What a summer! Finally, after 2 empty years, Guns N’ Roses launched the summer concerts season at the National Stadium followed by Coldplay (July 8th), Rammstein (July 16th), Iron Maiden (July 24th), Sting (July 30th), Andrea Bocelli (August 19th), Ed Sheeran (August 25/26th).
The band performed its best songs with the intergalactic guitarist Slash, and its singer leader Axel Rose.
Setlist:
Intro
It’s So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Chinese Democracy
Slither (Velvet Revolver cover)
Madagascar (Tour debut)
Welcome to the Jungle
(Link Wray’s “Rumble” intro)
Back in Black (AC/DC cover)
Better
Estranged
Hard Skool
Double Talkin’ Jive
Live and Let Die (Wings cover)
Reckless Life
Rocket Queen
You Could Be Mine
I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges cover) (Duff on lead vocals)
Absurd
Shadow of Your Love
Civil War (Jimi Hendrix’s “Machine Gun” outro, with band introductions)
Slash Guitar Solo (Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad Sign” jam)
Sweet Child o’ Mine
Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb cover)
November Rain
You’re Crazy (AFD Version)
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover) (Alice Cooper’s “Only Women Bleed” intro)
Nightrain
Encore:
Street of Dreams
Coma
Patience (The Beatles’ “Blackbird” intro)
Don’t Cry
Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden cover) (Tour debut)
Paradise City