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Guns N' Roses canceled two Philadelphia concerts--on Friday night and Sunday night (December 6 and 8)--and also canceled a show scheduled for Washington, D.C.'s MCI Arena on Monday night (December 9). The band's no-show at the First Union Spectrum Friday night resulted in a minor melee when disgruntled fans learned that the band would not appear.

A spokesperson for Clear Channel, the promoters for the tour, stopped short of saying the tour was canceled on Monday, saying instead that the rest of the group's dates were on as scheduled. Regarding future dates or why the Washington date and two weekend dates in Philadelphia were canceled, the company had an official "no comment."

A spokesperson for the MCI Center in Washington told LAUNCH that tickets would be refunded at the point of purchase, and that there were no plans to reschedule the date. She did indicate that the show was close to being sold out when it was canceled.

Friday's Philadelphia show was sold-out, which negates rumors that the performances were canceled due to poor ticket sales.

Current Guns N' Roses bassist Tommy Stinson told LAUNCH that the tour was a calculated risk all the way around. "No one's ever done this before. No one's ever...Like, the lead singer's never taken the name and continued on with an entirely new band successfully in history. So it sounded like, the whole prospect of it sounded like it would be historically awesome to pull it off and, you know, if it didn't work it was, like, the most interesting thing, you know, I had going at the time. I think it was a calculated risk and it was a good one."

The last tour date Guns N' Roses did play was on Thursday (December 5) at Madison Square Garden in New York.

-- Darren Davis, New York and Gary Graff, Detroit

Thats the way!! Yea!! :D

*Doing the happy happy happy dance in this tread aswell!

Fucking great! :D

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Interesting.  I'm anxious to see how all of this unfolds.  Theres definitely some sh#t going on behind the scenes w/ the Finck departure sh#t and the CKY early cancelation sh#t.  Soon we'll know what's up, but its very frustrating waiting for it to come out.   :P :-/

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Add this to the mix.  CKY was on Philly radio twice today and said tour over...   Was that true or just a way to get rid of the opener?   Add to that if Clear Channel wanted to cancel the tour there may be legal issues where it's not that easy...   just ideas

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All the reviews i've read have said cky sucks so i don't think anyone will miss them.  If the tour was done for sure clear channel wouldn't stop short of saying it.

Does the promoter actually have the power to cancel the tour?  If they do it probably took a no show to trigger such a clause in the contract.  If the tour does goes under there will be lawsuits flying everywhere.

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Here is some more happy news.. :D

Guns N Roses tour still headed for Greenville, Bi-Lo director says

Even though they have canceled shows in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., the rock group Guns N' Roses is -- so far -- still scheduled to appear at the Bi-Lo Center Wednesday night, Ed Rubenstein, the arena's executive director, said Monday.  

The group canceled it's show in the nation's capital Monday, Rubenstein said. Greenville is the next stop.  

Rubenstein said they've spent the day talking to officials with Clear Channel, the concert promoters.  

"They say there is no official cancellation yet," Rubenstein said. "As far as we know the show is still on. We're all set to go, We have to call everyone off if it's not going to happen. We hope that it's going to play, people are still buying tickets. People bought tickets today."  

Rubenstein said ticket-holders can check the status of their tickets by going to the Bi-Lo Center's website at www.bilocenter.com.  

http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2002/12/1...02121032923.htm

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This is from Clear Channel Entertainment website:

If the shows were cancelled, I think it would say cancelled somewhere.

Event Schedule

 

Guns N' Roses

 

12 Events Found  

date     info     venue     city       state       status    event type    

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12/11/2002      BI-LO Center   Greenville   SC   Buy tickets        

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12/13/2002      St. Pete Times Forum   Tampa   FL   Buy tickets        

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12/14/2002      Coral Sky Amphitheatre   West Palm Beach   FL   Buy tickets        

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12/16/2002      Mississippi Coast Coliseum   Biloxi   MS   Buy tickets        

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12/19/2002      American Airlines Center   Dallas   TX   Buy tickets        

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12/21/2002      Tingley Coliseum   Albuquerque   NM   Buy tickets        

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12/22/2002      America West Arena   Phoenix   AZ   Buy tickets        

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12/27/2002      San Diego Sports Arena   San Diego   CA   Buy tickets        

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12/28/2002      Mandalay Bay Resort   Las Vegas   NV   Buy tickets        

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12/30/2002      ARCO Arena   Sacramento   CA   Buy tickets        

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12/31/2002      HP Pavilion   San Jose   CA   Buy tickets        

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1/3/2003      Great Western Forum   Inglewood   CA   Buy tickets        

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http://cc.com/artist.asp?artistID=11585

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