Nick85

The 2023 setlist really distilled all the best things about GNR’s catalogue IMO, not to mention it’s the best Axl’s looked in recent years. I’d much rather have a 4K Blu-ray of one of these shows.

I’m so glad they went the distance with this one without it leaking.

Dumb question, but say it does get released to radio next week does that mean streaming services too?

Good timing with Powertrip!!🔥

Jock on 95.5 here in Chicago just said a new GNR track could be popping up “sometime next week”! 😮

Yeah, dropping it next week in time for the Cali shows would be pretty neat!

We’ll see!

That the rumor didn’t make sense considering they’ve released every other song digitally and to radio. He’s on tour with the band rn so I’d say that’s as close to a confirmation as we’re going to get before it comes out.

Jarmo basically just put the no digital release rumor to bed on his site.

The more I consider it, the more I think this whole no digital release rumor surrounding The General is just a ruse to build anticipation…mostly because it’s just too off the wall dumb to be the truth.

Be cool if this dropped next week in time for the CA gigs. It won’t, but it’d be cool.

I get withholding a digital release until late October to maximize pre-sales for the vinyl or whatever, but withholding it completely for that reason in 2023 literally makes zero sense at all business wise, any way you slice it. I can’t think they’d do that indefinitely…not even GNR.

Why the fuck would they advertise a wildly negative detail?

I really hope @Fernando flat out denies this nonsense.

Sporadic house cleaning? Wouldn’t look to much into it.

I think we’re anticipating the worst, because we’re GNR fans and it’s what we do. I think The General is going to be super dope in reality.

I’d bet the farm that the mystery song they rehearsed last year was The General. No idea how much they’ve revisited it since then as a band.

Yeah, whatever is going on in that god-awful 2010 phone recording is pretty wild vocally. Might be something that stands on its own, but we’ll see.

Something we should consider is how Richard recently said they should be adding The General to the live set “soon” and that they’ve rehearsed it. Since the tour (save for 1 show) ends before the physical release, it’d make sense to assume that means a digital release will come while the dates are still ongoing, since surely that will come first before they take a crack at it live.

@Fernando said “Perhaps is a great song, The General is a monster.” If that’s their thinking, I can’t see them withholding a digital release to push vinyl sales. It’s absolutely counterproductive.

My personal opinion is that the 6 or so tracks Slash and Duff recorded on were ones handpicked by Axl that he felt could be legitimately elevated by their sound(s). The way he seemingly lives outside of time I’m sure we’ll see several more unheard tracks from that era probably on a CD 20th anniversary collection down the line. So no, I don’t think he’s simply washing his hands of it with the next couple singles.

Now THAT is saying something! 😆

Did you ask him whether The General is getting a digital release? 😏

Hell yeah. 😎 That’s what I’m thinking too.

That’s exactly what he’s referencing. I think The General is the last new track we hear for a long while. And I’m actually good with that.