Axl's mic stand spins, the crowd screams, and 25 years of chaos collides in one night.
After selling out arenas around the globe in 2011, Guns N' Roses - "the most dangerous band in the world" - are storming the UK May 31, 2012. Songs: Chinese Democracy / Welcome to the Jungle / It's So Easy / Mr. Brownstone / Sorry / Rocket Queen / Estranged / Better / Motivation (Tommy Stinson song) / 14 Years (with Izzy Stradlin) / Richard Fortus Guitar Solo (Blacklight Jesus of Transylvania) / Live and Let Die (Wings cover) / This I Love / Shackler's Revenge (with band introductions) / Dizzy Reed Piano Solo (Baba O' Riley) / Street of Dreams / You Could Be Mine (with Izzy Stradlin) / DJ Ashba Guitar Solo (Ballad of Death) / Sweet Child O' Mine / November Rain (Another Brick in the Wall/… more ) / Glad to Be Here (Bumblefoot song) / Don't Cry / Civil War / Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones cover) (with Izzy Stradlin) / Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover) (with Izzy Stradlin) / Nightrain (with Izzy Stradlin) / Paradise City (with Izzy Stradlin)
Practical Effects
Izzy Stradlin's unannounced walk-ons steal the entire show
Production
Chinese Democracy material finally gets its live redemption arc
Direction
Captures the absurd scale of modern GNR as traveling circus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Izzy Stradlin's first full GNR performance since 1991, and he reportedly rehearsed zero times.
The 2012 'Not in This Lifetime' tour lineup represented the first time three guitarists shared GNR's stage—an unthinkable configuration for the stripped-down Appetite era.
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