my perspective is while i'll take axl's word for it regarding the not going on stage - which duff does not accuse him of directly in his account.

but with regards axl's intentions i'm don't really believe him when he said: "Now at that time I didn’t know or think about brand names or corporate value etc. All I knew is that I came in with the name and from day one everyone had agreed to it being mine should we break up and now it was in writing.

I still didn’t grasp any other issues until long after I’d left and formed a new partnership which was only an effort to salvage Guns not steal it."

but i don't think finances were the sole motivation. axl knew what he was doing. trying to maximise his influence on the band & get control even at the expense of slash & duff's feelings, or them quitting. which is only natural, it's business. they're not friends, they're bandmates - they're a business. were.
& duff & slash (& izzy & steven) are to blame for letting him get away with it.

undoubtedly some of you have more money than sense..

club gigs should be no more than 18clams. & 18 is stretching it. @ an extra £4 that's the majority of the price of a pint i'm losing out on. not cool. 
anything from 12-16 usual & acceptable kind of.. but ideally a ten-spot or lower.
(slash was a complete rip-off. & that's me being polite & generous about it)

duff's worth like $100mil give or take, & may as well be if he's not. he doesn't need to be charging so much.

crucially it's very much against the ethos i thought was key to loaded. punk rock sell outs is what that price tag screams @ me.

i don't mind paying more for an arena gig - a lot more effort & people are involved into those productions.

it's not like they're gonna be playing loadsa classic songs

it'd be a good rock show if it were more accessible pricing. the audience would be better.

is he promoting the latest loaded record or his book?
maybe i'll catch him @ a book signing... should start thinking of some questions for him.

if i get into the gig for free i'll probably be the idiot requesting cornshucker.
so apologies in advance.

while i'm here i've got a little off topic complaint to make - Duff's playing Belfast nxt month & is charging £22 for a ticket. fucking suck my balls.

in my defence, there's probably not even a handful of places i'd rather be than @ a GnR gig in SA. it is the place to be.
but it is all a mirage.
this i love mate & i only complain from a position of wanting ever more fun - my point is w/even the smallest effort there is potential for even better from the band.

NA fans don't deserve a GnR tour let alone a new song

in fact Axl should punish them by playing CD all the way thru each night