Guns n Roses have played the first three dates of that previously reported four night residency at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. The first night was the band's first gig in three years.
Axl Rose is the only remaining member of the original band, but I think this week's line up is the similar to that which appeared on the ill-fated 2003 comeback tour. It comprised keyboardist Dizzy Reed; guitarist Robert Finck, formerly of Nine Inch Nails; ex Primus drummer Brian Mantia; guitarist Richard Fortus; keyboardist Chris Pittman; bassist Tommy Stinson from The Replacements; and Guitarist Ron Thal from Bumblefoot (a new addition).
The set featured a whole lot of old favourites, including 'Welcome To The Jungle', 'Paradise City' and 'Sweet Child O' Mine' as well as debut performances from the finally-on-its-way album 'Chinese Democracy'. On the ten years it's taken to finish it, Axl Rose told fans: "You can hold your breath a lot longer than David Blaine. I want to thank you for that."