Guns N’ Roses welcomed Slash and Duff McKagan back for the first full-scale show of their reunion tour with a powerful performance in Las Vegas last night.
Earlier in the day, Axl Rose revealed he was suffering from a broken foot, but thanks to the loan of a gigantic metal throne from Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, the singer was able to lead the show in high style. (A few songs into the set, Rose had the contraption moved from dead center to slightly stage right, so as not to completely block drummer Frank Ferrer. Amusingly, this instead largely obscured keyboardist Dizzy Reed, for which Rose apologized.)
Much like the band’s surprise L.A. club show last week, the set started off with two favorites from their groundbreaking debut album Appetite for Destruction. With the exception of “My Michelle” and the Who‘s “The Seeker,” GNR played all of the songs featured at that previous concert.
However, with more time and a bigger stage to work on, the group stretched out by also playing some of the more epic songs from the Use Your Illusion albums, including “Estranged,” “Coma,” “Civil War” and “November Rain.”
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And here’s fan video of “Welcome To The Jungle” from last night.