10 Most Infamous Guns N' Roses Moments

9. Guns N' Roses Bottled Offstage in September (Dublin, 2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxLUUQdqA0I All other items in this list are well and fine, don't get me wrong, but this is a particularly special link for me because I was actually present in the audience for this one. Guns N' Roses first performance in Ireland since 2006 is delayed by over 90 minutes while the audience is subjected to an extended set from support act Danko Jones. Knowing that GNR hit the stage on time in Belfast the night previously, the crowd are becoming increasingly restless, with many already about to walk when Axl finally comes onstage close to 10.20pm As the opening chords of 'Welcome to the Jungle' echo through the arena the crowd is already engaging in a chorus of boo's - certainly not the best welcome for the band - who struggle to perform their opening number 'Welcome to the Jungle' before the song is stopped and Axl informs the audience that if another bottle is thrown they'll go home. Of course, the Irish take this challenge and accept it, a few songs later a bottle does actually make it onstage (close to bassist Tommy Stinson's head) and the frontman walks off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bSOJGSGCNs What follows is a lengthy conversation between MCD Promotions CEO Dominic Desmond and Axl Rose down Dublin's Quayside (witnessed by several hundred fans leaving the concert disappointed as the stage lights have been turned up and security is quietly asking people to exit). Desmond comes onstage briefly, itself an incredible event, to tell the crowd that they're working to get Axl to come back and they should have a little 'Patience' - whether Desmond understands his words or not, the audience start singing this GNR song back to him - which only further infuriates the situation. Eventually, GNR come back onstage, but not before 40% of the audience have already left to catch the last bus and trains home. Guns N' Roses perform a lacklusture set in which Rose doesn't utter a single optional word, abridges songs to avoid audience participation and doesn't perform an encore. Media frenzy in Ireland demands MCD refund patrons for the performance and MCD refuse, stating that GNR performed that evening so their contract has been settled and justifies the near £60 a ticket. Media outlets make programmes about the incident and Journalists spend days writing about it - slow news or not, the band return in 2012 and perform a fantastic show in the same venue that goes off without a problem. Featured on this list because, let's face it, it could only happen at a GNR show. Couldn't it?