IT WAS such a shame that Jo Morris spent half her article describing what Guns N’ Roses once did at a performance rather than commenting on their set that entertained a packed house at Newcastle Arena for a full three hours (Echo, May 28).

You certainly get value for money with this band and the “self-indulgent guitar solos” are all part of the excellent package.

They certainly covered the ground backwards and forwards across the stage but people pay a lot of money to see these guys and those in the front rows certainly got what they paid for.

Axl Rose endures and perhaps he has matured with the years, but you don’t go to watch these guys without forgetting the normal niceties of timeliness and politeness.

I had a brilliant night.

Robin Rutherford, Darlington.