FUSE TV - Guns N' Roses: The New York Concert By the Numbers

So there he is. Fifty years old, but still 25 in most people's minds. He may no longer be the naive, sprightly Indiana boy that stepped off the bus in "Welcome to the Jungle," but he sure as hell doesn't look, or move, like anyone who should be taking their kids on college tours and researching tax-deferred retirement plans.

Last night, Axl Rose brought the latest iteration of Guns N' Roses to New York's Webster Hall, a 1,500-capacity venue that, during its former life as The Ritz, provided the stage for GnR's storied 1988 show. The much-hyped plans of "transforming" the club back to The Ritz meant nothing (New marquee. Wow.) Call the damn spot whatever you want. Just play the songs. And don't be four hours late. 

Anyone expecting the Axl train wreck was disappointed. What you got was nearly three and a half hours of nostalgic rock and roll and more than a few power ballads, all focused on one man's twirls, shimmies, growls, roars, grumbles, howls and yelps. It was epic. For those who missed it, here's the full breakdown by the numbers. And if you want to hear the full setlist—in recorded form, but close enough—we made a Spotify playlist. 

Time doors opened: 9 p.m.

Nebulous Guns N' Roses start time e-mailed by cautious publicist who’s done this before: “After 10 p.m.”

Scheduled Guns N' Roses start time: 11 p.m.

Actual start time: 11:50 p.m.

Time Axl first spoke to the audience: 12:40 a.m. (to introduce guitarist Richard Fortus)

Time of Axl’s peak energy: 2:15 a.m.

End of set time: 2:28 a.m.

Beginning of encore: 2:29 a.m.

End of show: 3:05 a.m.

Number of breaks: 0

Number of songs: 37

Number of Appetite For Destruction songs: 9/12 (Too bad, “Out ta Get Me,” “Think About You” and “Anything Goes” fans.)

Number of Use Your Illusion songs: 7/30 (“Estranged,” “You Could Be Mine,” “Don’t Cry,” “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” “Live and Let Die” “November Rain,” “Civil War.”)

Number of Chinese Democracy songs: 7/14 (“Chinese Democracy,” “Shackler’s Revenge,” “Better,” Street of Dreams,” “Sorry,” “Madagascar,” “This I Love.”)

Number of covers: 8 (“Live and Let Die,” “James Bond Theme,” “Pink Panther Theme,” The Who’s “Baba O’Riley,” AC/DC’s “Riff Raff,” Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” Elton John medley, “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.”)

Number of songs from GnR’s covers album The Spaghetti Incident: 0

Number of seconds before people recognized “Welcome to the Jungle”: 0.5

Longest scream: 7 seconds (“You're gonna dieeeeeee.”)

Number of camera phones held up for “Welcome to the Jungle”: approximately 30

Number of camera phones held up for “Chinese Democracy”: 3