GnR Concert Review

 
6/23/16 - Ford Field - Detroit, MI
 
 
   Just got out of The Guns-n-Roses concert. Tons and tons of people. All the 
local restaurants and bars full to the brim with fans. Unfortunately, a lot of the fans hung outside 

and it was barely visible to see if people were going through the entrance of the stadium. 
Because of this, my friend and I ended up missing the first four to five
 songs by Alice-n-Chains.
 
          When we finally got there they were playing the last few songs of their repertoire, 

but they sounded great! It was almost like they were the actual album themselves 
on high blast. After they left, we walked around the stadium. This was 
our mistake sense we misjudged the amount of time it would take for Axl 
and the gang to get on stage.
 
        My buddy was still going to the bathroom when GnR went up. The crowd was 

going wild and I had to wait for my friend as Axl performed a medley of a few of his hits, like 
Mr. Brownstone. Appropriate song since my buddy was in the bathroom? We 
were berated with endless people getting in and out of their seats. 
Probably about twenty time at least, non-stop standing and sitting. We 
had upper-decker seats but we were straight on in the field of view.
 
       The band small but straight ahead.
 
Axl really came out 'guns' blazing. He was determined to have a great show.
 I don't know if it was solely him or the crowd seeing most of the 
original band reunite!
     It was totally unbelievable. It was more of a surprise to me when I saw Slash playing on stage! 

I didn't know they would be actually playing together so it made the whole night 
unbelievable for me! There had been so many break ups between them and 
playing with other bands that I thought Axl took the name GnR in name 
only with him singing with other bandmates.
 
 This is one of those rare times when ignorance was bliss!
 
 Axl, though having a bit of a belly, took the stage with shorter hair. For 
some reason, he looked great! He seemed happy to perform! Axel? Happy? 
Happy to perform? That went against all of the things I've seen and 
heard about him over the years.
 
 
People talk about him having plastic surgery or something. I sure couldn't tell 

even on the two jumbotrons. His inner light and passion shinned through! Every note 
he sang was filled with intent and sincerity. He donned his trademark 
flannel, crazy hats and do-rag throughout the concert. He was truly 
feeling his passion re-awaken in him again.
 
He was downright inspirational in his performance.
 

How was Slash? Slash was on point as usual. In fact even more so with the 
huge crowd's energy reigniting the whole experience. The audience was 
hungry for this and so was the band. Hit after hit was played from You 
Could Be Mine to Welcome to The Jungle. They hit every major and minor 
songs out of the park.
 
 There was an amazing fireworks show on stage. Fire shooting up and out as well! 

Shotgun blasts! Lots of shotgun blasts! For my father's sake, there were many blasts! 
 
The graphics on the the jumbotron were an endless parade of guns, roses and
 skeletons. There was the tunnel barrel from the the bond opening from 
Live and Let Die and metal endoskeletons when they played You Could Be 
Mine from Use Your Illusion 2 and Terminator 2!
 
There were skeletons performing kuma-sutra! SKELETONS WERE FUCKING!!
 
 My friend wanted to leave before the encore but I had to stop him. We were
 watching history, every minute was special and he wanted to leave 
early?!! People kept leaving for whatever dumb reason and coming back. I
 stopped one guy and said, why would you miss any of this concert?
 
 The very last song was Don't Cry and man it was absolutely magical. A 
animation of a hawk flying through a clouded sky was mesmerizing as Axl 
continued to knock it out of the park on piano and vocals.
 
 Axl hit can still hit those high notes! He can still do it! He jumped on 
stage posing like a gunslinger and he remembered the face of his father.
 He felt every lyric and committed to every note. He was in the zone, doing
 what he loved! It was awe-inspiring and could possibly be the best 
concert I've been to yet or at least one of the top three.
 GnR played music that is so lacking in today's airwaves. Unique style, 
balls and passion. My only regret was not buying a twenty dollar t-shirt.
 
 Thank you Guns N'Roses. You made me happy to be alive.
 
-Chris Calderon-