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Report: Fan Loses Patience With AXL ROSE's Late Start - Nov. 22, 2006

Greg Guy of The Chronicle Herald reported on Monday (Nov. 20) that Mary MacDonald was one of the GUNS N' ROSES fans who were furious with promoters of the sold-out concert that came to the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada later that night.

The Halifax woman learned on Saturday that Axl Rose and his band would not take the stage until after 11 p.m.

"I'm in a wheelchair and if Axl Rose doesn't go on stage until 11, we probably won't get out of there until around 1 a.m. I have no way home because Access-A-Bus doesn't pick up its clients after 11:30 p.m.," a disappointed MacDonald said Saturday night.

"There is no public transit for people coming into the concert by bus.

"I feel I was misled by the promoters and as a ticket buyer I'm more than upset. We should have been told he goes on at such a late time. The ticket buyers have a right to know."

The concert, presented by Gillett Entertainment Group, was announced in September and has an 8 p.m. start.

Since then, opening acts like Toronto's DIE MANNEQUIN and an "alternative-burlesque show" called SUICIDE GIRLS were announced. Last week, Antigonish-bred rockers the TREWS were also added as openers.

MacDonald said she kept checking the website and learned of the opening acts. She said when she saw three acts she got concerned about her transportation fromthe concert and decided to call the box office on Saturday.

"I wanted to see Axl Rose as far back as the '80s. This was my chance and I was so excited I'd finally get to see him and now there's no way. With everything that's going on downtown these days, I can't be walking home at one in the morning."

On Sunday she attempted to contact other means of transportation to get her home.

"I tried Casino taxi, which apparently has a wheelchair-accessible van, as well as Need A Lift, a local van service for wheelchair-users, but neither service is available after midnight. So, I'm stuck with having to cancel my ticket. If I could wring Axl Rose's neck, I'd probably do so," she said on Sunday.

Scott Ferguson, executive vice-president of Trade Centre Ltd., said Sunday they had just found out within the last day that GUNS N' ROSES would go on later than expected.

"The whole show starts at 8, he's got three acts and he should have been going on the stage around 10:30 or 10:45," Ferguson said. "He should have been off the stage and people would have been out on the street by 1 a.m. . . . But what we're hearing from Quebec last night and Ottawa and Toronto is that he's been going on as late as 11:50 p.m, and he has been getting off the stage as late as 2:15 a.m. And he's been off the stage other times before 2 o'clock."

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http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/542064.html

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I am sympathetic with her situation/handicap. But what do you expect? It is not like they have been going on at 9 every other concert and then went on late for hers. Axl gets fucked in more ways! Now the headlines will be Axl screws over the hanicapped or something ridiculous. Common sense for god's sake!!!

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sorry to hear she has a hard time but...she say's she wanted to see axl since the 80's,then she should have known what to expect <_<

i've said it before,if your gonna complain about when axl hits the stage,then don't buy a ticket and don't go.

you should know the routine by now! B)

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I am sympathetic with her situation/handicap. But what do you expect? It is not like they have been going on at 9 every other concert and then went on late for hers. Axl gets fucked in more ways! Now the headlines will be Axl screws over the hanicapped or something ridiculous. Common sense for god's sake!!!

Very true - I wouldn't expect GNR to come on much before 11. Not exactly a news flash.

:rolleyes:

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he's only saying this because he knows people will feel sorry for him because he is in a wheelchair... like saying"I tried Casino taxi, which apparently has a wheelchair-accessible van, as well as Need A Lift, a local van service for wheelchair-users, but neither service is available after midnight." we got the point, but why can't he just get off the wheelchair and into the car with the help of the driver and the driver would put his chair in the trunk or some

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That was old news... here's the update.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/542187.html

Disabled GnR Fan Gets Ride

Mary MacDonald’s dream of seeing Guns N’ Roses was to be fulfilled on Monday night.

"I got a drive to and from the concert," the happy Halifax woman said Monday. "Kevin, the owner of Need-A-Lift, offered to take me there and pick me up."

MacDonald, who is confined to a wheelchair, thought her hopes were dashed when she found out the band didn’t go onstage until after 11 p.m., meaning the concert would get out between 1 and 2 a.m. and her original transportation, Access-A-Bus, would have ended its run.

When MacDonald called Need-A-Lift on Sunday to book a ride, she was told they ended their service at midnight.

After a story appeared in The Chronicle Herald on Monday, several people offered to take MacDonald to and from the concert, using their own cars. But MacDonald, who gets around in an electronic wheelchair, said she has to ride in a van with a ramp.

She said she also had a call from Ralph Williams, manager of operations at Trade Centre Ltd., who offered to get her to and from the arena, but she explained she needed a special van.

By 5 p.m. Monday, MacDonald had all but given up hope of seeing her favourite band. She said the Metro Centre offered to refund her ticket, which she was happy about. But she got the news around 5:30 p.m. that Need-A-Lift was coming to pick her up.

The Guns N’ Roses online message board was also filled with MacDonald’s transportation dilemma, one suggesting that the band’s management should offer to get her to and from the concert.

One e-mail sent to The Chronicle Herald’s entertainment department, believed to be from the band’s management said: "Guns have personally suggested she be transported to and from the concert. . . . Guns want to give people a real rock n’ roll ’70’s night out. Back then people never slept. Late nights and a good time were always on the menu. At the same time, though, they are sensitive to people’s requirements."

( gguy@herald.ca)

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"Guns have personally suggested she be transported to and from the concert. . . . Guns want to give people a real rock n’ roll ’70’s night out. Back then people never slept. Late nights and a good time were always on the menu. At the same time, though, they are sensitive to people’s requirements."

:rofl-lol::rofl-lol: So true - those were the days!

:shades:

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Guns want to give people a real rock n’ roll ’70’s night out.

Since they play mostly AFD, don't they mean the 80's? :drevil:

Guess I'm just spoiled by living in New York. There's always some transportation available 24/7.

Yeah, but 70's were rockin. Early 80's were fine too, but it got progressively whimpier as the years went on.

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Guns want to give people a real rock n’ roll ’70’s night out.

Since they play mostly AFD, don't they mean the 80's? :drevil:

Guess I'm just spoiled by living in New York. There's always some transportation available 24/7.

Yeah, but 70's were rockin. Early 80's were fine too, but it got progressively whimpier as the years went on.

I'll just have to take your word on that. :P

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To me its simple, this person had a month or 2 to get another mode of transportation, but declined.

If she really really wanted to see GnR, she should have started working on transportation the day she bought the ticket.

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Guns want to give people a real rock n’ roll ’70’s night out.

Since they play mostly AFD, don't they mean the 80's? :drevil:

Guess I'm just spoiled by living in New York. There's always some transportation available 24/7.

Yeah, but 70's were rockin. Early 80's were fine too, but it got progressively whimpier as the years went on.

I'll just have to take your word on that. :P

:P Where's shades when you want him? :xmasssanta:

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gnr is like good sex, looooong and juicy. love to wait for the shows and the album. losing patience? go fuck off and buy something from the nu-metal and lame recent shit section.

good thing a GNR show isn't like sex with me, hurried and heavy for 30 seconds...LMAO

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