Axl Blames Management / Slash For Late Shows

Rose appears on That Metal Show in a rare TV appearance which is due to air in the US tonight, and in the interview he says that a lot of the band's culture of lateness stems back to 91 when they were touring in support of Use Your Illusion.

"A lot of this goes back to '91, and when we were super-late going onstage. And that really has more to do with... I should not have been on that tour."

He then went on to add: "I only went on tour for three reasons: my manager had booked a tour without authorization... then, I'm gonna be sued for it. He was also telling me if Slash dies of heroin, or whatever, it's my fault. And lastly Slash pushing me. I should have not agreed to do that tour, but didn't know how to get out of it."

He does say that the band's ongoing lateness is partly down to him, though "Not complaining, or to be a wuss or whatever, just a lot of times, day of show for some reason, everything starts going wrong. People are making mistakes... you’re making mistakes, and nobody even knows why."

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