Setlist, photos and videos from the Düsseldorf concert

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For the first time since 1987, Guns N ‘Roses guested in Düsseldorf. The legendary played on Wednesday evening (June 18) Rock band in the Merkur Spiel-Arena-the first of two German concerts as part of their current tour with the title “Because what you want & what you get are Two Completely Different Things”. Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and tied their fans in terms of setlist. For keyboardist Dizzy Reed, it was a special evening in two ways: he celebrated his 62nd birthday – of course a serenade could not be missing.

Guns N ‘Roses in Düsseldorf: Many classics, many cover versions

As an opener, Axl & Co. gave the classic “Welcome to the Jungle”. Further songs from the debut album “Appetite for Destruction” such as “Mr. Brownstone”, “Out Ta Get Me” and “It’s Soy” were also on the program. Of the two “Use Your Illusion” albums, there were “Yesterdays”, “Double Talkin ‘Jive”, “Pretty Tied Up”, “You Could Be Mine” and “Estranged”-the latter song used to point out the birthday of keyboarder Dizzy Reed. Shortly afterwards, a collective “Happy Birthday” followed, introduced by a short band presentation.

In addition to newer songs such as “Absurd” or “Hard Skool”, Guns N ‘Roses also had many cover versions: So there were “Live and Let Die” (Wings), “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (Bob Dylan), “Slither” (Velvet Revolver), “New Rose” (The Damned “, sung by Duff McKagan),” Wichita) Lineman ”(Jimmy Webb) and“ Down on the Farm ”(UK Subs). At “Civil War” there was a guitar quote from Jimi Hendrix ‘“Voodoo Child”, and of course “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, “November Rain” and “Patience” were not missing.

A small statistics

Let’s take a look at the weight of the band when it comes to back catalog: the most plays were clearly made by the debut album Appetite for Destruction (7 songs), followed by the cover versions (also 7 pieces). Behind it lined up with “se your illusion II” with 5 songs and “Use Your Illusion I” with 4 songs. From the later often underestimated “Chinese democracy” two songs made it into the set, as many of the acoustic album “G n ‘r Lies” and the current EP “Hard Skool”.