Guns N' Roses speak after being bottled off

Axl has words for Newcastle

Guns n' Roses have spoken out amid reports that their gig at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena last Wednesday (July 19) ended with the band being bottled off the stage by a booing crowd.

The band, plus former member Izzy Stradlin, finished their set early after being overwhelmed by the volume of bottles that hit the stage.

In an statement, Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose explained: "Getting hit wasn't a big deal. We stopped the song and gave a warning. We came back and started the song over and completed it. We then said goodnight. The house lights went down and I got hit a second time, in the mouth, by a solid object thrown by someone in the audience"

"After having warned the crowd that we would leave, and having played more than two hours, we left the stage and called it a night with the full support of everyone in the band, out guests and Management."

He added that his bandmates had supported the decision.

"Izzy (Stradlin) was the first to immediately support the decision verbally to me personally before I had physically left the stage are," he explained. "Tommy (Stinson-bass) and Frank (Ferrer- drums) came to my dressing room to say how much they appreciated the decision to not continue under those conditions, and express their support for not tolerating anyone throwing items at the stage with a negative intent. This has been G N' R's policy since playing Donnington in 1998."

The band are set to to play the last four dates of their sold out UK tour this week, the dates are:[/b]

Birmingham, NEC (July 25)
Nottingham, Nottingham Arena (27)
London, Wembley Arena (29)
London, Wembley Arena (30)[/b]

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Give a prize to the person that hit him in the mouth. I went to see him years ago for the Chinese Democracy album. After two hours, with no announcement the stage crew started to dismantle the stage. Apparently Axel decided that he wanted to finish watching a basketball game rather than hop on a helicopter to go to the sold out show waiting for him. Needless to say, the place went insane. My sister in law nearly got hit in the head with a bottle. I think his arrogance is catching up with him.

i'm suprised he has any fans left.

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I saw them in 2002 and the were pretty good but I saw their real re-introduction to the world on May 12th and they are seriously as good as ever. It still sucks that there's no Slash and I'm hoping that after "Rockstar: Supernova" Gilby Clarke is driven back to GNR, but the "New" GNR is actually good if you give them a chance. I think the England incident was a fluke as Axl has been pretty well behaved as far as playing shows. In May they played 4 shows in NYC with every set being 2 1/2 hours long. Then after they left to go to the festivals there was an ad in a bunch of magazines and newspapers that was similar to the ad promoting the show that just said "Thank You for 4 amazing nights" and the dates.

i saw them in 1992 and it was terrible. axl is a big baby and burned a nirvana hat onstage crying kurt wouldn't tour with them.

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or teeth, for that matter.

the venue cancelled the gig not axl, they decided it wasn't worth waiting for him. so instead of blaming him blame the management of that arena.

blaming him? blaming them? he's still a dick with too much talent and not enough brains to know what to do with it. BTW how do you know which gig I was refering to?

I bet they deserved it. How could they not?

The other original GNR members must be so embarrassed for Axl, since Axl doesn't have enough sense to be embarrassed for himself

Nirvana had hats?

lol @ the way this is worded.

what a bunch of tards.

I popped in here to see what was the stink. Personally, I've never liked them, esp. axl. But whatever, it's neither here nor there. I just had to respond to this.

Look BLUEfoxer, I'm not trying to cause you grief, I see you're a fan and all. But s h i t e !! Don't make excuses for the dude.

"they decided it wasn't worth waiting for him. so instead of blaming him blame the management of that arena."

He should've fukin been there, period.

Try showing up for your job 2 hours late because you wanted to watch basketball. You'll see that it doesn't fly.

no one else thinks their "press release" was ridiculous?

he managed to do it quite well from 91-93 and for the rest of the 2002 shows. and he's not the only singer or the only band who has managed it.

4 shows that a similar thing has happend.

st loius, which was 91, when the security weren't doing there job so axl did it for them, then slammed the mic into the floor and left, causing a riot

montreal, also 91 i think with metallica, hetfield burnt his arm and axl announced from the stage that the people would get their money back, but gnr weren't gonna keep playing because the moniters were fucked so they couldn't hear themselves.

not gonna be one of those 2. so it's either:

Vancouver in 02, the venue never opened the doors, because axl cancelled.

Some people decide to take out their anger on the venue and smashed windows. After a while, cops with attack dogs arrived at the venue and started attacking the crowd. People got sprayed with pepper spray and beaten by riot batons.

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Philadelphia in 02, when the opening acts performed. and according to the PA the show was being postponed due to "health reasons"

Some fans threw bottles, tossed chairs and pulled down tiles from the ceilings. They overturned garbage cans and knocked over stage equipment.

At least 15 people were injured and extra police units were called in to manage the irate crowd.


so since you mentioned your sister getting injured and the chinese democracy tour i assumed it was the philadelphia one.



not that axl isn't a complete asshole, because he is. but i just get sick of reading the same shit everywhere from people who only hear one side of a story.

ughh. I hate axl Rose, I seriously dislike him and no matter how good a couple of Guns N Roses songs are, I would never see him in concert. Sold out gigs just add to his ego. He discusts me.

yeah? baseball hats with the smiley logo?

they are everywhere.

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HAHA what a liar. My mother went (ahem) and the band didn't come on till 11, played for about an hour before they got bottled off and didn't bother coming back on. They were late on according to a roading because axl was 'being a diva'. How many lame excuses can they give for him walking off like a baby when he leaves a crowd to have to listen to bullet for my valentine and THEN walks off because a plastic bottle hit him in the face. What a fanny.

You'd think he'd be used to it by now

^ thats the kind of stupid shit that annoys me. blatent bullshit.

the only half truthfull thing you've posted there is the reason they were late was due to axl being a diva, he wanted something to eat, that something happened to be a full roast diner which is a quite pathetic really.

they came onstage at 10:15 according to multiple press sources and fans who attended. so you're 45 minutes off already. then with this setlist it's far more than one hour of playing time not including the time the band spends jamming there's around an hour and a half of playing time.

Welcome To The Jungle
It's So Easy
Mr. Brownstone
Live And Let Die
Robin Guitar Solo
Sweet Child O' Mine
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Dizzy Piano Solo (ziggy stardust)
The Blues
You Could Be Mine
Richard And Robin Guitar Duet (Beautiful)
Out Ta Get Me
November Rain
Bumblefoot Guitar Solo (incl. don't cry)
My Michelle (with Sebastian Bach)
You Gotta Move (with Izzy Stradlin)
Think About You (with Izzy Stradlin)
Patience (with Izzy Stradlin)
Nightrain (with Izzy Stradlin)

and when a pound coin hits you in the face it fucking hurts, and after you've told people you'd finish the show if more stuff gets thrown on stage you'd expect people not to throw shit really.