Post by lauriebach on Dec 2, 2006 14:16:21 GMT -5
Yep that's right 7 hours!!! Suicide girls from about 8:00pm to 8:45pm, Sebastian from 9:00 to 10:20, Helmet from 10:40 to about 11:20, Axel FINALLY 12:30AM to 2:45AM. My friends and I left around 2:00am as some of the people we were sitting by were falling asleep. I felt sorry for the people who drove over 3 hours to the concert. I was disappointed that I didn't get to see Baz and Axe sing thier duet together. Sebastian rocked the stage during his set and I had a great view from where I was seated. The local news review was a little harsh but this is what they had to say.
[glow=red,2,300]This review is from the Des Moines register Saturday Dec. 2.[/glow]
Guns N’ Roses misfires with meandering, marathon night — and day
“Rock ’n’ roll all night” was just a cliché until Friday and Saturday with Guns N’ Roses at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.
Hard rock singer Axl Rose more than lived up to his eccentric reputation by not taking the stage with his band until 12:30 a.m. Then he grinded out a two-hour, 18-song set in a shaky voice. Chose ponderous new songs from his forever-delayed “Chinese Democracy” album.
All told the five-act concert lasted more than seven hours and tested the patience of the 5,363 fans to the point that fights nearly erupted on the general-admission arena floor just prior to GNR’s appearance.
For fans it wasn’t so much a rock show as a work shift or endurance test.
This surreal marathon arrived after Rose, 44, spent most of the week on hiatus (including a scrapped concert in Milwaukee) to heal from strep throat and an ear infection.
After four GNR songs — three from its landmark 1987 “Appetite for Destruction” debut album plus a cover of Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” — Rose apologized for his tardiness, then joked about it.
“In the words of David Lee Roth, I don’t feel tardy,” he smirked.
You can read more on clicking on www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061202/NEWS/61202001
[glow=red,2,300]This review is from the Des Moines register Saturday Dec. 2.[/glow]
Guns N’ Roses misfires with meandering, marathon night — and day
“Rock ’n’ roll all night” was just a cliché until Friday and Saturday with Guns N’ Roses at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.
Hard rock singer Axl Rose more than lived up to his eccentric reputation by not taking the stage with his band until 12:30 a.m. Then he grinded out a two-hour, 18-song set in a shaky voice. Chose ponderous new songs from his forever-delayed “Chinese Democracy” album.
All told the five-act concert lasted more than seven hours and tested the patience of the 5,363 fans to the point that fights nearly erupted on the general-admission arena floor just prior to GNR’s appearance.
For fans it wasn’t so much a rock show as a work shift or endurance test.
This surreal marathon arrived after Rose, 44, spent most of the week on hiatus (including a scrapped concert in Milwaukee) to heal from strep throat and an ear infection.
After four GNR songs — three from its landmark 1987 “Appetite for Destruction” debut album plus a cover of Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” — Rose apologized for his tardiness, then joked about it.
“In the words of David Lee Roth, I don’t feel tardy,” he smirked.
You can read more on clicking on www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061202/NEWS/61202001
