2010-08-31 23:15:20 -

GUNS N' ROSES frontman AXL ROSE is refusing to end his feud with the orga nisers of the Reading and Leeds festivals in England, insisting he and hi s bandmates honoured their start-time contract and did not deserve to hav

e their weekend (27-29Aug10) sets cut short.
Rose was furious when the plug was pulled on the rockers' shows and has entered into a war of words with event boss Melvin Benn, who has publicl y stated the band started their sets on Friday and Sunday nights late and overran the festival's curfew.
Now, the Welcome to the Jungle singer is firing off at claims he and hi s band were tardy.
In a new post on Twitlonger.com, he rages, "Our start times at the Read ing and Leeds festivals factually had nothing to do with us as the previo us bands (who were great, by the way) came off stage when they did and we went on within our contracted and documented changeover time period.
"Whatever other nonsense anyone's choosing to write would appear intent ionally false. Having the fans or our show penalized for how the event wa s ran or simply the natural flow of events those evenings and for such mi nimal amount of overtime along with distortions and falsehoods by media, the promoter and or event organizers regarding the events seems a bit dra conian and more than unfair to the fans.
"A simple question: If you are aware of our changeover time, the averag e length of our show and the general nature of how these types of festiva ls run, all of which are no big secrets... why book us? Is it simply beca use the lineup on our nights at both festivals sold well? So it's a cash grab with no respect for the fans or the band and somehow an unwanted inc onvenience for the cities and law enforcement? "If we're not wanted and just being used to line someone else's pockets or for fictitious tabloid fodder at the fans' and our expense, we're fin e with going elsewhere. God forbid we would force ourselves on anyone... We gave 100% and from where we stood it seemed as if the both the fans (w ho rocked!) and our camp were having fun and making the most of things."