From Flash:


Sometime ago I wrote you info about VR gig in Helsinki 
Finland. Well, the show was on tuesday and I sure as 
hell was there, center 6th row from the stage (more or 
less). I'm not going to write a long report about the 
show but I thought some fans might like to know at 
least a bit what it was like and to put it short, 
amazing! 
The band seemed to be in good spirit and the 
professionalism was glaring. Duff was rather serious, 
but it's not like anyone expected him to take the mic 
and tell a joke or two. He took the crowd in his own 
way. Slash walked around the stage quite a lot so that 
the people on the other side of the stage could get 'a 
piece of him' too and rubberman Weiland was just a 
blast to watch. Dave played great and made Matt laugh 
out loud when he gathered some speed and used the drum 
stand to jump way up in the air. This in the middle of 
a song of course. 
At one point the band left the stage and soon after 
that only Matt came back so I figured he was going to 
play a drum solo, but suddenly he was playing You 
Could Be Mine. It took a couple of beats until he 
realized Mr. Brownstone was the next song up so he 
switched the beat. Honest mistake or just a crowd 
teaser, don't know. 
3 Gn'R songs, Brownstone, It's so easy and Used to 
love her (for those who care). 
The VR songs were just fantastic to hear live! There 
were a couple of songs on the album I hadn't quite 
understood before the gig, in a musical way, but after 
hearing them live, whoah! The Velvet stuff was so raw 
and powerful that the whole crowd was going crazy and 
the atmosphere was great. SLash did a couple of 
extended solos and I was there shaking my head, "how 
the fuck does he do that!?". Literally! The guy's just 
amazing! 
You got no right and loving the alien weren't played 
at all and I really wanted to hear Alien but it 
doesn't really matter 'cause the show was great even 
without. 
For the people who are not sure about the album or 
buying a concert ticket: do yourself a big fucking 
favour and get both if you already haven't! The stuff 
on the album is great and the same stuff live, 
phenomenal! It's an experience any VR or Slash fan 
shouldn't miss! Thank me later (and you will)! 
That's about it.. Oh, the show was about 1h 20min long 
and I'm wearing the most expensive t-shirt I ever had, 
but it was all well worth it. Of course I'm broke now, 
but still... 
Smuggled a camera there too but the pics are pretty 
shitty. Let me know if you have any use for them.
Take care!
Flash