Last week, on Wednesday evening, Margarit and I went to the Guns N Roses concert at Commonwealth Stadium. Her brother Shawn and his girlfriend Donna joined us. Our seats were exactly opposite the season seats that we have for football... about 10 rows up on the 20 yard line. It was a really pleasant evening and quite comfortable to be outside for a concert, despite it being the end of August. This was one of the best concerts I've ever seen... and I've easily seen a couple hundred...! We missed most of the warm up band... Our Lady Peace. The logistics of getting out of work and getting to the stadium just didn't allow us to arrive for the start of the show.
Guns N Roses got going pretty much right on time, starting their show at about 7:40PM. They played for three hours, non-stop. Then they walked off stage for the traditional encore and after the crowd cheered for a while they came back out and played five more songs... right up until 11:00PM, when the City noise bylaw kicks in. It was loud, and one of the guys I work with told me he could hear the show from his place up in the Castledowns neighborhood of north Edmonton.
Axl has once of the most unique and amazing voices in Rock. Slash is amongst the best guitarists I've ever seen. They played all of their own hits, plus a whole bunch of covers running the range of James Brown, Glen Campbell, Pink Floyd, The Who... and the list goes on. Probably the most expensive concert I've ever seen, with tickets at around $300 each, but also one of the best!
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