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Not a fan of Ashba, but we were at the last two shows of both residencies, and had a blast! The last two in 2014 were fantastic. Hearing Marseilles and Prostitute back to back was awesome! 

I bet that 2002 vmas gnr had Slash in mask (no common internet in poland in 2002, watched live on mtv, weird with no sorum and mckagan just skinny slash in mask ). started to be more aware in 2005 which is when i joined the forum. after the internet thing, first suspicious downloaded vid was rir 2001 torrent preview with fat Axl and more bozos on stage than 2002vmas. right after that I've got at 2002 columbus ycbm 3 cam mix with that fkn shirt, huge jersey and more of weird plastic Axl's head. good ol times.    zero chances for any of us back then to think about slash and gnr as the same thing again (minus misinformation like myself '02)

Nonsense, that depends entirely on how good the album is. AC/DC topped the charts in 2008 with Black Ice. Rock or Bust was a flop, then they had another success with Power Up in 2020. Hell, even if it's not that great it can do well on name alone. IMO Sabbath's 13 album was forgettable but it was a big success for them. VH rehashed old material with A Different Kind of Truth and it did well. Lots of people going to see AIC want to hear Check My Brain because it was a good song. You're kind of treating fairweather fans as a caricature; the irony is that they are actually less stuck to the old material because they often can't even tell the difference. This I Love has done some ridiculous numbers on streaming platforms like Spotify, and none of the fairweather fans who found that through November Rain have any idea that it's from the "bad album" by "NuGuns" which isn't "real GNR" but instead "hired hands". They just hear a nice ballad that they like, that's it.

That's amazing. Thanks for posting. Would be a great cover for the band to do!

Welcome to music in 2024, unfortunately. For a band of GNR's vintage there is just no reason to make a new album. Music is a touring business, not a recording business these days. If they make an album, it won't sell great. If they tour behind it, 80-90% of the crowd will affirmatively dislike it if they play new music. The crowd wants greatest hits, and new music won't sell. It sucks, but this is what we've done through streaming.