GN’R Latest: Band Will Play Leeds - Festival Organisers
Despite all the noise over the past 24 hours, it seems Guns N' Roses will still play the Leeds leg of the Reading & Leeds Festival.
Posted 29th August 2010, 5:17am in News, by DIY News Desk
Despite all the noise over the past 24 hours, it seems Guns N' Roses will still play the Leeds leg of the Reading & Leeds Festival.Video footage showed Axl Rose proclaiming the band would abandon the second show following the band's Reading headline slot. After taking to the stage an hour late, they were cut off for their encore due to agreed curfews at midnight.
In a statement, Melvin Benn, the festivals' big boss, says:
"After failing to take to the stage at the scheduled 9.30pm (BST) time, the performance started at 10.30pm and the band were given permission by the festival to play 30 minutes extra to its scheduled 11.30pm finish until midnight."
He added: "Guns N' Roses wanted to 'extend' the new agreed curfew past midnight but were prevented from doing so in order to comply with the entertainment licence issued by Reading Borough Council."
However, a festival spokesperson told NME that the band were still scheduled to headline Leeds.
Will they turn up? Who knows. Stick with us to find out.
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