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sleepyhead55

Maybe he knows he can't write rockers without Izzy, Duff and Slash around? I just wish they would have left Brian May's guitar work on Catcher in the Rye intact. The demo version is far better than the finished product that ended up making the album.

Josh-da-man

No need to do an in-store pick-up.

I picked up the CD today and it rang up at $1.99; I was going to try to price-match, but it wasn't necessary.

nodeerforamonth

It'd be nice, but he's more into trying to be Elton John.

gerrythedon

Guns N' Roses Plot First U.S. Tour in 5 Years

Veteran rockers Guns N' Roses are heading back on the road for their first major U.S. tour in 5 years, the band announced on Wednesday. The Axl Rose-fronted group will play more than 30 concerts, starting Oct. 28 at Orlando's Amway Center Arena, and then wind through markets small (Greenville, SC) and large (Chicago).

To warm up for the road trip (sponsored by Monster Energy), Guns will first headline the last day of the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Oct. 2. They spent much of 2010 on a world tour that spanned South America, Canada and Europe.

Their sets at last year's Reading and Leeds festivals did not go over well, however. At both, the band showed up late and received choruses of boos from the crowd. Rose even declared "war" on Leeds organizers for cutting the band's set short.

Aside from Rose, the ever-fluid Guns N' Roses lineup includes keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman, guitarists DJ Ashba, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Richard Fortus, longtime bassist Tommy Stinson, and Frank Ferrer on drums.

The band has not released an album since 2008's "Chinese Democracy," which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The Tour Will Visit the Following Cities:
Oct. 28: Orlando (Amway Center Arena)
Oct. 29: Miami (American Airlines Arena)
Oct. 31: Greenville, SC (Bi-Lo Center Arena)
Nov. 2: Atlanta (Phillips Arena)
Houston
Nov. 5: Dallas (Gexa Energy Pavillion)
Omaha, NE
Tulsa, OK
Nov. 12: Kansas City, MO (Sprint Center Arena)
Nov. 13: Minneapolis (Target Center Arena)
Chicago (All State Arena)
East Rutherford, NJ
Hartford, CT
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Worcester, MA
Camden, NJ
Detroit
Cincinnati
Nashville
Indianapolis
Denver

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Poink

I can see into the future.

anomynous

No St. Louis?

The Black

Though I loathe the man that is Axl Rose, he is still one of my favorite singers of all time. That said I finally attended two concerts of this incarnation of Guns N Roses last year, and I was blown away by how terrific Axl sounded.
Although essentially a cover band, they do their job extremely well.

I'm not the only one hoping for a reunion of the original GNR, however as Axl is insane* this does seem highly unlikely. So if you feel it's enough for you to hear Axl's voice, then by all means don't hesitate!


*= There are enough people in the business that claim it. Hard to deny it.

nodeerforamonth

Lol....in the past 20+ years, no one's ever denied that Axl's insane. Including former band members.

Jason

I just find it odd that they still qualify as a headlining act for such a large event. Yes, they were on top of the world at one point, and were absolutely amazing, but the crater they landed in was every bit as deep as the height of their success. They only have 1 original member and have released 1 lackluster album in the last two decades. Do people really want to hear what is essentially a cover band playing "Welcome to the Jungle" that badly?

Guru Askew

Essentially a cover band? Give me a fucking break.

Jason

Aside from Rose, the ever-fluid Guns N' Roses lineup includes keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman, guitarists DJ Ashba, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Richard Fortus, longtime bassist Tommy Stinson, and Frank Ferrer on drums.

Give me a fucking break.

Guru Askew

Name one cover band that featured the original band's frontman/primary songwriter. Just ONE. And don't try to be cute by saying "Guns N' Roses."

That's what I thought.

Hokeyboy

Kiss.

nodeerforamonth

Fail.

Half of KISS (Gene & Paul) are the main singer/songwriters of the band. (yes, Ace wrote the best songs and Peter wrote and/or sang their biggest hit, but they weren't the main singer/songwriters of the band).

Gene & Paul are still in KISS to this day.

Mike86

Call me crazy but I still don't completely get the hate for this album, it wasn't classic Guns N' Roses but it was okay. I don't necessarily know that I'd go out of my way to see them in concert though. Ticketmaster notified me that they were coming to my area and I thought about it for a little bit, but then I saw that Jerry Seinfeld was doing stand-up there the weekend after and decided to go to that instead.

Hokeyboy

And playing the same damn tired setlist over and over again. And dressing up other guys as Ace and Peter. I love KISS to death, but they're another costumed tribute band at this point.

leem6453

Yes, but the point was that they still have more than 1 original member in the band...Paul and Gene. Kiss used to be my favorite band, but they have definitely gotten tired and old.

Guru Askew

But being tired and old and playing the same stuff over and over doesn't make them a cover band. I think Gene Simmons has even said they'd have an officially-sanctioned KISS tribute act take their place when they're too old. When that happens, that's a cover band.

If Axl died and a new frontman took his place with everyone else in the current band that would be a cover band (I would't argue that Dizzy Reed playing on UYI-era songs would disqualify them from cover band status) but again, we're talking about the frontman/primary songwriter. The case can be made that the current incarnation is a glorified Axl Rose solo project but a cover band it's not.

nando820

"Kiss" is the worst band in the history of all time times infinity! Yes i'm trolling I'm trolling

Jason

I just realized that since the current incarnation of Axl's band probably plays at least one song from chinese democracy, they really aren't a cover band. But if they were called the Axl Rose Experience instead of GNR, they would be playing in 300 seat nightclubs instead of a Brazilian soccer stadium.

Hokeyboy

Nobody appreciates a good Top Secret reference anymore

The Black

Q: Why did you choose to keep the GUNS N' ROSES name rather than create a new name?

Axl: "Why keep the name? I'm literally the last man standing. Not bragging, not proud. It's been a fucking nightmare but I didn't leave GUNS and I didn't drive others out. With Slash, it's been nothing more than pure strategy and saving face while manipulating the public like he used to me. I earned the right to protect my efforts and to be able to take advantage of our contract I'd worked hard for where Slash's exact words were that he didn't care. I get that some like a different version or lineup the same way some like a specific team line up or a particular year of a specific car but because you and I are getting played I'm supposed to throw the baby out with the bath water?"



And the principal songwriters for Chinese Democracy have also left (Buckethead, Robin Finck and Brain). So they are still technically a cover band.

The Black

So did anybody check out the Rock In Rio performance of last night?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCCDoxntU5M

Downright embarrising at the 4:48 mark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apjsjfI9OM8

Axl's expression really speaks for itself on this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Bkw4vsHt8

Only positive thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D04Tm9IMiNs

Rypro 525

what time did they finally go on? I gave up at around 130 am