NEWS: Guns N' Roses Declares War On Festival Promoters

Guns N' Roses have been at the centre of controversy recently with front man Axl Rose declaring war on the Reading and Leeds Festivals organisers.

This follows the band's performance at the Reading Festival on Friday, when they came on an hour late and organisers pulled the plug on their set as they were about to break the noise curfew. That night the band staged a protest by attempting to play without amplification, with Rose telling the crowd that they were not planning to head to Leeds.

Despite this comment Guns N' Roses went on to headline the coveted Leeds Festival although starting their set half an hour late.

At the end of the main part of their set, after 'Nightrain', they returned to the stage and the frontman claimed that the promoters were cutting their set short yet again.

"We would like to play a few more songs for you tonight," Rose said. "But someone is telling us the show's over. This war ain't over yet." They then played 'Paradise City' for their one-song encore and Rose finished by saying "Be safe getting out of here. And for the problems with the promoters, f**k you."

Since then Rose has taken to twitter to comment on the ordeal saying "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 [it] was a con."