completely disingenuous attempt at an apology that
as is the notion they made a 'concerted effort' to make it up to the fans in cities where he fucked the concert up or things have gotten 'complicated'. by making it up to the fans his idea is charging them another $70/$80 for a ticket. deluded horseshit is what he's spewing.

Typical Axl, everybody else to blame.

More than slightly deluded still, w/a massive chip on his shoulder (about a variety of things).

He's obv deeply bogged down in the perceived wrongs against him & what he feels is unfair judgement of him.

It seems nothing ever changes w/him really. He's always pushing a boulder up a hill..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/ma … ness-chart

Justin Bieber may have shocked parents by arriving late on stage – not the reported two hours, in fact, but a little under an hour after his pre-determined stagetime of 9.30pm – but he barely registers on the all-time lateness chart.

Still No 1 in that list is Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses, who has made it his life's work never to show up at the appointed time and place. When Guns N' Roses played at the O2 arena last summer, the venue warned fans the stagetime was "TBC" and its venue offered fans tips on getting home after hours – a good job, given the show went on till 2am.

At least everyone knows what to expect, with Rose regularly leading his musicians on stage up to two hours late. Rose's justification: "This is Guns N' Roses and when the time is right the stage will ignite." That's when they turn up at all: on their "Chinese Democracy" tour, which somehow ran for 10 years from 2001 to 2011, they cancelled 53 shows, playing 239.

Hip-hop stars have been getting more punctual in recent years, after the genre won a reputation for stars taking little interest in timekeeping, but there are some rappers who live down to expectations, such as Snoop Dogg – five hours late on stage at the Hove festival in Norway last summer, owing to his decision to try to carry marijuana through Norwegian customs, with wholly predictable consequences.

And the assorted members of Wu-Tang Clan, whether together or apart, seem to regard it as a badge of honour to keep fans waiting – the Guardian's reviewer noted that GZA's decision to delay his appearance by an hour in Sheffield last year led to fists flying in the audience.

It's not always the usual suspects. My own worst experience came with the mild-mannered Magic Numbers, playing a low-key warm-up show in 2006. They were due to start playing at 8pm, but that hour came and went, as did 9pm, 10pm and 11pm. They finally took to the stage at 11.30pm – I saw one and a half songs before getting back home to relieve the babysitter.

looking fwd to next installment

that james hetfield motherfucker looked bored as fuck most of that pt2 while the canadian guy coulda done a bit of research
tbh i thought most of pt2 was all old hat, nothing i hadn't heard before but the next part promises to shed some light on the break-up shud be good for a laugh