OSAKA WTC JAPAN
PRESS REVIEWS
08/19/2002
gnronline.com
RECORD BREAKING GUNS N' ROSES
Guns N' Roses, who opened their Chinese Democracy Tour in Hong Kong last week to rave reviews, broke both festival attendance records and venue capacities at whilst headlining Tokyo's Chiba Marine Stadium (35,000 plus) and Osaka's WTC Open-air stadium (25,000 plus) for Japan's Summer Sonic Festival.
A spokesman for the Summer Sonic Festival said "Both festivals were record breaking sell outs. We were very honoured to witness such spell-binding performances from Guns N' Roses"
The band are currently on their way to England, where they headline Leeds Festival this Friday 23rd August, and headline their own spectacular show at Docklands Arena on bank holiday Monday, after headlining Belgium's infamous Pukkelpop Festival.
[posted 8/20/2002 U.S.A.]
Thanks to Will @ Dust n Bones M/l
source:
www.summersonic.
Translated in English (credits to corviscain @ chinesdemocracy.com):
"Shows on the other stages are all finished ,now only Guns' performance left to go. The schedule seems a little delay since the morning ,at 8:40 ,theexplosive sound strikes into audiances ears, before their eyes ,there's the very Guns 'N Roses! A woman nearby me was impressed ,cryed and said "axl's even not changed a bit!" During the MC ,Axl joked "you celebrated my birthday both in tokyo and osaka, now i'm nearly 88 years old!" (maybe some mistake but that's what i heard) And in the staff-area ,those guys were excited too! If you looked carefully ,DRAGON ASH(a japanese hip-hop band) are dancing with their chest naked ,on the side MURDERDOLLS are watching the show ,RELISH are drinking and talking behind them ,WEEZER are also somewhere nearby too! Guns 'N Roses are the BEST to everybody! "
08/20/2002 GNRONLINE NEWS
08/20/2002 SUMMERSONIC.COM