GNR adds Hell and Heaven Fest, last show "in a long time", in November?

[Old_school_gnr_fan]

8 hours ago, Sweersa said:

I think they are waiting for 2027 to drop the rerecorded AFD featuring Tommy Stinson, Robin Finck, and Josh Freese, among others. 

That version of AFD is at a crematorium, being reduced to ashes as we speak

[F*ck Fear]

If they never toured again, it would mean nothing to me.

Keep releasing new music, though.

[Spiritual_Chaos]

On 9/4/2023 at 4:27 PM, BillConnor_1982 said:

They’re not going to take a one year break from raking in touring money, yet alone a 5 year hiatus. They’ll be out next year guaranteed. 

A lot of bands say no to ”touring money” for a year or a couple. 

[AxlSlashthebest]

On 9/6/2023 at 6:14 PM, El Guapo said:

Yeah, really pointless now...I actually hope Slash stops doing SMKC completely, I understand it's nice and cosy, but come on...

the last album "4" was a disaster. not even one good song

[Cosmo]

7 minutes ago, AxlSlashthebest said:

the last album "4" was a disaster. not even one good song

I actually enjoy it more than Living The Dream. But I agree I hated it at first.

[pbj_jam]

They have to keep touring to satisfy their handlers

[DoMw94]

3 hours ago, Cosmo said:

I actually enjoy it more than Living The Dream. But I agree I hated it at first.

Took me a while to warm to it too, but it's a decent record with good songs on it. I think it'll forever be the forgotten record from that band because of the timing of its release more than anything

[3rd Wheel]

On 9/4/2023 at 10:47 AM, D4NNY said:

I have a worrying feeling it’s gonna get veeeerry quiet around here from the end of the year. 2003-2005 style… 

2004 was pretty lively, though. They had RIR scheduled, then canceled due to Buckethead quitting. There were A LOT of rumors about ChiDem being released in 2004, even with a specific November date (iirc).

 

2005 was a dead zone, though, yeah.

[invisible_rose]

On 9/10/2023 at 2:49 PM, AxlSlashthebest said:

the last album "4" was a disaster. not even one good song

Agreed. It's a train wreck of an album. I get they wanted to try something new, but it just didn't work in any way.

As for GNR taking a break - it's logical. I suspect the promotor is using the break as leverage to sell more, but I think GNR will be off the road for at least a year, maybe more. There's nothing left after this run. All the deep cuts have been toured. Axl's ability to perform much of the back catalogue is diminished, and people won't be turning up year after year to see the same thing.

They have three options from here

- take a break, go back out in 18-24 months and hope for the best - probably having to accept smaller venues or potentially average ticket sales

- take a break, record new tunes, put out and album and tour it

- take a slightly longer break and then come out with a finale, goodbye tour and call it a day

[Gunner55]

On 9/10/2023 at 8:49 AM, AxlSlashthebest said:

the last album "4" was a disaster. not even one good song

Spirit Love and April Fool I really like. A lot. The rest I can do without. 

[kingcanyon]

6 minutes ago, Gunner55 said:

Spirit Love and April Fool I really like. A lot. The rest I can do without. 

what about fill my world its a brilliant song

Edited September 11, 2023 by kingcanyon

[DoMw94]

6 hours ago, Gunner55 said:

Spirit Love and April Fool I really like. A lot. The rest I can do without. 

April Fool's one of my favourite SMKC songs, but it reminds me of someone I, shall we say, 'knew' at the time of release, so listening to that one can be a challenge 😂

I like that, C'est La Vie, Fill My World, and Call Off The Dogs. I'm a fan of Fall Back to Earth too – it has a sort of Bond theme feel to it. I often skip Spirit Love though, maybe I should give it another chance.

Edited September 12, 2023 by DoMw94

[Bitchisback]

Eh I like LTD and 4.  First two albums were definitely better but the last two were good too

[rebeldhipi]

I genuely think that theyre gonna make an album next year and release it in 25-26.

Atleast that they are gonna try to make one.

[allwaystired]

19 hours ago, rebeldhipi said:

I genuely think that theyre gonna make an album next year and release it in 25-26.

Atleast that they are gonna try to make one.

Nurse, quick! This one needs help, urgently! 

[DTV88]

On 9/11/2023 at 1:48 PM, Bitchisback said:

Eh I like LTD and 4.  First two albums were definitely better but the last two were good too

Agreed! Slash hasn’t put out anything bad, but the last two SMKC weren’t nearly as good as the first two. I’m really looking forward to his next all star album. 

[colonizedmind]

What date is this November show? Is it indoor??

[Bitchisback]

38 minutes ago, DTV88 said:

Agreed! Slash hasn’t put out anything bad, but the last two SMKC weren’t nearly as good as the first two. I’m really looking forward to his next all star album. 

Same!!

[kingcanyon]

43 minutes ago, colonizedmind said:

What date is this November show? Is it indoor??

what ive seen November 5th. and in mexico its mostly warm in november so id assume outside

[Powerage5]

2 minutes ago, kingcanyon said:

what ive seen November 5th. and in mexico its mostly warm in november so id assume outside

I went to Hell & Heaven Fest last year. Granted it was a few weeks later last year, but my experience was it was gorgeous during the day, and extremely cold at night. The festival is outdoors (Obviously, since it's a festival), and it's in Toluca which is at a higher elevation than Mexico City (I think it was around 9,000 feet if I remember right). The festival runs quite late - the headliners don't finish up until around 2 AM. The daily high was around 70-75 F, but once the sun went down it was brutally cold. While KISS was on as the Sunday night headliner my phone said it was 38 F, which is about 3 C. I was wearing three layers and a winter hat and still shivering all night, and that's coming from somebody used to 120 inches of snow every winter. 

[colonizedmind]

21 minutes ago, Powerage5 said:

I went to Hell & Heaven Fest last year. Granted it was a few weeks later last year, but my experience was it was gorgeous during the day, and extremely cold at night. The festival is outdoors (Obviously, since it's a festival), and it's in Toluca which is at a higher elevation than Mexico City (I think it was around 9,000 feet if I remember right). The festival runs quite late - the headliners don't finish up until around 2 AM. The daily high was around 70-75 F, but once the sun went down it was brutally cold. While KISS was on as the Sunday night headliner my phone said it was 38 F, which is about 3 C. I was wearing three layers and a winter hat and still shivering all night, and that's coming from somebody used to 120 inches of snow every winter. 

Strange time to have an outdoor fest!🥴

[kingcanyon]

https://www.gunsnroses.com/tour

the band have added the show to their website now

[colonizedmind]

More new dates no doubt soon, to coincide with November Atlas release 😉

[kingcanyon]

1 minute ago, colonizedmind said:

More new dates no doubt soon, to coincide with November Atlas release 😉

i'd see guatemala & the dominican republic getting a show to make up for not getting one in 2020 due to covid

[Gnrcane]

On 9/10/2023 at 8:21 AM, F*ck Fear said:

If they never toured again, it would mean nothing to me.

Keep releasing new music, though.

With the current state of the music industry, there isn't much financial incentive to release new music but not tour.  That was an option in the 80s and 90s but not now.