Axl Rose - Live at the The Polo Club de Saint-Tropez-Haras de Gassin, Gassin, France, July 25 or 26, 2023

According to the Polo Club Saint-Tropez, the Polo Club Saint-Tropez is "more than a Country Club", "[it is] a lifestyle"

Axl Rose - Live at the The Polo Club de Saint-Tropez-Haras de Gassin, Gassin, France, July 25 or 26, 2023

Setlist:

November Rain

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/axl-rose/2023/polo-club-de-saint-tropez-gassin-france-4ba4ef76.html

From Wikipedia:

The Polo Club de Saint-Tropez-Haras de Gassin is a polo facility in Gassin, France. The club includes four natural grass polo fields for high-goal competition.
Location

The Polo Resort & Country Club is located within 100 hectares of secure private grounds at 1999, route du Bourrian, Gassin, France, near Saint-Tropez.

The Haras de Gassin was founded in 1980 and the Polo Club de Saint-Tropez in 1997 by Corinne Schuler.

The Pakistani businessman Alshair Fiyaz became the only shareholder of the Haras de Gassin and the Polo Club.

The club has four polo fields, a helipad, Argentinian restaurant, gymnasium with qualified coach, 30m heated outdoor pool open all year round, tennis and padel court, sauna, hammam, cryotherapy room, and several spa rooms.

The restaurant is named POLO1999. The chef is Israeli Shahar Dahan, who has been a personal chef to several Hollywood movie stars.

The Pavilion is located across from the main field and is used for special functions, including Sunday Brunch and Polo.

Probably just a party.

yeah

More:

Article about this (Var-Matin, July 27):

https://www.varmatin.com/culture/axl-rose-chante-en-solo-au-polo-club-saint-tropez--863681#

Translation from French:
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Axl Rose, lead singer of Guns N' Roses, gives a solo performance at a luxury club near Saint-Tropez

This week, the Guns N' Roses singer performed at a charity gala in the green setting of Gassin. A top-secret appearance that some guests were nevertheless able to capture on video.

It was the best-kept secret on the peninsula this week: "An intimate private dinner in support of Unicef".

While the theme of the event may not be the most exciting in these days of numerous summer charity events on our shores, there was one participant who had what it takes to turn things around.

All you had to do in order to find out was get hold of a copy of the precious invitation card that certain privileged guests had received over the last few days to attend the Polo Club de Saint-Tropez in Gassin on Tuesday July 25.

There, on an elegant blue background, was Axl Rose's name in capital letters, with the words "Special Guest".

Even if there were some doubts about the announcement, the temperamental Guns N' Roses singer lived up to his word between petits fours and cocktails, singing behind a piano and performing a solo version of November Rain.

An almost old-fashioned appearance on the fringes of a triumphant Guns world tour, as the band left Europe to return to American stadiums with a date in Moncton (Canada) on August 5, before playing in front of our Quebec cousins at Montreal's Parc Jean Drapeau on August 8.

That wasn’t, however, Mr. Rose's first appearance at a private party in Saint-Tropez.

In July 2012, he took to the stage for a special show at a wedding party at the Château de Saint-Tropez, with the unexpected presence of old friend Izzy Stradlin, who joined DJ Ashba and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal on guitars (Slash was out of the band at the time).

For its part, Unicef's French head office, contacted on Wednesday, said it was "not in the least informed" of the event, which had been organized in its support.

Nor did the organizers provide the slightest information on the terms and conditions of the performance (and the potential fee, which we imagine would be a substantial amount...) of the American singer, who at 61 years of age is once again filling stadiums since his reconciliation with Slash and Duff McKagan.

From the article (probably just screenshots from the videos):

This W. Axl Rose performance reminded me of these two performances





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"I lived on these fucking streets for about seven fucking years and I am just like you, that is all there is to it"
- Axl Rose talking to the audience during a Guns n' Roses show at the Perkin's Palace in Pasadena, CA, USA, December 1987