Axl Rose's Twitter account was hacked on Sunday to spread false rumours that Guns N' Roses was cancelling an upcoming European tour. Fans retweeted the message, which remains as the most recent post in the verified but little used axlrose Twitter feed. However a spokesman for the group confirmed that the autumn tour remains …

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Tuesday 17th August 2010 12:27 GMT Lionel Baden

i hate the bloke

But +1 to bieber LOL

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Tuesday 17th August 2010 13:19 GMT Studley

Presumably the hacker...

...had an appetite for destruction?

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1. Wednesday 18th August 2010 09:20 GMT lpopman
  
  titular stuff
  
  And the bug exploited was a probably a result of a Spaghetti Code Incident
  
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Tuesday 17th August 2010 14:27 GMT dogged

Go Axl!

Finally, somebody who's Web2.0 immune and still his bad self.

I might even go see one of their gigs now.

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1. Tuesday 17th August 2010 18:08 GMT The Beer Monster
  
  Bad Self?
  
  The lad's a wuss.
  
  Regards,
  
  The Beer Monster
  
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2. Tuesday 17th August 2010 23:44 GMT Annihilator
  
  re: Go Axl
  
  "I might even go see one of their gigs now."
  
  They haven't been GnR since the early 90's - you're not missing much, just an idiot on an ego trip
  
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Tuesday 17th August 2010 16:43 GMT Anonymous Coward

"hacked"

Given Rose's past behaviour and generl temperment I'd guess that he wasn't hacked at all but just using it as an excuse.

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1. Tuesday 17th August 2010 23:45 GMT Lance 3
  
  Publicity
  
  Also to get some free publicity.
  
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Tuesday 17th August 2010 16:44 GMT Anonymous Coward

Anyone actually believe this?

Far more believable is that Axl actually went off on one, stormed off, announced on Twitter that the tour is cancelled, and this is a backtrack/excuse by the record company.

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Wednesday 18th August 2010 09:20 GMT Trevor_Pott

Hacked

I decry the fact that password guessing or reset attacks are considered "hacking." That’s like saying running windows update on your home PC makes one a sysadmin. I know, I know...the term has been so used for over a decade now...but still...

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