It wasn't a hugely long scream during LALD, but it was certainly raspy and full of quality. Short but f*cking sweet His rasp on the final 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door..' before the crowds turn was bonerific. Tho again, crowds participation soon made it limp.

I remember the long scream during Boston 02 I think from memory, man that was good!

I think the Perth show may have just warmed things up nicely and then a few days break afterwards to ensure things are perfect vocal wise.

Thats the thing with GN'R, they have a long break and then start on a new leg, so you never quite know how Axl is going to sound coming into the next leg compared to the previous shows!

Fingers crossed you have a killer show man!

Just got home from the Sydney show. Quick run down before I catch up on some sleep before work tomorrow.

On previous shows I've attended, I've had little in the way of surprise as I've watched bootlegs, followed set lists obsessively and watched each show in each city when they toured here. For this tour, I just picked myself a ticket up for this Sydney show. This show was a little more of a surprise as I haven't been following things so closely of late.

I did check out the Perth set list and a few clips and was not overly impressed with Axl's voice nor expecting a lot after doing so. It was evident from the start however, that Axl and the band were warmed up nicely after that initial show of this leg of the tour.

Boy was I surprised. Axl sounded fantastic. Right from Chinese Democracy, through into Jungle and the end of It's So Easy, the rasp was obvious to hear and enjoy right from the start and Axl was nailing it. To hear Estranged in person for the first time was amazing, and the crowd appreciated it. It was performed very well. Axl's screams in Live & Let Die were very impressive indeed. It isn't the same Axl that was once able to run from side to side of the stage obviously, but that's to be expected and he was clearly putting focus on ensuring a good vocal performance.

DJ Asbha's stage presence and playing impressed me. To be honest I wasn't overly impressed with the energy of the band overall (although they had nothing in terms of crowd energy to feed off) and felt they could have sought to engage the crowd a little more,  but Ashba really stood out and owned that stage.

Beta came out and Axl sung Happy Birthday. The helium balloons he had for her dropped to the floor rather than float and Axl made a joke about it being due to being south of the equator and quickly made fun of his lame joke. He was in good spirits. He made comment that Live & Let Die was covered by them because it was supposedly one of the worst Bond songs ever made, so he thought he'd make it stick around another 20 years. He also made comment about a show at Giant Stadium 20 years ago when he got hit in the balls during the end of Paradise City and told everyone to **** off after the show!

The Sydney crowd was really poor. The Arena was half full and those that were there seemed to be casual interested observers rather than the passionate crowds of old. It was definitely a different crowd. Perhaps previous late starts and so forth put off a few of the fans that came to the same arena on previous tours. The participation in Knockin' On Heaven's Door was poor and the crowd seemed to lack energy, perhaps being tired on a work night or perhaps just appreciating a fine performance on Axl's part.

Axl was right on time and from memory the show went for around 2 and a half hours, and the lag between songs during jams and so forth has reduced somewhat from previous tours. Very very impressed with Axl's vocals and it made me leave wishing I was attending one of the other Australian shows.

Cheers all!