GN'R U.S. Tour and Album

Cobalt

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Tour starts Oct. 20th and album released definitely this year. 11-27-06 Allstate Arena here I come. :D

"GUNS N' ROSES ANNOUNCE "CHINESE DEMOCRACY" NORTH AMERICAN TOUR AND STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ADVANCED MEDIA

Hot on the heels of their sell out shows last week in Las Vegas, San Francisco and KROQ's Inland Invasion in Los Angeles Guns N' Roses announce the first leg of their "Chinese Democracy" North American Tour.

The tour which will kick off on the 20th of October in Jacksonville, Florida finds the band in top form having spent the summer in Europe playing to 700,000 plus people over 32 shows in 18 countries, making it one of the biggest tours of the year on the continent and in the UK. Concert goers were not let down as Axl Rose and his band mates Dizzy Reed, Robin Finck, Richard Fortus, Tommy Stinson, Chris Pitman, Brain and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal burned through classics such as "Welcome to the Jungle," "Paradise City," "Nightrain," "Mr. Brownstone," "November Rain" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" as well as highlighting soon to be favourites from the forthcoming "Chinese Democracy" album.

Just this week, the Hollywood Reporter's concert review of KROQ's Inland Invasion observed, "when headliner Guns N' Roses took the stage everything old became new again - and everything new on the bill, just couldn't hold a candle in comparison... the night belonged to Guns N' Roses!"


Axl Rose commented, "We had an amazing tour in Europe this summer and last week?s shows here in the US were great. It's been a long time getting here but we look forward to coming to your town and having a lot of fun."

Sebastian Bach who has been guesting with Guns N' Roses on "My Michelle" will open the entire tour with the Special Guest slot going to a number of great bands starting with Papa Roach for the dates through the 3rd of November. The shows have been planned to cater to a Guns N' Roses rock n' roll party atmosphere with Sebastian hitting the stage every night at 8 pm followed by the Special Guest at 9 pm and Guns N' Roses shortly after 10 pm and lots of great music in between.

Guns N' Roses are also delighted to announce that they have partnered with Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLB.COM) to provide their fans with premium ticketing opportunities and up to the minute information on the tour and the band's other activities via gunsnroses.com which will be launched as of tomorrow.

As for Guns N' Roses forthcoming "Chinese Democracy" album the only comment at this time is that there are 13 Tuesdays left between now and the end of the year.

The itinerary for the "Chinese Democracy" North American Tour is as follows. Tickets for most dates go on sale on the 30th of September with up to the minute information and pre-sales available now at gunsnroses.com.

October

10/20/06 Jacksonville, FL Vets Memorial Arena
10/22/06 Nashville, TN Gaylord Entertainment Center
10/24/06 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
10/25/06 St. Petersburg, FL St. Pete Times Forum
10/27/06 Estero, FL Germain Arena
10/29/06 San Juan, Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
November

11/2/06 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
11/3/06 Huntington, WV Big Sandy Superstore Arena
11/5/06 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
11/6/06 Portland, ME Cumber County Civic Center
11/8/06 Worcester, MA Worcester Centrum
11/10/06 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
11/13/06 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner
11/15/06 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
11/17/06 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank
11/18/06 Quebec Colisee Pepsi
11/20/06 Halifax, NS Halifax Metro Centre
11/24/06 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
11/25/06 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
11/27/06 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
11/29/06 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center

December

12/1/06 Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum
12/2/06 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
12/4/06 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
12/6/06 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
12/7/06 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
12/10/06 Everett, WA Everett Events Center
12/11/06 Portland, OR Rose Garden
12/13/06 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
12/15/06 Oakland, CA Oakland Coliseum
12/17/06 Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
12/19/06 Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
January

1/10/07 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
1/11/07 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Arena
1/13/07 Reno, NV Reno Events Ctr
1/16/07 San Diego, CA iPayOne Center"
 

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
this is like Duke Nuke'em Forever, right?

Ticket holders get a free copy of the game upon entry! Only while supplies last. Please see your ticket for details. Limit one per customer.
 

FP

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I just saw them a couple weeks ago at The Joint at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.

Got tickets the day of the show for half off from Craiglist.

Was about 10 feet from Axl. GREAT SHOW. He played all the hits and 4 new songs. I have to admit the new songs sounded really good, however that may have been the 9 gin/tonics I had had before the show.
 

HamburgerBoy

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They sucked even when they started. I can't see how an album from GNR in the year 2006 could possibly be listenable at all.
 

Cobalt

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Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
How does Axl sound these days?

He was far more consistent on the recent European tour than the Illusions tour in the '90s. Makes me almost forget about 2002... almost. He sounds awesome now, search YouTube for some examples.
 

ballmode

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lets hope they have a mild comeback, although the rest of the original GNR is doing good with their new band
 

Rumpltzer

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Originally posted by: cobalt
Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
How does Axl sound these days?
He was far more consistent on the recent European tour than the Illusions tour in the '90s. Makes me almost forget about 2002... almost. He sounds awesome now, search YouTube for some examples.
If you're referring to the 2002 MTV VMA, I was permanently damaged by it and I'll never be able to forget it.
 

Pacfanweb

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Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
They sucked even when they started. I can't see how an album from GNR in the year 2006 could possibly be listenable at all.
Don't worry, it's not really Guns n Roses. It's Axl Rose with a bunch of replacements.
 

FP

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Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
They sucked even when they started. I can't see how an album from GNR in the year 2006 could possibly be listenable at all.
Don't worry, it's not really Guns n Roses. It's Axl Rose with a bunch of replacements.

The replacements are insanely skilled musicans. I was blown away at how good they sounded.
 

T9D

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Has anyone heard any real songs from the new album yet? Guess we'll get to hear them all as bootlegs at least when the new tour starts.

(and estranged is one of my all time favorites too).
 

T9D

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Originally posted by: hscorpio
Originally posted by: tk109
Has anyone heard any real songs from the new album yet? Guess we'll get to hear them all as bootlegs at least when the new tour starts.

(and estranged is one of my all time favorites too).

better & madagascar

Coolness. I like those. Aside from the obvious lower quality sound recording they seem like good songs. Can't wait to hear them on the album.
 

hellokeith

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I give Axl no more than 10 shows, then mental breakdown or ego trip walkoff.. tour will be cancelled.
 

Cobalt

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Originally posted by: hellokeith
I give Axl no more than 10 shows, then mental breakdown or ego trip walkoff.. tour will be cancelled.

He completed the entire European tour with no such events. Even at Download festival and the whole fiasco that occured there.