Axl Rose to Appear on Jimmy Kimmel Show

By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR.

Axl Rose generally avoids interviews.   So it came as a surprise on Monday when the mercurial and temperamental front man for Guns N' Roses announced he had agreed to do a sit-down give-and-take on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Oct. 24.  The appearance is part of a publicity campaign in advance of Mr. Rose's 12-night run at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, which starts Oct. 31.  That run, called Appetite for Democracy, marks the first time Mr. Rose and the current lineup of Guns N' Roses have done a residency, the band's publicist said.

Mr. Rose has been estranged from the original members of the band for years.  Earlier this year, he declined to show up when the original group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, citing issues like the “endless amount of revisionism” of the band's history and “the greed of this industry.” He later offered a confused apology to his fans and the people of Cleveland, saying “it gets old being the outlaw.”