12,000 tickets in one day?

Yup that's the word from Capitaltickets.ca on the Guns n Roses concert for November 17th. We ended up with seats in the 300 level because that's all that was left. Apparently I'm not the only one excited about this tour.

At this rate they'll out-sell Clapton!

Always got time for Tim Hortons

Word from the Scotiabank Place that Eric Clapton got an urge to try Canadian favourite Tim Horton's coffee before the concert on Tuesday night. Sir Eric, so the legend goes, took a walk through the arena, got in line at the concession stand and bought himself a double-double (Canadian for two milk, two sugars) of our national beverage.

No word on his preferred kind of Timbit.

The photos

The one in the middle looked "Wonderful Tonight"

In terms of experiences shared with good friends, tonight ranked right up there with going haying with Jamieson. Yep, tonight was the long awaited Eric Clapton show in Ottawa. Dave was in his glory, having taken the day off work to get a massage, a manicure, and a waxing.

Clapton didn't disappoint, he showed up in a pink shirt and rocked the house from the beginning to the end. He played with some pretty good musicians as well. They did a great I shot the sherrif as the second song of the night to get people going, and added an extended version of Old Love to the first set.

He played a short accoustic set in the middle before ending up with great, loud versions of After Midnight, Layla, Cocaine and a kickass encore - Crossroads (with Robert Cray). Be sure to check out whereseric.com for reviews from the concert.

Wooo hooo!

Guns n' Roses are coming to Ottawa.

Ok so it's not the original G n' R that I saw in Hamilton on the Use your Illusion tour in 1993, but who cares. The web site for the new G n' R lists the new band members (apparently "Buckethead" is no longer with the band).

The concert reviews on the site are all hugely positive, and the You Tube clip looks pretty good. It sounds like this is going to be great.

Possible setlist (this is what they played at a recent show): Welcome To The Jungle, It’s So Easy, Mr.Brownstone, Live and Let Die, Guitar Solo [Robin], Sweet Child O’ Mine, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, Jam, Piano Solo (Dizzy), The Blues, Tokyo City [Fortus Solo], Beautiful [Robin and Richard Duet], You Could Be Mine, Guitar Solo inc. Don’t Cry [Ron], Out Ta Get Me, Jam, Piano Solo [Axl], November Rain, Band Intro, Jam, You Gotta Move, Patience, Nightain, Paradise City notes: Pending.