Here Today... Gone To Hell!

odds from ladbrokes uk for christmas number1 single 2006 so far.....

x factor winner 4/9

green day and u2 - the saints are coming 3/1 *

westlife - the dance 4/1

guns n roses - dont cry (alt. lyrics) 8/1 **

mc fly - star girl 20/1

* = charity single for Music Rising, an organization that replaces instruments lost by musicians in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

** (re-release) charity single for amish heartland

Link to a source?

just on the website.. nothin apart from the odds 4 a white xmas

 : ok:

The hex factor will win, 5 year old girls watch that crap constantly.

Don't cry being re-released?  :o

I can't see this happening, unless its a cover by another band or perhaps the new line up (very unlikely).  It wouldn't make sense to put out the original recording within (hopefully) a matter of days/weeks of Chinese Democracy and the lead single off it. 

Madness, that said it would be cool to have Guns chart again - great song.

That was my thought lol.

The only part that doesn't make any sense to me is the charity it's supposed to be raising money for...

Didn't Axl once say he was against strict organized religions or something to that effect? ???

BUT Don't Cry being re-released (hopefully current line-up recording) :o : ok:

That is also my fave GN'R song  ;D

I don't think that would have anything to do with him having symptahy for a bunch of slaughtered innocent girls, or wanting to help their families out.

Axl is a strict organized religion.

I woudln't mind betting on Gn'R (assuming they plan on having a single out ;) ) but i woudln't bet on what track, just the band and what ever track comes out.

You're seeminly not a UK resident are you?

FYI I didn't know about that until just now when I googled the charity....I have too much to do with college and carer duties to even sit down to watch the news :no:

what the fuck...?

With all the major tragedies and catastrophies that have occurred over the last five years, it's weird that the Amish school shooting of all things would motivate Axl to donate a song.

To all the people who have been taking this seriously...

Link please? Or a screenshot if it's one of thos fancy flashsites :)

Yeah

I know what you mean

I mean, people getting shot is bad, but there's been lots of other incidents/disasters.

i am a UK resident, and i'm not aware of Don't Cry being donated for any cause? :peace:

..and if they do donate Don't Cry, is it a new mix or the original   :peace:

I think this is balls, I've heard nothing of A GNR re release not only that but what lousy odds there's not a hope of that being xmas no 1 even if it was released again so 8/1 is a lousy investment. I hadn't heard of the Greenday U2 thing either is this true?

Greeday U2 thing is true.

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Well yeh, I'm from UK too and have heard nothing of the sort - still hope it happens tho - also really hope its the new band aswell that would be amazing.

I meant that the uk charts around X-mas or lambasted with crap, only 12yr Girls buy singles anymore, and their generaly fans of any thing that dude Simon Pop idol does, and will buy it no matter what.

Xmas is a funny old time. Remember Iron Maiden slipped into the no.1 slot one Xmas  with bring your daughter to the slaughter. There were Iron Maiden at no.1 and not a radio station or TV channel in the land would play the track  :hihi:

If Gn'R released a single just before Xmas, i would imagine that it would sell damn well (providing the album isn't already out).

Iron maiden had a new years no.1 not a X-mas no.1.

No biggie...that is what news junkies like me are for I suppose.

'Slaughter' went No. 1 a week after Xmas for two weeks.

I've not heard anything about a charity single. The Westlife and U2/GD singles are out late Oct/early Nov. Not exactly Xmas fodder.