At Power Trip, Guns N' Roses ditches spectacle as it polishes the messy past

Guns N' Roses headlined the first night of this weekend's Power Trip hard rock festival with a show that lacked spectacle and mayhem.

Axl Rose has history at the Empire Polo Club. In 2016, the Guns N’ Roses frontman reunited with the core members of his menacing and flamboyant hard rock band to headline Coachella, the annual desert mega-festival that goes down on this grassy expanse two hours east of Los Angeles. He returned last year for a surprise drop-in with Carrie Underwood, of all people, at Coachella’s country-music counterpart, Stagecoach.

The same largely went for Iron Maiden, which preceded Guns N’ Roses on Friday with a very solid version of its current arena production. Any sense of disappointment wasn’t merely tied to the specific expectations raised by Power Trip, which serves as a sequel of sorts to Desert Trip, the 2016 boomer-palooza that brought together the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and other legends of 1960s rock.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

latimes /  🏆 11. in US

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Power Trip: Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden kick things off in the desertThe inaugural three-day Power Trip rock and heavy metal event took over the Empire Polo Club in Indio with just two acts playing back-to-back on Friday, Oct. 6.
Read more »

Power Trip: Iron Maiden Goes Deep, Guns N’ Roses Hits CurfewThe inaugural Power Trip festival got underway yesterday (Oct. 6) in Indio, Ca., with performances by Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses.
Read more »

Guns N' Roses is moving Arizona concert so D-backs can host DodgersThe rock band said Friday it is moving its Oct. 11 show at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix to the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre to avoid a conflict with the D-backs.
Read more »

D-backs playoff game: Bats n' gloves postpone Guns N' Roses concert next weekThe concert was previously scheduled for Oct. 11 at Chase Field
Read more »

Guns N' Roses is moving Arizona concert so D-backs can host DodgersGuns N’ Roses is giving way to the Arizona Diamondbacks so the team can host Game 3 of the NL Division Series next week. The rock band said Friday it is moving its Oct. 11 show at Chase Field in downt
Read more »