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DATE: Sept. 7, 2006
SOURCE: Hits Daily Double and Blabbermouth

An article appeared in Hits Daily Double that claims Guns N Roses' manager, Merck Mercuriadis, may be leaving Sanctuary Group, and that GNR frontman Axl Rose may be following him.

So far, there's been no comment from Sanctuary.

GUNS N' ROSES' Manager Leaving SANCTUARY? - Sep. 7, 2006

According to Hits Daily Double, word inside the Sanctuary Music Group is that Merck Mercuriadis will be leaving the company's management team. GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose is said to be leaving with Merck as a client of the longtime Sanctuary executive.

Rose has been saying that GUNS N' ROSES' long-delayed new album, "Chinese Democracy", will be out later this year.

GUNS N' ROSES' "Greatest Hits" collection, which was originally issued in March of 2004, was certified triple-platinum on April 11, 2006 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of three million copies. The CD sold almost 13,000 copies in the United States last week alone (week ending September 3), bringing the total number of copies sold since its release to 3.15 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan.



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