GUNS N' ROSES Frontman AXL ROSE: 'We Are Now Looking Forward To The U.S. In September'

August 1, 2006

GUNS N' ROSES' management has issued the following press release:

GUNS N' ROSES completed their European tour Sunday night with their second consecutive sold-out show at London's Wembley Arena. The tour, which started May 25 in Madrid, Spain, played to 700,000-plus people over 32 shows in 18 countries, making it one of the biggest tours of the year on the continent and in the U.K.

The final show at Wembley almost didn't come to fruition as vocalist Axl Rose was diagnosed with low blood pressure and low blood sugar Sunday morning. He became ill after performing two concerts on Saturday night — the first was the band's scheduled sold-out show at Wembley Arena which lasted two and a half hours — and the second an unannounced surprise semi acoustic set which thrilled as many fans as could be jammed into London's Cuckoo Club at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning with hundreds left standing outside. Rose became ill a couple of hours after the 75-minute performance ended, with a doctor being called to his hotel room. The physician advised that Rose should be hospitalised and not perform Sunday evening. Rose's response — "F*** that, I have a show to do and I am not missing it." He made it through the two-hour performance to the final song of the evening — "Nighttrain" — before collapsing. The mic was handed to his friend, Sebastian Bach, who completed the performance with an encore of "Paradise City".

Axl Rose commented, "We have had an amazing tour and it has been fantastic for the band and I to experience this. I approached this last show with equal parts determination, obligation, responsibility and insanity. It was an amazing night. I want to thank everyone in Europe and the U.K. for inspiring us and for giving us the opportunity to play for them. We are now looking forward to the U.S. in September."

(Thanks: Here Today Gone to Hell!)

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