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Where to start? Firstly, how awesome to see so much positivity from everyone! 

This is some album. So much more room for the music to breathe vs the album we got. There is a swagger in these cuts that wasnt there in the massively overproduced 2008 release. The tracks feel more instinctive. More organic. More original. The 2008 versions feel over compensatory in comparison. Like Axl wasnt confident and that led to the suffocating production. 

Maddy is a great opener and a better version. The Blues is far superior too. Perhaps is class. Riad is a big surpise, new appreciation for that track. The added bass in many tracks is very much welcome too.

TWAT misses Bucket's solo and i'm not sure Atlas is quite as good as it could be. There is a great song in there somewhere though and I dig it in its current guise. 

Agreed with everyone who says this thread should blow up and I too hope Axl sees it. He was right first time round and this is the album we surely should have got. Happy day to be a Guns fan.

All over the place this song. I get what he was trying to do but I dont think its working it its current state.

I don't especially like Catcher and therefore can't warm to this either. Prefer Hard School. 

I really hope if the band do make some new music, this Atlas/Catcher style of cleaner singing is ditched. Lacks the punch that makes Axl such an iconic signer. 

The song got some coverage in the Guardian's tracks of the week:

https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/18/lana-del-rey-track-of-week

17 hours ago, Len Cnut said:

Woodstock is like the epitome of the poisoned chalice and in 2019 I imagine it'll be a load of corporate bollocks.  I mean standing about getting trench-foot watching Ed Sheeran sitting on a stool playing his Martin dreadnought looking like a fat ginger student for a bunch of fuckin' Coachella rich kids, all in tribute to a Jimi Hendrix show, the man who went twos up on a bottle of Ripple with Mitch Mitchell, played a fuckin' blinder then no doubt went off to his hotel to have a bunch of prozzies take turns sitting on his face while he was whizzin' off of acid, not much of a comparison eh?

Bravo. 

He did well. I've seen them 3 times this tour, London and NYC, at times tonight he hit notes and sounded better than at any of those shows. He clearly gave it as much as he could. And to shut down one conspiracy theory. The curfew was midnight. They were billed to play until midnight.

I'm at the show. They've ended after November Rain. Axl said at the start of the show he was sick...

Melodically there is alot of Don't Cry in The Great Pretender. So much so it made me want to listen to Don't Cry because it's the real deal.

I like the album. I think there are some solid tracks and I've booked to see them in London, but Myles...I just don't get on well with his voice. It's beyond me how Slash thinks he's the best fit for his sound. 

Got a pair for London. Had to go seating and not great ones. Seemed to sell quick. I tried the Live Nation pre sale yesterday and couldn't get any. 

Really like the 2 of the 3 singles so looking forward to this. 

We all hold our heroes in high regard and assume they are geniuses that know what they are doing, when infact most of the time they are just chancing it, trying to find ways to succeed like anyone in any profession. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt.

The Chinese Era is littered with examples of this and the remix album is one of many. 

Its that simple.

Blown my mind! This latest leg is making me very happy indeed. Things you thought couldnt/wouldnt happen are happening. 

Glad to have these threads back! Roll on Slither, great rock song and deserved of its place on the setlist. Plays to Axls range, looking forward to hearing the solo too. 

Fingers crossed it makes its debut. 

The rights to the old unreleased material will be muddy and for the big 3 to share max royalties, rerecording makes sense. Like Def Leppard had to when their catalogue was put on spotify etc. They rerecorded the hits so they could benefit financially. 

Getting the current band to rerecord instrumentals under old Axl vocals wouldnt be difficult.  

On 12/10/2017 at 11:25 PM, Skogafoss said:

Going to be there by myself. First time seeing them alone... Anyone else going to be in Section 106 near row 4?

Over from London and also on my own. Any members meeting for beers before? 

Come on guys, that teaser says it all. New US dates. Nothing more, nothing less.

That timeline teaser vid is specifically about the NITLT, it will be an announcement of the neg leg. Nothing more. 

5 hours ago, northernsoul said:

Just been looking at the TM interactive plan for this and was surprised just how many seats are left. 

 

I noticed they've reduced the prices of some of them too, I'm surprised with only two dates in the UK which has always been a place they've drawn big crowds

They have just done quite a lot of advertising in London, on tubes, rail and in paper. I'm not convinced it's so widely known that this a reunion. I think GnR having various incarnations has diluted peoples understanding of what this is. I have a mate who should have known this was a reunion and didn't. He just thought it was the band we went to see in 2010. Granted he is a super casual fan, but those are the types of people you need to sell two nights at one of the biggest standiums in the UK. 

As an aside i'm doing both the Fri and Saturday. Might try and come along on the Thursday for some beers. Would be cool to meet some people on here. Feels surreal knowing next month i'll see Axl, Slash and Duff on the same stage. Being in my late 20's I got into Guns around the VMA's in 01, for too many years I dreamt of seeing the originals together. Love it's finally happening! 

Just heard via source at Ticketmaster, definitely doing UK tour, pre-sales starting early next week. Possibly even Monday. Official announcement could come this afternoon. They expect it to be on General Sale earlier than next Friday.

Holy shit. Absolutey Speechless. Just watched Black in Black and i'm lost for words. That particular song, with that vocal performance is Axl showing the world the best rock n roll singer on the planet has returned. 

This was too awkward. Must be from a longer segment.

I don't think anyone should be surprised at a level of promotion across this tour. Axl will do whatever he's told to a point here, he's fronting one his favourite bands, this is not a job like GnR has become, this is probably more of a dream come true for him. The core fans are up in arms over his involvement and the band's PR will need them on side. The official AC/DC social channels are plugging testimonials from other rockers praising Axl's inclusion. There will be more charm offensive to come i'm sure. 

I have high hopes for this partnership, i'm absolutely gutted i can't make the London date. Seeing these two worlds collide will be special, even if Axl only brings the level of rasp shown thus far, there will be guaranteed moments of brilliance throughout this European Tour. Fingers crossed for a proshot version of an O2 2010 level performance of Whole Lotta Rosie!

In a taxi at 6am GMT, the mainstream rock station - Absolute Radio, the DJ is promoting a competition to win tickets to see 'reunited Guns n' Roses in the wildest city in the world' - obviously Vegas, but shows the scope their campaign is taking. 

Not just US poster stuff. He also plugged Axl's alleged role with ACDC...

i'm in advertising and this topic is just brilliant! Love this place sometimes. 

These things regularly pop up on Spotify until the labels take them down. They are just unofficial bootleg albums, like the ones you used to be able to get physical copies of back in the day.

The quality sounds like a YouTube rip, it's ok.

Strange ad. I'm sure they just paid a decent amount for the song and there is nothing more to it.

Seems like a huge missed opportunity though, being a high profile Superbowl spot, surely it would have made sense if the last "bigger than..." moment was a reference to GnR. Coke did it with Marvel, taking the Hulk and Ant Man out of their usual worlds and tying both products in together. Batman vs Superman did it with Turkish Airlines (which was a pretty tacky in execution i thought).

Would have been a beneficial way to promote both the upcoming GnR reunion and Taco Bell. I'm sure there is a sizable crossover with some of the Superbowl audience and GnR/Classic Rock music.

Nothing will be worse than the Axl/Budweiser ad from the World Cup. Shocking.

Maybe on purpose, because in the back of his mind he knew/felt it would happen.

Maybe subliminaly because he simply could not get the sound he wanted out of other musicians, Axl has said, on record that not having Slash was the main thing preventing the release of a proper GnR record. I just came out of another post saying a new album should be 100% from scratch material, I think that is just plain asinine. If The General has been sitting on the shelf in desperate need of Slash's sound, I cannot wait to hear it.

At this point, I'm sure Slash. Duff and probably Izzy have heard Axl's stash and I would be SHOCKED if there has not been a discussion about what they could add to a song.

I think our most realistic shot at a new album is one that is half written. Treat the current versions of Axl's best material like drum machine demos, drop all other musicians and record it with Slash, Duff and whoever else joins sound and spin.

Imagine "This I love" with Slash instead?

Leave the "Should and shouldn't BS for the other thread, this thread is strictly about the POSSIBILITY that Axl hung on to what he thought were his best songs because he always knew they would only be epic with Slash's touch.

Interesting thought. I'd quite like to think Axl has a level of humility and can realise when he has a track which requires older members of the band.

I would love a reworked 'This I Love'. Slash's sound with Axl's rasp vocals. The CD version is underwhelming for what is obviously a well written song.

This is pretty much what a press conference would look like with Guns

Haha - brilliant.