Fuck you, Guns n' Roses!
This morning it was announced that Guns n' Roses, the headlining act for My Coke Fest 2007 has pulled out of the 2 events, to be held in Johannesburg on 27 April, and Cape Town on 1 May. More on this disappointment over at the 5fm website.
People attending the musical festival purely to see Axl and co. can receive a full refund if they want.
Now I'm not too upset because I only known something like 4 Guns n' Roses songs, and I probably would have been as bored during their set as I was during Metallica's show last year. PLus, to compenstate for the line-up gap, Evanescence (who I'm there for) will be playing a longer set. Hopefully the SA bands who were venue-specific will now be performing at both shows...
But you have to wonder why it's the international tours that always get cancelled when it comes to touring American bands? Because the Guns n' Roses bassist hurt his wrist falling down some stairs, the band's African, Asian and Aussie tours have all been cancelled. Give me a break! A bassist is not difficult to replace. Hell, when Korn's lead singer Jonathan Davies was hospitalised for a blood virus last year, the rest of the band went ahead and performed at the Download music festival in the UK, with singers from other bands filling in...
You can always make a plan.
I for one am sick of North American rockers (Limp Bizkit, Smashing Pumpkins, Nickelback, Guns n' Roses) pulling out of South African shows for whatever ridiculous reasons. They're professional performers. Whatever their problems are, they need to suck it up and be there for their paying, adoring fans...
Guns n' Roses, you are a bunch of has-been pussy primadonnas!
People attending the musical festival purely to see Axl and co. can receive a full refund if they want.
Now I'm not too upset because I only known something like 4 Guns n' Roses songs, and I probably would have been as bored during their set as I was during Metallica's show last year. PLus, to compenstate for the line-up gap, Evanescence (who I'm there for) will be playing a longer set. Hopefully the SA bands who were venue-specific will now be performing at both shows...
But you have to wonder why it's the international tours that always get cancelled when it comes to touring American bands? Because the Guns n' Roses bassist hurt his wrist falling down some stairs, the band's African, Asian and Aussie tours have all been cancelled. Give me a break! A bassist is not difficult to replace. Hell, when Korn's lead singer Jonathan Davies was hospitalised for a blood virus last year, the rest of the band went ahead and performed at the Download music festival in the UK, with singers from other bands filling in...
You can always make a plan.
I for one am sick of North American rockers (Limp Bizkit, Smashing Pumpkins, Nickelback, Guns n' Roses) pulling out of South African shows for whatever ridiculous reasons. They're professional performers. Whatever their problems are, they need to suck it up and be there for their paying, adoring fans...
Guns n' Roses, you are a bunch of has-been pussy primadonnas!
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I'm a bit dissapointed now, there is no way 5fm is gonna make it up... im sure theyll get some stupid band to fill in ... or just plain ignore it... fuckers... maybe they can get Korn here... at least that is quite popular and it'd be cool to see.