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Guns N' Roses Given Reading And Leeds Warning

• 25th Aug 2010

Guns N' Roses have been warned that if they show up late for their scheduled Reading and Leeds headlining slots they will have the plug pulled on their performance.

“If Guns N' Roses decide to take to stage as late as they did in Leeds [eight] years ago then the performance just won't happen,” festival boss Melvin Benn told the BBC. “I've had a very heavy warning from the local councils. There is a curfew – it's a very strict curfew.

“We got away with it once,” he adds. “We won't get away with it for a second time. The truth is – it's threatening the viability of the festival. It threatens the licence. It really is quite important.”

The band will headline Reading on August 27th and Leeds on the 29th.