Hahah...Maybe I'm just bitter cos I can't go at all to any of this tour

I just feel for people I know who have pony'd up thousands to go to the first show and now find it's the second or worse.

Obviously l'm excited the band is back in general, but I dunno if it's just me, but there's something about the way this is all going down that's rubbing me the wrong way. People keep saying things along the lines of "finally Axl and Slash are back and you're making problems" and maybe I am - but to me that's sort of thing thing - finally they are yet they're still playing silence and not doing right by fans.

I think the reason is - in terms of wanting a reunion the band is "Johnny Come Lately".

Like NOW Axl thinks it's a good idea. NOW slash can be bothered sorting it out. Really? Now?

Most fans wanted a reunion past 20+ years and we were repetitively told to get fucked.

We've had to endure stuff like Jarmo referring to Slash as "your hero" and Axl rewarding him by making him a photographer and singing for his birthday on stage.

We had to listen to Axl calling people cancerous and promising death before a reunion, and Slash and Duff proclaiming they won't go back unless Axl changed his ways.

Three decades of bullshit, countless projects delivered under ability, and the one constant has been that fans can go fuck themselves.

Now suddenly everyone changes their mind, can't be fucked showing up to the talkshow to explain it, decide to play more secret mystery games on twitter...won't even say who is playing...and we're supposed to like it?

I've had my fill of bullshit thanks. That they've finally decided to do something is great, but try doing it professionally for once, maybe not fucking over your audience just once, and don't want a cookie for doing something 10-15 years after it should have happened.

Totally agree.

I don't think warm up gigs of the past are on the same scale - this was marketed on the ticket sites I looked at as their first show - and it should rightly be that or they are screwing over the very people who care enough to pay to fly across the world etc.

If they wanted to do a small warm up. The way to go about it would have been to admit all along their would be one, then do a contest or something for fans or something like that. As it stands they burnt the cochella buyers with vegas, and now the vegas buyers with this. It's just inconsiderate and kinda disrespectful to your audience.

I also note how the fan club has increased from $15 minimum to $50 or whatever it is now.

I don't mind them earning a buck but there's a way to go about things. Similar acts don't treat their fans this way.

Sounds like GNR, market a show as the first time Axl and Slash have been together on stage in two decades, your fans pay thousands to go rather than wait for the inevitable global tour so as to feel the excitement of the first time , many traveling from overseas for thousands of bucks, and then you play a secret show before hand.

I love the music but this band literally has no respect for it's fanbase at all.

To me it would all be fixed with a better solo. That acoustic version is great but needs something happening in the middle like a proper solo. The studio cut at least has a solo but although i've seen people rave about it - that bucket solo doesn't really fit the song to me.

I've been thinking about it - and Brian is probably one of the closest singers to Axl in terms of rasp out there. Assuming Axl can do 2006 era levels of rasp I think he would nail it.

If he does those Ac/Dc songs clean it would be questionable.....but assuming he can get back to screaming...he's the man for the job....