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- elevendayempire
- Rep: 96
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
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
- Rep: 96
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
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
- Rep: 96
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
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
November Rain
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...
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
Pulling songs from a studio recording because he's not happy with his voice while doing a world tour sounding like a cat is just so Axl Rose. Going low register where he is still strong would be a very obvious choice, and also dropping some of the harder cuts even though they are hits would be totally doable. Alas...
- Shacklermyrye
- Rep: 18
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
Apparently they are headlining Donnington today which isn't even that far from me, & i had no idea it was even happening. That was quite a 'wow I really did stop caring' moment of realization lol
- Shacklermyrye
- Rep: 18
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
- elevendayempire
- Rep: 96
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
Louder's review pretty much echoes all the forum criticisms:
https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artis … the-greats
Shave an hour off the setlist
Trim the covers
Focus on the lower-register stuff
- FlashFlood
- Rep: 55
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
Still confused about no Boston show this tour…They’ve banged out Fenway twice.
Re: 2026 Tour Dates
on’t even try to make sense of it. The only thing that could interest me at this point would be if i could be a guy on the wall to see how things are done with these guys behind closed doors.
I’ve been through so many phases as a fan of this band. I remember gettyup early to go to Best Buy and get Chinese democracy and the cd (what’s that?) into my disc man and walking the streets of north Chicago listening to the whole thing. I was vindicated after years of patience and loyalty.
I sat down at one of my favorite bars to get ready to watch the bears play and wanted to share my excitement and i let some one listen to it. He listened for not more than 30 seconds and handed it back to me. Then he said something that wounded me but i was immediately embarrassed that i would care so much of GnR that i was almost offended for Axl.
He said, ‘we waited 15 years for this?’ and then casually moved on with his day.
And now I’m kinda there with him. GnR will always be my favorite band. I’m grateful for what i have and what has been but it’s just not the same.
I was in high school in the late 90s to early 2000s. Nothing could be more uncool than liking GnR. Defending the band and Axl was something i had to do from day 1. I took personally the way my friends would shit on them. And on some level I understood. But i felt so strongly about them that i took it as a badge of honor to keep trucking along with this ridiculous amazing band.
Then in my senior year axl did that mtv one off that was supposed to vindicate and validate my patience and loyalty. How silly it must have looked in retrospect. Axls crooked bandana on top of what kind of looked a wig wearing a football jersey, a guy dressed as a lumberjack, another with a kfc bucket on his head.
I digress…
The point is…the magic is all but gone for me. And us diehards have little to show for it in 2026. It’s a little sad watching their last gasps. Even worse to see it all as a cash grab squeezing every ounce out of the bottle that they can…
Ahh what could have been…
