“Slash comes up to the mic and goes, This is for Carlos!”: Charlie Sheen once “fanboy chased” Slash to Ireland
For his work in Guns N’ Roses and as a successful solo artist, Slash has inspired countless guitarists the world over. And he can also count actor Charlie Sheen as a fan, it would seem.
But Sheen – real name Carlos Irwin Estevez – is no casual Slash fan; in fact, he once “fanboy chased” Slash all the way to Ireland to watch him perform with his band the Conspirators.
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Charlie Sheen has been friends with Slash for many years, and even gave a roast-style tribute to the guitarist at his Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremony back in 2012.
And in a new interview with Loudwire, he shares that he once introduced a show for the Conspirators, and asked them to play one of his favourite songs of theirs – leaving Myles Kennedy and the rest of the band a short window of time to rehearse it.
“I actually fanboy, stalker chased him to Ireland for a Conspirators show,” Sheen explains, “and they asked me to introduce the band at this big, ancient royal hall that they were in. And there’s a song that Myles didn’t sing on. Do you remember the compilation album? [2010’s Slash] Where he was kind of auditioning singers?
“I asked them to play it, and I think I asked them the day before, so Myles had like 10 hours [while] jet lagged out of his mind to learn that song. Slash comes up to the mic, and he goes, ‘This is for Carlos!’, and they played the song. It was incredible,” he recalls.
“Slash and I had a drink afterwards, or I drank and he watched, but he said, ‘So, you’re here for other stuff, right?’ I said, ‘What other stuff? What else matters right now?’ And then it dawned on him, post show in Ireland, that I flew in just for that thing.”
You can watch the full interview with Charlie Sheen below:
Slash has just released a new live album, Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival, and you can find out more via his official website.
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