2016.12.01 - TMZ/Billboard - Guns N' Roses Invite Mexico City Fans Onstage to Smash Donald Trump Pinata

TMZ:
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Guns N' Roses Fans Destroy Trump Piñata in Mexico City

Guns N' Roses
Knock, Knock, Knockin' On Trump Pinata



Guns N' Roses did some hardcore hatin' on Donald Trump during a concert -- but they had to figure the audience would love it ... since the show was in Mexico City.

The band paused the music Wednesday night to bring fans onstage to smash a Trump piñata, and they totally went off ... showing no mercy.

YG did the same thing earlier this this week, but with a skinnier piñata -- though we doubt that's gonna make the Prez-elect feel any better.

https://www.tmz.com/2016/12/01/guns-n-roses-donald-trump-pinata/

Billboard:
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Guns N' Roses Invite Mexico City Fans Onstage to Smash Donald Trump Pinata: Watch

Guns N' Roses encouraged fans to destroy a piñata of President-elect Donald Trump during their concert at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes on Wednesday night.

Axl Rose and the crew invited fans onstage and armed them with sticks and basically let them go to town on the thing, as TMZ points out.

"Let's bring up some people and give them a fucking stick," Rose said as stagehands helped concertgoers up. "Express yourselves however you feel."

And they did.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161202083311/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7597155/guns-n-roses-mexico-city-donald-trump-pinata-video

Blabbermouth, same date:
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Axl Rose Encourages Mexican Guns N' Roses Fans To Take Out Their Anger On Donald Trump Piñata (Video)

During last night's (Wednesday, November 30) Guns N' Roses concert in Mexico City, frontman Axl Rose invited fans to beat the crap out of a large piñata designed to look like president-elect Donald Trump.

"Let's bring up some people, and give them a fucking stick," Axl told the crowd. "I just want you to express yourself, however you feel."

A fan then came up and started hitting the piñata, causing Axl to react: "He's got it. Go ahead!"

Trump drew outrage during his campaign for his tough talk about America's southern neighbor, calling some Mexican migrants "rapists" and robbers and promising to build a border wall paid for by Mexico to stem illegal entries.

https://blabbermouth.net/news/axl-rose-encourages-mexican-guns-n-roses-fans-to-take-out-their-anger-on-donald-trump-pinata-video

Time Magazine, Dec. 2:
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Watch Guns N' Roses Invite Mexican Fans Onstage to Smash a Donald Trump Piñata

Guns N’ Roses got political at their show in Mexico, inviting fans onstage to bash a Donald Trump piñata.

“Let’s bring up some people and give them a f—ing stick,” frontman Axl Rose said Wednesday during a performance at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes, Billboard reports. “Express yourselves however you feel.” A video of the incident was first released by TMZ.

“Hit him in the head!” Rose encouraged moments later as a few fans thwacked the arms and legs off the Trump effigy.

Many Mexicans have had concerns about Trump, given his harsh criticisms of the country and promises to build a border wall that Mexico would pay for, deport undocumented immigrants and reject trade deals. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto found himself in hot water when he hosted Trump before the election, and the morning after the election, TIME’s Ioan Grillo in Mexico City woke up in a country he said was beset by “shock, sadness, anger and fear.”

https://time.com/4589198/guns-n-roses-mexico-donald-trump/