Guns 'N' Roses are pelted by missiles as they roll on stage late...again

As a rock 'n' roll band they're unlikely to pay much heed to anything so trifling as punctuality.
But it seems that even Guns n' Roses' own fans have had enough of the band's tardiness.
The rockers were pelted by missiles at the O2 Arena in Dublin after keeping the crowd waiting for 45 minutes before they came on stage on Wednesday night.

Booed: Guns 'N' Roses were heckled by their own fans in Dublin when they arrived 45 minutes late for their gig. Fans threw missiles until singer Axl Rose stopped the gig two songs in

Singer Axl Rose - who is the only original member of the band - stormed off the stage during the second song after being hit by what the event's promoters described as 'unknown substances', thought to be urine-filled glasses.

 

Rose, 48, halted the music half way through Welcome To The Jungle and told the crowd, 'Here’s the deal, one more bottle and we go home. We don't want to go. It’s up to you.'

After the missile attack continued, Rose left the stage to the sound of boos and whistles, saying 'OK, that's it. Good night. Have a nice evening.'

Protest: Axl Rose staged a sit-in after their performance was cut short at the Reading Festival following a late start

Veteran: Rose, pictured here at the Reading festival in August, is the only remaining member of the original Guns 'N' Roses line up

After backstage discussions, Guns 'N' Roses returned to the stage about 30 minutes later and played for about 90 minutes, but by that time some of the crowd had left.
The average ticket price was £50 and politicians called for the promoters to issue refunds to disappointed fans.
'Reports say that the lights came on and the security people told concertgoers to go home. Confusion reigned and thousands of fans had left by the time the band came back again on stage to complete their set,' Irish senator Michael McCarthy said.
Guns 'N' Roses has a reputation for late starts, often arriving over an hour late for concerts, and in 1992 Axl Rose caused a riot in Montreal when he called his band off stage after 55 minutes.
At the Reading Festival on Friday, Guns n' Roses arrived on stage an hour late and due to the noise curfew had their microphones and amplifiers turned off during the encore.
Rose staged a sit-down protest against the move.
Two days later, at the Leeds leg of the festival they were forced to cut the concert short by half an hour because they started half an hour late.
When they last played at the Leeds Festival they were two hours late.
Rose later tweeted: 'Our start times at the Reading and Leeds festivals factually had nothing to do with us.
'The previous bands came off stage when they did and we went on within our contracted and documented changeover time period. Whatever nonsense everyone's choosing to write would appear intentionally false. A simple question: If you are aware of our changeover time, the average length of our show and the general nature of how these festivals run, all of which are no big secrets, why book us?'
The band has only just begun its European tour and has 22 cities in 13 more countries to go.

Fighting back: Rose took to Twitter to defend the band after their late arrival at Leeds and Reading festivals