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what do you guys think? I think it would be great to perform 'better' live since (hopefully) it will be a single out by then.
just thinking...


peace out.

Of course they SHOULD!

Would be nice to see another classic live GN'R moment like that...and if March 6 is still THE DATE, the timing couldn't be better (pun completely intended)!

Do I think it will happen? No, I don't. But here's to hoping  :beer:

Well, there is no one that can deny it would be a good idea. I'd love for it to happen, but it feels like it won't be happening. I think they would mention something beforehand.

Is there a list somewhere for who's performing?

Obvv. they should! Maybe they will! But haha...slightly doubtful!

but it would be welll gooood  8)

Do any acts other than the nominees actually perform at the Grammies?

It's Finck, not Fink, brah.

You get my vote for worst screenname ever. No offense, just my opinion.

And of course they should play the Grammy's. Unfortunately, or fortunately for me in this case, The Police are gonna show up and kick ass that night. I'm excited for that. Axl would be wise to seek attention elsewhere - he could perform the album in its entirety and kiss babies, The Police reunion would still upstage him.

of course they should...but they wont

they won't be there

yes they save slots listed for live performances

Yes but it cant be a huge suprise like 02.... It was a letdown then,and if all didnt go right, it would be now too...

that was mtv , this is the grammys

Exactly, much bigger audience, alot less room for error...

They need to stay as far away from live performances as possible.

thats non sense then how do you explain this last tour ...being live and what not

I agree with you there flicknn... If they can't preform live they'll have no shot.... So in saying that they'll be fine!!

The suprise act is...........The Police (reunited).

 It's going to be huge.........

Please God, not another award show rumor.  I really don't want to sit through another one of those things :hihi:

Yeah, even I would like to see a Police reunion.

As for GN'R.....no. Won't be there. Super Bowl would have been more appropriate.

Let me rephrase that then. They need to stay as far away from performances on live TV as possible.

That 02 VMA disaster still haunts the public image of the band even 5 years later. Any sort of similar incident right now would kill any chance Axl has of ever hoping to make a come back.

the grammys wouldnt let them

why not  ???

It makes no sense to try and make a comeback appearance like that the same night the Police are going to reunite and play.

Because that's going to be fucking awesome, I can't wait to see that.

No, they have nothing to promote.

I fucking hate Sting as a solo artist, but he was ultra cool with The Police. It would be great if they performed "Synchronicity I", but more likely, they'll do something like "Roxanne".

Sorry for getting off topic.

Yeah Sting is right wanker these days. And anything they decide to play is ok with me, it's the fucking Police!

* crosses fingers for 'So Lonely'

maybe it was a letdown for you, but for real fans it was amazing and absolutely thrilling to see axl back on stage, i can't even describe how excited i was, my heart was beating and i jumped up from my sofa and just stared at the tv in disbelief and amazement with a huge grin on my face. it's too bad axl performing at the VMA's for the first time in ten years was a letdown for you, people like you would rather see nothing happen at all if it doesn't happen your way. it must suck to be incapable of excitement.

there was a thread about this several weeks ago.  it'll never happen but maybe they should be there to take the stage if the police strangle each other onstage and break up again during their performance.

GN'R have "Better" things to do.

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It's possible.  The Grammys are in LA.

The Police are performing a medly of three songs.  Every Breath, Message in a Bottle, and Everything she does is magic.

Could do it, but with The Police being the main act can't help but think that Sting would end up doing a duet with Guns.. 

That said you could kiss goodbye to anything new, Knockin on heavens door anybody....

On that note I would suggest it ain't gonna happen

I quit hoping for stuff like this a long time ago.

what they need is a freakin superbowl commercial :yes:

The performance was not a let down for me... I was more excited than anyone.... I still watch that performance with delight to this day... It was a letdown to the casual fan, for whatever reason... That performance was supposed to get everyone say HOLY FUCK AXL IS BACK!!! Instead here we are 4 and a half years later with what axl called a catosphery(sp)... all i'm sayin, is that they cant let it happen again...

I don't care about live performances or anything of the like. I just want CD released.

Well, I doubt that a kickass performance of Better would destroy any chances....

+1

I couldn't care less about a Police reunion by the way...

Only with a single released.

Funny how you attack someone for not being a real fan, because he simply didn't like a preformance...

I consider myself a "real" fan but that preformance really was appalling, imo It was the worst preformance in gnr history...

without Chinese Democracy.No...

It would be great to see GN'R performing BUT, I don't know how the audience would react to a GN'R new song, especially at the Grammys (as most of the people still don't know what's going on with the new Guns). Secondly, I don't think Axl would agree doing this because all of the attention will be on the Police reunion.

P.S. Cross finers for So Lonely also here...

Should perform, yet I seriously doubt it.. :-\

thanks, BRAH (or is it bro?) perhaps if you could have read more you would have noticed the caption under my photo... oh well maybe next time (hint hint its a movie AND a play on a current GNR member). BTW 'SterileEyes' i think thats a MUCH worse name.


peace out

^^^^^^

Agreed, my name sucks, no argument there  :peace:

It is official that The Police will open the show - confirmed in a Reuters article this morning:

(edited to include link)

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2007-01-30T145007Z_01_N30171913_RTRUKOC_0_US-GRAMMYS-POLICE.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-entertainmentNews-2

Definitiely not until the record is released.

Well, if The Police is going to open the show, then Guns will finish it with their new single Better.

Then Axl gets arrested by Police for biting Sting on the ankle.

 :beer:

Should they perform ?? Hell Yeah !!

Will they ??  Not very likely !

 :-X

I believe that the only ones that are allowed to perform at the Grammys is the winners or those who are nominated.

No, they shouldn't do anything anymore until the album is released!  It's already been a joke to the average person, It's now becoming a joke for even us die hards.  Perfectionism has taken a toll on Axl and GNR. 

I thought Hookers N'Blow were on tour when the Grammys were happening? ???

I was just wondering is GNR ever played SNL? If so, does anyone know what song they played and how I can see a video of the performance?

Do you guys thinks that the current version of GNR will play SNL when CD comes out? What song would they play?

I would love to hear them do The Blues on SNL. That is my favorite of the new songs.

Anyways, I look forward to your replies.

Ben? ?;D ;D ;D

To answer your question; no they haven't ever played SNL.

To answer the question of whether or not GNR would ever play SNL, I dunno. It's been debated on here a million times. I don't think it would ever happen, but I'd love to see it.

SNL sucks why would they want to. much better to do leno or letterman. play live on stern or opie and anthony.

i agree that they would be better off if they played leno or maybe even jimmy kimel, like slayer, i'm not a slayer fan but there preformance was pretty good on that show. : ok:

I say anything but Mad TV

personally, I think GNR is too big to perform in SNL.

U2 played SNL around 2002. I only watched it to see them. SNL hasn't been any good since the late 80s/early 90s. That said, I'd rather GN'R did not perform on that show.

Too small is probably closer to the mark.

They should play all of the above.

SNL does suck these days but they still get good musical acts from time to time.  In the last year or two they've had Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and System of a Down to name a few. 

Ive tried to post this before but for some reason it always gets deleted, but I think GNR should play Colbert's show.  Colbert loves rock music, makes it fun, promotes it and has the viewers that would fall in the demographic GNR needs for the CD to be financially successful.  I mean just look what Colbert did with Frampton, Decembrists etc... He's hilarious, the biggest thing on cable tv right now and it would be perfect for GNR to go on that show.  It especially would be funny if they made a statement to the news about Colbert, because he loves to play around with things like that.

That he's the biggest thing on cable right now is genuinely terrifying. I think he's stupifyingly unfunny and untalented and I hope to god GN'R stay as far away from the Daily Show Lite as possible.

playing SNL 5-10+ years ago would have been alright, not now, it sucks

Its a better show that the Daily Show its ratings and exposure keep increasing and you cannot deny the success band who have appeared on his show have had, or authors either.  Just look at the hits and sales of the Decembrists on their appearance or what happened with Ok Go.  Or even the raise in Frampton sales when he went on the show. It is the fastest growing audience in Cable and its base demographic consists mostly of 18-30 year old males, hence why advertisements during the COlbert show sell more than any other cable show on television.  Your own personal preference aside, it appeals to the target audience, is considered widely to be newer and funnier than any other talk show/comedy show, and has had great success in promoting bands.  Colbert has been embraced by the mainstream (reviews, pop culture, white house etc...) and yet still remains a favorite of "edgy" college kids.  It would be the perfect forum.

If they played SNL, at least they'd probably play on time. Heh.

Opie and Anthony?? What a great choice  ::)

Dont preform on SNL where youd be seen by millions... Instead go on O&A where you'd be heard by about 10....

I probably dislike The Poliece more than any other band I know of. ugh.

I think Leno or Letterman are the only reasonable choices anymore.  Maybe SNL.

Ozzy and VR have done Leno before, usually he doesn't have huge bands, but ocasionally he does.

wowwwwwwwwww  :o I didn't know such an opinion existed anywhere in the world. For me, that band has perfect timing cause I didn't get hardcore into them until 6 months ago.

Maybe Mr. Rose and his Guns will play the MTV Movie Awards or something, that's about the only awards show I can think of that takes place between the Grammy's and the VMA's.

Guns SHOULD perform right after the police and blow their asses out of the water.  Then at the end of "Better" Axl can announce that 3/6/07 is the release date!!!!! Haha, in my dreams anyways.

If CD was coming out on March 6th yes. But its obviously not and they arent going to perform. I imagine we dont hear an official release till March 6th. Its too late now for a late March release date. Were talking April at the earliest if they do a normal promotion.

No performance Of GNR In GRAMMYS 2007.

hbk *

At least on SNL they'd have more of a showcase...playing 2-3 songs rather than the 1 on Letterman or Leno.  Personally, I don't see TV as GnR's thing, other than major music award shows...

I say just play an awards show... there are always huge audiences there...

Letterman is way more respected than Leno.

I'd like to see GNR play New York and do both Letterman and SNL while they're in town.

More respected by who? Certainly not viewers, Leno runs away 100% of the time.. Not bad mouthing Dave or anything, just sayin...

But tha'd be a great idea to do both shows  : ok:

anything but rosie or wwe raw

I think a surprise performance in broad daylight would be much more effective than appearing on a late night comedy show.. :-\

The Grammy's would never ask GNR to come, they get bands who are popular not who were popular.  For most people it would be horrible, sure we'd like it, but the Grammy's appeal to people who listened to Milli Vanilli, GnR right now to them, would be like a Manuto surprise performance to us.  Sorry guys some of you need to wake up and realize its not 1992 anymore and the majority of the world does nto care about GNR.

A "Where The Streets Have No Name" approach? Yeah, that'd be pretty cool.

Just like their performance on the 2002 VMA's?  ::)

VMA's have a much different audience and a different atmosphere than the Grammy's.  Also, people still make fun of the GNR performance on the VMA's.  All you have to do is look at the outfits at both and look what stations the two are on.  If people didnt like the 2002 VMA's (whichi s watched primarily by 18-30 yo's) then people would hate GnR at the Grammys in 2007 which has a much more broad age range.  I would bet that about 60% of the grammy watching audience could not tell you the lead singer of GNR, let alone want to hear the new band play.  The fact is the Grammy's get people with new music then and bands like the Police or they put on big original acts with like Robin Williams singing "Blame Canada."

I would bet the Grammy audience are more familiar with Axl than a MTV audience nowadays.

I'm not saying I believe GN'R actually will perform at the Grammy's, but if they do, I think it will be well received.

More people recognize Flavor Flave now and he has a better chance of being asked to perform by the Grammy's than Axl.

I hate the fuckin Grammy's, always have. They are the worst fuckin award show. They give away the awards to the dumbest nominee's ever. I remember when Dr.Feelgood and ...And Justice For All were up for Rock/Hard Rock and Jethro Tull won.

What gives? What a bunch of assholes. Motley and Metallica are not my favourite bands.... but for the love of god!

By the way the show is boring as hell. I almost died the other year waiting for VR and freinds play Across the Universe.

Every year they decide who's nuts to swing from and they win Everything ie Clapton, Mariah , Norah Jones, and whoever else.

Fuck the Grammy's

It would be way better to go play The damn Whiskey live on MTV. The day before the fuckin Grammy's ?

I think they should try to get the album out first. :yes:

Nice to see were on the same wavelength ;)

NO way, one they've never won a grammy plus The Grammy's arent gonna have the Police and GNR and seeing as GNR have already came back with an 06 tour, they really wouldnt be a surprise anymore like they were at the VMA's.

naw i think they are too big for SNL and it would just give them much more of a sellout image if they performed on that show.  seriously it sucks i hope gnr isnt part of any of this tv crap

Our last bit of hope for a March '07 CD release announcement?

 :-\

it would be nice but we know it wont happen...im sure we would have heard something by now about it

grammys are for known bands, sure the name is the same but the music we know no one else does.. You also should have accomplished something song and record wise to appear IMO..

these guys need their own merit already and release an album..

To be honest, any award or TV show would be nice to see them on