Guns N' Roses cancel Leeds

2010-08-28 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 60 Comments
Guns N' Roses have cancelled their performance at the Leeds Festival on Sunday after having their set cut short at the sister festival in Reading on Friday night.

The band were booed by sections of the crowd after arriving on stage an hour late on Friday night. The sound was cut on their set at midnight, in line with the festival curfew agreed with the city council.

They had earlier this week been warned by festival organiser Melvin Benn that the plug would be pulled on their set were they to repeat the tardiness of their 2002 performance at the same festival.

The seven-member band gathered at the end of the show in a show of solidarity, with frontman Axl Rose announcing over a megaphone that "unfortunately, due to tonight, we will not be at Leeds."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOpEiwl99ts

Guitarist DJ Ashba expressed his disappointment on Twitter: "Apparently the promoter has had a personal grudge with GN'R stemming from 8 years ago, if this was the case why book the band? He knows our show. Let me guess... To take our fans money and then not allow us to give them a show that they payed for.

"This was clearly not a curfew thing because after cutting our power like a selfish money grubbing prick, he allowed music blasting through out the venue till the early morning. For us this was all about the fans, the show and the music. For the promoter it was all about the money and not about the fans or the music.

"The promoter was already being a cocky f$#k in the press before we arrived, so yes we went on a little late, and for this we apologies. However, our fans payed to see a show, and that's why we showed up, too give them just that. Sad that this promoter's music festival has little too do with the fans or the love for music. Last night was insane! They pulled the power, but failed to kill the connection as 90,000 people sang Paradise City."


Fellow guitarist Richard Fortus backed him up: "I don't think there is another band out right now that has the balls to do what we did last night. Axl insists on doing things his way and not playing by the fucking rules. You can love him or hate him for it, but the fact of the matter is.... he's the real fucking deal. skin, blood and soul. Deal with it or not, but it won't ever change. Long live rock n' roll."

Tagged: Guns N' Roses

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Counterfeit
August 29th 2010
17836 Comments


Lmao...

iamnotchan
August 29th 2010
669 Comments


Guns N' Roses cancel a show? mind=blown
well stop the fucking presses for this
Axl is such a douche

Obfuscation24
August 29th 2010
3938 Comments


Axl is a douche, fucking terrible band, etc.

BassDemon333
August 29th 2010
3435 Comments


Fuck this band. They died after the Use Your Illusion albums cause of Axl.

Ire
August 29th 2010
41944 Comments


Oh, Axl.

taroo
August 29th 2010
2126 Comments


Bad Band

Obfuscation24
August 29th 2010
3938 Comments


moar like axl n posers

Aids
August 29th 2010
24954 Comments


Axl always does this shit. I consider this a positive for Leeds.

taroo
August 29th 2010
2126 Comments


When they have big heads about themselves they don't.

Knott-
Emeritus
August 29th 2010
10259 Comments


1) Go off alarming about how your fans paid to see a show and the organisers fucked it up for them
2) Cancel show for different set of fans
3) ???
4) Loss

Seriously what the fuck.

My brother's there. He won't care, to be honest, but seriously, what a set of cunts.

OvrotLivesAgain
August 29th 2010
1497 Comments


It always annoyed me that there name used N' instead of "and"

BassDemon333
August 29th 2010
3435 Comments


Slash said he showed up an hour late to shows and sometimes even longer than that, and that was on the Use Your Illusion World Tour. Even years later he still does the same thing. How sad.

StreetlightRock
August 29th 2010
4019 Comments


Guns N' Who?

astrel
August 29th 2010
2615 Comments


They probably saw that cover of them and realized that they can't top it.

JWT155
August 29th 2010
15041 Comments


^ 123

Mr_Coffee
August 29th 2010
631 Comments


One hour? Lucky... I had to wait three hours when I saw them on March. What a fucking idiot.

Comatorium.
August 29th 2010
5527 Comments


axl doesnt play by the rulz.

bbdmittenz
August 29th 2010
249 Comments


I can honestly say, I'm not surprised.

Comatorium.
August 29th 2010
5527 Comments


anyone remember appetite for destruction?

pedro70512
August 29th 2010
4170 Comments


If it's all about the fans then why continue this pissy little grudge match that only hurts the people who come out to see you? Wake up!

taroo
August 29th 2010
2126 Comments


I think this is a sign that GnR needs to call it quits.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
August 29th 2010
30304 Comments


Axl insists on doing things his way and not playing by the fucking rules. You can love him or hate him for it, but the fact of the matter is.... he's the real fucking deal. skin, blood and soul. Deal with it or not, but it won't ever change. Long live rock n' roll."





I think somebody was a GnR fanboy growing up...

iamnotchan
August 29th 2010
669 Comments


I hate when bands call it QUIETS

yea I really like hearing them

taroo
August 29th 2010
2126 Comments


What? There was no spelling error! What are you talking about?

iamnotchan
August 29th 2010
669 Comments


sneaky edit

Aids
August 29th 2010
24954 Comments


"It always annoyed me that there name used N' instead of "and""

Ah I know this was way earlier but jesus christ, me too.

bailar12
August 29th 2010
1766 Comments


missed this bit


the news just keeps getting better and better

astrel
August 29th 2010
2615 Comments


Hey this could count as both music practice AND volunteer work at a nursing home.

SCREAM!
August 29th 2010
15755 Comments


"so yes we went on a little late, and for this we apologies." Does he really expect anyone to take that seriously. Theyve been doing it for years not giving two shits about the fans stuck waiting hours for their selfish, stupid asses

ShadowRemains
August 29th 2010
28717 Comments


axl rose is the epitome of a douche

bailar12
August 29th 2010
1766 Comments


axl rose is the archetype of douchery*

MoosechriS
August 29th 2010
6353 Comments


Guns n roses are dead and have been since the rest of the band left a billion years ago.

GulliKyro
August 29th 2010
357 Comments


Yes damn that evil promotor and his following of the local council bylaws. What a pack of spanners that band is.

Titan50
August 29th 2010
4588 Comments


Let me guess... To take our fans money and then not allow us to give them a show that they payed for.

a selfish money grubbing prick

For the promoter it was all about the money and not about the fans or the music.

The promoter was already being a cocky f$#k in the press before we arrived


Delicious irony

Axl insists on doing things his way and not playing by the fucking rules. You can love him or hate him for it, but the fact of the matter is.... he's the real fucking deal. skin, blood and soul. Deal with it or not, but it won't ever change.


Too bad he ends up being a complete and utter fucking CUNT.

Axl could die right now and I wouldn't give two shits. Fuck him, fuck the band, fuck Guns N' Roses

bailar12
August 29th 2010
1766 Comments


what andy six said

MrBirdoWordo
August 29th 2010
236 Comments


why is this even news

bailar12
August 29th 2010
1766 Comments


enrique beats you ; )

Terrifyer
August 29th 2010
3403 Comments


this is embarrasing

Vehemence
August 29th 2010
19 Comments


"Axl insists on doing things his way and not playing by the fucking rules. You can love him or hate him for it."
"For us this was all about the fans, the show and the music."

Is that why he sued the living f*ck out of the guy who leaked tracks from their terrible last album that nobody thought was gonna come out in the first place?


DaveyBoy
Emeritus
August 29th 2010
22503 Comments


Funnily enough, Slash has just toured down under & pretty much everybody involved (media, concert-goers, etc...) said that he behaved perfectly & didn't put a foot wrong.

Motiv3
August 29th 2010
9351 Comments


what a bunch of tossers.

Terrifyer
August 29th 2010
3403 Comments


what promoters need to learn from this is to book the band an hour early, that way the fans get to see them play 'on time', and GNR continue to believe they're being fashionably late

barns
August 29th 2010
79 Comments


Band are still set to play tonight at Leeds according to a few news outlets.

vanderb0b
August 29th 2010
3473 Comments


I never understood GNR fans. Paying a shit ton of money (just checked ticket prices, $500-1200) to wait for hours and then see a bunch of douches play boring music.

Motiv3
August 29th 2010
9351 Comments


be careful vanderb0b bighans might hear ya ;).

Wizard
August 29th 2010
20629 Comments


No surprise here. Axl really needs to commit suicide so we can all get on with life.

SoapySoap
August 29th 2010
865 Comments


Axl =/= Rules

Axl = Butthurt

DarkNoctus
August 29th 2010
12820 Comments


lmao what a dick

Spec
August 29th 2010
41444 Comments


fuck this guy

tables
August 29th 2010
127 Comments


he's the real fucking deal. skin, blood and soul.

Skybreaker
August 29th 2010
622 Comments


NO FUCKING WAY!

Lol Axl Rose

Bull with Gloves
August 30th 2010
30 Comments


What a bunch of tools....ti's like if you came in late for work repeatedy and you said "my boss is just holding a grudge because I came in late last time." No sh*t sherlock. Then they tout on and on about how the fans were on their side and how they were there for the fans or whatever generic fill-in-the-blank-fan-catchphrase they used when in fact they were screwing their fans over for their $600-$1000 tickets just as much as the venue....actually the venue held up their end of the bargain....nevermind

iamnotchan
August 30th 2010
669 Comments


since the show is back on, this should prolly be deleted

Skimaskcheck
August 30th 2010
2364 Comments


ahaha, was listening to them from the campsite, sounded terrible, never seen so many angry gn'r fans afterward

^ regarding above comment, did they actually play Leeds in the end then?

SmurkinGherkin
August 30th 2010
2253 Comments


I didn't even bother going to this band, i knew they were going to be horrible cunts.

Got back this morning and read this bullshit spraying from the band, that statement is fucking disgraceful. From what i gather the show itself wasn't even that good.

Fuck this fucking band.

Makemebad35
August 31st 2010
1056 Comments


Didn't they already cancel a show a few weeks ago?.....

gimo80
August 31st 2010
274 Comments


90,000 people singing paradise city?! I don't think so!! I was too busy watching LCD Soundsystem to actually care...and considering that everyone was pretty much booing them speaks volumes. Fucking atrocious.

Terrifyer
August 31st 2010
3403 Comments


because you are 90000 people

porch
August 31st 2010
8455 Comments


lol

XSebbyMcMuffinX
September 6th 2010
490 Comments


"However, our fans payed to see a show, and that's why we showed up"

Yeah, that's what's suppposed to happen. lol
Seems pathetically egotistical when you use that as self-defense; "Well at least we showed up"



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