jamillos Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 57 minutes ago, El Guapo said: Anything but new music. This 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon87 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I really don't want to wear "goggles" to see some kind of "content floating around the band", whatever that "content" may be, when visiting a concert. If that's the future of big scale concerts, then I'm out of it. I'm pretty anxious to see what kind of screen projections Pearl Jam incorporated into their live setting this tour, hopefully it's not too far out there. So far, it's been pretty amazing to watch them perform their songs and not having to endure the all out arty farty route to make their concerts worthwhile, that other bands go down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Gotta have that content! God forbid, if we run out of content! We will all bore to death without content! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I'm almost certain we'll see a 40 year-anniversary tour of AFD in 2027. Maybe a tour in between. Don't expect anything on the "new" music front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacdaniel Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Poor Slash! The guy just wants his analogue equipment and record albums close to live. It must kill him to have a keyboard player using samples etc to thicken his guitar. Questions about digital guitar setups and AI etc. 1 hour ago, Spoon87 said: I really don't want to wear "goggles" to see some kind of "content floating around the band", whatever that "content" may be, when visiting a concert. If that's the future of big scale concerts, then I'm out of it. I'm pretty anxious to see what kind of screen projections Pearl Jam incorporated into their live setting this tour, hopefully it's not too far out there. So far, it's been pretty amazing to watch them perform their songs and not having to endure the all out arty farty route to make their concerts worthwhile, that other bands go down. +1 I just want to hear the band. If there must be a screen, I just want to see the band again n that screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Not a fan of big "shows" myself. Unfortunately, for me, Axl seems to have always been into the bigger spectacles, with the horn section, flying piano, clothes shift, etc. Maybe to shift the focus from himself a bit. I am more with Slash on this, let the music speak for itself and just use the screens to show the band performing so the entire audience gets a good view. Still, a silver lining to some of you: A residency or shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas would make a proper AFD reunion more likely. I'd give it a 50/50 chance of happening. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 43 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: Axl seems to have always been into the bigger spectacles, with the horn section I could be wrong, but I thought Axl said that all the additional musicians during the UYI tour were Slash's idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post El Guapo Posted May 27 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 27 (edited) 6 hours ago, SoulMonster said: Not a fan of big "shows" myself. Unfortunately, for me, Axl seems to have always been into the bigger spectacles, with the horn section, flying piano, clothes shift, etc. Maybe to shift the focus from himself a bit. I am more with Slash on this, let the music speak for itself and just use the screens to show the band performing so the entire audience gets a good view. Still, a silver lining to some of you: A residency or shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas would make a proper AFD reunion more likely. I'd give it a 50/50 chance of happening. I don't wanna see a AFD reunion at this point. It would be for all the wrong reasons and it would most likely suck. It's much too late. Edited May 27 by El Guapo 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunastar Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 15 minutes ago, El Guapo said: На данный момент я не хочу видеть воссоединение AFD. Это было бы по совершенно неправильным причинам, и, скорее всего, это было бы отстойно. Слишком поздно. It would be fresh and modern. And Slash would have a hard time fitting into that. If Axl and Izzy had joined their creative efforts, I think the lead guitar would have had little space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Seeing as Axl can't sing in a live setting anyways, this news means nothing to me. I haven't seen this debacle live in 8 years as it is. If somehow Axl started to sound good again, I definitely wouldn't be paying for this rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoochild Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 10 hours ago, El Guapo said: This Sphere thing could really be their next move. Anything but new music. It's hard to imagine that this will NOT suck though. :X - the vocals can't be hidden - the visuals will be bad - GnR is a Rock 'n' Roll band From the state of things, Axl could very well start to use AI to "improve" his vocals. I honestly think this would be better than having to wear fucking googles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoMw94 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, F*ck Fear said: Seeing as Axl can't sing in a live setting anyways, this news means nothing to me. I haven't seen this debacle live in 8 years as it is. If somehow Axl started to sound good again, I definitely wouldn't be paying for this rubbish. And yet live sounds much better than recordings.not perfect, but much better than what's floating around online... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 2 hours ago, lunastar said: It would be fresh and modern. And Slash would have a hard time fitting into that. If Axl and Izzy had joined their creative efforts, I think the lead guitar would have had little space. What makes you believe it would sound modern when Izzy’s joining? I think he’s the opposite of modern, in a good way. And why shouldn’t be there no space for Slash? Makes no sense to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 19 minutes ago, DoMw94 said: And yet live sounds much better than recordings.not perfect, but much better than what's floating around online... I've never believed that debate. Live better than live recordings. I've been to enough shows in my life that I can hear when someone sounds bad in person. Axl doesn't sound good, imo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoMw94 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 2 hours ago, F*ck Fear said: I've never believed that debate. Live better than live recordings. I've been to enough shows in my life that I can hear when someone sounds bad in person. Axl doesn't sound good, imo. If you've not heard him live for over eight years, you can't possibly know for yourself for certain. Opinion and fact (or in this case, real world experience) are not the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 2 hours ago, DoMw94 said: If you've not heard him live for over eight years, you can't possibly know for yourself for certain. Opinion and fact (or in this case, real world experience) are not the same thing. Everytime I have saw him he sounded different. Each time I recognized that. After hearing the professional recordings (2017-to 2023) I know well enough that his voice sounds like shit to my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 5 hours ago, DoMw94 said: And yet live sounds much better than recordings.not perfect, but much better than what's floating around online... Funny how the "youtube videos don't do him justice" argument only applies to videos where he sounds awful... If he sounds good at a show, he'll sound good in a cell phone recording of that show. If he sounds bad, the video will sound bad. There's plenty of high-quality IEM and soundboard recordings from recent years, and he sounds like shit. His vocals don't magically sound worse on recordings, he flat out sounds bad. I saw them last year - he sounded good on stuff like Wichita, Bad Obsession, etc. and sounded bad on Reckless, YCBM, etc. that's just the reality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskingApathy Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 7 hours ago, El Guapo said: I don't wanna see a AFD reunion at this point. It would be for all the wrong reasons and it would most likely suck. It's much too late. I feel the same way. Steven's playing and stamina has noticeably gotten worse in the last few years; that would be the main complaint about it next to Axl's vocals. He's not able to play like he did at the 2016 shows anymore. Izzy, who knows. Overall doing an AFD reunion wouldn't sound anywhere near as good as it would've back in 2016 or 2017 (which is when they should've done it). If they do these Sphere shows then maybe there would be a possibility that they would ask other guests to come, maybe Gilby and Matt. They would need to do something like that in order to sell a residency, just playing more or less the same set with a few rotating songs isn't enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IzzysMissy Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 If I were to make any wager at this point it would be OG GNR AFD 40th at Sphere. Spring 2027, 10-12 shows. Plus like +/-20 dates in Europe and Asia/Aus/ME hitting the major markets. Tickets would be stupid expensive. Jim Dolan has the money and he wouldn’t pass up a major destination event. Tour dates wouldn’t announce until all Sphere shows up. Managers are getting a real time lesson in ticket sales with Dead and Co at present. Toooooo many shows with prices like that. U2 did ok because people will travel for them, Phish crushed it because their fan base is rabid and it was only 4 shows. With OG GNR AFD 40th at 10-12 shows, that’s a month residency. Hits every check mark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Maybe they’ll drop “monsters” or something to help promote this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illusion1987 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Axl seems to sing better in hot humid climates , these days. The climate of Vegas is dry, not humid, which is horrible for his voice. They should set up a residency in Houston...lol. There's a reason he kills it in that city 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allwaystired Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 I'm still of the view that the whole AFD thing is past now. If they happen these shows will be the same lineup we have now, similar setlist, with the only 'draw' being some nonsense like a 'fully immersive show' or 'all new F'N production'. Something like that, which will end up being some new graphics on the screen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 8 minutes ago, allwaystired said: I'm still of the view that the whole AFD thing is past now. If they happen these shows will be the same lineup we have now, similar setlist, with the only 'draw' being some nonsense like a 'fully immersive show' or 'all new F'N production'. Something like that, which will end up being some new graphics on the screen. + Steven on a couple of songs (and this time he'll get to talk with Axl for 10 minutes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 14 hours ago, El Guapo said: I don't wanna see a AFD reunion at this point. It would be for all the wrong reasons and it would most likely suck. It's much too late. An AFD reunion would be for money and to please fans. And those reasons have not changed over the last 20 years or so. So if you feel those are "wrong reasons" today, they would have been wrong reasons back in the early 2000s, too. I have never been interested in an AFD reunion myself. I'd pay lots of money to travel back in time and see them in 1987 or 1988, but those days are gone and anyone who thinks an AFD lineup today would be the same, feel the same, or sound the same, are fooling themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Bird Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 52 minutes ago, SoulMonster said: An AFD reunion would be for money and to please fans. And those reasons have not changed over the last 20 years or so. So if you feel those are "wrong reasons" today, they would have been wrong reasons back in the early 2000s, too. I have never been interested in an AFD reunion myself. I'd pay lots of money to travel back in time and see them in 1987 or 1988, but those days are gone and anyone who thinks an AFD lineup today would be the same, feel the same, or sound the same, are fooling themselves. To me there’s a little hope left that a reunited GNR could still create great music. So I‘m more interested in this than in an AFD live set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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