imo axl's both asshole & hero & some of the reasons why he's an asshole are the reasons why he's a hero but i don't really agree w/thqt article.
his behaviour is predictable & maybe boring but at least he tries to do things on his own terms & when he gets it right & delivers he is a hero more valuable 2 me than any rock star/performer since lennon/dylan..

i agree w/aussie in that one soln 4 axl would be 2 be more productive. but it's obv easier said than done 4 whatever reasons..

the rules r stupid. don't pay.

mick wall likes to talk about himself any chance he gets.

i tend to agree with a lot of what you're saying.
BUT the guy is nearly 50. he's been top dog in GnR for over 20 years now.
he's obviously blown a lot of money on yoda & other attempts at getting his shit together, and blown a lot of money on not being able to keep his shit together. @ some stage you have to wonder why he can't function on a relatively sedate, mundane level, no matter how irreparable his psychological make-up might be - i think a lot of it is due to the people he's surrounded himself with, their ineptitude, & there's also a point that courting such controversy does garner a lot of attention. obv it is also a lot to do with how fucked up his head is.
but by this stage he oughta have figured if the system he has in place isn't working for him he should change it - but since he hasn't changed it he must figure it is working for him. & these incidents are merely collateral damage on the way to keeping him functioning on whatever basic or normal level he lives on.

ftr i wouldn't have minded waiting in dublin except that axl & then two stewards told me to go home.
the fact he came on afterwards i think was the bigger let down than having him leave the show in the first place.
in terms of defeats it's a relatively minor one, but in the grand scheme of things i think it's very unlike axl & i don't know how well he will reconcile himself to such an incident. maybe he'll just brush it off, but my reading of his lyrics & history would suggest that he would be extremely uncomfortable at having been coaxed back on stage if he really wanted to leave.
in a sense he lost a lot of face & maybe even surrendered a bit of power to the rest of the band if they were a reason for his return to the stage in dublin. (i don't think it's quite that important an incident mind, & didn't he used to say he was willing to go back onstage in st louis? so my guess is he actually did go back on stage relatively happily as a means to Get Paid)

edit: but this is the 2nd gig in close proximity where a bandmember has been "having a go" at the management - bumble walked off at sturgis remember?
maybe things are changing.. tho with all the chances of changes before i seriously doubt it.

they got fairly pelted during CD & the start of Jungle. i was standing below Bumble & he moved into the middle of the stage pretty early, ashba & 4tus made trips over & got a similar reaction - tho most of the crowd were trying to get off & have a good time. i think even some of the morons throwing bottles thought they were having a good time. but there definitely were some bitter prats throwing stuff at anyone in their line of fire, axl & the band.

the rest of your report is pretty accurate, times especially..
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