The strange thing was I wasn't aware of any comment about "snubbing Melbourne" until Axl bought it to my attention.  Although I still don't even know where the comment is or where it came from???

Anyhow I would take it with grain of salt, Sydney and Melboure have big hangups about each other.  They are like two siblings always trying to compete with each other as to which is the better state, "our city is more liveable, but this one has the harbour, but this one gets all the best sporting events, we've got better weather" etc etc etc.

Presumably that's why the snubbing comment didn't mention any of the other capital cities like Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth (we're they not also "snubbed")?  Either someone from Melbourne got their nose outta joint or someone from Sydney was just trying to rub it in  You don't hear anything from the other capital cities since they are just used to "getting snubbed" all the time.  Presumably the vastness of the distances in our country make it expensive to tour all over.  That's why I was surprised last time GNR toured they actually went to Adelaide and Perth.  Kudos to them for that!!!  I remember it bloody killed me back in 1993 when they came and only went to Sydney and Melbourne, being 18 and living in Perth I simply couldn't afford to go over then.

Monkeychow, I just got nofication from Ticketek about it and it said:

If they are only doing a Sydney show then I won't be seeing them.  Already flying to Sydney next month to see Slash.  Unfortunately I'm not made of money

It does seem a long way to go to only play one gig and not do some sort of Aussie tour.  Presumably the money being thrown at them by the V8 super cars makes a one off gig worthwhile.