Guns N' Roses Bottled Off at Dublin Show
- Posted on Sep 2nd 2010 9:15AM by James Lawrenson
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When they arrived an hour late on stage at The O2, the band were met with a hail of bottles and booing as they started up with 'Welcome to the Jungle'.
In a fan's video of the gig (via Gigwise) frontman Axl Rose stopped the band, 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 got no problem -- and we'll go on our way."
Guns N' Roses continued playing, managing three more songs before departing the stage after more bottles were thrown.
Several announcements were then made, announcing that the venue was trying to sort out the "technical difficulties."
A member of staff or promoter then came on stage and announced, "We're trying hard to get Axl back on stage. I would ask you to refrain from throwing items at him. I promise you a great show, but you need to calm. I'm sorry about this."
According to the video's creator, the lights came up and many people left before the band returned and played a short set to the hopeful audience who had lingered behind.
It follows the dramas at the Leeds and Reading festivals, where the band were, late both times and had their set curtailed, as Spinner reported in less than favourable reviews.
Rose has started a war of words with organisers, claiming the band were within the terms of their contract, and asking, given the band's reputation, "Why book us?" It's a question promoters the world over will be asking themselves.
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