Slash lauds Stoke City’s victory over Bolton Wanderers

Slash took to twitter to congratulate his hometown soccer team, Stoke City, after their convincing win over Bolton Wanderers at Wembley on Sunday 17 April.

His tweet read, “I got up to find that the Satellite channel the match was on I don’t subscribe to! But I hear Stoke won 5/zip!!”.

He later went on to confirm that he’s not going to be able to attend the final in May but will be performing a homecoming show later this year, saying “Unfortunately, won’t be able to make it to Wembley next month. But I’m definitely playing Stoke in July w/Myles & Co. R & Fn’ R! Iii|; )’”

Slash, aka Saul Hudson, spent many of his formative years in the English midlands town of Stoke-on-Trent before moving to LA aged 11.