May 13, 2004 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant

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General Information

Date: May 13, 2004
Location: St. Louis, MO
Venue: The Pageant; 6161 Delmar; St Louis, MO 63112 [ Venue website ]
Box Office Number: 314-726-6161
Additional Info: Support Act: Silvertide This was the band's first 'official' show in 2004, kicking off a 2-month U.S. tour.

Set List

• Sucker Train Blues
• Do it for the Kids
• Headspace
• Crackerman
• Illegal I
• It's so Easy
• Fall To Pieces
• Big Machine
• Set Me Free
• Used To Love Her
• Slither
• Sex Type Thing
• Mr. Brownstone
• Negative Creep

Reviews (18) [ send in your own review/pictures of the St. Louis show ]

Thanks to Willie: For me this was the show of a lifetime. We were about 2 rows back from the center of the stage, so we had a great view of the band. It was a hard rockin', energetic mental orgasm. During the song "It's So Easy" Scott dove backwards into the crowd, losing an ear monitor. I found it later and was pulled through the crowd to the front of the stage. I watched the rest of the concert from here and was completely blown away by the whole experience. After the last song Matt Sorum handed me a drum stick and for finding the ear piece, my friends and I got backstage passes. We ended up meeting everyone in the band and I got my drum stick signed by Matt. It's so great to have a true rock band emerge out of all the wanna-bes you hear on the radio.

Thanks to Shawn: Damn good show. Silvertide was the no-name opening band and they f'in kicked ass. They're song Mary Jane really needs to get some air time. Velvet Revolver played a good mix of GNR, STP & new shtuff. Weiland needs to lay off the drama and sing with his Wicked Garden voice rather than trying to get cute and this new band will certainly be around a while. One of his quotes.. "you better enjoy this, you won't see us in a place like this again" I believe he was refering to the small size of the Pageant - believing they will sell out the big arenas soon. The GNR boys certainly sounded good - they all sounded like the good old days at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa - playing some acoustic Used To Love Her in one of their 3 encores. Weiland nailed that song too. The new Velvet Revolver stuff sounded good only when Weiland was singing -and not trying to just make noise. I'm looking forward to the album.

Thanks to Gary: I knew this would be the best concert I have ever seen since I have been a huge GNR fan since I was in fourth grade. The intensity of the show was like nothing I have ever seen and I have been to well over fifty concerts. Just seeing Scott dance around and Slash ripping off the baddest ass solos ever was worth well over the ticket price. After the St. Louis show my buddy and I waited with about 40 other people for autograph. Scott came out and only signed 3 things and I was lucky enough to get one of them, Dave went right to the bus and then Duff and Matt both came out signed and talked to everyone also. And then my idol, Slash came out and getting his autograph was the best moment in my life, I also shook his hand and hugged him. They were all so cool to do that especially since it was raining.

Thanks to Brian: I was suprised by the opening act. I didn't know there was going to be one first of all and then they were really good. Velvet Revolver was fantastic. The best show I've ever been to. I heard they were going to play some GNR and STP stuff, but after the first few songs all I wanted to hear was more of the new stuff. Didn't try and reinvent the wheel because they didn't have to. It just flat out kicked my ass. They played a couple of encores and if I had my way they would still be playing right now. Scott Weiland is the perfect fit for that band. I hope they can all stay healthy because this is the start of something big and great!

Thanks to Alex: Well, me and my friend Peter came all the way from Chicago to see these guys. My friend Peter droped me off at the Pageant around 6:30pm while he went to pick up the camara from the hotel where we were staying at. Around eight the opening band Silvertide kicked it off. They were ok for an opening band. After there set was over me and Peter met some local girls who had just moved in from Dallas. After mingaling for a while the crowd was getting tired and wrestless. Everybody was waiting for Velvet Revolver. You could honestly feel the energy from everybody as we waited for Scott and the boys. I'm not sure exactly but I think around 9:00pm the guys came out and let hell break loose. Scott was wearing his black pilot hat with tight rockstar pants and a shirt that read "mary is my homegirl or something like that." Scott just fucken rocked The Pageant that night. Through out the whole concert my friend Peter took some great pics of Scott, Duff and Slash. Lucky for me I bought tickets for The Riviera show in Chicago. Scott is truly the last american rock star. Go fucken Velvet Revolver.................

Thanks to Rhiannon: First of all, it's basically 24 hours after I was at the concert and I am still hearing bells!! It was most definetely the loudest thing I have ever been to, but was so well worth it. I saw STP in 2002 and this completely blew it out. Scott was amazing as usual, but he just seemed genuinely happy with Velvet Revolver. I was completely mesmorized by him all night. In my opinion, he is the best rock front man of our time. I may be biased though, I'm a huge Jim Morrison fan. Waiting in line in the rain really wasn't bad at all because we got to talk to so many cool people and I completely forgot about it after I got inside. I loved the atmosphere of the theatre, it was totally rock and roll which set the mood perfectly for the rest of the show. The opening band was really good, but I was just ready for Velvet Revolver. I was blown away. This is by far the best thing I have ever seen. Thinking about how most of their songs aren't that well known yet, everyone was totally into it. When Scott came into the crowd during the second or third song it was awesome.

By far the closest I've ever come to a frontman at a show. The crowd dive was pretty bad too. All of the members of the band tried to make sure that the crowd got close to them. Duff and Slash were all over the stage. I don't think that there was anyone in their seat if they had one. The whole place was on it's feet. I only wish that I could make it to more of their shows, but feel so fortunate to have witnessed this. I think everyone is right about Scott's statement that we won't ever see this again, not like that. Velvet Revolver is sure to head to bigger venues and find endless success when everyone lucky enough to get tickets sees them live. It is something that I will never forget and can't wait to see again.

Thanks to BlackjetStealth: It was great to finally see some rock and roll again. I was there last night...the Opening Night...of the Velvet Revolver Tour at The Pageant in St. Louis. As has been said, they played about an hour and a half total, but you felt like you'd been to a multi-band all day festival by the time we got out of there...I was spent (still am :))

It was as powerful, tight, raw, polished, and in-your-face as rock and roll has ever been. There's chemistry beyond belief in this newest of supergroups...

Scott is a chameleon, a snake and a charmer all wrapped up in one and he's mesmorizing to watch...Slash is mean, slick, on-the-edge and merciless on axe in a non-stop aural and visual assault on the audience. Scott's greatest line of the night was "take a good look boy's and girl's because you'll never see this in this place again". Even Duff made reference to the small venue.

The disc drops on June 8th and just the Weiland-penned power ballad "Fall To Pieces" alone will give the music incredible mass appeal, exposure and air-play. The mix of Velvet Revolver originals with STP and GNR covers made for an amazing set-list and overall experience.

If Velvet Revolver can stay clean, sober, out of trouble and remain creative, this latest incarnation of reincarnated greatness could very well be around for several projects and then some. It's probably most of those guys' last hurrah, so you can bet they'll give it everything they've got to make a go of it in order to set-aside a little next egg.

History was made in St. Louis last night and no matter how short or long the Velvet Revolver train...I'll always be able to say that I rolled out of the train shed with them and took the wild ride...

Most shows are already sold out...if they aren't in your area, drop what you're doing right now and call Ticketmaster or go to your local ticket outlet and buy a frickin' ticket...I'll give you your money back if you come out of the show disappointed. For those of you who are in cities where the show has already sold out, just do yourself a favor and pay the scalper or eBay prices and go anyway...you'll never regret it.

Wish I was in KC right now, the band just finished tonight's show...

Thanks to Yoko: That was jumpin, daddy-o. The first show of the tour. St. Louis, MO, and the crowd was hot, baby. HOT HOT HOT! I tellya folks, there aint nothin like a midwest woman on a hot tin can. The Pageant was a cool venue. Newer, but still pretty vibe-y. Not for nothin, but that was a kick-ass rock-n-roll show, the way it's supposed to be done kids. Mr. Weiland jumped into the crowd in the heat of the moment and got his in-ear monitors ripped from his head. But in pure midwest-style honor, we managed to get them BOTH back in fully working condition and all we had to cough up in exchange was a couple backstage passes. Not bad. Well, tonight we're in Kansas City, MO Gimme a big, fat, juicy, bloody steak or gimme death. P.S. - This message comes fully inspired by that weird movie called "The Cooler" that we watched on the bus at 4am. Yessir.... yeah... yessir...

Thanks to Kevin C. Johnson from STL Today: The buzz at the Pageant on Thursday night felt unprecedented - and probably was.

The evening marked the first date of the virgin tour of Velvet Revolver, a new supergroup bringing together Stone Temple Pilots' beleaguered lead singer Scott Weiland and an Axl Rose-less Guns N' Roses.

Anticipation over this old-but-new outfit was such that the band's kickoff show here was a rapid sellout, and for good reason. A fully loaded Velvet Revolver fired off a set of explosive songs from its upcoming CD "Contraband" while treating the enthusiastic crowd to tunes from the Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses vaults.

"Let's hear it for rock 'n' roll. I'm talking about (expletive) American rock 'n' roll," an impossibly lithe Weiland (has he ever been this skinny?) said at one point before he attacked several strains of new rock. "This is good old blues-based rock 'n' roll."

It was just rock, no other label needed, and that was part of its joy. Weiland, guitarist Dave Kushner and the former Guns N' Roses members - guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum - and came prepared and ready to rock out during the nonstop 80-minute set. They seamlessly blended the best of both of their former, faded bands despite some overbearing fuzziness in the sound mix early on.

Not to take anything away from the players, who excelled, but the magnetic Weiland was the star of the show. He was entirely watchable throughout, from the moment he took the stage wearing something that looked as if it were borrowed from the closet of the Village People's police officer character, though it didn't take him long to ditch the hat and jacket and go bare-chested. Weiland, still a true showman, featured a number of slippery, exaggerated moves. He had a way of allowing his shoulders to lead the way as he darted around the stage as though he were bouncing off the bumpers in a pinball machine.

Among his stunts were singing into a megaphone, performing atop a drink rail, nearly seducing Slash during one of the guitarist's solos and diving into the crowd, resulting in the loss of a pair of ear monitors (he tried to bribe whoever was holding out on the equipment). If there was any question about Weiland's performance, it was, "Axl who?"

Songs such as Stone Temple Pilots'"Sex Type Thing" and "Crackerman" and Guns N' Roses'"Used to Love Her" - introduced by Slash as "a little number you might or might not remember" - "It's So Easy" and "Mr. Brownstone" were easy and obvious crowd-pleasers, and fitting for the evening. But what was even more impressive was how the band managed to engage the crowd with material it had never heard before, such as "Do It for the Kids," "Big Machine" and "Fall to Pieces," which Weiland said he wrote after nearly losing his wife.

Fans were familiar with "Slither," the first single from "Contraband," and "Set Me Free," which came from "The Hulk" soundtrack.

Something special transpired onstage and Velvet Revolver knew it.

"What you see, you won't see again, not like this, not in this place," Weiland advised. His words suggested Velvet Revolver's venue choices will grow substantially from here and there's no reason to doubt him.

Philadelphia rock band Silvertide opened the evening with a set of old-school rock from it's "Show and Tell" CD.

Thanks to UJ: Loud, hard, heavy, bluesey, raw and up in your face rock n roll.

If you are wondering if you should see these guys, do it now before they go multi platinum and only tour ampitheaters and stadiums. You just can't help but shake your head even now, a day after the show and fully understand what you just witnessed.

Scott's voice was unbelievable, just sounded awesome. He is indeed a showman and entertainer, got down in that pit and he'll get up in your face, jump on you, float on you, stand on you and flat out rock with you. And the boys we all know and love rocked us with rhythmns and solos that kept your blood boiling and longing for more. Wish it lasted longer. About a 2hr. show with three encores and It's so Easy and Mr. Brownstone thrown in the mix. I'm thinking about catching them again before this tour is over. This is it people, this is the tour, this is the band, this is rock n' roll like it should be.

Thank you Velvet Revolver for rockin St. Louis. -

P.S. Axl who?

Thanks to Nicole: Omg, the best f'n show ever seen! The guys were amazing and rockin. Every song kicked ass. I didn't pay much attention to the set list. I know there were a few GNR and a few STP and 'Set me Free' and 'Slither' of course. Something that everyone missed in their reviews was that it rained all night and we had to stand outside in the pouring rain for an hour. It made it all the more worth while to see them rock the shit outta the place. It was packed. I was right against the barricade in front. On Dave's side actually. But Duff and Slash ran over to our side dozens of times. I met a dozen awesome people.

I've never had a better time in my life! And after the show I waited also with about 20 people right next to their tour buses for them to come out. When they finally did it was great. Matt signed a picture for me and Duff signed the same pic. And Matt kissed me twice! And gave me a huge hug. I brought up to Duff that I thought they'd never return to St.Louis because of the riot and he said "I still feel bad about that." I told him it wasn't his fault.

But they were all totally the coolest guys in the world. Dream come true!!

Thanks to Jeff: When I got up the day after, my ears were still ringing. This was the loudest thing I had ever heard in my life. The opening number was amazing (I believe it was 'Sucker Train Blues' but I'm not sure). Scott came out in his biker cap, shades, scarf and a vest and jacket. He took his place upon the top of the box on front of the stage and took command of the crowd. I realize that this first song was compounded by the emotion of getting my first glimpse of Velvet Revolver, but it was truly one of the best (if not the best) performance of the evening.

All of the guys looked great; they performed like they had been together for 10 years. Slash entertained the crowd and repeatedly drove everyone ape-shit on his solos.

They covered 'Crackerman', 'It's So Easy', 'Used to Love Her', 'Sex type Thing' and 'Mr. Brownstone'. They Closed with 'Negative Creep'.

Since I hadn't heard any of the album, it was tough to keep track of the set list. I was able to pick out 'Big Machine' and 'Fall to Pieces' due to the lyrics, and I knew 'Slither' and 'Set Me Free'.

Scott made it out into the crowd a few times. He stood up upon some people while performing the second or third song. The audience held him high while he belted out the chorus of one of their new songs. He also dove into the pit during 'It's So Easy'. However, his ear monitors got ripped out and he had to ask for them back a couple of times during breaks between songs and encores.

Overall, the show was unbelievable. However, the band and crowd were so loud at times that I couldn't even hear the songs, my ears would just ring. That would have been my only complaint. I love loud music and have been to a lot of concerts, but this was incredibly loud.

Scott stated two or three songs in that everyone should enjoy this and not take the show for granted. He said that no one there would ever see anything like this again, not at that venue (The Pageant). He was right.

Thanks to NTSlash: I don't have the set list because I don't know the names of the new Velvet Revolver songs, but I'll do my best anyways. They came out at about 9:30 and opened with a pretty hard song (as most of the new songs were). The crowd immediately went crazy, and when Slash played his first solo, everyone went ape shit. They played three songs from Contraband and then went into 'Crackerman'. During one of the songs, Scott came out into the crowd and sang a verse while a bunch of people were holding him up. Next, they played a song with a really long instrumental break in which Slash did an incredible talk box solo and played a little bit of 'Rocket Queen'.

This may have been the highlight of the night, with the exception of the absolutely fantastic performance of 'Slither'. After this tune, they went into 'It's So Easy', which really got the crowd going crazy. Right after Scott said "fuck off" before the solo, he jumped into the crowd, which was one of the highlights of the night. While in the crowd his in-ear mics fell out. He asked for them back, but didn't get them. During the second encore, he asked again, and said that they couldn't play the next show without them. He said they needed them to record and that he would give back-stage passes, tickets to the next show, free shirts, and autographed shit to whoever returned the mics. I only saw one get handed back, so I'm not sure what happened with that.

After 'It's So Easy', they played 'Fall to Pieces', which was my favorite of the new songs by far. Then, Duff came out and said "you might know this one from the radio," and they busted into 'Set Me Free'. 'Set Me Free' live blows away the studio version. They played a really long version, and this was the end of the main set. They were only on stage for 45 minutes before going off. Slash came out for the first encore and said that we might remember this one, and they began playing 'Used to Love Her'. Next, was 'Slither',"a big rock single." This song is so amazing live. It was certainly the best performance of the night. They ended the first encore with 'Sex Type Thing'.

They came out again and played 'Mr. Brownstone' and then ended with 'Negative Creep' (man, that song is bad). They played for about 1.5 hours, not 2 hours like one of the reviews says. I think they played all the same songs from the Roxy show, but definitely in a different order.

Now, about the new songs...I hope that some of those are a lot better in the studio, because some of the live versions just didn't do it for me. Scott's vocals on some of these songs weren't that great and the music was just too damn hard sometimes. Slash's solos were awesome on every song and I liked how he made the 'Crackerman' solo his own. The performance was absolutely outstanding, even if some of the songs weren't.

The best songs in my opinion, in order, were 'Slither', 'Fall to Pieces', 'Set Me Free', 'Mr. Brownstone', 'Crackerman', 'It's So Easy', 'Used to Love Her', 'Sex Type Thing' and the one with the talk box solo, whatever that was. Overall, I would say these guys are an amazing high energy rock band. They have a sound all of their own and they put on a great show.

I noticed a lot of" competition" between Scott and Slash. Slash didn't seem like he was necessarily competing, but whenever he soloed, all eyes went on him or at least tried to. During almost every solo, Scott would do something crazy (like jump into the crowd) and it really looked like he was trying to get everyone to pay attention to him. He is a great performer, but I would have to say that this is definitely Slash's band. He owned the show as far as I am concerned.

Well, I am going to stop now. I apologize for any typos or incoherent statements, but I don't feel like going back and rereading this. Enjoy the shows everyone. For those with sensitive ears, bring ear plugs, because these guys are damn loud.

Thanks to Rich: The review above summed the show up nicely, but after the show there was more...

My buddy and I decide to wait outside for the band. With a small group of about 20, we wait for what seems like forever. Not to mention it's raining the whole time.

Finally about an hour and a half after the show ends the band starts to come out 1 by 1. First out is Dave and he heads straight for the bus. Didn't see him sign anything.

Scott comes out next and explains how he has to get on the bus right away. Signs probably 3-4 autographs and splits.

Next up Duff..awesome guy! Duff talked and made sure everyone who wanted something signed got it. Kept saying "you all are so polite... just get up here!" Great guy. Talks about how great it is to be back in St.Louis and how it wasn't Riverport's fault that the riot broke out so long ago.

Matt sneaks out while Duff is finishing up and signs a ton of stuff as well. With the rain it was very hard for them to sign things. Last up... Slash. Very cool and laid back. Signed autographs, took pictures, everything. He was just so calm.

Amazing show! I can't wait to see them in KC tomorrow!!

Thanks to Matt Kowalkowski: Great fuckin' show! I loved the outfit Scott first came out with. Seemed like some kinda Rob Halford tribute. Fuckin' badass!

I would have liked to have heard more STP and G n' R oldies, but you gotta promote the new shit. Where was Dead and Bloated? Let's try to release the album before we go on tour next time, guys.

Weiland seemed pretty upset after his stage dive where he lost his two earpiece monitors in the pit. I think he got them both back. Needless to say, he didn't do anymore dives. I was pissed.

Last thing...Where the hell was any sort of publicity for Silvertide? I didn't hear even the slightest mention on the radio. I had no idea that there was an opening act. Why the hell didn't any St.Louis DJs give a quick mention? I just wanted to hear some of their shit. The Point DJs couldn't shut up about Velvet Revolver as it was.

I was stoked for a month to see Velvet Revolver and it was a great f'n show!

Thanks to Omega Man: When I first got there, there where people scalping tickets all over the place I got asked twice myself but I saw people selling them all up and down the street. There were also people selling bootleg Velvet Revolver shirts I saw at least two of the those one guy out back by the parking lot and a lady out front of the venue. They looked like the GNR Logo that has the Yellow circle with the two Guns and Roses on it, except these said Velvet Revolver and had a picture of the band on the back. They were going for like ten or fifteen bucks. The lady was yelling " Velvet Revolver shirts ten bucks out here, thirty five bucks inside." I thought how the hell does she know she probably hasn't even been inside yet and sure enough inside shirts were like twenty five bucks. They had a good varitey of merch they had hats, stickers, pins, ect... The stickers look like the cover of the album.

This was the best show I have saw in a long time. The entire show was high energy. They played a bunch of stuff from Contraband including a realy cool song called 'Fall To Pieces' which was a slower song. They also did "Crackerman" and "Sex Type Thing" from Stone Temple Pilots. They played "It's So Easy" "Used To Love Her" and "Mr. Brownstone" by Guns N' Roses. They did two encore's and closed the show out with "Negative Creep" by Nirvana. Great performance, although Scott Weiland lost his headset when he dove into the crowd, I'm not quite sure if he ever got them back.

Thanks to Dizzyreed63: Here's my story: Got to venue at 5:15, waited in line to get in until 7:10. Got in... got a spot infront of Slash's area... turns out to be the perfect spot. Few styles of shirts for sale, black with a siloutte thing of a naked chick, holding a gun, cities of tour on back.

Opening band was pretty good. Played quick 30 min set... rockin, sounded like Black Crowes.

Then the wait was on. Took about an hour before Velvet Revolver went on... people were getting restless... visions of Philly were going thru my head.

Then it was time... around 9:30, "what's up fuckers.... from hollywood, Velvet Revolver..."

They just kinda walk out on stage, and bust into the new tunes... Weiland crowd surfs... he comes out wearing black leather pants, black shirt w/ vest, sunglasses and black leather cop hat. Slash has on some black shirt, black leather pants. Duff has orangish shirt on. Matt was mostly shirtless I think. By the end, they all were shirtless, and Slash wore his hat for the final song.

While surfing, Weiland loses his ear monitor, and when they can't find the little pieces he needs, "I guess that comes w/ the territory" so he was cool about it..

They suddenly busted into It's So Easy, and f'n rocked it. Then they played Set Me Free and rocked the hell outofit. Then Slither and Slash played the entire song/solo right in front of me... literally about 2-3 feet away, teasing us with the neck of his guitar. He also threw a cig. butt and it hit a sec. guard.. good stuff.

During a solo for a new song, Slash started playing Rocket Queen, but then went back to the song. All the new songs had great solos.. one sounded like the intro to Attitude... another similar to You're Crazy. Fall To Pieces was slow, intro like Patience...

Duff and Slash would roam around... in front of me and the other side. I had the f'n perfect place. My friend behind me dancing, a very hot chick, probably helped the fact that they always were right there in front of me.

Duff said something like, "we haven't been in St. Louis in a long time, great to be back.." something like that.
The vocals were very low in the mix I thought. Hard to hear.

Weiland described Fall to Pieces as a song about putting his life back together. Some speech about American Rock n Roll. He crowd surfed during a song and still sung while in the hands of the crowd.. that rocked.

During So Easy... he jumped in at "fuck Off" and it was nuts! He also said somethin like, "get a good look at this... this may be the last time you see us like this."

They ended the first set w/ Slither. Seemed quick. Then they came back and Slash alone said, "you may know this one" Used to Love Her... and the rest of the band finally joined in. Everyone sung along. Then they played STP Sex Type Thing.. rocked. F'n Highlight of the night I thought... Velvet Revolver plays it 10 times better than STP... amazing performance. Again Slash extended soloing 2 feet from my face. Mesmerizing.

Then they went off stage again. Then they came back, and Matt came alone. He started bustin' out the Brownstone drums... then the band came out. People were reaching for Duff's bass guitar while he was in front of us... and beggin for a hand shake... then one time, Duff shouted... "I can't, I gotta play" or something like.. it was funny.

Then Weiland said if someone could give him his monitor piece, he'd give them free tix and a backstage pass to the show in KC tomorrow... they found one piece of it.. not the other.. the whole band was helping to look.. was funny.

Then they busted into the Nirvana cover, and played the fuck out of it... Slash ended by laying his guitar during feedback in front of his Marshalls. Chucked some stuff out... I couldn't catch any. And that was it. Cool t-shirts for sale outside. Old guns logo kinda... without the roses.. the circle kind.

Well worth the 20 bucks admission. Great opening night... few miscues... Weiland's megaphone wouldn't work once, so he slammed it down, got the other one. Weiland fucked up the lyrics in Brownstone, and started singing verse 1 during the final verse, and got himself confused... shaky for just a second. Matt's gong wouldn't work, so he just started banging it over and over and laughing.

Weiland looked like Iggy Pop on dope. But he rocks and slithers around like a snake.. had convulsions during the STP cover... flailing on the ground. The rest of the band looks fucking ripped. Seeing Duff/Slash together in that stage light was amazing.

Some offical photographers and film people were also there.

Played about 2hrs flat. 2 encores... same setlist as Roxy, but diff. order I think.

No words about Axl or GnR at all. Hardly any talk. Just rockin. Slash played great on the talk box once.

Great great great show. Great seats that I fought for. Never thought I'd get that close to the Slash/Duff action.

It's late. I'm out. Thought I'd write this up before I turned out. And for those w/ out tix.. lots were tryin to sell their extra tix, for face value. So give it a shot if you missed out on the sale.

Thanks to Sean: Tonight's show was unbelievable! Scott sounded great and showed why he's the best frontman in the biz (my wife couldn't take her eyes off of him, as usual). The band was tight and it was clear to all they were really having a great time, and often just smiled as they watched Scott doin' his thing (Scott even did some stagediving). Only 2 STP songs: Crackerman and Sex Type Thing, and 3 GNRs including It's So Easy and Mr. Brownstone. Personally, I think Slither stole the show. It had a great, trance-like atmosphere to it -- you'll understand when you go see them for yourselves. Also, a great rockin' ballad which is sure to hit the airwaves.

We had a fantastic crowd, and everyone was really into the show. On the way out all you could hear was everyone singing the praises of Velvet Revolver!! If you don't have tix yet, you better get them!