Hands up who saw him at The Valley back in the early 2000s?
I used to live in the same road as Canterbury Cricket Ground, heard him there from our garden on the Saturday, then worked the turnstiles at The Valley on the Sunday and bunked in just after it started!!
I saw him in Vegas about 10 years ago, everything, the band, his voice, the set list, was bang on the money. He did about 90 minutes, and afterwards it dawned on you he could have done another 90 of his other songs and they’d all be hits. A great performer.
Not wishing to try and be the hip kid watching something else for the sake of it… but QOTSA sounding awesome on the Other Stage
Seconded. Launching into crowd pleasers, no messing about, great riffs. Cracking set so far (and presumably there's a fair chance Dave Grohl turns up at some point too...)
I was lucky enough to see him live at the Valley, which I think may have been the last gig I went to. Texas in Birmingham I saw at a similar time, ironic as they played Glastonbury too this year. Really enjoying this though. He's awesome.
A quick trawl of the internet and I’ve seen for Axl:
Ian Beale
Mick Hucknall
Freddie Starr
Eddie Izzard
Elton John
Jim Davidson
Ronald Koeman
Benny Hill
Harry Redknapp
Mrs Doubtfire
Keith Lemon
Robin Askwith
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Audrey from Corrie
To be honest, 61 year old looks like a 61 year old really doesn't bother me.
Booking them as a headliner when his voice has gone is the issue.
Spot on. All these people saying "well the rest of them were good" doesn't really cut it. He's the front man and probably the most important part of that band, his voice was what made them stand out from just another rock band. Slash and Duff are clearly masters of what they do but them playing by themselves does not make a great show.
I reckon Slash on his own would be an amazing show!
He’s got his own band. Saw him in Prague some 5-6 years ago. Vocalist called Myles Kennedy who has to cover G&R hits. They have a few decent original songs but only a few IMO.
Not wishing to try and be the hip kid watching something else for the sake of it… but QOTSA sounding awesome on the Other Stage
Seconded. Launching into crowd pleasers, no messing about, great riffs. Cracking set so far (and presumably there's a fair chance Dave Grohl turns up at some point too...)
Go with the Flow was a great opener. Bring on Grohl and have half the classic Songs for the Deaf lineup!
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he’s certainly got an amazing catalogue of songs to choose from
Fantastic performance.
I used to live in the same road as Canterbury Cricket Ground, heard him there from our garden on the Saturday, then worked the turnstiles at The Valley on the Sunday and bunked in just after it started!!
When you look at the size of that crowd you really realise how much of an event this is.
Elton John’s last ever UK show. It doesn’t get much bigger.
variety show and I’m not doing it for the tv audience and doing what he wants 👌