Guns n Roses

[FloorFiller]

Although I’m totally one for silly long 3 hour sets, I feel like a GnR set is gonna benefit massively from being cut down a little and having some of the covers/lesser known stuff left out so we’ll get a tight 2 or so hour set of all bangers and singalongs. I’d love to hear the likes of Coma live, but Glastonbury isn’t the place for 10+ minute long deep cut dirges. 

[Cleetus]

Really looking forward to this. Had tickets for their postponed Glasgow show (probably cancelled now, just not official. Got a refund anyway)

Never seen them before. Download vid looks great, apart from the flat crowd. Who pissed on their chips? Weirdos.

Like others have said Prodigy clash would be a nightmare although I've seen them about 12 times over almost 30 years, and will always see them on tour. So GnR regardless for me.

[DJL]

Will they be the best live act playing at the time? No.

Will they have the best back catalogue of anyone playing at the time? In my opinion, probably.

Will they be the only band playing whose debut album cover I wore as a patch on a denim jacket when I was 10? Yes, damn right I’ll be there.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, Cleetus said:

Never seen them before. Download vid looks great, apart from the flat crowd. Who pissed on their chips? Weirdos.

Why the G show is the one to see.

[bamber]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Why the G show is the one to see.

 See, I fear they'll be performing to a very large, but indifferent crowd, that will, alas, not include me . It will be acceptable, probably, but nothing like the most memorable Pyramid headline, because it's Guns and Roses, playing their songs, which are mostly dirge.

Elton and G&R are a result for me though. Means I can be relaxed elsewhere knowing I'm not missing anything good.

*Love shit Pyramid head-liners*

[Crazyfool01]

3 minutes ago, bamber said:

 See, I fear they'll be performing to a very large, but indifferent crowd, that will, alas, not include me . It will be acceptable, probably, but nothing like the most memorable Pyramid headline, because it's Guns and Roses, playing their songs, which are mostly dirge.

Elton and G&R are a result for me though. Means I can be relaxed elsewhere knowing I'm not missing anything good.

*Love shit Pyramid head-liners*

You can see if Jessie j is on instead I guess 😂

[bamber]

Just now, Crazyfool01 said:

You can see if Jessie j is on instead I guess 😂

 

I do hope so 🤗, more chance of snow I should think.

[bamber]

Would love to see Miley at the festival again this year though, that has to be an outside possibility, new single is good.

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

29 minutes ago, bamber said:

 See, I fear they'll be performing to a very large, but indifferent crowd

I'd expect the opposite - a smaller crowd but one that's up for it. What happened with Metallica, basically.

[Cleetus]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I'd expect the opposite - a smaller crowd but one that's up for it. What happened with Metallica, basically.

That's the only other year I've been and the only pyramid headliner I saw that year. Loved it. 

[bamber]

11 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I'd expect the opposite - a smaller crowd but one that's up for it. What happened with Metallica, basically.

Fair point. That is likely the outcome, joy to those who'll be there.

Shades of G&R here also.

 

[Matt42]

Really depends who else in on this. I can see myself going for a bit then fucking off somewhere else.

[Neil]

18 hours ago, Franky said:

If they clash with Prodigy I will cry for weeks. 
 

100% they will. 

if they do tgheir normal bad show, you will cry for weeks. 😛 

[Gnomicide]

4 minutes ago, Neil said:

if they do tgheir normal bad show, you will cry for weeks. 😛 

Because you've decided not to go and you'll have missed it?

[justanotheronethen]

2 hours ago, bamber said:

 

I do hope so 🤗, more chance of snow I should think.

He hasn't played live for ages, typical one-hit wonder

[MrZigster]

2 hours ago, DJL said:

Will they be the best live act playing at the time? No.

Will they have the best back catalogue of anyone playing at the time? In my opinion, probably.

Will they be the only band playing whose debut album cover I wore as a patch on a denim jacket when I was 10? Yes, damn right I’ll be there.

Which one? The cross with the skulls or the rapey robot one? At 10 I hope it was the former.

[bamber]

Just now, justanotheronethen said:

He hasn't played live for ages, typical one-hit wonder

I was there for this. One of the most wondrous nights of my life, and I've lived quite a life.

 

[Neil]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

Because you've decided not to go and you'll have missed it?

I have quality control

[LoveAndTheft]

Guns n Roses headlining I think is going to be pretty dull unless you are a huge fan. So with Arctic Monkeys on Friday and Elton on Sunday, we basically have 3 oldies acts. Quite surprised they have gone with that.

[DeanoL]

4 hours ago, Cleetus said:

Never seen them before. Download vid looks great, apart from the flat crowd. Who pissed on their chips? Weirdos.

Maybe they came on late? (Not a joke, just a genuine thing - UK audiences don't react well to be kept hanging around)

[CaledonianGonzo]

Our group are all probably going to go and wouldn't class any of us are huge fans. Most are listening to them for the first time in 25 years.

[giantkatestacks]

I think they are much more mainstream than Metallica though both have obviously been used for mainstream media recently and therefore rediscovered without some of the baggage they had before. 

[FloorFiller]

6 minutes ago, giantkatestacks said:

I think they are much more mainstream than Metallica though both have obviously been used for mainstream media recently and therefore rediscovered without some of the baggage they had before. 

Metallica are a little different in that they’ve released a steady stream of albums since their inception, with like five of those being classics of the genre, and maintained a great live reputation.

GnR released one absolute classic, two bloated (albeit occasionally brilliant) messes, broke up, then Frankenstein’s monster’d back to life with a patchy live reputation at best, released one of the most long standing music punchline albums to a resounding ‘eh’, then got the old band kinda back together, but not really. I’m a fan, and I’d go see them, but I can totally understand why their booking is looked at as being a bit shit and out of left field. They were a bit of a joke for a lot longer than they were an actual working, touring, music making band. They just happened to have released one of the biggest ass kicking debut albums ever. 

[Florian Saucer Attack]

5 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Metallica are a little different in that they’ve released a steady stream of albums since their inception, with like five of those being classics of the genre, and maintained a great live reputation.

GnR released one absolute classic, two bloated (albeit occasionally brilliant) messes, broke up, then Frankenstein’s monster’d back to life with a patchy live reputation at best, released one of the most long standing music punchline albums to a resounding ‘eh’, then got the old band kinda back together, but not really. I’m a fan, and I’d go see them, but I can totally understand why their booking is looked at as being a bit shit and out of left field. They were a bit of a joke for a lot longer than they were an actual working, touring, music making band. They just happened to have released one of the biggest ass kicking debut albums ever. 

They never actually broke up. There was just long periods of inactivity and endless delays in making Chinese democracy 

[bamber]

1 minute ago, Florian Saucer Attack said:

They never actually broke up. There was just long periods of inactivity and endless delays in making Chinese democracy 

Without paying any particular attention, I've always got the impression that the band members in G&R don't really like each other very much, hence the preponderance of dirge.