Check out this exclusive photo gallery from Guns N’ Roses’ show at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas this past Saturday night, November 17.
All photos by Rob Fenn.
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Later this month Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose (pictured left) will do his first live broadcast interview in more than two decades.
Rose will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, October 24. The show airs weeknights at 12am PT/11pm CT on ABC.
Rose has a series of 12 shows at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel and Casino where the “Appetite For Democracy” residency will run October 31 through November 24.
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Once you get past all the glitz and glamour, rock stars are just like us. They eat, breathe, sleep — and sometimes fall head-first on stage during music festivals.
While Guns N’ Roses launched into “Sweet Child O Mine” this past weekend at Frace’s Hellfest, frontman Axl Rose took a bit of a tumble trying to climb onto an elevated portion of the stage. But like the professional he is, Axl never missed a lyric, proving once again that nothing falls forever, even cold November rain.
Watch the fall at :26 into the video below.
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Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose seems to be in a forgiving mood after a fan came forward and returned $200,000 worth of jewelry she had “inadvertently” taken from the backstage area after a recent concert in Paris, France.
The singer took to Twitter to express his gratitude to the fan and the Paris police, referring to the fan as “just an excited fan.”
“Got my things back (really just an excited fan),” he wrote. “Thank you to the person for returning them n’ big thanks [futureusgalleryto] the Paris police.”
The fan in question, whose identity hasn’t been revealed, told the police she drank too much and “inadvertently” put Rose’s items in her handbag, realizing her faux pas when she woke up around lunchtime the day after the concert.
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As reported earlier today, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose was robbed of three necklaces worth $200,000. The three gold-and-diamond items disappeared after GNR performed at Bercy Stadium in Paris, France, last night.
According to RTL.fr, a French-language website, a woman was placed into police custody earlier today after she admitted taking Rose’s jewelry.
The woman, whose identity hasn’t been revealed, told the police that she drank too much and “inadvertently” put Rose’s items in her handbag, realizing her faux pas when she woke up around lunchtime today.
The theft took place at a private party after the the show, during which Rose performed a set for around 100 guests.
There’s no word on whether the woman was wearing a Slash T-shirt.
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A police spokesman has reported that Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has been robbed of three necklaces worth $200,000.
The three gold and diamond items disappeared after GNR performed at Bercy Stadium in Paris, France, last night.
Rose wasn’t wearing the necklaces at the time, the spokesman said. He also added that Rose was said to be “furious.”
The spokesman added that the theft most likely took place at a private party after the the show. At the party, Rose performed a set for around 100 guests.
Rose & Co. made headlines last week when it was announced GNR weren’t allowing fans to enter their shows if they were wearing Slash T-shirts. For more about that, head here.
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While the fallout between Axl Rose and Slash is well documented, it seems Guns N’ Roses’ management team has decided to take the animosity up a notch.
NME.com reports that fans wearing Slash T-shirts aren’t being admitted into Guns N’ Roses shows during the band’s current UK tour.
During GNR’s show at London’s O2 Arena last night, an NME source noticed that a member of the crowd wasn’t wearing a shirt under his jacket. When asked why, the fan, James Revell, 18, said he was told by security to remove his Slash T-shirt.
According to the NME.com report, the NME source asked security personnel if this was the case and was told, “We were told by management not to allow anyone into the O2 Arena who is wearing a Slash T-shirt, and we are asking anyone who is to remove it and if they refuse they will be turned away.”
Revell spoke to NME today, adding, “I felt very angry because I was looking after my little brother at the time and felt as though my freedom to wear what I want had been taken away from me; however, I did not react angrily as I didn’t want to spoil the show for him.”
You can read the full NME.com story here.
Guns N’ Roses end their UK tour tonight with another show at the O2 Arena.
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For one night only, one of hard rock’s most legendarily forward-looking bands, Guns N’ Roses, attempted the unthinkable: they looked back…as best they could. Nearly a quarter of a century after MTV filmed them for its Live at the Ritz series—which went on to become a highly collectable bootleg video—the group revisited the 1,400-capacity venue, now known as Webster Hall, on Wednesday, to play one of its smallest public shows since the 1988 filming. But while it was set up to hark back to GN’R’s early days—the venue changed all of its signage including its marquee to read “The Ritz”—and the band played all but two of the songs it recorded for Live at the Ritz, the concert itself was very much a modern Guns N’ Roses show. And that isn’t a bad thing.
Guns N’ Roses original Live at the Ritz video from 1988:
Unlike the Guns N’ Roses who performed at the Ritz in the ’80s, just getting their first taste of success, this was a band putting on a Madison Square Garden–sized show on a small stage. They opened by playing the theme to TV’s Dexter, shortly after which the group’s three guitarists and bassist clamored to the stage to play the opening notes of “Chinese Democracy.” (See the full set list below.) From there, frontman Axl Rose—named one of the 100 Greatest Living Rock Stars in Revolver’s 100th issue, on stands now—became the band’s ringleader, snake-dancing his way through the group’s classic material and songs from 2008’s Chinese Democracy.
In all, GN’R played three-quarters of their breakthrough debut, 1987’s mega 18-times platinum Appetite for Destruction—including “My Michelle” and an almost reggae-fied “You’re Crazy,” neither of which the band has played at a public gig in the U.S. since 2006. And they peppered these with more hits, extensive solos (during which bassist Tommy Stinson played his solo song “Motivation” and guitarist DJ Ashba hammed it up with call-and-response solos with the crowd) and covers ranging from AC/DC’s “Riff Raff” (introduced by Rose as, “This is a song we like to play for ourselves”) to hints at “Heartbreak Hotel” and Elton John songs.
Although much has been made of the band’s current lineup—especially in anticipation of its induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April—the fact is, the musicians played the set perfectly and songs like Chinese Democracy’s “Street of Dreams” and Use Your Illusion II’s “You Could Be Mine” sit comfortably next to each other in a live setting. Rose’s voice sounded as great as it ever has, especially considering he’s now 50, and the musicians segued between the songs with ease and, moreover, they had their own personalities distinct from the ’80s lineup.
Throughout the night, Rose seemed comfortable and playful, barely noticing he was on a smaller-than-average size stage. (This might help since, as part of GN’R’s current Up Close and Personal Tour, the group had already played New York’s 3,200-person capacity Roseland Ballroom and 3,000-person capacity Terminal 5.) He leaned over and shook fans hands during “It’s So Easy,” and when it came to the part where he sings, “Turn around bitch, I got a use for you/Besides, you ain’t got nothin’ better to do…and I’m bored,” he pantomimed a comic shrug. He played his own piano solo before going into “November Rain.” And he did his classic snake dance throughout. If anything was evident, it was that he would feel natural at any venue. But maybe he was excited to have returned to where the band first took off.
“Tommy just told me that the Replacements got signed here in 1985,” he said of Stinson’s former group after the grand piano he played “November Rain” was shoved back under the stage’s giant drum riser. “So it holds a special place in all of our hearts. And it was Richard’s idea to bring it all back.”
Bringing it back for Guns N’ Roses, though, means doing it on their own terms—with stadium lights and a supersized set list. Having taken the stage at 11:53 p.m., they didn’t end the show until 3:10 a.m., when Rose chucked his mic stand on the stage after playing a confetti-strewn “Paradise City.” But if anything is true of Guns N’ Roses, it’s the chorus to the song they had played just before that final encore: “All you need is just a little patience.” Lasting through to the end of the set may have been an exhaustive stamina test, but it was worth every minute.
Photos of Guns N’ Roses at the Ritz 2012 (shot on an iPhone):
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Guns N’ Roses Set List:
“Chinese Democracy”
“Welcome to the Jungle”
“It’s So Easy”
“Mr. Brownstone”
“Sorry”
“Shackler’s Revenge”
“Estranged”
“Rocket Queen”
Richard Fortus Guitar Solo
“Live and Let Die”
“You’re Crazy”
“This I Love”
“Motivation”
Dizzy Reed Piano Solo
“Street of Dreams”
“You Could Be Mine”
DJ Ashba Guitar Solo
“Sweet Child O’ Mine”
“Riff Raff”
Instrumental Jam
Axl Rose Piano Solo
“November Rain”
Bumblefoot Guitar Solo
“Don’t Cry”
“Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”
“Civil War”
“Used to Love Her”
“Nightrain”
Encore:
Instrumental Jam
“Madagascar”
“Better”
“My Michelle”
Instrumental Jam
“Patience”
Instrumental Jam
“Paradise City”
Let’s also take this moment to recognize the photographers, credited below each photo, who risk life and lens to go in the pit and capture the mayhem as it happens. For those about to shoot, we salute you!
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2011 has been a great year for music, as evidenced by the kickass bands and artists we were able to feature on the cover of Revolver this year. Below, you can check out who made the cover of every issue of Revolver that was available over the past 365 days. After you’ve looked at the issues (some of which are still available for purchase here), click here to vote for the Best Revolver Cover of 2011.
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