Yeah they were typically late on. But it was a really good show considering š
Guns N Roses , Thin Lizzy , @ Capital FM Arena, Nottingham 19-5-12
Tag: Guns N Roses
Monsters Of Rock, Iron Maiden, Kiss. David Lee Roth , Megadeth , Guns n Roses, Helloween @ Castle Donington .20-8-88
The biggest, the best & unfortunately the worst also š The biggest ever attendance at Monsters. Unfortunately, it got too dangerous. During Guns set the whole crowd towards the front moved. 2 people got crushed under foot & died. It’s the most frightened I’ve ever been at a gig. Was hard to keep stood up & not get trampled even towards the side… Maiden were fantastic.
After the tragedy in ’88 there were lessons learned about crowd safety. There was a full inquiry about the events. You can view this online here :
http://www.gkstill.com/Support/Links/Documents/2004-upton-1.pdf
This resulted in “The guide to health, safety & welfare at pop concerts & similar events”. In the industry, it’sĀ referred Ā to as “The Purple Guide “. There used to be a copy of this online & it was free to view, but now, it seems you have to pay.
Guns N Roses,Faster Pussycat , Hunters Club, @ Rock City,Nottingham, 5-10-87
One of those shows where you just had to be there. Pretty legendary night. Good quote of the night ” You’re packed in like sardines”. To this day, i still don’t know exactly what happenedĀ at the end of “Paradise City”, but whatever it was, it pissed off Axl : ” Fuck face ! Just for that you can suck on the encore ! “. Sure enough, they didn’t come back on for an encore. I think this might have been the shortest show they played on the UK tour š Actually, when they’d finished, loads of people just stayed there. They played WASP Wild Child over the PA & people were still shouting for Guns. We expected to get em back, but didn’t ;-(
Guns N Roses, Little Angels, @ Marquee Club, London 22-6-87
As legendary gigs go, this is right up there. Of course, at the time, i didn’t realise it would go down in history so much. For me, it was checking out this great band from the States. But not only that, i also saw one of Little Angels first gigs in London. No ticket from the night, but, i do have a recording š