If you believe the reports then Axl Rose has acted like an arse more times than we can count. Indeed we all would have loved the original line-up to reform and tour / play / Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame / whatever the public wanted, but it looks highly unlikely to ever happen. Axl got the blame for that and yet there are three sides to every story.
Tonight in Liverpool – after a very long wait – the band arrived on stage at 10:55PM which by most accounts is late. Having said that, if this late arrival was a surprise to anyone then they must have been living under a rock. Axl is renowned for turning up late, so what’s the big deal?
Tonight we have a band performing where the singer remains the only original member, the majority of songs performed were written before the current lineup joined, and for the songs where the current band were involved the general consensus is that those songs are from a “shit album”. So why is it then from the moment the band hit the stage they were mesmerising and had the crowd eating from their hand!?! Continue reading


Pulling in to Glasgow on Wednesday night for the second night of the fantastic value Jagermeister tour, were Black Spiders, Therapy? and Skindred. Playing with the touring bands we also had local band Yashin.
Liberty Lies, Halestorm and Shinedown all on one ticket is a very strong lineup, and I had been looking forward to it for a very long time.