1987.08.14 - Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax, Canada

by **Soulmonster** Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:40 pm

Date:
August 14, 1987.

Venue:
Halifax Metro Centre.

Location:
Halifax, Canada.

Setlist:
XX. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
(Unknown setlist)

Line-up:
Axl Rose (vocals), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitarist), Slash (lead guitarist), Duff McKagan (bass) and Steven Adler (drums).

Notes:
The first show of the tour with GN'R opening for The Cult.

Quotes from the band members:

I like touring with [the current] guys a lot more than the old band. The beginning was fun but it started going bad our first gig opening for the Cult in Halifax between Slash and I. That’s when the ok I put up with all Axl’s and Izzy’s crap now I’m gonna be the man trip started with him runnin’ right out front on the ego ramp for the whole show. It was pretty funny. :rolleyes:[Axl's chat with the fans, mygnrforum, December 14, 2008]

Guns N' Roses started the Cult tour in Halifax on August 14, with shows almost every night for a little over a month. Halifax is in Nova Scotia, in the easternmost corner of Canada. Despite everything else, it was an exciting prospect [...]. Hitting the stage that night was extra special. It did not matter in the slightest that there were maybe fifty people in the audience when we took the stage. One thing I hadn't reckoned on were the barricades between the stage and the audience, leaving a ton of space where the building's security personnel could gather and show their force. Because of that gap, the stage lights did not illuminate the few people in attendance. And all of those lights were blinding. The overall effect was to make us feel like we were playing to this big yawning void [Duff's autobiography, "It's So Easy", 2011, p. 126-127]