2020.01.31 - Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, Miami, FL, USA

It's time for the "what do you expect for the first show? discussion. I will be the first to go on record and say I don't expect any surprises.

Snoop Dogg will be the opener

Just a few more days, anyone here going?

Anyone know when the band is supposed to hit the stage tonight? Considering when I have to get up tomorrow to catch the show.

Soulmonster wrote:Anyone know when the band is supposed to hit the stage tonight? Considering when I have to get up tomorrow to catch the show.

Countdown timer posted by Gibbo at mygnr:
https://tinyurl.com/r29s5y6

It's about 12 hours from now, so I suppose around 2:00 a.m your time and 3:00 a.m mine

I saw that, but I wasn't sure if the band actually was supposed to go on at 8pm.

2 am. Yeah, I am not getting up that early

Woke up at 5 am and caught the second half of the show. They had some technical issues at the end of November Rain and Axl dedicated Knockin' to Kobe Bryant. Otherwise they also played 'You're Crazy', but I missed that. No other surprises. Axl was decent. Slash's blues solo is still beautiful.

Anyone got a video of the You're Crazy performance? Or good parts of the show?

Soulmonster wrote:Anyone got a video of the You're Crazy performance? Or good parts of the show?

I couldn't find a video of You're Crazy. It can only be heard in a couple of facebook streams (not very good quality). This one is the best of the two I found. You're Crazy is at about 47:35 minute mark:


https://www.facebook.com/robert.latzo/videos/10219042229519316/

Thanks! I think that was a great good version of Crazy. Great to hear the song again. Interesting with Axl mixing it up with some lines with venomous rasp. And he went really high on some screams there. Great stuff.

Before the show



https://www.instagram.com/p/B8AJqPEneaE/

Rolling Stone, February 1st, 2020:

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Watch Guns N’ Roses Dedicate ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ to Kobe Bryant
"Classic" lineup also played "You're Crazy" with Slash for the first time since 1993 at Super Bowl Music Fest gig in Miami

By Andy Greene

Guns N’ Roses played their first show of 2020 on Friday as part of the Super Bowl Music Fest 2020 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Near the end of the night, just before playing “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” Axl Rose spoke about the helicopter crash that took the life of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other people.

“The other night coming home from rehearsal I was like, ‘Is it just me or is that really weird?’” he said. “It was this fog bank, like a thunder cloud over the trees. It was really white with a slight pink and this light coming off the ground. It was really weird. It looks formidable. By morning, apparently, it was much worse. That’s what [Kobe Bryant’s] helicopter flew through. It was pretty scary. I want to dedicate this to Kobe and his daughter and everyone on the flight and everyone in the families and everyone impacted by this terrible event.”

The rest of the set was quite similar to the ones they’ve been playing since the launch of the Not In This Lifetime tour four years back, but it did feature the first performance of the Appetite For Destruction deep cut “You’re Crazy” with Slash since 1993.

Guns N’ Roses have now done every song from Appetite For Destruction on this tour with the exception of “Think About You” and “Anything Goes.” The former song hasn’t been played by an version of the band since 2006, while the latter hasn’t been touched since the original Appetite tour in 1988.

Snoop Dogg opened up the show and he posted a photo to his Instagram where he’s standing backstage alongside Slash, Rose and bassist Duff McKagan.

The Guns N’ Roses tour resumes March 14th in Mexico City and runs through Central and South America later that month and into April before going to Europe in May and June.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/guns-n-roses-knockin-on-heavens-door-kobe-bryant-946552/

Consequence, February 1, 2020:

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Guns N’ Roses dedicate “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” to Kobe Bryant at Super Bowl fest: Watch

Band also poses for pics with opening act Snoop Dogg backstage at the show

By Spencer Kaufman

Guns N’ Roses headlined the Bud Light Super Bowl Fest on Friday night. Prior to performing “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”, Axl Rose dedicated the song to Kobe Bryant, the basketball legend’s daughter Gianna, and the other victims of Sunday’s helicopter crash.

The show took place at the American Airlines Arena in Miami as part of a three-night music festival leading up to Super Bowl LIV on Sunday.

Fan-filmed footage shows Axl addressing the tragic incident, telling the audience that he noticed a dense fog across Los Angeles on his way home from rehearsal on Saturday night, saying it looked “formidable” and “ominous.” And then he mentioned how it was even worse on Sunday morning.

“I want to dedicate this to Kobe and his daughter and everyone on the flight … their families, and everyone hit by this terrible event,” said Axl as the band launched into its famous cover of the Bob Dylan classic.

During the performance of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”, images of Kobe and Gianna were projected on the screen behind the band during Slash’s extended guitar solo.

At the same show, the band took time to hang out backstage with rapper Snoop Dogg, who opened the concert. Both Snoop and GN’R posted images of Snoop posing with Axl, Slash, and Duff McKagan. In his Instagram post, Snoop joked, “New member of the group @gunsnroses.”

https://consequence.net/2020/02/guns-n-roses-knockin-on-heavens-door-kobe-bryant-super-bowl-fest/

Blabbermouth, February 1, 2020:

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Guns N' Roses Shares Stage With Rapper Snoop Dogg At Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest

Guns N' Roses was supported by rapper Snoop Dogg when the band performed last night (Friday, January 31) at the second Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida.

After the concert, Snoop posted an Instagram photo of him posing on stage with Guns N' Roses members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, and he included the caption: "New member of the group @gunsnroses"

Duff shared Snoop's photo and wrote: "Amazing show tont Miami! So damn cool to share a stage with the legend @snoopdogg #Repost @snoopdogg"

https://blabbermouth.net/news/guns-n-roses-shares-stage-with-rapper-snoop-dogg-at-bud-light-super-bowl-music-fest

Official pictures

More official photos by Kat Benzova:

Blabbermouth, Feb. 1, 2020:

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Guns N' Roses Pays Tribute To Kobe Bryant During Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest (Video)

Guns N' Roses paid tribute to basketball star Kobe Bryant during their concert last night (Friday, January 31) at the second Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida. The NBA legend and his daughter were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on January 26. Bryant was 41.

Prior to launching into Guns' cover version of the Bob Dylan classic "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", singer Axl Rose told the crowd: "The other night, coming home from rehearsal, I was, like, 'Is it just me or is that really weird?' It was this fog bank, like a thunder cloud over the trees. It was really white with a slight pink and this light coming off the ground. It was really weird. It looks formidable. By morning, apparently, it was much worse. That's what [Kobe Bryant's] helicopter flew through. It was pretty scary. I want to dedicate this to Kobe and his daughter and everyone on the flight and everyone in the families and everyone impacted by this terrible event."

While Guns performed the track, the gigantic video screen behind the stage cycled through a slideshow of images of Kobe and his family.

Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant were on their way to a travel basketball game with when the helicopter crashed. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, there were no survivors of the crash. The incident occurred before 10 a.m., and the fire made it difficult for firefighters and emergency personnel to get to the aircraft, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Bryant played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years and is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He won five NBA championships, was an 18-time All-Star, was the NBA's Most Valuable Player in the 2007-2008 season and is fourth on the NBA's all-time scoring list. He retired after the 2015-16 season, having spent his entire career with the Lakers. The franchise retired his No. 8 and No. 24 jersey numbers in December 2017.

https://blabbermouth.net/news/guns-n-roses-pays-tribute-to-kobe-bryant-during-bud-light-super-bowl-music-fest-video

These pictures were shared by the band a few days after the show. Not sure they are from this show in Miami, though, or from earlier shows: