Guns N Roses with Public Enemy
We arrived by cab and the most talkative cabbie I've ever met. This was my second visit to the venue (and the first time I was working for charity). It's an impressive space.
Roughly 25,000 fans
We had lawn seats which were fine. The sound was great and giant screens throughout the venue clearly showed the stage. The biggest outrage is the $42 I paid for two 24 ounce beers.
The night started at 6:20 PM with a 40-minute set from the legendary rap group Public Enemy. Lead emcees Chuck D and Flavor Flav killed it, looking and sounding tremendously youthful.
Harder Than You Think
Can't Truss It
She Watch Channel Zero?!
Confusion (Here Come the Drums)
Shut 'Em Down
Welcome to the Terrordome
He Got Game
Night of the Living Baseheads
Rebel Without a Pause
Black Is Back
911 Is a Joke
State of the Union (STFU)
The Hits Just Keep On Comin
Bring the Noise
Don't Believe the Hype
Fight the Power
Guns N Roses started at 7:40 PM and played for nearly three hours, with a 28-song set that covered everything, from “Appetite for Destruction” to both “Use Your Illusion” albums and “Chinese Democracy,” as well as guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan’s mid-2000s supergroup Velvet Revolver.
Slash was outstanding, playing as sharp as ever. He played a mean pedal steel on a cover of “Wichita Lineman" and an extended solo leading into “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”
McKagan took lead vocals for a cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Thunder and Lightning.”
Axl's voice was better than I thought it would be. He crushed the setlist:
Welcome to the Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Slither (Velvet Revolver cover)
Chinese Democracy
Bad Obsession
Live and Let Die (Wings cover)
Yesterdays
Junior's Eyes (Black Sabbath cover)
Think About You
Double Talkin' Jive
Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell cover)
You Could Be Mine
Only Women Bleed
(Intro) / Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover)
Dead Horse
Hard Skool
Estranged
Thunder and Lightning (Thin Lizzy cover)
Rocket Queen
Nothin'
Civil War (with Voodoo Child slight return)
Band Introductions
Slash Solo / Sweet Child o' Mine
Better
November Rain
Madagascar Nightrain
Paradise City
We enjoyed a long walk to Saratoga Honda to catch the ride home. Along the way we saw drugs, sex and an endless line of waiting traffic to whom I wished good luck.
An awesome night! Special thanks to Josh.