August 5, 2007 - Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course

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General Information

Date: August 5, 2007
Location: Baltimore, MD
Venue: Pimlico Race Course; 5201 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 [ Venue website ]
Additional Info: Virgin Festival 2007. Other bands include The Police, Smashing Pumpkins and the Beastie Boys.

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Set List

• Let It Roll
• Do it For the Kids
• She Mine
• Sucker Train Blues
• Get Out the Door
• Superhuman
• Vasoline
• Fall to Pieces
• She Builds Quick Machines
• It's So Easy
• The Last Fight
• Set Me Free
• Slither

Reviews (6) [ send in your own review/pictures of the Baltimore show ]

Thanks to Adam W: One of the many reasons why I came to Virgin Fest this year was to see VR, mainly because I've been a huge fan of Scott Weiland for years but have never been able to see him live. After seeing him and the rest of the guys rock onstage, I was far from disapointed! The crowd was absolutely insane and the band had so much energy as it tore through the set list and closing with a mind-blowing, extended version of "Slither". I was also able to get VERY close to the stage and although I had to focus on maintaing my balance in the surging mosh pit of a crowd, VR was just so energetic and totally met my expectations! Rock on, Velvet Revolver!

Thanks to Ad-Rock: I was in attendance for VR's first trip to Baltimore (or "Bal-Town" to quote Mike D.)

VR hit the stage about 15 minutes late, (No)thanks to Wu Tang Clan, who played before VR, and took their good old time getting on stage, and playing their set.

They set the show back almost a 1/2 hour, and with festival slotting, naturally we were deprived of an encore by VR. The Guy's hit the stage with Let it Roll and did just that for the next hour and 15 or so minutes. The order of the song's is definitely not exact, but the song list should be-

Let It Roll, Do it For the Kids, She Mine, Sucker Train Blues, Get Out the Door, Superhuman, Vasoline, Fall to Pieces, She Builds Quick Machines, It's So Easy, The Last Fight, Set Me Free, & Slither.

The crowd was VERY into the set, with Fall to Pieces being (& yes I am biased), the best song from any band @ the 2 day event.
This being the 5th time I've seen them, it was definitely my least favorite set list (but this was the only festival show I've seen them at, and a set list like this one wasn't un-expected).
None-the-Less, the band was extremely tight, and the set was overflowing with energy from the band and the crowd. So even with the few negatives involved, it still stand's among my top 2 VR show's...

BOTTOM LINE- Even with the Police, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, and 311 getting a bigger billing, Velvet Revolver absolutely stole the show. They came, they saw, and they definitely 'Let it Roll'.

Thanks to Revolver Fan : The show was ok, but come on, get some new outfits lose the damn military hat and change it up a bit. Seen one show ya seen em all when it comes to Velvet Revolver.

Thanks to Baltimore Sun: Later in the evening, as the rain finally came, Velvet Revolver revved up the energy on the south stage. This was the supergroup's first show on its national tour behind its solid new album Libertad. The band rocked as if the guys had something to prove. And maybe they do. Libertad is the follow-up to the quintet's multiplatinum debut, 2004's Contraband.

During the well-paced hourlong set, Velvet Revolver dipped almost equally into both albums, opening the show with the rollicking "Let It Roll," the first song on the new release. The steely approach of lead singer Scott Weiland doesn't always mesh with the high-powered playing of his bandmates. But he is a charismatic frontman, and he shone on the surging rock ballad "Fall to Pieces," a big hit from Contraband.

Thanks to Washington Post: "Feeling good!" declared Scott Weiland, the sinewy, shirtless frontman for Velvet Revolver. "Rain or [expletive] shine!"

The two-day rock bacchanalia featured countless iterations of rock-and-roll: art rock, indie rock, rap rock, electro rock and dance rock, along with hardcore, post-hardcore, emo, power pop and nu-metal. But Velvet Revolver played the sort of rock that doesn't take a qualifier. Built on power chords and driving rhythms and played in 4/4 time, it was straight-ahead rock, which was to be expected from a supergroup featuring three former members of Guns N' Roses along with Weiland, formerly of Stone Temple Pilots.

Front and center was Slash, still wearing that top hat and playing muscular, rhythmic guitar leads. He took blistering solos early and often, whether on Velvet Revolver originals ("Slither," "She Builds Quick Machines") or covers ("Vaseline," from Stone Temple Pilots). Though the Guitar Hero video game franchise had a major presence at the festival, it was refreshing to see the real thing, live and in person.

Thanks to Melissa Ruggieri, InRich.com: Velvet Revolver is one of the few plain old rock bands getting it done right now. The supergroup that features singer Scott Weiland and former Guns N' Roses members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums) endured a steady drizzle while cranking out its searing fist-pumpers.

Weiland shimmied across the stage like a serpentine, while Slash shredded through "Let It Roll" and "Do It for the Kids," never missing a lick while leaning over the row of photographers eagerly snapping his Cousin Itt mane and whatever was behind it.

Weiland, in his trademark military cap, came in snarling after McKagan's ominous bass line ushered in "Sucker Train Blues," ignoring the dozens of beach balls being tossed in the rain and lunging forward on an amplifier in his own classic rock star pose.