Guns N' Roses leave London crowd waiting

Guns N' Roses provoked the fury of their fans once again on Wednesday night by taking to the stage at their gig in London an hour late.

The tardy rockers came under fire over the summer when their performances at the Reading and Leeds music festivals in August were cut short after overrunning the event's official curfew.

Just days later, the band was forced off stage in Dublin when the impatient crowd began pelting them with bottles over a 60-minute delay.

Axl Rose's group faced a hostile reception again this week after they left the audience at London's O2 Arena waiting from more than an hour.

During the gig, Rose took the time to quell any dissent in the crowd by urging them not to throw their drinks on stage in a bid to avoid a repeat of the scenes in Dublin.

He said, "Now, now, now, let's not be throwing things, because you might miss me and you might hit one of these nice people down at the front. And we wouldn't want that to happen."

The band over-ran the venue's 11pm curfew, but organisers let the rockers play until midnight.