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Re: Helsinki, Finland - June 5, 2010 (Helsinki Live! Festival)
Exacto.
Helsinki Live was too appealing to postpone, and for sure, the promoter took a huge financial risk with the event, not least by attaching GNR as the headliner. Axl faced giving up lucrative payday, as well as some potentially nasty contractual obligations. So, do a Northern Europe tour early on and kick the tour in for real in Reading/Leeds.
Not a big fan of Axl "prioritizing" certain shows above others (like the UK festivals) in terms of audience interaction and personal effort, but we've seen that too many times to mention. He generally delivers the performance itself, don't get me wrong, but anything beyond securing the paycheck may get hairy.
Perhaps that's why I passed Helsinki Live.
(Plus, aside two songs, I went to that show back in 2006 already.)
Re: Helsinki, Finland - June 5, 2010 (Helsinki Live! Festival)
"and the headlining fee of over one million euros, which went the way of Guns N' Roses. "
and now you know why they did this small Euro tour before the main Fall one...:)
it's the TIMING of this leg of the tour that makes a lot more sense than the august/september dates - & @ 50 n 60quid a ticket for those later gigs you can be assured it'll be a substanial payday come the end of this lengthy euro-jaunt.
