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We talk to the fans at Reading Festival 2010 after Axl Rose's chaotic headline set, which saw him turn up an hour late and stage a sit-down protest when the sound was turned off.
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00:07Guns N' Roses is the best band in the world.
00:10No!
00:11It's a glorified covers band.
00:13It's Axl Rosen and the backing group.
00:16Didn't do any real good classics to start with so they didn't get the crowd going.
00:20Axl Rosen is the one guy who won a punch in the face the most.
00:23Shit.
00:24I hate him.
00:24An hour late coming on.
00:26Rubbish.
00:27Guns N' Roses finally came on stage today at Reading Festival with an hour delay.
00:33Which for Axl is not too bad.
00:34The crowd seemed particularly pissed off tonight.
00:38Where we were standing there wasn't much love for Axl.
00:41I don't care how much you love music.
00:44This is rubbish.
00:45They've ruined music heritage by coming on and doing this shit.
00:49They've ruined it.
00:49This is Axl Rose and company.
00:51This isn't Guns N' Roses.
00:53I don't see Slash or Duffy or anyone.
00:55This is terrible.
00:56Just.
00:57Sad.
00:58Guns N' Roses are the biggest pile of fucking wank ever.
01:04Actually it's like Axl Rose and the Sunshine Band.
01:08Wank.
01:08Sorry Guns N' Roses there's no Slash or nothing.
01:12So halfway through Night Train Axl throws his microphone to the floor and leaves the stage.
01:16And says we're done.
01:19And then reappears.
01:21And decides to try and talk to the crowd without any amplification.
01:26And the drummer's drumming and everybody's playing Paradise City.
01:30Acoustic essentially.
01:31And bouncers are on stage and the whole thing's complete shambles.
01:35And they have a sit down protest.
01:37And yeah it turns into a circus.
01:40Well he can't throw his toys out of the prom about not finishing his set if he comes on an
01:44hour late.
01:44If you're late play the good ones.
01:47Play the good ones.
01:48Joe.
01:48Musically the gig was spot on.
01:50I mean the band are really tight.
01:52He's got several musicians who like to show off their stuff and solo all the way through.
01:56And yeah I mean you don't get many bands of that calibre that can pull out that many hits throughout
02:0020 plus years of songs.
02:03Fucking insane.
02:04Well worth the wait.
02:05I was going to walk off at one point.
02:05We would have like three hours when we play it.
02:07I was going to walk off at one point but when you come on fucking insane.
02:10Best thing you've ever seen in my life.
02:11What a fucking bloke.
02:12You know in my opinion Axl is the man and they rocked.
02:16They rocked.
02:17That's it.
02:18If you're at Leeds tomorrow and you're heading to Guns N' Roses I'd say forget the first hour.
02:23Just go and get an extra drink.
02:24Go to the toilet.
02:26Rock up about an hour after they're due.
02:28Don't make any plans for later on and just enjoy it.
02:31It's a carnival.
02:32It's fun.
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