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Re: Leeds, United Kingdom - August 29, 2010 (Leeds Festival)
who is this dweeb singing w/acoustic guitar on bbc3?? he actually uses the word 'thee' in his lyrics. & we are scientist on the red button are.. i dunno but it's horrible. wtf are GnR doing headlining this festival??
- mickronson
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Re: Leeds, United Kingdom - August 29, 2010 (Leeds Festival)
footage shown was of reading.
leeds seems to have finished about 20 past/half 11..
ah so he wanted his approval and editing first..figures.
- IRISH OS1R1S
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Re: Leeds, United Kingdom - August 29, 2010 (Leeds Festival)
Wow the Klaxons suck.
Re: Leeds, United Kingdom - August 29, 2010 (Leeds Festival)
Those blue/red lights are giving me a headache. ^
...And the music, what is that???
- IRISH OS1R1S
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Re: Leeds, United Kingdom - August 29, 2010 (Leeds Festival)
Makes me appreciate guns more when crap like the klaxons is headlining. The sound and video of Guns was excellent I hope we get to see more of it down the line, the band sounded real tight.
Re: Leeds, United Kingdom - August 29, 2010 (Leeds Festival)
...And the music, what is that???
sounded pretty similar in places 2 we are scientist on 301. so much of indie music is interchangable & soundalike.
NR was pretty fab i thought. enjoyed the solo's, axl sounded great & band looked terrific 2nd half of the song.
stood out a mile from the mire of drab samey nonsense.
def much older crowd at GnR..
more snarky comments from presenters. any1 watch interview w/klaxons 4 comparison? such PR managed BS & poseur prats..
Re: Leeds, United Kingdom - August 29, 2010 (Leeds Festival)
I'm not one to bitch about setlists, but damn at least put in an effort.
Reviews coming in....
United Kingdom | by Graeme Johnston | 29 August 2010
Once the greatest live bands in the world, seeing Axl Rose and "Guns N Roses" half an hour later than billed was just one big disappointment for the half-crowd who even bothered staying at Leeds Festival tonight.
On the heels of great shows by Biffy Clyro and Queens Of The Stone Age, interest in GnR was as much in hope of controversy a la Reading (where delays meant their set was cut, prompting a sit-down protest) as it was the fact they are arguably the greatest rock band ever.
What's sure is that despite opening with 'Appetite For Destruction' classics like 'Welcome To The Jungle', 'It's So Easy' and 'Mr Brownstone', there was never any danger of Rose and his hired help reaching the dizzy heights of their early 90s heyday.
Axl (dressed like your embarrassing uncle in a Jacko costume) is every inch the Gazza of rock, a sad old figure riding on past glories who leaves you pining for the genius days gone by, while the new guitarist is just an extremely poor Slash - top hat, checked shirt and sunburst Gibson Les Paul and all.
If we did care at all, it was about hearing our favourite 80s guitar tracks - not for a bunch of random musicians we don't know jamming while Axl disappears for another pointless costume change.
On a positive note, the stage show was as mindblowing as every top headliner should be - fireworks, pyros, bright lights, projections, the lot - and 'You Could Be Mine', 'Sweet Child O Mine' and 'November Rain' are still some of the best rock songs ever penned.
The fact that Marina & The Diamonds on the Festival Republic stage and LCD Soundsystem in the NME Stage both pulled gigantic crowds said it all about Guns N Roses.
A disappointing end to another fine chapter in the Leeds Festival history books.
http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/ … -at-Leeds/
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I wanted to follow some of the discussion on Twitter for this show but I just got home a few minutes ago.
