Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose lashes out at production staff live on stage during the show in Melbourne – after a concertgoer was seriously injured during the band’s performance in Adelaide
Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose lashed out at the production staff live during the band’s show in Melbourne on Saturday night.
The American rock band performed a three-hour, 30-song set at the MCG, the first stadium show the city has seen since the pandemic.
According to the Herald Sun, during the show, Rose stopped mid-You Could Be Mine song to call a spotlight operator.
Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose slammed the production staff live on stage during the band’s show in Melbourne on Saturday
“I don’t know what your deal is, but I’ve told you repeatedly to turn off that damn headlight. I’m trying to entertain people,’ he shouted.
It comes after Tuesday’s Gun N’ Roses show in Adelaide ended in controversy after a concert-goer was seriously injured.
Rose reportedly hit a woman in the face with his microphone after throwing it into the crowd at the end of the band’s final song.
Rebecca Howe told the Adelaide Advertiser the microphone hit her on the bridge of her nose, leaving her bleeding and hyperventilating.
According to the Herald Sun, during the show, Rose stopped mid-You Could Be Mine song to call a spotlight operator
After the event, Ms Howe is seen with severe bruises on her face, under both eyes and on her nose.
She told the publication she was hit when Axl, real name William Bruce Rose Jr., threw his microphone into the crowd after he finished the song “Take Me Down To Paradise City.”
Rose said he will be retiring his microphone stunt from his regular show routine.
“I don’t know what your deal is, but I’ve told you repeatedly to turn off that damn headlight. I’m trying to entertain people,’ he shouted
Addressing the situation on Saturday, a director of the band’s show, he said he would no longer throw the mic “in the interests of public safety.”
“It came to my attention that at our show in Adelaide, Australia a fan may have been injured who may have been hit by the mic at the end of the show as I traditionally throw the mic to the fans,” he wrote.
“If that’s true, then of course we don’t want anyone to get hurt anywhere or hurt anyone in any way at any of our shows.
It comes after Tuesday night’s Gun N’ Roses show ended in controversy in Adelaide after a concert-goer was seriously injured. Pictured: Axl Rose and Slash on stage during the Guns N’ Roses ‘Not In This Lifetime’ tour in Perth in 2017
“Having thrown the mic away at the end of our show for over 30 years, we always felt like it was a familiar part of the end of our performance that fans wanted and knew they had the option to shut the mic on catch,” he continued.
“Regardless of public safety, from now on we will refrain from throwing the microphone or anything similar to the fans during or at our performances.
“Unfortunately, there are those who, for reasons of their own, have chosen to frame their coverage of this issue in a more negative and irresponsible light out of thin air that couldn’t be further from reality. We hope that the public and of course the fans understand that sometimes this happens.
‘A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for understanding.’
Rose reportedly hit a woman in the face with his microphone after throwing it into the crowd at the end of the band’s final song. Rebecca Howe told the Adelaide Advertiser the microphone hit her on the bridge of her nose, leaving her bleeding and hyperventilating