If there’s one thing that made us stop watching MTV’s Music Video Awards tonight—besides a new episode of Breaking Bad—it was the nagging sense that there’s nothing truly special or surprising about the channel’s annual soiree anymore. Think we’re simply being cynical? Hit us up in the comments section after sifting through the peak hour performances of Nirvana, Madonna, Marilyn Manson; hell, even Britney. Not to mention such one-night-only collabs as Axl & Elton and Run-DMC & Aerosmith…
Apparently, the Reading Festival isn’t as understanding about Guns N’ Roses going on stage late as the rest of the world. An explanation from the depths of the jungle itself (i.e. Axl Rose’s Twitter account):
Don’t know what it is w/us or these last 2 shows. Takes the fun out it 4 everyone fans, band n’ crew alike but whatever. So u know, we allegedly had a deal in place pre show w/the city at least at Leeds to do a bit longer performance that was either miscommunication, someone wasn’t informed, changed their mind, didn’t care or was a con. Regardless the nonsense just seems so unnecessary but w/out real management or industry presence is unfortunately beyond r control. We hope the fans feel they got at least what they could from us under the circumstances as 4 us all things considered that’s the main thing. The rest is filler. Anyway, enough rambling. Peace, thanks 4 understanding n’ what we did manage to get done out there was a blast! The crowds n’ fans were amazing!! And in r opinion (not that apparently it means much) u deserved better!! Thanks again!! Axl-
Because self-titled’s staff doesn’t always agree about what’s amazing or godawful
What we said then:
“Say what you will about the state of Guns N’ Roses (and more specifically Axl Rose’s sanity), but every song on Chinese Democracy contains at least 15 to 30 seconds of undeniable brilliance—an admirable feat that would be difficult for any artist working today to match.”
