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  • Houston Concert Watch 8/27: The Weeknd, Shinedown and More

    It would certainly be an accurate statement – really more of an understatement – to say that Axl Rose is not universally beloved. Whether it was making fans wait for hours before beginning Guns N’ Roses concerts in the ‘90s to going through bandmates like Kleenex later in his career, it is fair to say that the red-haired rocker has not made many friends over the years.

    The latest reason not to like Rose involves (allegedly) his holding on to a master tape of an all-star recording session. According to drummer Zak Starkey (recently formerly of The Who, but that’s another rock and roll pissing match entirely), Rose refuses to return the master tape of a song that was intended to be part of an album which would raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

    Slash, Duff McKagan, Elton John and Ringo Starr all contributed to a cover of T. Rex’s “Children of the Revolution,” and Rose was supposed to record a vocal track to finish the production. However (again, according to Starkey), Rose has procrastinated and failed to record his part and return the master tapes for over a year, allegedly costing the Teenage Cancer Trust over $2 million dollars.

    Starkey posted on Instagram that the album-in-limbo includes contributions from “more than one Beatle, a Smith, a Pretender, an Ashcroft, an Iggy and many more.” He added that he hopes the charity album can be released “without greedy bean counting majors wanting 75 percent (I won’t say which label, but fuck me, this is for sick kids).” Starkey also appealed directly to Rose, posting, “C’mon, bro…”

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    Combine the influences of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Waylon Jennings, Hank Jr. and the like, let it simmer for a while in deep East Texas and what do you get? You get Whiskey Myers, a band that manages to straddle the fence between rock and country without compromising its balls. There are still a few tickets available for the band’s show on Saturday, September 27, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, but don’t wait around too long.

    Austin’s Band of Heathens made a name for itself playing at Antone’s and the clubs on 6th street, quickly becoming one of the foremost exponents of the Americana music form. The Heathens will begin their 20th anniversary celebration with a show at the Heights Theater on Saturday, November 22. The band promises a two-set evening, so it will be all Heathens all the time.

    Is there anyone funkier than George Clinton? No. The answer is no. To paraphrase the Bard, “Funk, thy name is Clinton.” The mastermind behind Parliament, Funkadelic, P-Funk and the Brides of Funkenstein will tear the roof off the mothersucker on Friday, November 28, at the House of Blues. Get your tickets now if you want the funk and / or gotta have the funk.

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    Shinedown’s “Dance, Kid, Dance” tour will make a stop at Toyota Center tonight, with Bush and Morgan Wade opening. Not content with garden variety merch like t-shirts, caps and hoodies, Shinedown has introduced a signature line of hot sauces, each named after one of the band’s songs: Symptom Chipotle Garlic Sauce, Devour Pineapple Jerk Sauce and Attention Attention Mango Habanero Sauce.

    George Thorogood has never wandered far from his formula of loud guitars, salacious vocals and a Bo Diddley beat, but who can blame him? If it ain’t broke, as they say. You can catch Mr. Bad to the Bone tonight at the House of Blues.

    Whether performing as a solo artist, a member of Matchbox 20 or Carlos Santana’s sidekick, Rob Thomas has been a hit machine for well over two decades. When his “All Night Days” tour hits the Smart Financial Centre on Saturday, fans will have a number of up-close-and-personal VIP options to choose from, including a premium package featuring a photo op with Thomas, the chance to watch a few songs from the wings and an autographed guitar.

    The biggest concerts in town this week are The Weeknd’s two shows at NRG Stadium on Saturday and Sunday. As the record holder for most Spotify streams at over one billion for his song “Blinding Lights,” it’s no wonder he can fill up a stadium two nights in a row. ‘Cause Knowledge is Power: So what’s the deal with leaving an “e” out of Weeknd? There are several theories surrounding the singer’s professional name, but the most likely explanation is that the spelling was chosen so as to avoid any legal difficulties with a Canadian band known as The Weekend.

    For those unfamiliar with Steel Panther, the band might best be described as an American little brother to Spinal Tap. The Panther of Steel skewers just about every heavy metal cliché that exists, but it is done with love, so the ribbing never comes off as nasty. But their song lyrics? Now those are nasty. Get ready to throw those devil horns and sing along with “Boomerang Poontang,” “Always Gonna Be a Ho” and “Bukkake Tears” when the band plays Warehouse Live Midtown on Sunday.

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  • Axl Rose accused of ‘violent’ sexual assault by former Penthouse model – National | Globalnews.ca

    Axl Rose accused of ‘violent’ sexual assault by former Penthouse model – National | Globalnews.ca

    Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has been accused of violent sexual assault by a former model, according to a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on Wednesday. The incident allegedly took place more than 30 years ago.

    Sheila Kennedy, a former Penthouse model, alleges that she was “violently” sexually assaulted by the singer in 1989 after they met at a nightclub in New York City. She has sued Rose for battery, assault, gender-motivated violence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

    Kennedy is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for physical injury, pain and suffering, severe emotional distress, mental anguish, humiliation, embarrassment, anxiety and economic harm. She says the alleged incident left her with anxiety and depression and harmed her career.


    Pethouse Pet Sheila Kennedy attends Bob Guccione’s Cocktail Party for 1983 Penthouse Pet of the Year.

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    The lawsuit comes just one day before a temporary New York law, the Adult Survivors Act, expires. The law allows adult victims to sue over attacks that occurred even if the statute of limitations on their claims has expired.

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    According to the lawsuit, reported by Rolling Stone, Kennedy says Rose invited her back to his hotel room for a party after meeting at a nightclub. Kennedy alleges Rose offered party guests cocaine and alcohol at the party.

    At one point, while leaving the bathroom, Rose was allegedly waiting for Kennedy outside. He “pushed Kennedy against a wall and kissed her,” which the former model “did not mind” and “was open to sleeping with him if things progressed.”


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    As the night went on, Kennedy claims Rose began encouraging some of the party guests to have group sex and says she became “uncomfortable” as she watched him have sex with another model. The complaint alleges she left the room and later heard him throwing glass and screaming insults at the model.

    Later that night, Kennedy alleges Rose, now 61, “knocked her to the floor,” dragged her by the hair, tied her hands behind her back with a pair of pantyhose and proceeded to sexually assault her “while he was in a sexual, volatile rage.”

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    “Kennedy did not consent and felt overpowered,” the complaint reads, according to Rolling Stone. “She understood that the safest thing to do was to lie in bed and wait for Rose to finish assaulting her.”

    “Rose made no attempt to ask for or check that Kennedy was consenting,” the lawsuit contines. “He treated her like property used solely for his sexual pleasure.”

    The lawsuit said the attack left Kennedy with lifelong emotional, physical, psychological and financial damage and “symptoms akin to post-traumatic stress disorder whenever she hears Rose’s name or the music of Guns N’ Roses.”


    Portrait of American model and actress Sheila Kennedy as she leans on the balcony at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, France, August 1981. A photo from this session later appeared on the cover of the October 1987 issue of Penthouse magazine.

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    Rose’s lawyer, Alan S. Gutman, denied the allegations, telling CNN in a statement, “Simply put, this incident never happened.”

    “Notably, these fictional claims were filed the day before the New York State filing deadline expires. Though he doesn’t deny the possibility of a fan photo taken in passing, Mr. Rose has no recollection of ever meeting or speaking to the Plaintiff, and has never heard about these fictional allegations prior to today,” the statement continued. “Mr. Rose is confident this case will be resolved in his favor.”

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    Kennedy has made the allegations about Rose in the past, including in her 2016 memoir, No One’s Pet, and in a 2021 documentary, Look Away, about women sexually abused in the music industry.


    Axl Rose performs at the Guns ‘N’ Roses ‘Not In This Lifetime’ Tour at QSAC Stadium Brisbane on Feb. 7, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia.

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    According to People, Rose has faced other accusations of sexual abuse in the past, including an arrest for alleged statutory rape (the charges were later dropped), and in 1994 two of his former partners, Erin Everly and Stephanie Seymour, told the magazine that Rose had abused them but both settled lawsuits against the singer out of court.

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    If you or someone you know is experiencing abuse or is involved in an abusive situation, please visit the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime for help. They are also reachable toll-free at 1-877-232-2610.

    — With files from The Associated Press

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  • Axl Rose ends ‘mic toss’ tradition after woman claims injury at Guns N’ Roses show – National | Globalnews.ca

    Axl Rose ends ‘mic toss’ tradition after woman claims injury at Guns N’ Roses show – National | Globalnews.ca

    Hopeful fans looking to catch a piece of Guns N’ Roses concert memorabilia may be disappointed to learn that Axl Rose is ending his microphone-toss tradition.

    Rose’s decision to stop throwing his microphone into the crowd during the band’s concerts — which he has done for more than 30 years — came after a woman in Adelaide, Australia, was reportedly injured at a show in November.

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    According the Adelaide Advertiser, Rebecca Howe had been standing close to the stage during the concert on Nov. 29. Howe claimed when Rose tossed his microphone into the crowd following the band’s last song, Paradise City, the device hit her in the face.


    Rebecca Howe claimed to have been hit in the face with a microphone thrown by Axl Rose at a Guns N’ Roses concert in Adelaide, Australia in November 2022.

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    Howe told the Adelaide Advertiser that she thought her face had “caved in” from the blow. She claimed that if the microphone had hit her in the temple, it “could have killed me.”

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    On Friday, Rose, the Guns N’ Roses frontman, released a statement on Twitter about Howe’s alleged injury.

    “If true obviously we don’t want anyone getting hurt,” wrote Rose.

    Rose wrote that most Guns N’ Roses fans are aware of the microphone-throw tradition and look forward to the opportunity to catch it when tossed into the crowd.

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    “Regardless in the interest of public safety from now on we’ll refrain from tossing the mic or anything to fans during or at r [sic] concerts,” he wrote.

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    Rose concluded by thanking all of his fans “for understanding.”


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    On social media, several Guns N’ Roses fans mourned the end of the concert tradition. Several dedicated concertgoers asked Rose to keep throwing his microphone anyway, despite the possibility that someone could get hurt.

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    It remains to be seen if Rose will stay true to his word for the rest of the band’s tour.

    Guns N’ Roses’ current tour ends in London, England at Hyde Park on June 30, 2023.

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  • Axl Rose will stop tossing mic after a fan was reportedly injured | CNN

    Axl Rose will stop tossing mic after a fan was reportedly injured | CNN



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    Axl Rose is ending a 30-year Guns N’ Roses tradition.

    The band’s frontman recently posted a note saying on social media that he would no longer be tossing his microphone into the crowd during their concerts after it came to his attention that a fan may have been hurt at their recent show in Adelaide, Australia.

    “If true, obviously we don’t want anyone getting hurt or to somehow in any way hurt anyone at any of [our] shows anyway,” Rose wrote in a note he tweeted. “Having tossed the mic at the end of [our] show for over 30 years we always felt it was a known part of the very end of [our] performance that fans wanted and were aware of to have an opportunity to catch the mic.”

    He thanked the band’s supporters for understanding.

    “Unfortunately there [are] those that for their own reasons chose to frame their reporting regarding this subject in a more negative n’ irresponsible out of nowhere light which couldn’t [be] farther from reality,” Rose said. “We hope the public and of course [our] fans get that sometimes happens.”

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