2026 Tour Dates

elevendayempire

Neemo wrote:

he needs to change the pace and pitch of his delivery...he's not in his 20s anymore and his vocal range isnt as broad anymore
ive been saying that for decades now tho, so its not like hes gonna do that
Dude sounds like me trying to sing GnR songs in the car
even robert plant change the delivery of Zepp songs when then reunited for the show in 2007

Yeah, that's the other possibility; just embrace the change in his voice and focus on songs that can be sung in the lower register (which basically limits you to the GN'R stuff Scott Weiland could sing in VR) or rework/detune the songs for a lower register. And pare back the setlists; no-one is crying out for a three hour show full of deep cuts.

It's genuinely baffling they haven't done this already.

elevendayempire

I mean, for songs that are predominantly in the lower-register you've got:

It's So Easy
Mr Brownstone
Chinese Democracy
Patience
You're Crazy
Used To Love Her
Bad Obsession

just off the top of my head, based on the stuff Weiland could manage. They might require a bit of tweaking (Weiland tended to use the megaphone on It's So Easy to mask the fact that he couldn't do the outro screams...).

There are a few songs like Sorry and This I Love that are mostly lower-register with a few high bits; they could be tinkered with (or get some female backing singers or Melissa to bolster the higher-register stuff).

When Axl did those shows where he had a cold and had to drop the register, Nightrain and Estranged stood out as being really good, so whack them in too. For covers there's a whole load of stuff you could do, but Slither and Down On The Farm are obvious picks (doubly so if Axl actually sang Slither the way Weiland did...). Live and Let Die, too, if you cut out the big screams in the guitar section.

TBH most of the catalogue could be dropped into a lower register with a bit of effort (Yesterdays?). I think you've got to get WTTJ and Paradise City in the setlist, people will expect them regardless of what Axl sounds like. Probably November Rain, too.

There are a few setlist staples that you probably couldn't do, like YCBM and Civil War, but, well, trim the setlist to two hours and you'd need to lose some stuff anyway.

elevendayempire

So, a rough setlist…

It's So Easy
Bad Obsession
Mr Brownstone
Slither
Welcome to the Jungle
<Duff solo spot>
Estranged (reworked for lower register)
Live and Let Die (minus the screams)
Nothin'
This I Love
Yesterdays
Sorry
Wichita Lineman
<Slash solo>
Sweet Child O'Mine
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Don't Cry
Nightrain (reworked for lower register)
Paradise City

Could whack a Fortus solo spot in there to pad out the runtime and give Axl a breather, too.

If you opened the setlist to other Velvet Revolver covers on the grounds that if Weiland can sing it, so can Axl, there's a whole load more stuff you could chuck in the mix. Fall to Pieces, Sucker Train Blues, Set Me Free...

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