Axl Rose spent most of yesterday in a Stockholm jail after allegedly biting a security guard in the leg at the hotel where he was staying. Rose was in the Swedish capital to play a gig on Monday evening, and reportedly partied through the night after the show, before arriving back to the Berns Hotel yesterday morning. It was then that he had the run in with the security guard, who reportedly stepped in after the rocker started arguing with a woman in the hotel lobby.
Exact details of the altercation are a bit hazy, and the band are travelling without a publicist so no official announcement has been made from them. However, Axl's run in led to him being arrested and being held by the Stockholm police for much of the day - they were reportedly keen to let the rocker sober up before questioning him. According to a police spokesman, Rose was later released after he admitted to the charges and agreed to pay a $5500 fine and $1360 in damages to the security guard. With the matter settled Rose is expected to make his next gig in Oslo tonight.
The best quote from this story came from police officer Fredrik Nylen, who was there when Rose was actually arrested. Reporting that the singer acted aggressively towards the police and that he had to be handcuffed and restrained, Nylen concluded that during the arrest: "He kept a high profile, so to speak".