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Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has lashed out at production staff live on air during the band’s Melbourne show on Saturday night.
The American rock band played 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, 60, stopped mid-song to You Could Be Mine to call out a spotlight operator.
Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose, 60, (pictured) lashed out at production staff live on stage during the band’s Melbourne show on Saturday
‘I don’t know what your deal is, but I have told you repeatedly to turn that f***ing spotlight off. I’m trying to entertain the people,’ he yelled.
It comes after Gun N’ Roses’ show in Adelaide on Tuesday ended in controversy after a concert goer was badly 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 last song.
According to the Herald Sun, during the show Rose stopped mid-song to You Could Be Mine to call out a spotlight operator
Rebecca Howe told the Adelaide Advertiser the mic hit her on the bridge of the nose, leaving her bloodied and hyperventilating.
Pictured after the event, Ms Howe can been seen with severe bruising 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 out into crowd after finishing the song, Take Me Down To Paradise City.
‘I don’t know what your deal is, but I have told you repeatedly to turn that f***ing spotlight off. I’m trying to entertain the people,’ he yelled
Rose said that he was going to retire his microphone stunt from his regular show routine.
He addressed the situation on Saturday, a head of the band’s show, saying he will no longer throw the mic ‘in the interest of public safety’.
‘It’s come to my attention that a fan may have been hurt at our show in Adelaide, Australia possibly being hit by the microphone at the end of the show when I traditionally toss the mic to the fans,’ he wrote.
‘If true obviously we don’t want anyone getting hurt or to somehow in anyway hurt anyone at any of our show anywhere.
It comes after Gun N’ Roses’ show in Adelaide on Tuesday night ended in controversy after a concert goer was badly injured. Pictured: Axl Rose and Slash on stage during the Guns N’ Roses ‘Not In This Lifetime’ Tour in 2017 in Perth
‘Having tossed the mic at the end of our show for over 30 years we always felt it was a known part of the very end of our performance that fans wanted and were aware of to have an opportunity to catch the mic,’ he continued.
‘Regardless in the interest of public safety from now on we’ll refrain from tossing the mic or anything to fans during or at our performances.
‘Unfortunately there are those that for their own reasons chose to frame their reporting regarding this subject in a more negative n’ irresponsible out of nowhere light which couldn’t be farther from reality. We hope the public and of course fans get that sometimes happens.
‘A BIG THANKS 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 last song. Rebecca Howe told the Adelaide Advertiser the mic hit her on the bridge of the nose, leaving her bloodied and hyperventilating
