Blackstar

The conclusion of the discussion about this quote on the previous pages is that it's most likely fake, taken from an AI generated "book" site/app (and whoever is working on setting up the Axl website just found it by googling). I guess that in the case of an autobiography this would be taken into consideration, and the release date of the book would be set after the lawsuit issue would be resolved.

UMG still owns the rights to the recordings of old releases (I'm not sure about the current status of AFD and Lies, as GN'R should have retained the rights to the recordings by now due to the time passed), so it probably wouldn't be convenient to move to another label for the distribution of the "new" songs (for which the label acts only as a distributor, as they are owned by GN'R). And given the latter fact (that GN'R owns the rights to the recordings of the four "new" songs), I don't think there are any obstacles from the label that would prevent the release of a new album.

The label appears to still own the rights to the songs that are on the Chinese Democracy album, whereas the rights to the "NITL" singles are registered with the US Copyright Office as owned by Gundam (the GN'R business entity).

The next conference/hearing (which will be the compliance conference about the progress/status of the case) is set for Sept. 24, 2024, and the NOI due date (= the filing date of the form affirming that the depositions phase is completed and the case is ready for trial or other type of judgement) has been moved from Feb. 22, 2025 to Oct. 21, 2024. So I guess there are no service issues. The purpose of the preliminary conference was the setting of the schedule and the case is proceeding with discovery (witness depositions etc.) which should be completed by September.

He wouldn't have to address everything. An autobiography doesn't have to be a tell-all.

Yeah, it's possible that he has bought the rights to certain songs he wants to release.

No updates on the Axl one since his answer was filed.

It was about 6 weeks ago. I tried to explain it in the lawsuit thread here (and since then everything has pointed to the answer to both 1) and 2) being yes):

It's not happening. He's seemingly off the hook in the lawsuit.

I have a few times. In short: According to the liner notes of the recent singles, GN'R owns the rights to the recordings, which means that GN'R, and not the label, paid for the re-recording and production. Which, in turn, may also mean that Axl has bought the rights to the original masters from the label.

You keep saying this, but as I have pointed out to you before, there's indication that Axl has bought the rights to the CD era material. (I know It's probably pointless to respond to any of your posts as I reckon that, like you always do, you'll once again ignore it and just keep saying your thing without engaging into a conversation).

I really think it could be about his tequila brand or something like that, and maybe he'll do some promo.

Yeah, I saw that. Also when the homepage comes up in google search, it has the introduction from the wikipedia article on Axl (so it seems that the developers originally used wikipedia as a source).

Whatever its purpose is, the website is not fake. It's real, and it's been launched and is operated by Live Nation, so naturally there's been speculation about what that may mean.