1986.01.04 - The Troubadour, LA, USA

Date:
January 4, 1986.

Venue:
The Troubadour.

Location:
Los Angeles, USA.

Setlist:
01. Reckless Life
02. Shadow of Your Love
03. Welcome to the Jungle
04. Jumpin' Jack Flash
05. Think About You
06. Move to the City
07. Don't Cry
08. Nice Boys
09. Back Off Bitch
10. Rocket Queen
11. Nightrain
12. My Michelle
13. Paradise City
14. Anything Goes
15. Mama Kin
16. Heartbreak Hotel

Line-up:
Axl Rose (vocals), Izzy Stradlin (rhythm guitarist), Slash (lead guitarist), Duff McKagan (bass) and Steven Adler (drums).

Next concert: 1986.XX.XX.
Previous concert: 1985.12.20.

From Raz' biography.

Guns N' Roses pulled a capacity crowd into the Troubadour on the first Saturday of 1986. Along with a first-ever opportunity for fans to purchase Guns N' Roses T-shirts, club goers also heard and felt the "My Michelle" debut. For months, Axl had wanted to use a particular segment from Scarface's score for the band's intro music, but he insisted it be high fidelity. The week before this show, he finally managed to get a Beta copy of Scarface and a hi-fi Betamax player at the same time, which he brought to my house so we could dub a cassette. Right before their set, when the Troubadour's soundman pushed play, the piece of music set an eerily perfect mood of tension and foreboding excitement. well done, Mr. Axl Rose[Raz Cue, "The Days of Guns, & Raz's", 2015, p. 232].

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