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GN'R tour - northern wave - 05-05-2006

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2006--They're back!!!
Guns N' Roses' 4 warm up shows at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom have sold out in less than 3 minutes.

The 4 shows on the 12, 14, 15 and 17 of May are warm ups for the European leg of the band's forthcoming tour which starts on the 25th of May in Madrid at Juan Carlos Arena.

Axl Rose commented, "New York has always been so great to Guns and myself. The response to our last show at Madison Square Garden was nothing short of amazing. I've spent the last couple of months here in New York. I've had a great time, met a lot of great people and the band and I are excited that we get to play New York City and play for the friends - both old and new - that we've made before we head to Europe."

The band are playing a mixture of headline Festival appearances including Rock In Rio in Portugal, Download at the UK's famed Castle Donington, Rock Am Ring in Germany, Gods Of Metal in Italy, Novarock in Austria, Graspop in Belgium, Roskilde in Denmark, and A Heavy Day In The Park in Holland as well as their own headlining indoor shows in Madrid, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, Paris, Zurich, Stockholm, Oslo, and Helsinki, most of which have been instant sellouts.

Following their strongest ticket sales for the event ever Download promoter Stuart Galbraith of Live Nation enthused, "The comeback of GN'R into the UK live market place has been quite phenomenal. GN'R along with Metallica and Tool will be headlining the biggest Download festival ever at Donington that for the first time in its history will sell out and in addition will also play to a sell out audience at Download Dublin - it's been a very long wait but it's certainly been worth it - GN'R are back!"

Guns N' Roses have sold over 65,000 tickets in Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki in just a couple of hours. Promoter Thomas Johannson of Live Nation commented, "Guns N' Roses, the cornerstones of Rock, will forever and ever do sell outs."

New York promoter Randi Henner at Live Nation commented, "GN'R is as hot a ticket in NYC as anything I have seen in recent memory. It blew out in 3 minutes."

As part of the European tour, Guns N' Roses will also be reunited with the Rolling Stones for two special shows in Germany. Guns N' Roses will be the Stones' special guests on the 10th of July in Nurnburg and the 12th of July in Leipzig. They last played together in 1989 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Additional dates will be announced in due course.


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- jeromio - 05-05-2006

So is Duff and Slash involved???????

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- tth_fan - 05-05-2006

it's not Gn'R without Duff and Slash...it's just Axl calling himself Gn'R

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- direwolf74 - 05-05-2006

tth_fan Wrote:it's not Gn'R without Duff and Slash...it's just Axl calling himself Gn'R

Couldn't agree more! If the old-school Gunners reunited, then MAYBE I'd be intested in seeing them live. But I have absolutely no interest in Axl and his Gn'R cover band. If his so-called album ever sees the light of day, I'll be really surprised. Seriously, who takes 12 years to make a freakin' record?? Axl is a joke.

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- northern wave - 05-05-2006

one of those gossip columns in new york reported this week that axl was spotted having dinner with izzy stradlin. You never know I guess if a reunion is in the works..I guess the shows in new york will answer those questions

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- brown_eyed_girl - 05-05-2006

tth_fan Wrote:it's not Gn'R without Duff and Slash...it's just Axl calling himself Gn'R

tottally aggree, besides werent they having a problem with Axl Not showing up to shows?? I'm so gonna go to a concert hoping he's going to show up....right....

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- The Darkest Canuck - 05-08-2006

i think it'd probably be better if he didn't show up and the band played an instrumental set :lol:

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- NMAS - 05-08-2006

No word on the album??

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- northern wave - 05-08-2006

anyone hear the eddie trunk radio show downloads from the weekend? Axl showed up on some radio show with Sebastian Bach and others and he told stories for over an hour...hilarious stuff. Axl's a funny guy...seemed in a great mood...lots of crazy stories from past and present. Seems ready to make this new chapter happen. Should be interesting

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- The Darkest Canuck - 05-08-2006

northern wave Wrote:Axl Rose still thinks he's cool...hilarious stuff! Axl's a VERY funny-looking guy...especially in that Leafs jersey...is he just trying to be a douschebag now? or does it come to him naturally?

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- direwolf74 - 05-08-2006

That's gotta be one of the funniest pictures of a washed-up rock star I've ever seen.

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- northern wave - 05-08-2006

to each his own

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- Lizard King - 05-09-2006

NMAS Wrote:No word on the album??

According to Axl, sometime this fall.. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ca.entertainment.yahoo.com/s/08052006/2/entertain-axl-rose-confirms-new-guns-n-roses-album-finally.html">http://ca.entertainment.yahoo.com/s/080 ... nally.html</a><!-- m -->

Also gives the impression that Slash and Izzy may return, highly doubtful imo.

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- patiodweller - 05-10-2006

True Axl's band is a Guns and Roses cover band now and not actually GnR without Duff and Slash BUT still a pretty damn good GnR cover band and I'd go see them. There will be a North American tour in the fall obviously, they will probably open for Aerosmith or make up with Vince Neil and co-headline with Motley Crue.

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- The Darkest Canuck - 05-10-2006

haha, they can't even headline their own tour anymore...


Velvet Revolver doesn't seem to have a problem headlining.

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