Guns N' Roses Win Big in Europe

Guns N' Roses completed their European Tour last night
with their second consecutive sold out show at London's Wembley Arena.
The tour, which started May 25th in Madrid, Spain, played to 700,000
plus people over 32 shows in 18 countries, making it one of the
biggest tours of the year on the continent and in the UK.
The final show at Wembley almost didn't come to fruition as
vocalist Axl Rose was diagnosed with low blood pressure and low blood
sugar Sunday morning. He became ill after performing two concerts on
Saturday night - the first was the band's scheduled sold out show at
Wembley Arena which lasted two and a half hours - and the second an
unannounced surprise semi acoustic set which thrilled as many fans as
could be jammed into London's Cuckoo Club at 4 am on Sunday morning
with hundreds left standing outside. Rose became ill a couple of hours
after the 75 minute performance ended, with a doctor being called to
his hotel room. The Physician advised that Rose should be hospitalised
and not perform Sunday evening. Rose's response - "f*** that, I have a
show to do and I am not missing it." He made it through the two hour
performance to the final song of the evening - Nighttrain - before
collapsing. The mic was handed to his friend, Sebastian Bach, who
completed the performance with an encore of Paradise City.
Axl Rose commented, "We have had an amazing tour and it has been
fantastic for the band and I to experience this. I approached this
last show with equal parts determination, obligation, responsibility
and insanity. It was an amazing night. I want to thank everyone in
Europe and the UK for inspiring us and for giving us the opportunity
to play for them. We are now looking forward to the US in September."