Press Release: 07.22.2006 - GUNS N' ROSES HEAT WAVE

[kingaxl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Qwtl-JjnQ&mode=related&search=

i find it pretty interestin....30 pounds and 15 years later....the guy got the same fuckin attitute....god thats soo cooll!!!!!!

[Natasha]

Found this on www.gunsnrosesonline.com:

Press Release

07.22.2006 - GUNS N' ROSES HEAT WAVE

Guns N' Roses want the people of Newcastle to know that the crowd at their sold out show Wednesday night was terrific. The band played a sweaty two hour show on the hottest night in a lifetime bolstered by the audience's incredible support. Unfortunately, the band was not able to give the crowd the encore they deserved due to the behaviour of a couple of cowards in the audience.

Guns N' Roses keyboard player Dizzy Reed explained "Newcastle was one of the best gigs of the entire tour. I had puddles of sweat underneath my keyboards and loved every second of it except when some idiots decided to throw things at the stage.? When Axl got hit the first time, the audience pointed out who threw the object and security tossed him out so we came back.? Then Axl got hit in the mouth with another object, so thanks to the behavior of two morons who obviously don't know how to behave at a rock concert, the show ended with no encores.? I've been in this band for sixteen years and stupid shit like throwing stuff at the stage is something we won't tolerate.? We're not targets, we're musicians."

Guitarist Robin Finck stated, "We had a great time Wednesday night and Axl sang his ass off but you do not wait around to get hit in the mouth for a third time."

Guns N' Roses vocalist Axl Rose had this to say, "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, our guests and Management. Izzy was the first to immediately support the decision verbally to me personally before I had physically left the stage area. Tommy and Frank 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 GNR's policy since playing Donnington in 1988.? We thank everyone for coming, we hope everyone got home safely and we hope to play Newcastle again - hopefully without those looking for enjoyment at others expense.
Cheers!"

Guns N' Roses look forward to continuing their sold out UK tour in Glasgow tonight.

Source: Sanctuary Group Plc

Politely. You are welcome.


N.

[babydolls]

thats great to read - nice that they put this out.
I saw Perry Farrel from Jane's get hit in the ribs with a glass beer bottle in Australia - it was awful - he was bare-chested and you could see the bruise come up almost immediately.  ruins it for everyone and is totally thoughtless and selfish.
I fkn hate people who think that its funny to do this and wreck an amazing (and costly) night out for everybody else.  hope the little prick has the decency to feel ashamed.

[Lord Kayoss]

Props to Axl for handling the issue with class and maturity.

And to the dumbass people who were throwing shit.  Stay home, motherfuckers!

[Bandita]

I like the fact that they mentioned Donnington 1988 in this release.  Maybe it will be a wake up call to some of the fans attending the shows as to what can happen, riots/death, etc which is not why people go to concerts, at least none that I know.

As an American, I have to say the people mentioning that what Europe thinks doesn't matter is really ridiculous.  There is a reason they started this tour there besides the warm up shows so obviously the BAND cares what the fans think outside of the U.S. 

I am also glad to see that GNR/Management is stepping up to the plate and confronting incidents as they occur now and speaking out about them which is something we really haven't had in the past and it gives me a great feeling that this tour will work out great for as long as it carries on hopefully into many countries!

And people, please stop throwing crap at the band, it's just stupid and unneeded.  If you don't like what you are seeing then just leave, it's really that simple.

[Smoking Guns]

who cares about this shit, its almost August and no mention of CD..... How pathetic.