Slash has stated that he reckons that Guns N’ Roses wouldn’t be capable to get away with their behaviour of their ’80s heyday in 2023, in any other case they’d be “cancelled”.
Speaking to Yahoo! Entertainment to advertise his new guide, The Collection: Slash, the long-lasting guitarist mentioned his choice to go away a few of his extra risque anecdotes out of its pages, believing that it might result in controversy as a result of a few of their behaviour wouldn’t “fare well” in the present day. Slash had beforehand mentioned a number of the band’s extra scandalous moments in his 2007 self-titled memoir.
When requested by the interviewer if he’s “thought about” what to incorporate, the musician responded: “I haven’t truly . . . considered it in that context. I imply, I actually, to be trustworthy, I haven’t actually considered all that [scandalous stuff] that a lot lately.
“But now that you mention it, most of everything that [Guns N’ Roses] did would’ve gotten us cancelled in this day and age. We would not have fared well in this environment, for sure – I mean, on so many different levels.”
He continued: “But I mean, a lot of things from back then would not be what you consider acceptable at this moment in time. … I’m just glad that we didn’t have the internet back then! It would’ve been a different world altogether. But anyway, I don’t dwell on all that stuff. It just is what it is.”
It was confirmed late final yr that Guns N’ Roses would headline British Summer Time (BST) Hyde Park for the primary time in the summertime in what would be the tenth anniversary of the live performance collection. The rockers will prime the invoice on Friday, June 30.
They be part of the beforehand introduced Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, Billy Joel, Pink with particular visitor Gwen Stefani, Take That and BLACKPINK on the BST Hyde Park billing for 2023 to date.
The band have additionally reportedly been lined up for this yr’s Glastonbury, with bassist Duff McKagan seemingly confirming they’d be headlining final month. While discussing their summer season plans on the radio, McKagan mentioned the aforementioned London present, then including: “…and Glastonbury is gonna be iconic.” He supplied no additional rationalization.