Tag Archives: Guns N’ Roses
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SLIDESHOW: Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Dirty Honey at The Warfield
Slash performs with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators at the Warfield in San Francisco on July 15,2019. Click the image below to start the slideshow. SAN FRANCISCO — Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators are truly Living The Dream with their 2019 world tour. After playing two continents,…
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RIFF Rewind 1987: Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard and Michael Jackson
Courtesy: U2, Anton Corbijn The year 1987 is another banner year! It marks the release of one of the most-viewed songs on YouTube: Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Turns out that was actually a song before it was a joke. It also marks the release of a…
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REVIEW: Guns N’ Roses take the Oracle to Paradise City
Photos: Katarina Benzova OAKLAND — After nearly three and a half hours and 32 songs, Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and the Guns N’ Roses gang still had the same level on-stage energy for No. 33 as they did at the outset. The legendary ’80s and ’90s rock band shimmied around on stage…
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Matt De Mello’s top 10 breakup songs
It’s “love and hate” week at RIFF. We’ve taken on the theme of Valentine’s Day to talk about breakups, both sides of it. We’re finishing off with my Top 10 breakup songs, but there are some caveats: These are only since 1980. So, there’s a whole bunch of old really good soul,…
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Review: Reunited Guns N’ Roses rides Axl Rose’s resurgence to solid SF stop
Courtesy photo SAN FRANCISCO — “Not in this lifetime,” eh? Guns N’ Roses brought its tour with that name Tuesday to San Francisco’s AT&T Park, a title referencing singer/pianist Axl Rose’s quote just four years ago about the possibility of a reunion. But, of course, GNR lies. For more…
