You remember the Southwest Airlines slogan “Wanna get away?”
Well Guns N’ Roses were thinking that yesterday during their Australian tour after mixing up Melbourne with Sydney.
On Tuesday, February 14th, Guns N’ Roses performed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the band opened their show with guitar tech-come-announcer McBob shouting “Sydney!” before apologizing for the band being late taking the stage. The group were reportedly an hour late.
Watch the clip below.
Goodnight Melton! There will be no encore! pic.twitter.com/cqIlWHV8cN
— BRIGGS AKA BIG SIGH (@BriggsGE) February 14, 2017
Needless to say, the mistake did not go unnoticed by fans:
Axl just called Melbourne, Sydney. Great start ?
— BRIGGS AKA BIG SIGH (@BriggsGE) February 14, 2017
Not a brilliant start to #gnrmelbourne. “Sydney!!!” Crowd boos. Making up for it though. Slash goes off already! @gunsnroses pic.twitter.com/qUTy2K8lLM
— Cathy Anderson (@MsCathyAnderson) February 14, 2017
Hahahah most hilarious start to a show in #Melbourne ever…. “Hello #sydney!!!”….. Crowd responds yayyyyyyy.. wait… What? #GunsNRoses pic.twitter.com/X5bjsvu6JY
— Sarah Golding (@voiceofgolding) February 14, 2017
@kiis1011 FYI Guns n Roses just came out at their “Melbourne” concert yelling SYDNEY!!!… Doh’! ??
— Kate Merrett (@katiefur83) February 14, 2017
Guns n Roses think they’re in Sydney and the people next to us just left coz it’s too loud hxbdvdbdbd im screaming
— sarah (@BergsKG) February 14, 2017
Guns N’ Roses later took to Facebook to apologize for the mistake saying “Melbourne! Accidentally after 30 years McBob made an error, we’re truly sorry. Thank you for coming out tonight!”
Well it sounds like it was an honest mistake. I’m sure for most of the roadies and stage crew, when you have been on the road for as long as they have, most cities become a blur and blend into each other.
