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@vruz I guess I missed Steven Tyler. I saw him around but didn't see him perform.
@jonw I'm not a big fan of his, but I've gotta say that Steven's joint performance of Whole Lotta Love with Tom Morello's gang was top quality, like every musician involved actually cared. Something I never felt about Aerosmith, for example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njq4jWhlVCo&list=RDnjq4jWhlVCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njq4jWhlVCo&list=RDnjq4jWhlVCo
@vruz I found that not all the performances were the best. Notably, Axel Rose doesn't seem to be able to step down to the lower octaves any more. But I agree that everyone seemed to be bringing their all for Ozzy.
@jonw I thought that in some important ways Guns'n'Roses brought to the table something they must have lost somewhere along the way in the late 1980s: It wasn't all bells and whistles -although there was one big, literal whistle too– it was almost a power trio plus two, with a sound that very closely resembled their magnum opus. I think they displayed dignity and restraint they rarely show on stage. Possibly a one off for them, never shown before.
