Axl Rose 'Denies Authorising Statement About Paparazzi Altercation'

Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose has denied releasing or authorising a statement about his alleged altercation with a photographer at LAX airport in Los Angeles.

On Friday, a statement on the band's MySpace page said the star was “accosted by an unruly group of paparazzi” as he waited to board a flight to Taipei last Wednesday.

However, in a personal message on the same website, Rose denied releasing the statement.

He also claimed it may have been part of “some type of manufactured or publicity stunt”.

"I did not release any statement or authorize either any statement or anyone to release a statement regarding anything at any airport anywhere,” Rose said.

“We had recently began working with newer individuals in management in relation to our current Asian tour in support of our Guns N' Roses album 'Chinese Democracy' in addition to Irving Azoff's though as it happens we are once again touring Asia without management of any kind.

“Imo this non sense may be some type of manufactured or publicity stunt.”

Video footage which has since been posted on gossip website TMZ appears to show the singer striking a photographer.

At the end of his statement, Rose also launched into an attack against the media.

“And to any publications running this; please feel free to tack on whatever negative agenda supporting nonsense you generally do (You know who you are!!),” he said.

“After all it's only someone else's livelihood you media police state, no fun, spoil sport, communist b*****ds.”

Guns N' Roses are scheduled to play dates in Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo before Christmas.

The tour, the band's first in support of recent album 'Chinese Democracy', continues next year in Canada and South America.

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