SLASH Tackled On Stage In Milan: Multi-Angle Video Footage Available

June 11, 2010

Slash was tackled by a man who had climbed onstage during the VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist's performance in Milan, Italy Thursday night (June 10). The guitarist was not harmed, but had his guitar broken and after a few seconds had to stop his solo in the song "Sweet Child O' Mine" until a new instrument was handed to him.

Fan-filmed video footage of the incident, coming from various sources, can be viewed below.

The setlist for the show was as follows:

01. Ghost
02. Mean Bone (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT)
03. Nightrain (GUNS N' ROSES)
04. Sucker Train Blues (VELVET REVOLVER)
05. Back From Cali
06. Beggars & Hangers On (VELVET REVOLVER)
07. Civil War (GUNS N' ROSES)
08. Rocket Queen (GUNS N' ROSES)
09. Fall To Pieces (VELVET REVOLVER)
10. Dirty Little Thing (VELVET REVOLVER)
11. Nothing To Say
12. Starlight
13. Solo, Godfather Theme
14. Sweet Child O' Mine (GUNS N' ROSES)
15. Rise Today (ALTER BRIDGE)
16. Slither (VELVET REVOLVER)
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17. By The Sword
18. Communication Breakdown (LED ZEPPELIN)
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19. Paradise City (GUNS N' ROSES)

Photos of the concert at the Palasharp Arena are available on the news blog Musica Metal.

The incident occurs at 1:18 in video below:

The incident occurs at 2:44 in video below:

(Thanks: Musica Metal)

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