Guns N’ Roses to rock 2010 Sydney Telstra 500
Global rock legends Guns N’ Roses will join the high octane charged V8 Supercar Championship Series to combine for a one-off East Coast concert at New South Wales’ premier sporting and entertainment event, the Sydney Telstra 500, at Sydney Olympic Park this December.
V8 Supercars Australia today confirmed it is bringing the famous rockers Down Under this December to headline the heart-thumping ride that is the Sydney Telstra 500. The street race was the biggest single event in NSW in 2009, its inaugural year, when 184,000 walked through the gates.
Guns N’ Roses will be joined by fellow American great Tony Hawk, widelyregarded as the world’s greatest skateboarder, at the Sydney Telstra500 as a great coup for the youth and skate markets. Hawk will havedaily shows on Saturday and Sunday at the skate complex at SydneyOlympic Park.
Public tickets go on sale next Monday, July 19,through Ticketek. Prices range from just $91 for a Saturday only ticketincluding an entire day of action and the Saturday night concert at ANZStadium, or a three day pass from just $156, representing incrediblevalue for money. The concert is FREE with any Saturday ticket.
GunsN’ Roses have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and willheadline the Sydney Telstra 500. Last year’s one-show only Cold Chiselconcert attracted just under 50,000 fans to ANZ Stadium with Guns N’Roses already tipped to fill the famous arena.
Skate master Hawk had already heard about the Sydney Telstra 500 before deciding to perform at the event.
“Ican’t wait to skate the Monster Vert Ramp as part of the Sydney Telstra500 V8 Supercar race at Sydney Olympic Park. It is one of the biggestramps in the world and its unique design makes for great demo skating.I can’t wait to get back there in December!” Hawk said.
ActingNSW Premier John Hatzistergos reiterated the recent comments of PremierKristina Keneally in Parliament that the Sydney Telstra 500 was thepremier sporting and entertainment event in the state: “The inauguralyear of the Sydney Telstra 500 was an enormous success for New SouthWales and solidified Sydney’s position as the major events capital ofAustralia,” he commented.
“It was the biggest single event inNew South Wales last year, and in 2010 we are expecting an even biggercrowd and more world-wide audiences. New South Wales is well and trulyon the big event map.”
Telstra Chief Marketing Officer KateMcKenzie said Telstra was pleased to be part of the excitement of thisevent: “Telstra’s customers gave last year’s event the thumbs up withthousands watching the race live on BigPond Sport and on their Next Gmobiles.” Ms McKenzie said. “We anticipate the 2010 race to be evenbigger as it cements its place in Australia’s sporting calendar, andTelstra will be there to support fans at the track or watching the racefrom around the country.”
V8 Supercars Australia CEO MartinWhitaker said capturing both of these world renowned celebrities forSydney was a massive win for the state.
“In December, the SydneyTelstra 500 is set to raise the bar even higher by delivering on ourpromise of a world-class event right here in Sydney withinternationally renowned entertainment acts. We have also made somemajor improvements to the overall racing experience for our fans whichwe will unveil in the lead up to the race.”
The Sydney Telstra 500is the Grand Final of the V8 Supercar Championship Series and is set todeliver even more excitement and explosive action on and off the trackin 2010 as the V8 Supercars deliver the Greatest Show on Wheels.
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Just to clarify, ‘Axl Rose’ will be playing. Guns n Roses died in 1993.
Did they just have an ad running before their ad? Holy shit that sucks.
Yep.
After Old Spice.
Good old fashioned Aussie advertising.
Complete with a band whose biggest hit was in 1988.
Mardi Gras had more than 184 000 people, so please correct your press release.
It’s not the biggest event and guns & roses won’t be playing.
But 5:25pm Mardi Gras is for puffs.
V8s is for real blokey bloke blokes.
5:25pm.
If you wanna get shitty the NYEs event has the biggest crowd in Sydney. Nuh.
No doubt who’ll be smoking in the ‘no smoking’ room at that one.
Might even bring his acid wash jacket out of retirement for it.
I would rather watch the Slash Triple-M commercial on repeat than Axl’s self-indulgent ‘band’. A bloated spectre of its former self, sadly.
Just to clarify, 4:25 & 8:33:
Axl Rose WAS Guns N’ Roses. And, for all intents and purposes, STILL is. He was not only the soul of the band but also the lion’s share of the GNR brand for that matter. His persona and distinctive vocal style made him the only indispensable part of their success.
Originally, Axl formed the band with lead guitarist Tracii Guns (also of LA Guns) who was replaced by the relatively more reliable ‘Slash’. And I don’t recall the band name ever being updated to Hudsons N’ Roses, let alone being called Guns N’ Hudsons.
Axl may be notoriously temperamental, but when he’s not on a rant or walking off stage, he IS the GNR sound. He doesn’t need top-hatted ‘Cousin It’ standing there doing an extended Marlboro commercial to verify that fact.
As for the rest of you pseudo-purists, well like the man himself would so eloquently put it, you can suck my fuckin’ dick!
MAMMOTH MAMMOTH
the problem is all their albums have been shit since Use Your Illusions 1&2….but even the Spaghetti Incident was better than Chinese Democracy.
PATTS PATTS?
Axl is a ranga, therefore he is temperamental. Slash is the heart and soul of the real GNRs, no matter the name. Without his music, Axl could never have screamed those lyrics so well.
Is this some secret ranga uprising convention? Seems a bit fucking coincidental we get a ranga prime minister AND Axl decides to tour for the first time in years.
Be warned people, rangas are evil and plotting.
what are they singing? just stuff of chineese democracy or some of the classic stuff as well, and is it a concert or are they just doing a couple of songs?