You can't rule out that he was looking through the vault and saw that and had a chuckle to himself, then was immediately on the phone with Livenation talking about: "i have an idea...."
Look, now we know it wouldn't be 40 years of GNR unless Axl, Tracii, Rob Gardner, and Duff get up on that stage while a massive tribute to Ole Beich plays in the background...
"What you want, and what you get? 2 different things......"