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Guys, I'm from Australia and would have loved to have had the opportunity to have seen one of the Vegas shows; I've been reading for quite sometime now how some of you cannot believe the lack of change if any at all in the setlist but I've sort of tried looking at it from another perspective; Axl for the first time in a long time has gone on tv for an interview, has allowed an interview with someone other then Del James etc etc...

to me personally it somewhat looks like he is trying slightly to tell people other then the die hard fans "hey I'm still alive" and to me the Vegas residency seems like an attempt to get some much needed positive advertising to prepare for a new album release so catering a setlist for a broad audience does seem like the safe thing to do and I guess creating the stage show they have is a way of trying to show they are capable of change regardless of how small or uncared for by the die hard fans it's perceived as; just my two cents...not bashing against anyone...wish I was in Vegas!!!

Guys, the fact of the matter is: you cannot satisfy everybody! Axl is doing what he is comfortable doing; he has explained himself and stated why he's made his decision knowing that he will be facing such a shit storm it's not funny, but give the man some credit (if you can) for having the balls (even if it is seen as "shooting himself in the foot" etc) for standing by what he has said for the last 15+ years. A shame it's come to this, but it is what it is.

This is my first time posting on this forum; i have been an observer for over 5 years now and it has been an interesting experience.

I only want to add my 2cents on the "Reunion Topic" without getting into the politics of who is right or wrong regarding Axl and Slash or who is my favourite.

I tend to look at things from what is possible across an entire range of things and what is not possible; as it stands i cannot see a Reunion happening for many reasons that people here have already stated.

The current lineup seems happy performing (all be it some unhappy comments made by BBF about the late starts). As has been said, Axl has control and does not have to really answer to anyone, plus the current band has stood by him for a pretty long time now, so i don't see him dropping them to recreate something that ended badly the first time around.

A Reunion would totally change everything and honestly i cannot see Axl or Slash meeting half-way; it's either one way or the other and that is really the answer; it cannot happen.

What i can see is a slim (and i stress slim) possibility of a one-off show, very small in length that will cost whoever wants this thing to happen an amazing amount of dollars with the original lineup.

Just a one-off would propel the band back into the spotlight like nothing we've seen since the early 90's; it has great positives for Axl in that he will kind of be back in the mainstream, but once he would return to the new lineup i think the problems of people saying that they want the original lineup would be coming from every direction and would more than likely destroy what he has worked so hard to build for the last 10-12 years, so for this reason only i don't see it happening.

This is just my opinion, i'm not trying to put this across like i know anything that Axl and Slash are thinking, i could be completely wrong, but i just really wanted to express my feeling/opinion on this topic with everyone. Thanks for reading...