![]() ![]() ![]() He returned and apologized to the crowd, and the band replayed the song. During a performance on July 21 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, Axl Rose vomited during “You Could Be Mine” and walked offstage. And Metallica had good reason to be contemptuous of GN’R. To say there was a mutual lack of respect of one another’s artistic aesthetics is an understatement. A film crew shot Metallica’s set and their performance of “Creeping Death,” which was used in the 1992 documentary A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica, in which James Hetfield pokes fun of Guns N’ Roses’ rider amongst other things. Tickets quickly sold out and opening night was a huge success, despite problems with the sound system, which plagued many shows in the run. The Guns/Metallica tour was announced in a press conference at the Gaslight in Los Angeles on May 12, 1992. By the end of the tour, however, both bands would learn that too much excess on any level is a recipe for disaster. Metallica’s Black Album was still burning up the charts (it would eventually sell over 16 million copies) and Guns N’ Roses were touring behind their two albums released simultaneously, Use Your Illusion I and II, which sold a combined 14 million copies. Yet, at the time, both groups felt like they could do no wrong. Metallica were using more pyro onstage than a Fourth of July fireworks display, and Guns N’ Roses were perfectly happy taking two hours to get their stage set up after Metallica finished their set. ![]() Maybe the GN’R and Metallica tour was doomed from the start. The road was paved with bumps and less than a month into the tour one of the most infamous riots in metal history transpired, causing $400,000 worth of damage. Faith No More, who were familiar with their Bay area comrades Metallica, promptly took the opening slot and later wished they hadn’t. It seemed Kurt Cobain knew something everyone else wasn’t aware of when he turned down the offer to have Nirvana open for Metallica and Guns N’ Roses on a tour which launched July 17, 1992, at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. ![]()
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