Glam rock legends Guns N’ Roses got off to a rough start at Tuesday night’s MCG concert after the Melbourne crowd was greeted as “Sydney”.

Thousands of people arrived hours before the gig was due to start and the crowd roared when the band finally hit the stage.

But the cheers turned to boos after guitar technician McBob forgot where he was.

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Sydney, you wanted the best but they’re stuck in traffic, so here’s what you get,” he yelled, before introducing the band.
Guns N' Roses technician McBob

The mistake could have been forgiven. The last time the band performed in Melbourne in 2013, given the venue was the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

The three founding band members – Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan – had not played together for Australian fans since the 1993 Use Your Illusion Tour.

The band was quick to apologise on Twitter:

Melbourne!
Accidentally after 30 years McBob made an error, we're truly sorry. Thank you for coming out tonight!

— Guns N' Roses (@gunsnroses) February 14, 2017

Lead guitarist Slash also followed up with a more colourful response.

He tweeted: “Melbourne, thank you for an awesome f***ing evening! Apologies for the Spinal Tap intro! But, we had a great f***ing time tonight! Cheers!”

Among the thousands of fans at last night’s show were a married couple who walked down the aisle to November Rain, and a Catholic school attendee who had prayed in communion for Slash and Axl Rose to reunite.

Guns N’ Roses will wrap up their Australian tour in Adelaide on Saturday night.