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https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/business/touring/9333748/live-nation-global-pause-tours-concerts-coronavirus?__twitter_impression=true

Guns should remake Coma and change it to Corona.  

They just cancelled (postponed) Costa Rica “due to direction from the government”.  

KOHD was outstanding when it 1st came out.  Now I never need to hear it again.

1 minute ago, WhazUp said:

Like I said, it isn't about us surviving it or not - it is about minimizing the unnecessary spread of it for especially those who aren't relatively healthy people.  For the grandparents out there, for the very very young, for those with asthma, for those with pre-eixsting health issues

Tell those people who can potentially be greatly effected by it that this is all made up by the media

 

"We all survived ebola" except for those who died from it lol.  

 At any rate I’m not gonna have a pissing match over it.  Good luck.  I’m gonna roll along with no worries.  

7 minutes ago, WhazUp said:

Take the "no vaccine available", and the areas it is currently spreading and projected to spread and we will look at those numbers

There is a reason why this is being looked at seriously

Well good luck.  I’m not losing any sleep over it.  We all survived Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Ebola, H1N1, Y2K, Anthrax, Sars, E.Coli, Obama, Zika, Mayan Calendar, etc....

On 3/4/2020 at 9:29 AM, AxlRoseCDII said:

Today Mariah Carey announced that she was cancelling her 2020 shows due to Coronavirus. Do you see Guns following? Considering the shows haven’t been selling amazing anyways and it could give them a lot of good will, I am firmly predicting this. Probably morally the best move as well. I could also see them using this as another excuse why there is no new music this year.

Great excuse to cancel.  She wasn’t selling shit for tix.  This would be GnR’s out. I just hope The Stadium Tour goes off! 

1 minute ago, WhazUp said:

The most crucial difference between the flu and the coronavirus is that the latter has been far deadlier. Whereas about 0.1% of people who get the flu die, the coronavirus' death rate is now at about 3.4%, based on the current numbers of cases and deaths.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-compared-to-flu-mortality-rates-2020-3

Add that statistic onto the fact that there is no current vaccine you can get to combat coronavirus - the media can cause some negative panics and frenzies however I would hardly say it is nothing to worry about and is all media driven

 

Take China out of all Corona math and look at numbers.  

Coronavirus is all media driven.  Funny no coverage of regular flu.  - 

Whitesnake just postponed - my link won’t attach but they just postponed the Asia tour leg due to the Coronavirus. 

Maybe Guns should do the old "FINAL TOUR EVER" promotion.  Just call it that. 

Fernando- “Manager”.  LOL.  

2 hours ago, tsinindy said:

It seems that way and I have not really been watching other markets anymore, but it looks like The Rolling Stones are having as much trouble selling tix in Louisville as Guns are here in Indy.  Both shows have huge areas of tickets still available at all price points. 

Just looked at Mpls.  Stones also have a shitload available.  The market is so saturated with tours.  

4 minutes ago, DK6 said:

I can't believe we've come to this......

We really need some new music to talk about!

Really sure you want new music?    Jovi just released new shit and guess what?  “This sucks....he needs Richie....his voice is shot...blah blah”.   Which is exactly what will happen here. 

On 2/19/2020 at 2:09 AM, SoulMonster said:

It is hard to say what of Mike Patton's dissing of GN'R and Axl was based on the truth, something he had heard, or just lies. He liked to stir up shit and went for the provocative angle. Patton would later admit they were like a "gossip column" [Sky Magazine, December 1992].

That being said, he wouldn't be the only one suggesting Axl was losing his hair. In 1996 it was reported he had cut his hair short [New York Daily News, July 11, 1996] and in 1997, Courtney Love -- who wasn't Axl's greatest fan by any metric -- would claim Axl was losing his hair and that this was part of the reason Axl had disappeared from the public eye [Icon Magazine, October 1997]. Of course, Love was trying to hurt Axl (at an opportune time when Axl was apparently in dire straits with GN'R falling apart) by taking a stab at his vanity. Moby was asked about Axl's hair, but would say that Axl always wore a hat around him, so he wouldn't know [Icon Magazine, October 1997]. But Moby would indicate that Axl likely had short hair [Icon Magazine, October 1997]. [Moby would also say Axl was sporting an unkept beard at the time, and indicate it was all to be able to walk around unnoticed.]

Whether this is all just a rumour or actually true I suppose we will never know, unless Axl decides to share. Regardless, it is entirely uninteresting to me.

Any photos of Stuart from last 10 years?  His hair may give us an idea....

4 hours ago, center27j said:

Whole rage tour just sold out in about 20mins - no one is buying tix for this gnr tour. Market is so saturated right now, there will be no demand unless they cut prices by at least 50%. 

Second nights being added already to Rage.  They are not my cup of tea but impressive sales.  Not sure what GnR “camp” will do to move product.  Rage is $128 a ticket I see too.  No matter floor or reserved.  Kinda like Springsteen does.  

21 minutes ago, center27j said:

Whole rage tour just sold out in about 20mins - no one is buying tix for this gnr tour. Market is so saturated right now, there will be no demand unless they cut prices by at least 50%. 

It's crazy how many are touring this summer.  Too bad they (promoters/bands) could all be on same page and agree to do half as many this summer and the other half next summer.  At this rate no one will be touring next year.

This is sure to help sales ...... NOT.  https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/02/12/axl-rose-returns-to-twitter-to-bash-trump-make-the-white-house-great-again/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

7 hours ago, mikeman5150 said:

Does anyone know if ticketmaster will let you exchange your tickets for seats of equal value? I got floor seats on the live nation pre sale for philly, but there are better seats available now for the same price.

yes I've done it multiple times....no issues. 

https://www.ticketmaster.com/h/exchangesupgrades.html

4 hours ago, MicEffecT said:

Guns N' Roses now running promos for the upcoming summer tour.

Is being called a brand new show that's going to be EPIC!

"The next chapter is about to begin..."

Don't want to say I told you so.

Hmm... Well

Yep I heard same promo here in Mpls.  

52 minutes ago, HollyWoodRose84 said:

South America will never need anything extra other than the words Guns n Roses to sell tickets. 

Lol.  All SA needs to hear is “concert”.  

I bet they add a 3rd band.  6-6:45.  Then Pumpkins 7-8:15ish.  Guns 8:45 or 9 until midnight.

22 minutes ago, Stlconcerts said:

All I know is in 2020 bands going on tour better be bringing a fucking spectacle. I mean announced for shows so far Motley Crues mega tour, Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Guns N Rose's, Dead and Co, Green Days Hellamega Tour, etc. There are some massive shows hitting alot of the same cities plus every smaller band ever has giant tours this year. People are going to be carefully choosing where to spend money. 

The Eagles.  Bieber. Zach Brown. 

9 hours ago, allwaystired said:

Wasn't there complaints last time that Nightrain was being used to palm off some of the worst tickets to fans? 

Ticket procedure will be standard, as ever with Ticketmaster: 

-sell worst tickets first, to those that are super-eager (Nightrain members are perfect fodder for this) 

-create an illusion of high demand by not putting up all the best tickets for sale, forcing/encouraging people to buy either tickets they don't want, or to buy at inflated prices

-keep up the idea of it selling really well, while sporadically 'dropping tickets' onto sale up to date of concert. keep best tickets back at higher prices still

-week of concert, drop all the best tickets that haven't sold at the inflated prices back on regular sale

 

It's a big fucking con, the whole damn Ticketmaster scheme, and it saddens me to see people falling for it time and time again. 

Yes great post.  The TM “game” as I call it.   Problem is every band is in bed with TM to some degree.  Just read Trent Reznors article on it. Hard to put all blame on TM.   

7 minutes ago, RussTCB said:

They definitely won't cancel the tour. If they ticket sales remain poor, they'll just paper the fuck out of each show. 

Also, remember that they're not really on sale to the general public yet. We'll know a lot more about how ticket sales are looking by tomorrow afternoon / evening. 

Plus we are 6 months out for most shows...and its the middle of winter (at least here in MN).  Cold and shitty...last thing on many minds is an outdoor concert.  As we get closer and closer FOMO will set in and these will all sell. 

He's the son of a gun and a gun of a son...  He may have been born this day 1962, but I guarantee he was several hours late!!!  Happy Bday W.A.R. !  See you this summer.