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Guns N' Roses singer visits cancer charity
Surprise visit to the Teenage Cancer Trust
Guns n' Roses singer Axl Rose has made a surprise visit to the Teenage Cancer Trust Ward at the University College Hospital in London.

The singer had just completed Guns N' Roses' controversial European tour, culminating with a final date at Wembley Arena a week last Sunday (July 30).

Simon Davies the CEO of the Teenage Cancer Trust Ward said: "We were so touched that Axl wanted to visit the Teenage Cancer Trust ward in London.

"Axl spent time speaking with each of the patients individually asking about their diagnosis and treatment, and what they enjoyed doing when they were not in hospital. Speaking with patients after Axl's visit, I got a real sense of just how excited they were to have met him and how much it lifted their spirits."

The Teenage Cancer Trustis known for its strong links with rock music. Each year The Who singer Roger Daltrey produces a week of shows at the Royal Albert Hall, which this year featured Bloc Party and Razorlight.

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     There's a pic on the site as well!  Anyone else hear about this yet?  Sorry if its already been posted.  what  nice thing to do...  : ok:
 








 

wow!  :)   That put a smile on my face to see that.   thanks for posting, great find!

good man!!

a heartwarming moment!!

 : ok:

awesome!  :)

well now we also know that he is still in London!

well he will be for a little while yet!!

he wont be flying!!

 :rant:

Wow, nice thing for him to do :)

This story could be from last week and is just being published now.

If you didn't bother to click the link, here is the photo from it.

(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/167/84axlrosetctl100806io7.jpg)

Very, very cool.  :yes:

But keep on smoking, Axl!   : ok:

I wonder if he cares, or if this was purely a good publicity thing? 

Either way, at least the sick people got something cool!   :)

This is awesome!   :beer:

Honestly to me that is the best damn axl pic!

Wow! What a really lovely thing to do!! That made my day happier! :yes:

Fair play to Axl, what a cool thing to do

I think that's the best piece of news I read about Axl in a long time :beer:

This man will always surprises me. There's always something new with Axl : ok:

It's very nice of him :beer:

Respect to Axl  : ok:

Now if he'd only stop smoking to show his commitment to fight cancer in every way available to him...

But it was definitely a cool thing for him to do!

I hope this is not indicative of something not so positive.... :nervous: :crying:

Wow. That's awesome. Reading that made me happy  :D

fuckin       coooooooooooooool                 awsome bitchs!!!!!!!!!!!!

 : ok: Very nice of him.

It's a very nice thing...and it's beautiful to see those guys smile..so sweet...very good Axl!! ?:yes:

aww,that's so sweet of him :love:
this made me happy :)

"The singer had just completed Guns N' Roses' controversial European tour"


Did I miss something?? What the hell was controversial about it?? Does the media still have their panties in a bunch over Axl getting sick and having to leave the stage on the last night of a widely successful tour?

The very fact they got out there and did a tour was controversial to me!  :hihi:

See Jarmo I can admit when Axl does something good.  Very nice of him to do that.  I respect him for that.  Thank you for the nice gesture Axl.   :beer:

you sure it was Axl??? maybe someone who looks like him..that doesnt sound like Axl..he has mellowed big time

cool! a new side of him.. I didn't know he is into charity stuff

That's a good sign :D

Very cool thing for Axl to do. ?: ok:

And it gives me the opportunity to suggest something very cool we can all do to help out beautiful kids like those and others like them - BECOME A BLOOD DONOR!!! (or better yet a platelets donor)?It's fast, safe and painless.? Donating whole blood takes less than a half hour start to finish.? Donating platelets takes about an hour and a half to two hours.?? It really does help save lives.? ?:yes:?

thats awesome, very nice of axl to take time out of his busy drinking schedule  :hihi:

Very nice thing for him to do.  :D  I'm sure those kids appreciated it very much.

Axl is tha Man :peace:

kewl thing to do.

Good to see a legitimate rock star with some down to earth sensibility...That visit will mean more to those kids and provide them more hope in their struggle than he'll ever realize.  Great story.

I do just love to see this kind of thing! Especially when a lot of celebrities go and visit a hospital and they then plaster the pics all over Hello or OK magazine or something like that! This makes it look like a real publicity stunt rather than what Axl has done here which seemed to be done on the quiet and away from the tabloids eye which shows that he really wanted to do this for the patients! Fair play on you Mr Rose you are the man! Plain and Simple!! Mike

maybe theres video footage.

this is awesome, i was just comenting with mandygnr yesterday how Axl didn't seem approachable since he's always flying his jet to all these elitist parties and all that. but this still shows the man knows when to have fun and knows when to be a man of the people sort to speak. very cool for him to take his free time and do something that can actually make a huge difference on the lifes of cancer patients...

WOW THATS THE KOOLEST THING EVER HE HAS DONE.

I love Him more and more ev3ryday.
he also doin it the same thing in the late 90'. : ok:

yeah, axl is a real asshole!!! :no:


 : ok:

Nice!? The guy on the left has an Appetite for Destruction shirt.

Absolutely brilliant. Total respect to Axl. :beer:

Fair Play to Axl, he didnt have to do that. He's even smiling in the picture!!!  :) Takes alot to do that!

Read in the Daily Star that he spent a long time at the hospital, handing out nintendo consoles to kids on the cancer wards.
Good on you axl!, there arn't many rock stars to take the time out to do this sort of thing.

This sounds beautiful but i have to say a press release for such a move is /was not needed. It destroys the actual result of it, i really critisize footballers or other artists who are ok with press releases being made for their "surprise visits".

There is no press release for this that I've seen, just some in the press have picked it up a few days later, probably from a bulletin from UCH itself; hospitals often send out these kind of things to supporters as part of their own PR.

my fault then.

beautiful story. very touching and although it seemed impossible, i now love axl even more.  : ok: 

the guy in the left with caps has braids too.

That made my day.  It's awesome to see him with those kids.  Those kids are pretty fucking young and to have cancer at that age (or any age for that matter) is really, really hard.  They all look happy though and that's all that really matters.  I've lost so many family members and good friends to cancer, young and old, so this really makes me respect Axl even more.  Axl, you are the fuckin' man...

I was good or Axl to do the visit. He looks over dressed though  ;D

Axl definitely didn't have to do this, but that he did it anyway just shows what a sweet and caring guy he is! :love:

amen dude

im sure for both the kids and axl was an experience that they ll never forget

cool for the kids there.

now i wonder if Axl had a cancer himself, when he was "reclusive"
and some people like Moby said he always wear a hat etc.

That was good of him, now if he's show as much compassion to the fans.....

Nice Boys DO play Rock N' Roll

If he wants good press, this is the type of stuff Axl needs to be doing, not clubbin' and getting in fights with old men at bars.

thats awesome, im sure it puts axl higher in everybody's book  :beer:

That picture is so heartwarming! Axl and the patients look so genuinely happy! i used to work with cancer patients and visits from people like Axl made them so happy! Axl is so nice! :love:

Wow. I had cancer and spent most of my teenage years in a hospital, and celebrities used to come in all the time, athletes, etc. but man alive, if Axl Rose had ever come in, that would've been the most amazing moment of my life. That's so cool...

That's so awesome!

Not to get too maudlin here, but I lost my sister to cancer in April of this year. She was a fellow GNR fan (we saw MSG NYC 2002 together-her only time seeing the band old or new). 35 years old.

She was diagnosed in 2001 with Stage 4 colorectal, but bless her soul, she beat a lot of odds to live as long as she did.

She's looking down on this and probably thinkin' "OH MAN!". I did play her "Better" and "IRS" when she was in the hospital. She really dug them! At least she got to hear some new stuff.

Hey, never be afraid to go get a check up. It's never too early to make sure. And never be afraid to lend a hand to someone with cancer who needs help. Yeah, being a caretaker can really suck sometimes. But try to be there as much as you can.

so sorry snead hearn for you lost i'm sure she knocked heaven's door like a beautiful gnr angel  :)

and dear axl thanks for that beautiful gesture.  :yes:

Wow I've been away for a week and come back to perhaps the most positive GNR news I've read on this board.  For Axl to do that was amazingly great considering his reclusive track record.  I couldn't be more proud of him.  Cancer also took away my grandma this last christmas....the woman raised me by herself and brought me up and was also my best friend....so my deepest thoughts go out to all that have lost someone from it. 

Now let's see how long it is before the press spins a negative spin on this story however. 

Kudos Axl....very humble of you  :beer:

Sorry about your sis.

Now you got me crying.? :'(

lol god... here?s something I never thought Axl would do... what a great surprise! : ok:

Sweet, Axl!!
xoxoxo
amy

It took some of my relatives away too.
Lets support the cancer people next time they knock on our doors.
It could happen to you.

I dont think Axl did this just for the hype as all the trend stars do. I belive Axl would not be the one of the trendy assholes fighting for the 3 world etc. But onley one thing he cares for or has been expirenced. By the way, what was it Axl mother died off?

Its cool Axl.

My thoughts go out to you.  That is really nice that you shared the experience of GNR with your sister on such a close level.  You'll have that forever.

snead hearn  sorry to hear that. RIP to our fellow fan.

Only the head of one guy tells that these smiley guys are fighting the illness and the heavy side effects for their life. To everyone who has this illness, fight it off!

I've looked on Axl as essentially a man of heaps of heart. A warm guy rather than cool.
I'd say this is very much like him.

Thanks for posting, babydoll.

What a great thing to do.  I'm proud of you Axl, and so is GN'R Nation.

Is it just me, or did you guys feel all warm and fuzzy inside when you saw the pics of the smiling boys?

I realize you said this with only the best possible intentions but unfortunately alot of these organizations do NOT use the money collected for the purposes they were intended for.? YOU HAVE TO BE VERY VERY CAREFUL WHO YOU DONATE TO!!!? Any legit organization will have the breakdown on their website of what precentage of monies collected were actually used for patient care and/or research or for administrative fees, etc.



In 1970, my 10-year-old brother (who passed in 1973) was one of the kids that Joe Namath (American Football NY Jets quarterback) visited in the hospital.? I can tell youze from experience that the joy celebrities like Joe and Axl brings to these kids is something the families will be eternally grateful to them for.??:)

P.S.? The Jets were reigning Super Bowl Champs that year.? ;D

This has to be the most positive news for Guns N Roses in a very long time. Axl needs to have stories like this in the spot-light for the press. We all know and have heard the stories of Axl being one of the kindest, gentle people but the media likes to print the negative. Cancer is very scary and it takes a tool on those sick with the disease and also their familes. I'm very proud of Axl for taking the time to speak with the patients. We need more good news like this.
For this band to be successful again, not only do they need a kick ass album, a successful tours, and some kind hearted actions like this.

Axl? once again proves that he is without a doubt the coolest guy in rock n' roll right now(a year ago i wouldnt say "right now" but since he started to tour again etc. i think i can say it)....

that was very nice of him.

This is an awesome thing for Axl to do and kudos to him for doing it. I think people fail to realies how much things like this mean to the people who are stuck in hospitals. In fact  think even if a complete stranger went in to chat it woudl amke their day. Obviously not to the same extent but you know what I mean.

What makes me laugh is the hugely overwhelming positive response from everyone here yet when it comes to Bono's never ending charity work or any celebrity's charity work for that matter, a huge amount(not all) of you think it's all for publicity.  This is damn awesome that Axl took the time to do this but wow would it ever be nice to have some consistency from the fans. :peace:

Yes I did too.

I am sorry for your loss!

Maybe we should send an e-mail with this story to the newspapers? Shall we do that?

No Axl dont need that stories and he dont need to be compeared with other charity assholes. Axl just do what he do and like to do, no matter what he "need" to be popular in the media.

This is why I am a GNR fan! Axl  defintely made those kids VERY happy. It's very nice to read a story like this.:)

Can someone please translate this for me???????
As to what your talking about Axl needs the media on his side. No matter what we as fans are going  to support this band through think or thin but we arnt the ones who are going to make then successful. The ordinary every day consumer are the ones who we will need the help from to  put this band back into the top. The best place to start is positive spin from the media and this story is a good start.

wow this shows what a mighty good man he is. i love you axl  :yes:

I second that! I love you too Axl!! :yes: :love:

go to bed little child. you need your fuckin' sleep.  :peace:

In 1970, my 10-year-old brother (who passed in 1973) was one of the kids that Joe Namath (American Football NY Jets quarterback) visited in the hospital.? I can tell youze from experience that the joy celebrities like Joe and Axl brings to these kids is something the families will be eternally grateful to them for.??:)

P.S.? The Jets were reigning Super Bowl Champs that year.? ;D
Thanks for sharing that beautiful story! Did you ever see the movie SOMETHING FOR JOEY? That movie inspired me to be  a pediatric nurse! The first cancer patient that I loved and lost was a liitle boy named Andrew. His mother said that one of the most exciting things to happen to her as a teenager was to meet Joe Namathe at Soldier Field. He wouldn't give her an autograph but he did give her a kiss and a photo with him.

Good goin' Axl.  :D : ok:

This RULES!!! Big props to Axl, that is a super cool thing to do!

Cheers to Axl for this....

I am very critical of Axl, but this was a great thing for him to do whether he was asked to do it or not. 

On a side note I always wondered how many times GNR (new and old especially) were requested by some child for the Make a Wish Foundation.  GNR were the biggest band in the world in the early nineties and I am sure some kids out there requested to meet GNR, Axl, Slash, etc.  Does anyone know if there are any stories about GNR and Make a Wish?  Its something I have always been curious about!

indeed that was pretty cool, maybe someone used their miracle wish to have him come to the hospital
if axl came to visit me when i was in the hospital going thru that shit i woulda gone crazy with excitment, that woulda been the best  :hihi:

Great Axl

But ,Axl is very inteligent person,and he have his own style and his own thoughts.
For example,ihave never heard Axl t otalked bad things about some nations,like nono stupid voks did!!!

Sounds like you're Grandma was a really cool lady!!!? Whether the person was my brother's age or snead hearn's sister's age or bill213's grandma's age, it's amazing what a profound influence they've made ... and are still making ... on lives of all the peoples they've touched.
This reminded me of that poll recently in a ELLE girl magazine where Grandparents were voted #1 coolest old people and Axl came in #2.? :headbanger:


Not that Axl is really that old or anything? :P

love axl's smile on the pic.. that's a real smile, not just for the cameras.. like the popstars today would have done. i think when popstars does things like this it's to make them more poular and their management told them to do it.. but axl prolly wanted to do this himself..

gotta love him  :love:

And he's still essentially mocked in news for doing so:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily

who gives a f*ck what rollingstone says. he did a nice and good thing.

I hope right before they fire her for being such an asshole, Ms. Goodman's bosses tells her that those kids knew exactly who "that guy" was ... especially the kid wearing the AFD tee.

That Elizabeth Goodman is really annoying.

She even "confirmed" that false report about the roast lamb dinner.  :confused:

This is ridiculous.  Everyone knows who Axl is, and if they don't know who Axl is, they know Welcome to the Jungle, because that song is iconic.  But good point about the t-shirt... like he said "I don't know who that guy was, but I'm wearing a GNR shirt." 
I have been critical of Axl's behavior before, but in this case, he can't win.  He does something nice, and the media makes him look a joke.  They want him to be a has-been so badly.

I think the Rolling Stone piece was tongue and cheek, and not meant to be negative.  They linked to a great story!  No need to overreact.  Most of the little jabs in the media are not as ill-natured as many here think--come to think of it, the media jabs at every celebrity.  This was very decent of Axl, and is not being panned by anyone.  Chill out folks--let the meeting be the news--and don't let a kind gesture become some sort of controversy.

I agree but I still think this reporter was trying to be obnoxious. Maybe some of the kids weren't familiar with GNR. We have had members of professional sports teams visit our hospital and I don't recognize all of them as I am not that into sports.

I agree that it was meant as tongue-in-cheek, but - while I'm not worked up/angry over it - I still don't think it's necessarily appropriate...

That was a really nice thing Axl did.  :)  it's nice to read things like this every now and then. 

very cool, that kid has  a great shirt on as well.. :yes:

All I'm saying is it was bitchy.

hey-just want to catch up and say a big THANK YOU to all the well wishes sent my way. I was actually away for the weekend with friends of my sister, raising a few and chilling out.

In following back, Axl did this to lend support, fully realizing his star-status would carry the story. Bless him for this. If Rolling Stone wants to get creative about it, let them. No reason to get pissed at that. I mean, when was the last time Jann Wenner or Wenner Publishing did anything that made news, philanthropic or otherwise? The only news that Jann Wenner makes is Page Six with whatever boy toy he has this summer.

And to all of you: Isn't it great to go on this long winding trip called GNR? Life is too good to mess around, and goodness knows living our lives with this band, and Axl these days, has been challenging. But from an escapist point of view, I'll take it, in heaping amounts.

Okay, enought babling. But, again, my most appreciative thank yous to all the well-wishes.

Don't give up dude!!! We are always here for support if you need... : ok:


By the way, I also have some serious problems, not cancer though but health problems anyway, and the only time I feel really happy is when I paly GN'R on the guitar, I listen to GN'R and when I saw Axl did that stuff on the news section.

God i respect this man so much...god god god..