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August 25, 2007 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
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General Information
Date: August 25, 2007
Location: Atlantic City, NJ
Venue: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa; 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 [ Venue website ]
Box Office Number: (609) 317-1000
Additional Info: Support Act: Alice in Chains w/ Kill Hannah
Set List - Let It Roll
- She Mine
- Sucker Train Blues
- Do It For The Kids
- Superhuman
- Big Machine
- Pills, Demons &
- Etc.
- Vasoline
- The Last Fight
- Interstate Love Song
- Patience
- Gravedancer
- It's So Easy
- Get Out The Door
- Fall To Pieces
- She Builds Quick Machines
- Set Me Free
- Mr. Brownstone
- Sex Type Thing
- Wish You Were Here
- Slither
Reviews (5) [ send in your own review/pictures of the Atlantic City show ]
Thanks to Rob: I was at the show and maybe the sound was great up front but in the seats it sucked. I'm not saying that the band didn't play well but the sound guy was out to lunch. The subs over powered the vocals and the guitars. All you could here was bass and the kick. The intro song just before the live show started was some Easy E tune, I think. Heavy subs. The problem is the sound guy never turned the subs down after the song ended. It was so bad , me and my bud walked out. Alice in Chains on the other hand sounded great. Obviously 2 different sound guys.
Thanks to TomD: Absolute perfection when it comes to Rock n Roll. My wife and I were right up front and these guys obviously love what they do. This is the fourth time I have seen them starting in May 2004, and the chemistry that has developed is something very special. I want to thank Dave Kushner for the 3 guitar picks I ended up with, and highly recommend to anyone that loves music to see this band live.
Thanks to Bill: This was my 4th time seeing Velvet Revolver and as always they did not disappoint, it was a great show.
I also did the Meet and Greet prior to the concert. We met the event coordinator Joya who took us to special room set up for the meeting. She gave us a backstage tour that included a view into the bands dressing rooms and the entrance at rear stage. She answered all of our questions and over the next few hours and kept us entertained with some great storeys. There were 15 of us in total and we all hung out waiting to meet the band.
Duff, Dave, Slash and Matt showed up and took time to speak with all of us, sign pictures and take an individual photo with us.
All the band members were very nice during the meet and greet but I have to say that Matt made a very strong impression as a guy who was just as happy to meet the fans as they are to meet him.
Thanks to Jay Amabile www.thesexyarmpit.com: In 2003, Velvet Revolver released Set Me Free on the Incredible Hulk Soundtrack, and since then I was completely sold. After the release of their first album Contraband, It blew my mind how a band could be exactly what I was craving for so long. Mixing Scott Weiland from STP, the former GNR guys, and Dave Kushner from Wasted Youth, it was a winning combo. Scott brought the flair while the band incorporated the straightforward rock and roll. Contraband sold tons of records and their follow up Libertad, sounds nothing like what a follow up usually does. The album was produced by Brendan O’Brien and prominently features the signature hard rock sound of the STP/GNR mash up.
Witnessing the power and musicianship of Velvet Revolver in concert was unbelievable. On Saturday August 25th, VR opened fire at the Borgata in Atlantic City with a couple of rocking new songs from Libertad including Let It Roll, and She Mine. From there, Velvet Revolver blasted through their set with some tracks from Contraband like Sucker Train Blues, Do it For The Kids, and the awesome Superhuman. Slash never loses his touch, and he proved it by shredding on She Builds Quick Machines, the first single they released from Libertad. Do any of you ever feel inadequate, sort of like the Wayne and Garth "We're not worthy" chant? That's how I felt when Slash played his guitar behind his head.
Recently I read an article with members of VR where they claimed they wouldn’t be doing too many GNR or STP songs on this tour. Boy was I excited when I found out they were lying! They incorporated three songs from each of their respective former bands. I flipped when they played STP’s Vasoline, Interstate Love Song, and Sex Type Thing. And I completley freaked out when I heard the intro's to GNR's Patience, It’s so Easy, and one of my all time favorite songs Mr. Brownstone. Regardless of the trash talking between Velvet Revolver and Axl’s present form of GNR, Scot Weiland pays a helluva tribute to Axl when they’re performing these songs. He sounds so much like him, you get the impression that he loves the music GNR created.
I could've done without the cover of Pink Floyd’s downer Wish You Were Here, but that would be my only complaint. As if they really needed to, Velvet Revolver yet again won over all the fans in attendance that night. They play like they have something to prove and that’s the mark of a kick-ass rock band. VR sent us home with Slither, and I went home with a horrible case of rock neck.
Posted by Jay Amabile at 8:52 PM
http://thesexyarmpit.blogspot.com/2007/08/live-review-velvet-revolver-at-borgata.html
Thanks to MikeM: They just keep getting better. Fifth time
I've seen them and it was the best. The
whole band is just so amazing. The new stuff
sounds great live especially Get out the door
and Gravedancer. It is a real privilege to watch these guys perform. What a show!!!!
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