Guns N' Roses yell 'Hello Sydney' - to Melbourne crowd

BBC ^ | 2/14

[nickcarraway]

No-one likes being mistaken for someone else - especially if that someone else has been their sworn rival for more than a century.

So when Guns N' Roses yelled "Hello, Sydney" as they walked on stage in Melbourne, they were unsurprisingly met with a chorus of boos.

And to make matters worse, the veteran rockers weren't even on time.

Luckily, it seems they made up for it with a rousing concert - and a swiftly issued apology on social media.

[Doogle]

Guns and Roses.....ain’t said nuttin bout brains

[rjsimmon]

Wrong side of the bloody continent, Axl... or was it Axel? Achwell? Achmed? Bill?

[thesharkboy]

And to make matters worse, the veteran rockers weren't even on time.

They probably got lost backstage. Is the "Stonehenge" set ready yet?

[rfp1234]

“Hello, Sunshine”

-— BHO

[Opinionated Blowhard]

You have to feed Axl before he goes on stage or else he gets confused.

[Timpanagos1]

On the back of your guitar or bass, there should be masking tape with the name of the venue you are playing and the name of the town.

Yes, I did that.

[ClearCase_guy]

The audience response was like a cold November rain.

[blueunicorn6]

And Sydney Smith, their old friend, had front row tickets.

[Mr. Douglas]

One of my bands would do that from time to time. Yell a different city’s name. But we did it on purpose. We could. We were a local act.

[a fool in paradise]

Hillary Clinton & Joe Biden defense, they were waving to a friend named Sydney.

[Leaning Right]

> “Hello, Sydney” <

Once again the BBC has got it wrong. A friend of Axl’s by the name of Sydney happened to be in the audience.

[Puppage]

Looking ummmm, good Axl

[MUDDOG]

If ya only wouldn’t clap so hard.

[steve8714]

Worst singer in the history of modern pop music. I won’t call GNR rock or rock and roll.

[max americana]

I saw them last year at Coachella. Axl actually said “where the F are we, is this Woodstock?” on stage. I guess the Aussies didn;t get the joke.

[proxy_user]

Well, at least they knew what country they were in...

[Rinnwald]

They’re two cities in Austria, right? They shouldn’t be so picky.

[max americana]

My first show ever was GNR Metallica. GNR followed Metallica for 1.5 hrs. That’s who they are.

and being from vancouver, at least they showed up unlike the Riots i witnessed when I a little older in 96 when they didn’t show up.

[carolinablonde]

Well at least they were on the right continent.