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Guns N'Roses "Bottled OffStage"

added 02 September 2010 at 12.28

The on-off love affair between Guns N'Roses, their fans and various promoters continues. After a couple of rocky appearances over the weekend at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, in which the band appeared onstage late (even though Axl Rose claims this wasn't the case), their current tour entered a new phase of madness last night (September 1).

At The O2 Arena in Dublin, GN'R appeared onstage at 10.25pm - an hour and a half late, according to The Irish Times - to be met by a barrage of boos. As guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal tried to rouse the crowd by playing the opening riff of 'Welcome To The Jungle', he was met by a further chorus of booing and the odd "Fuck you" (delivered in a lovely Irish brogue, of course).

Watch the video below for edited highlights of the ruckus.

The disgruntlement continued into the second song, 'Welcome To The Jungle', when a bottle of water hit the stage. Stoppin the band, Rose said: "Here’s the deal, one more bottle, we go home. We want to stay. If you don’t want to have fun just let us know. We’ll be on our way."

Another bottle landed just 22 minutes later and the band upped and left the stage. After a further pause and an explanation of "technical difficulties", the promoter made an appearance, pleading: "We're trying hard to get Axl to come back on stage. I'd ask you please to refrain from throwing items at him. I promise a great show, but you have to calm. I'm sorry about that."

Following this, the house lights came on and most of the audience left, but half an hour later, the band came back on to complete the set to the remaining fans. The entire show wound up just before 1am.

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   Posted by JACKKING on 08/09/2010 16:42:19 | report abuse

2. at Reading last weekend i was ashamed to be wearing my Guns and Roses T shirt that ive always worn with pride. How can a band treat there fans with such little respect? Axl needs a wake up call and a good kick up the efing arse, us fans got him to where he is today and its about time he gave some love back. I'm just happy i didnt waste my money on going to see them again at the o2.

   Posted by Natalie on 02/09/2010 19:41:59 | report abuse