tour in include three dates in England, with the possibility of more to come. So far shows have been announced in London, Manchester and Birmingham for this October. Please see date sbelow,
October 13th – The O2, London (TBC – Conflicts with Spanish Dates)
October 17th – LG Arena Birmingham
October 18th – MEN Arena, Manchester
Currently, this information is only on Ticketmaster and has yet to be confirmed by the band. The full 2010 European Tour 2nd Leg Dates can now be seen below,
08.31 – Belfast, Northern Ireland @ The Odyssey Arena
09.01 – Dublin, Ireland @ O2 Arena
09.04 – Rome, Italy @ Palalottomatica
09.05 – Milan, Italy @ Mediolanum Forum
09.08 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
09.10 – Amneville, France @ Le Galaxie Arena
09.13 – Paris, France @ Bercy Arena
09.16 – Genebra, Switzerland @ Arena Geneva
09.18 – Vienna, Austria @ Wiener Stadthalle Arena
09.21 – Bucharest, Romania @ Romexpo
09.23 – Belgrade, Serbia @ Belgrade Arena
09.24 – Zagreb, Crotia @ Arena Hall
09.30 – Antwerpen, Belgium @ Sportpaleis
10.02 – Lille, France @ Zenith
10.03 – Arnhem, Netherlands @ GelreDome XS
10.09 – Madrid, Spain @ Palacio de Vistalegre
10.10 – San Sebastian, Spain @ Velódromo de Anoeta
10.13 – Zaragoza, Spain @ Pabellón Príncipe Felipe / London, England @ The O2 (Clashing Dates)
10.14 – Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Olímpic de Badalona
10.17 – Birmingham, England @ LG Arena
10.18 – Manchester, England @The MEN Arena
NME now have the story and they’ve missed the fact that the 13th is a conflicting date. Still no official word from the GN’R camp but since the date appear in Ticketmaster, there’s a good chance there’s something behind them.
Tickets reportedly go on sale Friday, August 6th. To see Guns N’ Roses Official 2010 Tour Dates – Check their Facebook Page – Where all Shows are added
**UPDATED – 20/07/2010 – USA – Rock N’ Rev Show Announced**
Guns N’ Roses are going stateside!! They’ve announced an American show for August 13th at the Rock ‘N Rev Festival in South Dakota.
For more details – Click Here 4 GN’R
**UPDATED – 14/07/2010 – Australia – Sydney 500 V8 show announced**
Guns N’ Roses are heading down under. The band have announced they’ll play the Sydney 500 V8 Supercars street race on December 4, at ANZ Stadium.
Axl Rose himself has been quoted by The Daily Telegraph announcing his excitement of the prospect of Guns playing the show,
Read more @ The Daily Telegraph
**UPDATED – 04/07/2010 – Romania and Rock In Rio 2011 shows announced**
September 21st, Guns N’ Roses are going to Romania. Last week, the band confirmed yet another date for their growing European tour so if you’re about, Bucharest, Romania September 21st
Also in the news, today I’ve seen all the members have been pushing the tag #GNRROCKINRIOBRAZIL2011 on Twitter meaning the band have plans to appear at next years Rock In Rio festival in Brazil. No further details yet.
Also, Dublin and Belfast shows haven’t sold out yet so to all you douche bags sitting on your arse thinking abut it, hurry the f**k up and get your tickets!!! If it sells out fast enough, they might announce another show
Full list of dates can be found below but also worth checking out Here Today, Gone to Hell to see the ticket details aswell.
**UPDATED – 26/06/2010 – Europe Dates Confirmed**
Just realized I never updated this to say The European dates below have been confirmed by Guns N Roses!!!
Click Here for the full list on GN’R's official Facebook
**UPDATED – 05/06/2010 – EUROPE **
That’s right folks, EURO 2010 LEG OF THE TOUR IS almost CONFIRMED
08.31 – Belfast, Northern Ireland @ The Odyssey Arena
09.01 – Dublin, Ireland @ O2 Arena
09.04 – Rome, Italy @ Palalottomatica
09.05 – Milan, Italy @ Mediolanum Forum
09.08 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
09.10 – Amneville, France @ Le Galaxie Arena
09.13 – Paris, France @ Bercy Arena
09.16 – Genebra, Switzerland @ Arena Geneva
09.18 – Vienna, Austria @ Wiener Stadthalle Arena
09.21 – Bucharest, Romania @ Romexpo
09.23 – Belgrade, Serbia @ Belgrade Arena
09.24 – Zagreb, Crotia @ Arena Hall
09.30 – Antwerpen, Belgium @ Sportpaleis
10.02 – Lille, France @ Zenith
03.10 – Arnhem, Netherlands @ GelreDome XS
10.09 – Madrid, Spain @ Palacio de Vistalegre
10.10 – San Sebastian, Spain @ Velódromo de Anoeta
10.13 – Zaragoza, Spain @ Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
10.14 – Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Olímpic de Badalona
Oh yeah baby!!!
**UPDATED – 04/06/2010 **
GUNS N’ ROSES have announced two Irish shows. The legendary hard rock band will bring their Chinese Democracy World Tour to Belfast and Dublin, August 31st and September 1st respectively. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 11th
This is the moment Tickets There has been waiting for, for about 18 years!!!! Read more by Clicking Here
** UPDATED -013/ 06 / 2010 **
Guns N’ Roses have confirmed a date in Austria for September 18th. Vienna – Stadthalle. Detials @ GNRDaily.com.
This is more than likely the first of a string of European dates that are sure to include inclusions for Germany, Italy, France and hopefully Ireland .
** UPDATED -01/ 06 / 2010 **
They’ve done it, Guns have completed the first show of the Chinese Democracy Tour, European Leg in Norway. Setlist below!
1. Chinese Democracy
2. Welcome To The Jungle
3. It’s So Easy
4. Mr. Brownstone
5. Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney cover)
6. Sorry
7. This I Love
8. Rocket Queen
9. Street Of Dreams
10. You Could Be Mine
11. Sweet Child O’ Mine
12. November Rain
13. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover)
14. Nightrain
Encore:
15. Madagascar
16. Better
17. Paradise City
** UPDATED -31/ 05 / 2010 **
Today’s the day folks. Guns N Roses kick off their European Tour tonight in Norway. off course Tickets There has posted a wee piece about it and we’ll be updating the post later with the set-list, notes and any pics we can find (steal, ahem).
** UPDATED -21/ 05 / 2010 **
Rumors of Guns N Roses European Tour being canceled have been branded as false by the Guns Tour Manager, Rod MscSween. A few days ago it seemed the dates that have been announced so far were all in jeopardy but a mail from Rod to GNRDaily.com has confirmed all is well and Guns are kicking off their European tour on May 31st as scheduled.
The dates fully confirmed are as follows,
May 31 – Bergen, Norway
June 2 – Oslo, Norway
June 5 – Helsinki, Finland
June 6 – St. Petersburg, Russia
June 8 – Moscow, Russia
June 12 – Norje, Sweden
June 14 – Aalborg, Denmark
August 27 – Reading, UK
August 29 – Leeds, UK
** UPDATED -21/ 04 / 2010 **
The legends @ GnrDaily.com have confirmed Guns N Roses European Tour plans for 2010.
May 31 – Bergen, Norway
June 2 – Oslo, Norway
June 5 – Helsinki, Finland
June 6 – St. Petersburg, Russia
June 8 – Moscow, Russia
June 12 – Norje, Sweden
June 13 – Aalborg, Denmark
June 15 – Berlin, Germany
June 16 – Arnhem, Netherlands
June 18 – Vienna, Austria
June 20 – Zagreb, Croatia
June 21 – Belgrade, Serbia
June 23 – Prague, Czech Republic
June 26 – Dessel, Belgium
June 28 – Zurich, Switzerland
June 29 – Milan, Italy
August 27 – Reading, UK
August 29 – Leeds, UK
** UPDATED -20/ 04 / 2010 **
Looks like Guns are heading to Moscow on June 8 to play the city for the very first time. Venue – Olympiysky Stadium. More details @ Blabbermouth.
Also on the radar for European fans, it;s being strongly rumored that GNR will headline Graspop Nothing definite it yet but it’s more than likely they’ll join already confirmed names Aerosmith and KISS to celebrate Grasp[op’s 15th anniversary.
** UPDATED -04/ 04 / 2010 **
The owner of Slane Castle in Ireland has confirmed there will be No Slane Festival in 2010 as they were unable to secure an appropriate headliner. This means the guessing game continues for a Guns N’ Roses show in Ireland in 2010. A date in the RDS or O2 Arena now seems likely for either June or August.
Also, ChineseDemocracy.com have removed the refrence to the Italian God’s of Metal Festival from their website.
** UPDATED -31 / 03 / 2010 **
According to ChineseDemocracy.com, these are the latest dates for GNR’s European Tour,
June 5th, 2010: Helsinki, Finland @ Käpylän Urheilupuisto (Helsinki Live 2010)
June 6th 2010: New Ice Arena, St.Petersburg, Russia
Јune 22th 2010: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia
June 12th, 2010: Sweden Rock Festival
June 13th, 2010: Aaborg Denmark
Aug 27th, 2010: Reading Festival
Aug 29th, 2010: Leeds Festival
With a possible appearances ay the Italian Gods of Metal and Ireland’s Slane Castle
** UPDATED – 29 / 03 / 2010 **
Guns N’ Roses have been confirmed as this years headliners of the 2010 Reading and Leeds Festivals. Click the orange text for more details!
** UPDATED – 25 / 03 / 2010 **
English Fans, get ready! It seems the Guns are tipped as favorites to land the coveted Reading / Leeds Festivals Headlining spots.
Check out the Guns N’ Roses: Europe article for more details.
** UPDATED – 20 / 03 / 2010 **
Axl Rose has just confirmed new South American dates via his Twitter Account. Please find them below,
Apr 4 – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Apoteose
Apr 7 – Panama City, Panama, Estadio Figali
Apr 9 – San Jose, Costa Rica, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
Apr 11 – San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Cuscatlan
Apr 13 – Guatemala City, Guatemala Estadio Del Ejercito
Apr 15 – San Juan, Puerto Rico Roberto Clemente Coliseum
*UPDATED – 23 / 12 / 2009*
Rolling Stone Magazine have announced that Guns N Roses will play Five Dates in Brazil in March 2010. Guns N Roses website shows space allocated fror South American in October 2010. Which one will turn out to be true?? Who knows, now go and read some of the other stuff on Tickets There. This fecking article!!!
The dates are rumored to take place on the following dates, (Venues TBC)
March 07 – Brasilia
March 10 – Belo Horizonte
March 13 – Sao Paulo
March 14 – Rio de Janeiro
March 16 – Porto Alegre
** Original Post **
I’m sure we’re all very familiar with the long history Guns N’ Roses have of bogus announcements. Well, this might be another one for the pile but word on the net is Guns N’ Roses will tour in 2010. Not only that but a string of Asian and Canadian dates have already been announced.
A few weeks ago, four concerts were announced in Taipei, Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo. Without any official confirmation it seemed these shows, like the Indian ones reported earlier this year were bullshit. Now, thirteen more dates have been announced starting in January 2010 and ending in early February with many, many more expected to be announced in the coming weeks and throughout 2010.
Axl Rose, the only remaining member of the original Guns line-up, has taken some serious flogging over the last few years but Tickets There hopes the band make the comeback his loyal fans all hope they do. If he doesn’t??? Changes nothing. Axl Roses is a fucking legend. Deal with it, Boi!!
Source – GnrDaily.com
Full list of dates below,
December 11 – Taipei
December 13 – Seoul
December 16 – Osaka
December 19 – Tokyo
January 13 – Winnipeg
January 16 – Calagary
January 17 – Edmonton
January 19 – Saskatoon
January 20 – Regina
January 24 – Hamilton
January 25 – London
January 27 – Montreal
January 28 – Toronto
January 31 – Ottawa
February 1 – Quebec City
February 3 – Moncton
February 4 – Halifax
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What happened folks? In the mid 50’s, Mr. Elvis A. Presley walked into Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and became the very first, the best, the symbol, legend, embodiment and icon of rock n roll. Like Sid Vicious to Punk, Frank Sinatra to big band, Johnny Cash to country and western or even Dana to lunatics, Elvis was the total hero, founder and creator of rock n roll. Don’t listen to music nerds, geeks and critics (ahem), Elvis started everything. Forget who influenced him, forget who wrote for him and forget who marketed him, Elvis was it.
Ever since the Kings death, music has flourished through the efforts, talents and hard work, creativity of various people and constant changes in popular culture. From Elvis, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis in the fifties, rock expanded and produced the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and many others throughout the early sixties. Before long Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, The Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix, Cream and many more appeared. The Doors came out of the west coast. The Who went rock, Led Zeppelin were formed and Jefferson Airplane stayed touring after Woodstock. Just before things could get civilized, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple came out. Queen, Clapton, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Stooges, Alice Cooper, T-Rex, KISS,…the list is endless people. Then came the 80’s, when pop reached a true peak before the ever looming wave of commercialism took it’s firm grip and strangled the genre, until it’s credibility was lower than Gary Glitters. On the other hand you had Iron Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth, Guns N Roses, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, U2, Judas Priest, OZZY, Slayer, Sepultura, before the end of the decade when Nirvana, The Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Blur, Oasis, The Stone Roses, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, The Pixies, Joy Division, The Happy Mondays, New Order (yes the 24 lot), Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails and then (phew this is a long one) onto Marilyn Manson, The Foo Fighters, Weezer, Korn and so on before the late nineties and boom…nothing happened……funnily enough, fuck all has happened since. How in the hell did almost five decades of amazing, astonishing and diverse creation suddenly grind to an almost complete stop?
Things seemed to fall completely off course. Metal bands suddenly merged rapidly with dance music and rap. Korn had dabbled but so did Aersomith and nothing happened to them. Instead of Angus Young and the D belting out solid, hard hitting blues rock anthems you had fat ugly guys in costumes roaring at you about being bullied and still being virgins living in their mothers houses. Metro sexual, stylish geeks whining on about falling and crying about some girl next door that Lemmy would probably kidnap and turn into a hooker on sun-set before the night’s out. These guys in fitted suits, wearing ties with spiky hair, tattoos and dog collars were mixing Kraftwork with the eighties glam rockers like Twisted Sister, Poison and the likes while wearing their hair like girls. And I don’t mean the old style of hairy bikers drooling over a bar counter girly style, I mean a female hairdresser on a night out style. Like they were trying to keep disobeying the nagging disapproval from generations past and pushing things to some ridiculous limit that nearly goes full circle.
As for Pop music, that fell into the hands of TV companies, dance got old and turned into some demented, hindered state of destruction while indie music became overwhelmed by a horde of Eco-Friendly, Voices of poverty, injustice, animal cruelty and environmentally conscious millennium hippies. Voices that turned away from Indies recreational drug use, love and loss, party image and transformed it into a voice for all the issues in the world rock stars shouldn’t give two shits about, at least not on stage. The likes of Tom Yorke, Chris Martin, Bono, Snow Patrol, Kings of Leon, Kasabian and all that other horse shit. Their songs were so impotent, corpses of tax attorneys could laugh at them. Complaining, moaning and whining about the poverty and cruelty in the world they wouldn’t think of donating their profits to. Bands that appeal to societies total dregs. Bored children, housewife’s, grandparents, indie fans, jocks and just about every member of the heard the western world boasts. Droning brought to extremes of the human soul to a point it becomes so bogged down in ego, insincerity and boredom it would fail to shock a timid kitten.
Metal fell even more of the pits as the old genres piled up with hopeless hack impersonators before bursting at the seems into millions of decaying breakaways. Nu-Metal even buckled (not a bad thing, pile of shite aswell) as Emo broke through their last stand along with nu-punk and metal became even more appealing to the ugly, fat rejects of social society and the fashionable, jock culture more than ever before. After Radiohead’s Creep on the jukebox American Idiot and the Killers would follow and all the trendy’s and Goths alike would bop along. Metal was again infiltrated by main stream culture and unlike before the last ‘icons’ weren’t strong enough to tear it right back for the people of society who used the music as it should be used. Not for pusses crying and ugly nerds to find shelter. Metal is the music for the angry soul (sounds gay I know but hey, I am smoking in case you hadn’t noticed), the serious partiers, the ‘dangerous’ people of society.
Rock N roll lost it’s fight much earlier. After the Guns N Roses era came to a close, few rock bands ever managed to reach those heights again. Don’t even bother with the Killers and The Kings of Leon…or The Strokes bitch. I’m talking about real fucking n roll. The kind of rock n roll that made all the bad things bands these days demonize like drinking, sex, destruction, rebellion and a good hearty message of Fuck You to anyone who bothered them, fun!. Elvis shock things up, the Stones defined it, Aerosmith brought it miles higher while AC/DC put the fucking boots on before Guns N Roses perfected it in every single sense of the word.
The world is losing it’s icons. Right now I can’t think of any that have come out since the early nineties. I mean a true icon of rebellion. Pete Doherty, and Amy Winehouse make a mockery of drug addicted musicians which, throughout the history of music, have written some of the most amazing music ever created. The Beatles, Jim Morrison, The Grateful Dead, Hendrix, Keith Richards, Janis Joplin, Kobain etc. Bono, Yorke and Martin take the places of people like Neil Young with his stories, Springsteen and his zest for life and Bowies ever changing persona, image and style only to replace it with gilt tripping, giver of life wannabe humanitarian ideologist façade while they doge taxes and pontificate to fans what they should do, wear, believe in, live and breath. Forget ‘think for yourself’, the message was spelled out in bold impact lettering and strangely enough, a discontented mass fell for it, hook line and sinker.
That’s pretty much where we are in my eyes. I’ve forgotten many of the previous generation’s true greats but there’s only so much you can write in an hour and keep semi-coherent. I’ve also neglected some of the better talents to emerge on the international scene and some of the worse ones. Arcade Fire and MGMT to name a couple. But that’s how I see things, pretty much that black and white. Most of the old styles got confused, disjointed, lost in translation and overwhelmed in image, style and forced restrictions and beliefs and turned them into uninspired shells of their former selves. I’m not saying charity is bad, I’m not saying there’s no credibility in any of the new bands these days and I’m not saying looking after the environment is wrong, animals should be mistreated, people shouldn’t be nice to each other and drugs are good. I believe the exact opposite of each one and a conscious attitude is essential to the basic fabrication of mankind’s cohabitation together and civilized society. What I’m saying is people should learn this from other sources like parents and a proper education rather than one of mankind’s forms of entertainment. Aren’t we allowed to relax, switch totally off and dream sometimes with the horrors of some societies and the worlds problems being shoved in our face at every fucking turn?
Maybe there was one message spelt out by one of the golden age icons that we should listen to is the words of Jim Morrison.
“When the music’s over, turn out the lights, turn out the lights,”
Tickets There Likes: Guns N Roses – Use Your Illusion I
Posted in Album Review, Music, Ranting, Tickets There Likes: with tags Axl Rose, Guns N Roses, Slash, Use Your Illusion 1, W. Axl Rose on August 8, 2009 by Tickets There
There is one band in the world that has always come close to beating Def Leppard to the top spot in my all time favorites. A band that I consider to be the greatest hard rock band of all time. I first discovered Guns N Roses in 1992, just a couple of months after Def Leppard when an older brother of one of my friends leant me the Use Your Illusion 1I& II albums in boarding school. Knowing that I was a Leppard and Meatloaf fan, I think he wanted someone else to share the mighty Guns with since everyone else had never heard of any rock bands. I remember trying Use Your Illusion I first because I preferred the cover and was instantly blown away by the sher force of the Axl’s voice and the guitars. I’d never heard anything like this and all of a sudden Leppard didn’t hold the holier than though pedestal I’d placed them on. Shortly after I managed to get copies of the alums from a traveller outside Mullingar at a wee market at some roadside restaurant like the covert and Guns were firmly brought into my life.
Aside from Adrenalize, I don’t think I’ve ever listened to an album so much in my life. Use Your Illusion I oozes sleazy Rock N Roll and as I got older, I understood more and more of the ands lyrics an hidden connotations. It was like an album that grew more and more mature with age and that’s the prime reason it never got left on the shelf when new bands came into my life. Despite being as big of a fan as I was, I’d never even heard about Appetite for Destruction or Lies and wouldn’t discover them for another eight or nine years. Even when Appetite did come along, it’s never managed to replace Illusion 1 as my favorites; even now I can listen to that album and enjoy it as much as I ever did.
Before getting into the songs (and honestly, I don’t write these to try and review the greatest songs in my life. If you don’t know them there isn’t much point in you reading these), I should say that to appreciate the Guns, you really need to look at their career rather than just their music. Think of them like The Sex Pistols and you will understand Rock N Roll like the Pistols make you understand the true meaning of punk. Rock n Roll is meant to be an attitude more than the music. It’s that attitude that defines real rock n roll rebellion. It’s not anarchy, it’s lazy. It’s about doing what ever you like and not letting anyone tell you otherwise. Yeah it sounds cliché but that’s what it’s all about and if there is one man in rock who lives up to every single word of that, it’s W. Axl Rose.
Axl has never and will never do what record companies, fans, and mates, family or the press expect, pressure or beg him to do. Yes I’m sure there are all these underground guys who do the same but I’m sorry, Axl is the one with the millions under his belt and he still does what he likes and makes it work at his level. He didn’t give up after the Illusion and release one watered down alum after another for the following twenty years. He also didn’t go out of his way to keep the classic line-up happy and he continued Guns N Roses in his own way with the whole world laughing at him. Even the rock press and diehard fans failed to see the brilliance behind his methods and still today the fans that claimed to stand behind him still bitch log and beg for tours, special edition albums and music videos all the while their forgetting that none of these things will make the bands latest album Chinese Democracy any better. Axl is a musician who’s quite happy to let the music speak for its’ self. If anyone else did it and said that’s what they were doing, the world would cherish them and praise their musical integrity but unfortunately for Axl, they lampoon him.
Well I hope you will read this and look on Axl more favorably. He is not a front man interested in keeping old fans happy by travelling the world selling a decaying shell of a once great line-up, who’s former members have gone on to destroy their legacy’s and tarnished their images as the rocks leading hell raisers (except Izzy). He’s doing what he wants, how he wants to do it and any fan of rock n roll out there who criticizes, laughs or attacks him for this hasn’t got fucking clue what rock n roll is all about. You’d be better of buying your Motorhead t-shirts in Top Shop and singing along with Summer of 69 when it’s one and leave it at that because Rock has enough posers already.
Anyways, Use Your Illusion I eh, great album. What else can I say?
