Axl hits the high notes, the band hits the hard rock, and Vegas collectively loses its mind.
Guns N' Roses live at The Joint at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas on November 21, 2012, during the Appetite for Democracy tour in celebration of twenty-five years of Appetite for Destruction and four years of Chinese Democracy.
Production
Three-hour setlist that doesn't know the word 'edit'.
Sound
Chinese Democracy tracks finally hit live, for better and worse.
Acting
Axl's voice: somehow both shredded and surviving.
Director
Kerry Asmussen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2012 show captured the 'new' GNR at their most stable—before DJ Ashba's 2015 exit and the eventual Slash reunion made this lineup a fascinating footnote.
The title's pun on 'Appetite for Destruction' and 'Chinese Democracy' tried to bridge two warring fanbases who mostly just wanted to hear 'Paradise City' again.
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