Guns N' Roses Promoter Apologises For Late Dublin Gig

The promoter of Guns N' Roses concert in Dublin last night (September 1), which saw the band bottled off stage, has apologised to concert-goers.

Fans reacted angrily after the US band arrived on stage over 30 minutes later than scheduled for their set at the O2.

Frontman Axl Rose then instructed his band members to leave the stage after 22 minutes when some fans threw missiles.

In a statement, MCD apologised “for any inconvenience caused due to late running of the show”, which eventually finished at 1am.

They also confirmed that Rose was restrained from leaving the venue when he initially left the stage.

“The artist was prevented from leaving the venue by the promoter and following backstage discussions Guns N' Roses went back on stage at 23.20 hrs and performed their full set until 00.53 hrs,” the statement said.

A number of fans have already contacted Gigwise to express their disappointment over the show and request a refund.

The incident last night comes just days after the band’s controversial headlining appearance at the Reading and Leeds festivals.

Guns N’ Roses appeared later than scheduled for both gigs and were frequently booed by festival-goers.

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Guns N’ Roses Dublin Bottled Offstage

After Guns N’ Roses showed up late to their gig in Dublin last night, fans became irritated and angry, throwing bottles onstage as Axl Rose and Guns N’ Roses finally came out to open with “Welcome to the Jungle.”

For this venue it was the perfect song to open with.

We have heard that Guns N’ Roses was somewhere around 60 minutes late for the Dublin, Ireland gig, which was set to start at 9:15pm. The opening act was long gone, and fans were anxious to see the band they paid for.

When Axl and “Guns N’ Roses 2.0″ came out to perform, Axl warned the crowd that they would leave if people didn’t stop throwing things.

On the video of the Dublin concert (above) Axl can be heard saying: “Alright, here’s the deal: one more bottle, we go home. It’s up to you. We would like to stay. Do you want us to stay? We want to stay. We want to have some fun. If you don’t want to have fun all you’ve got to do is let us know. We’ve got no problem. . . and we’ll go on our way.”

"one more bottle and we're going home, we're here to have fun and we hope you are too, but one more and we are gone".

Guns N’ Roses got through only a few songs before walking offstage. Axl can be heard saying, “Have a good evening.” The crowd’s disgust can be heard in the background.

A female employee of the Dublin venue then went onstage and tried to calm the crowd down, telling them they were having “technical difficulties”. The crowd booed. They knew what the real problem was. Axl was being a dick.

Another Dublin 02 employee is heard begging the crowd: “We’re trying hard to get Axl to come back on stage. I would ask you please to refrain from throwing items at him.”

From what I’ve heard, many fans ended up leaving the 02 venue as it wasn’t until another hour had passed before Axl and his Guns N’ Roses band came back out onstage. Many Dublin fans have asked for refunds and many, many vow to never support the band again.

I don’t blame the Dublin fans for being angry. It’s a bunch of crap. Axl needs to get over himself and quit playing the diva. No wonder the original Guns N’ Roses band won’t play with his cranky old ass.


Source : celebritysmackblog.com

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