Axl Rose took a tumble onstage throughout Weapons N’ Roses’ headline slot at BST Hyde Park. Discover footage of the second under.
Whereas Weapons N’ Roses have change into considerably famend for the variety of mishaps they’ve whereas on tour — whether or not it’s arriving late, technical points or viewers riots — a barely extra tame blunder happened at their most up-to-date present, with the frontman falling to the bottom simply two songs in.
The second happened throughout their headline slot on the 2023 version of BST Hyde Park, because the band have been performing a rendition of their 1991 observe ‘Dangerous Obsession’, taken from their third album, ‘Use Your Phantasm I’.
In the course of the track, Rose took a misstep whereas strolling backwards in direction of the drum riser and fell to the bottom. He then shortly bought again to his ft and carried on with the track unhurt. Try fan-captured footage of the second under.
For Friday’s set (June 30), the ’80s rock icons delivered a 27-song setlist, which included their most well-known tracks ‘Welcome To The Jungle’, ‘Paradise Metropolis’ and ‘Candy Youngster O’ Mine’, in addition to a sequence of covers.
Commonplace all through their current stay exhibits, the covers included U.Okay Subs’ ‘Down On The Farm’, Wings’ ‘Reside And Let Die’ and The Stooges’ ‘T.V. Eye’ which featured bassist Duff McKagan on vocals.
Following their set, the band posted an update on their social media pages however made no point out of the autumn. “London! You actually F’N’ rocked with us in Hyde Park,” it learn. “Thanks, Gunners!”
Try footage of the present under, in addition to the total setlist.
What an incredible gig @BSTHydePark @gunsnroses cherished it 👏 pic.twitter.com/C2VnT79ti8
— darren vaudin (@zacnmax2004) July 1, 2023
Weapons N’ Roses’ BST Hyde Park setlist was:
1. ‘It’s So Straightforward’
2. ‘Dangerous Obsession’
3. ‘Chinese language Democracy’
4. ‘Slither’ (Velvet Revolver cowl)
5. ‘Mr. Brownstone’
6. ‘Welcome to the Jungle’
7. ‘Reckless Life’
8. ‘Double Talkin’ Jive’
9. ‘Fairly Tied Up’
10. ‘Arduous Skool’
11. ‘Absurd’
12. ‘Estranged’
13. ‘Reside and Let Die’ (Wings cowl)
14. ‘Rocket Queen’
15. ‘Down on the Farm’ (UK Subs cowl)
16. ‘You May Be Mine’
17. ‘T.V. Eye’ (The Stooges cowl with Duff McKagan on vocals)
18. ‘Something Goes’
19. ‘Civil Struggle’
20. ‘Candy Youngster o’ Mine’
21. ‘November Rain’
22. ‘Endurance’
23. ‘Coma’
24. ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ (Bob Dylan cowl)
25. ‘Nightrain’
26. ‘Don’t Cry’
27. ‘Paradise Metropolis’
Openers for the BST Hyde Park present included The Darkness, Larkin Poe and The Pretenders.
Different headliners for the 2023 version function P!nk, Take That, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and The E Avenue Band and BLACKPINK. The ultimate headline efficiency will come from Lana Del Rey, who will shut this 12 months’s instalment with a efficiency on July 9. Discover any remaining tickets right here.
In different Weapons N’ Roses information, the band carried out on the Pyramid Stage as one of many Glastonbury headliners final month. Taking to the stage on Saturday (June 24), the band carried out a stable efficiency regardless of current backlash about their inclusion within the competition line-up.
In a three-star evaluate, NME described the set as being “considered one of their strongest units in recent times”, however receiving an underwhelming response because it was delivered to the “mistaken crowd”.
“To any G’N’R fan, the Glasto set undoubtedly marks one of many strongest units that the rock veterans have given in recent times,” it started. “Sadly, that is considerably misplaced on the Glastonbury crowd, as Weapons N’ Roses’ sultry, whiskey-chugging, in-your-face model of rock felt misplaced when delivered on the hippie nucleus of the world.”
The following cease on the Weapons N’ Roses world tour will happen tonight (July 3) on the Deutsch Financial institution Park in Frankfurt. From there, upcoming dates will proceed all through Europe, together with slots in Paris, Rome, Budapest and Athens, earlier than the band return to the US for gigs throughout North America. Discover remaining tickets right here.
