We were second headliners on the metal day to Guns N’ Roses, who were then the biggest band in the world. I loved their music, and Axl Rose’s presence and charisma. To me, they were a heavy metal Rolling Stones. But I’d also heard that Axl could be . . . difficult. This was confirmed on the day of the show, when we got a message from the Guns N’ Roses camp that I couldn’t ride my Harley on stage for ‘Hell Bent for Leather’. Axl didn’t want me to, I was told. It was Dublin all over again . . . and I felt totally the same as I had then. ‘Well, the show is off, then,’ I said.
