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My national radio station has just announced that Guns N Roses will be headlining this years Cokefest Concert in South Africa, April 2007.

It's the best news ever!

welcome to SA Axl and Co.

http://www.5fm.co.za/events/eventsdetails.aspx?id=7281

1. What is your national radio station called?

2. Does it have a website?

they seriously better not go on tour until that album is out

Cokefest?!

I would have expected Cokefest to be in Columbia.  Learn somethin' every day...

http://www.5fm.co.za/events/eventsdetails.aspx?id=7281

I really hope that's true.  It would be good for RSA, and for a pending album release, I think.

Wow... This does look good... Hear to believe a radio station would post that w/o confirmation..

Thanks!!

LOL? :hihi:
Thanks for posting, hope they join the cokefest!!!

Sounds cool! :D

Stupid.

THey need a (new) manager.

Can you tell me why?

I've always stated the theory of Axl not releasing the album until he tours the entire world...I guess my theory was right.  DAMN!!! QUIT TOURING & PUT OUT THE ALBUM!!!!!!!

Man seriously... I'm just glad GNR is doing something. If they're touring and the album still isnt out.. whatever. I got use to GNR touring and so I'm sad when I know they aren't rocking the world somewhere.

Good for them.  : ok:

yup...i just heard it too.



oh yes.

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Guns 'n Roses live in SA for the My Coke Fest 2007

Coca-Cola has enjoyed great success in the past few years with very
exciting music concepts, from Coca-Cola Popstars 1, 2 and 3, to the
Coca-Cola Collaboration CD, Coca-Cola Colab Live-On-Tour and last year's
Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix Festival. This year Coca-Cola and 5FM are
proud to announce the coming of MY COKE FEST - 2007's biggest music
festival.  This exciting music festival kicks off in Johannesburg on
Friday the 27th of April at the New Market Racecourse, then moves to
Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town on Tuesday the 1st of May.  It's
music on the Coke side of life, so naturally, the festival will boast
the usual impressive mix of SA talent and international music
heavyweights.
MY COKE FEST is set to attract thousands of fans who will feast on some
of the world's best live music at two spectacular venues that will add
to the unique festival spirit. It's going to be a 12-hour, adrenalin
filled festival that will quench the strongest music thirsts. Just think
of it all going down the way an ice cold Coke goes down on a hot day.
Michelle Wright, Coca-Cola's Senior Brand manager, comments - "Coca-Cola
is always proud to present the best of SA music as well as global music
heavyweights. MY COKE FEST is our way of celebrating music on the Coke
side of life; it's the sharing of a stage in one big all day festival."
TOUR ITINERARY

Friday, 27 April 2007 - New Market Racetrack, Germiston - Gates open at
10h00.
Tuesday, 1 May 2007 -  Kenilworth Racetrack, Cape Town - Gates open at
10h00.

this has to be the shittest venue in town.
why in the world did they choose this place?

fucking cool if it's true! :smoking:
2007 is looking good already.

the cokefest blow-out: you won't be able to stop talking about it... ;)

Sorry for the off topic, but MY national radio also calims that GN'R will play live in Sofia Bulgaria in May. Just a speculations though. It will be great anyway... ;D

Evanescence also confirmed appearance for the same event....except on their site the dates (and venues as well as cities) are not the same as the ones announced on radio.

Guns 'n Roses live in SA for the My Coke Fest 2007

Coca-Cola has enjoyed great success in the past few years with very exciting music concepts, from Coca-Cola Popstars 1, 2 and 3, to the Coca-Cola Collaboration CD, Coca-Cola Colab Live-On-Tour and last year?s Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix Festival. This year Coca-Cola and 5FM are proud to announce the coming of MY COKE FEST - 2007's biggest music festival.  This exciting music festival kicks off in Johannesburg on Friday the 27th of April at the New Market Racecourse, then moves to Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town on Tuesday the 1st of May.  It?s music on the Coke side of life, so naturally, the festival will boast the usual impressive mix of SA talent and international music heavyweights.

MY COKE FEST is set to attract thousands of fans who will feast on some of the world?s best live music at two spectacular venues that will add to the unique festival spirit. It?s going to be a 12-hour, adrenalin filled festival that will quench the strongest music thirsts. Just think of it all going down the way an ice cold Coke goes down on a hot day.

Michelle Wright, Coca-Cola?s Senior Brand manager, comments ? "Coca-Cola is always proud to present the best of SA music as well as global music heavyweights. MY COKE FEST is our way of celebrating music on the Coke side of life; it?s the sharing of a stage in one big all day festival."

TOUR ITINERARY
 
Friday, 27 April 2007 - New Market Racetrack, Germiston - Gates open at 10h00.

Tuesday, 1 May 2007 -  Kenilworth Racetrack, Cape Town - Gates open at 10h00.

http://www.5fm.co.za/events/eventsdetails.aspx?id=7281
 

umm there is already a thread about this? and were was it confirmed?

My Coke fest ? ..... hum.

IFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF IT HAPPENS...IT WILL BE GREAT!!!!

Thankz for Info..

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For me, It's Bad news... NO SUDAMERICA...

 :crying:

hbk *

I just hope it doesn't mean no news before late april.

Shall we start setting up the updaters for the concerts?  :yes:

(Yes I'm spoiled, I know)

;)

sure.
i can send text messages, just let me know the number.

This has not been officially confirmed yet. My guess is it will happen with an official statement? Perhaps some more shows are currently being scheduled.

This is awful news.  It pretty much confirms that the album will not be out in March or April.  If the album was coming out in March no manager is going to send a band to some unheard of festival in Africa before seeing what needs to be done to promote the album.  If this is true to me it confirms that the album will not be out until at least the summer.  This does not fit with a March 6 release date and sounds like just another "practice" show.  I wish, if that is all that Axl wants this band to be, that he would just say so.  I think he would get more people going ot the concerts if he was like, "yeah we arent going to release a CD we are just going to tour around and have fun."  Instead people treat them like they dont exist because they are under a cloud of negativity about Chinese Democracy.  Axl can do whatever he wants, and if he wants to just tour the world playing the same set list over and over and never releasing new music thats fine, but he should just be honest about it.

does coke-fest have a website?

Just because you never heard about it doesn't mean is less serious. Also, this fits with the rumor about GN'R going to Brazil in April.

I can't see how this is awful news in any means. It doesn't confirm anything reagarding the album.

i don't think they do as yet for this year's event...the radio station is the closes you'll get to right now in terms of publicity.
but if you search google for "coca cola colab", it should bring up a load of last years info.

Metallica headlined last years.

Africa and Brazil.... Im an American and it may sound bad to say but we dont care about Africa or Brazil (even though I speak portugese) ?If you want to be big in America you release an album, release a single, release a video and go on a world tour. ?Thats what bands do. ?GNR has to try to be big becasue in order for them to break even on this album they must sell millions of copies. ?I am not saying going to these places would never be a good thing, but a band is not going to agree to a festival a month after their album is supposed to be released if they are the calibur of GNR. ?What manager would do that? ?THey lock themselves into a gig 1,000's of miles away so that they cant set a north american tour or even a european tour. ?They also cant decide to work on a video or make any public appearances during that time. ?If the album was coming out March 6 then timing would be everything. ? No smart manager is going to commit to a concert without knowing how the album will be recieved. ?

You can disagree all you want, but I guarantee if this is true the album will not be released in march or april. ?You can save this post and throw it in my face after, but I guarantee the album will not be released before this event if GNR is scheduled to play at it.

Agree 100 percent!

A band with no manager

I can't think of a better name for a rock and roll festival than "CokeFest".

people like you are the reason for the great reputation the USA have earned in the world : ok:


 :no:

I was thinking the same thing. I can tell right now Axl's not gonna let that go during the show. if they play it.

Bullshit man. A band can play where ever the fuck they want to when ever they want to. It don't mean a damn thing if they play Africa, Brazil or fucking NYC right after the album is released. As long as they play somewhere. You do realize they have fans in other parts of the world that would like to see them too. Stop being so damn ignorant and realize theres a world outside of the fuckin US.

that was really stupid...



what if the album is not coming out in March?


the one whose job it is to generate cash for the band...in other words....most managers.


firstly, they didn't lock themselves into anything....if you've been watching Axl Rose carefully over the past 20-odd years, you'd notice that he can't be locked into anything....

secondly, you've already had an american and a european tour....now its time for those countries who DON'T complain about setlists to get a taste of gnr also....its simple mathematics....gnr needs cash...thousands of people in the third world are willing to give it to them.


also wrong....major international acts have filmed videos in rsa during their tours, as the equipment is cheaper, skills are on par, if not better, and the weather and scenery is nice.



wow, you managed to figure that one out all by yourself?

Guns never went to South Africa...why wouldn't they go?

I for one will go to every show they play in Brazil. In 2007 I think it's bullshit to say a band has to be in the US for a release. ?

Looking on the bright side. Maybe this means the album is really done. ?: ok:

I don't believe fuck all anymore till it's confirmed. Just way too much bullshit involved when it comes to this band and unfortunatley the bands always goes with the silent treatment, which sucks for us.

I was all wired and excited in sept-oct-nov-I was going crazy dec-I was insane...Now I'm like o.k. cool whatever...but still hoping ?: ?:beer: ?

Bullshit man. A band can play where ever the fuck they want to when ever they want to. It don't mean a damn thing if they play Africa, Brazil or fucking NYC right after the album is released. As long as they play somewhere. You do realize they have fans in other parts of the world that would like to see them too. Stop being so damn ignorant and realize theres a world outside of the fuckin US.

How about this, you two who complain about my post, copy it, save it and if the album comes out on March 6 or before this concert and GnR is playing at this concert then you can throw it in my face, but Id be willing to be any amount of money that that will not happen.   I never said they shouldnt play there so for Theproject I highly recommend taking a course in school that teaches you how to read. I merely said that this does not fit with a time table for an upcoming release.  How about this; go out and find an example of a major band that has ever agreed to do a concert in South Africa when they have an upcoming album inbetween the time of the agreement and the concert.  You wont.  If a band wants to sell millions of copies they do so in America, especially since they are an American band.  The rest of the world will take what they can get, but this is an American world, Guns N Roses is an American band, and the label is American and the population they need to convince is the American population.  Sorry, it might suck, but no other country has the purchasing or promoting power as America does for music and most of the rest of the world get their music through American owned and run corporations. I.e. you want GNR to be big on MTV Holland, youre gonna need it to be big in the U.S..  It is managing 101, oh and old rock bands touring overseas does not look good for a band thats trying to look new and fresh.  American rockbands that spend more time touring overseas tend to be considered washed up.

Well, if Guns plays this, wouldn't it be a big money maker for them seeing that it is a festival?

I bet they pull out.

And where does Rock in Rio fit into this?  Isn't that usually around this time too?

It's annoying to have blanket statements put out in your name (or your country's name).   :rant: 

The band JUST toured the US, and I see no problem with them hitting some spots in Asia, South America, and whatnot, before coming back home.  If the album's great, let it build to a fever pitch, before touring the US again. 

From what I've seen, Brazil is nuts about GNR, and so GNR should go to Brazil.  I don't know...well...anything about the South African music scene, but if they're similarly nuts about GNR and this is a good festival, then there's only good that can come out of going.  So, next time you feel like making a blanket statement about Americans not caring about this or that, you might check with at least one other American, first.  :headbanger:   

Rock In Rio has been in Lisboa the last two years, in the summertime. Don't know where the next one will be.

There is no RIR-L this year. I think the next one is next year or the year after.

I was under the impression that the next Rock in Rio-Lisbon will be on 2008.

Could be wrong, but there was a two year gap between the previous two.

How them playing in S.A. is a negative thing is beyond me. It is stupid for people to freak out because they are playing this show. The album may still come out in March, we have heard nothing to think otherwise as of yet. And so what if it does gets pushed back? This show isnt till the end of April.

What I find promising is that under the heading it says" new biography coming soon"
Maybe we'll see it updated with a release date?

Why??? Evanescence have a South American Tour before the CokeFest... Why Guns can't play in South America before or after the South African shows? ;)

I never said that the album will be out before that. I agree with you, the album may not come out before then, but i'd rather have axl touring than going silent on us like he did during 2003-2006.


I never suggested that you said that either. you said who cares about Africa and that no self-respecting manager would do this to his band. I was arguing that point.


Metallica, U2, Collective Soul, Live.


very wrong. Agreed, America is the biggest market, but trust me, the rest of the world won't take what they get....a typical example are the bands who strike it huge in Japan and no one else knows about them anywhere else....each market has their own set of requirements, and needs to be approached individually....agreed, the strategies don't differ much from country to country, but that is why its usually called a world tour...not an american tour with a gig in Tokyo.


no one is disputing that...but there are billions of dollars elsewhere, and in that same book of managing 101 it says that those dollars should be collected.


how can you say something like that after gnr just did a massive tour of the states?

try and separate your personal emotions from a good decision, which is this gig in Africa, and then you will see the difference. I am as frustrated as you are that the album is being delayed time and time again, but this set of shows is a good decision, and frankly will make no difference to either the album's release date or its promotion.

it won't do a single thing, but wake up 100.000 odd people who were beginning to forget about gnr, to start believing again.
and for that reason alone....its a great decision.

Does anyone else find this description of the festival to be a bit odd/humorous? 

#1: What the hell is the "Coke side of life."  I mean, I can take a guess, but it'll be completely influenced by Scarface and, so, probably not in like with Coca-Cola's newer image.

#2: The festival is going to go down like an "ice cold Coke goes down on a hot day."  Seriously, did some marketing intern just write this up really quickly on a Friday at 4:57 pm?   :rofl:   

its coca cola's marketing tagline for this part of the world.


exactly that.

Ahh, then it makes a bit more sense.  Anyway, I'm not disputing the quality of the festival or anything like that...I just find the marketing amusing.

well, lets face it, its not exactly Ozfest or the Inland Invasion...it is Africa after all...but it will pack a huge crowd, and GNR are coming.
enough to get excited.

Ehh, Ozzfest has gone down the shitter.  They get Black Label Society, which is cool, but it's all nu-metal, and they piss off the old bands like Iron Maiden.  Don't sell this Coke Fest short.

it sucked last year.
organisation was crap, no refreshments were on hand for 70.000 people who came to see Metallica, security couldn't care less, toilets were 10 miles down the road....

they didn't even provide Coke.

the bands were good though.

I've heard some people
Say this is just a "cash-grab"
Like that's a bad thing.

What's the problem there?
We do business TO GRAB CASH!
Why is that term bad???  ???

Splash

/Mike

why are all of you assuming this is a negative thing?  it could mean arrangements for the album have been made and a release date is scheduled, so they're starting to book shows.

Because "touring" has always been an excuse as to why the album isn't finished, and the finishing touches will be made after the tour.

Great  :-\ More concert dates, and no mention of any release.  I like to think that if they are planning dates, then we will hear something very soon (within a couple of weeks).  But this is just some random person's guess from one side of the world.  If they don't announce a release date before they start playing live again, it will be "laughable". 

And yes I know, people will say "it's good that there doing something", or "they can do whatever they want", or "CD will come out when it is ready", and this is true.  But for God's sake, when is enough, enough?    How many shows can you do just off your name? 

I think someone should realize that perfectionism is turning them into the laughing stock of music.  When Axl releases this album, it could very well and probable will change that, but it's absolutely unbelievable to me how long this thing is taking! It sounds to me like the album gets finished and then he always goes back in to change things.  If this is the scenerio, do you think somebody like that could ever be satisfied?  I mean shit, it's taken about what, 10 years?

Well, things seems to go in the right direction...

Now when GNR are planning concerts, its very likely that CD will be out in a few months...

have they ever played there before??

don't think so, but not sure

It's the "I can't afford to finish the damn album and I need another Ferrari Anyway" Would Tour.

no, they never did.

I don't think there's any reason to expect that they will tour the world before it's released.  Concerts have to be planned months in advance.  The fact that they've committed to something in April or May doesn't mean they won't have a firm release date anytime soon.  I take it as good news.

exactly.

i truly don't see these shows as indication of a tour of any sorts.
its a once off performance in a new market for a good wad of cash...because Coke has it....simple as that....view it as a corporate gig...

I doubt this is another exscuse to postpone the release of CD. ?I say that only because they cancelled 4 dates in Jan. to supposely finish the album so they could promote it and release it by March 6th. ?Why would they go back out on tour before it's released? Wouldn't make any sense. ?But then again, it wouldn't be too suprsising if they fucked themselves over once again.

If youre from South Africa this is good news

If you like tours a lot this is good news

If you are sick of tours without an album this is a bad thing.

This will just provide another ?excuse for an album delay and im guessing, if this is true, we wont get CD until late 2007.

Also people who bring up the cancelled dates in January, thats hardly the first time GNR has ended a tour short and people have made citings of Axl all over the country, if he really had to cancel those dates then I think the entire band would be shelled up in a studio.  Axl obviously cannot record on tour.  If he just wants to tour and party and not release an album thats cool but stop saying its coming out.

The reason the rest of the band doesn't need to be there is because the only thing left to finish are the vocals.? That's what I'm assuming anyways.

According to Axl, GnR' cancelled their shows in January to complete the record. This implies that when they do start to do shows the album will be done.

Crap, they are playing a concert again without an album out
Crap, they only gave a tenatrive date.
Crap, they always play the same setlist
Crap, they play too many solos
Crap, there isn't gonna be a reunion,
Crap, Izzy is playing with GNR
Crap, Izzy is not always playing with GNR

...and it goes on and on.

My point is be thankful we have a GNR out there playing shows. People obsess and complain too much when their personal expectations are not met.

Well Ron's interview on the podcast is from last Saturday and he said that he has been in the studio since the end of the tour and that the album is finally done. So whenever Ron was at the Gibson showroom, he was there to get a a couple guitars to finish his tracks.  Also, we know that Axl has been in the studio through out January and that he's been working on the record. So obviously shit is getting done. The fact that they are starting to book shows is a good sign, not a bad one.

Something is obviously happening soon....Dizzy plays with the Starfuckers all the time in LA, but says tongiht is his last show with them for awhile, so he;s obviously got other plans to attened too, most likely Gn'R related, here is his exact message...

"My Last Nite w/ Starfuckerz 4 A While!!!!! 2nite!! Catclub!!"
"The rock will continue while I'm gone, but come out 2nite so I can show YOU I care. It will be the party of the YEAR!! And I love to drink Jager with my friends and THAT MEANS YOU!! Man I can't wait, I think I'm gonna head down there right now and get ready!! C U 2nite! Catclub on Sunset Blvd. Yyyyyyyeeeeessssss!!!! Oh and if you are"in town for the super bowl" you're on the wrong coast you fuckin moron, so go back to the overseas brothel from which you were spawned and watch "soccer". Rock on..........."

wonder how Dizzy feels about David Beckham signing for LA Galaxy...?

Let me ask you something since you seem to know what's gonna happen in the world of GN'R.

If they really want to tour without an album out, why haven't they announced a full tour taking place in February and March?


Is it possible that these rumored dates are planned to happen after the album's release?





/jarmo

exactly.
this is a once off performance guys....you can view it in the same light as those Hammerstein shows, kind of like a warm up for a full blown European Summer Tour...

this show is not an indication of anything.

i'm american and agree with you... I think its good to preform in places like this... gets the band some world wide exposure, and cash for promos and such!!

WARose is not dissing America.
All he's saying is the comment is disgraceful to other Americans and the poster should speak for himself.


People earn money by the sweat of their brows which is a labour of love for some and a tedious task only for money for others. I bet it's former for gnr members.


Let put it this way. Millions of people outside of the US and Europe want to see their live performance. GNR wants many people to experience their gig. Music is impartially for everyone with ears.
The demands meet.

glad news, booker t, that your wish is about to be granted.

good news if true               

 if true it hopefully means the release date is set in stone       :peace:      hopefully  :hihi:

I dont think GNR will announce tourdates officially, until after the official release date is announced. I expect that announce to happen in a week, and no more than 2 weeks. So we'll have to wait until then, until then these are just rumors.  :)

I'm very happy for the fans in S.A! Hopefully they'll play in other places they've been to before this year as well, like South Korea, Russia, Romania, etc.

In my mind it can only mean the album will be out before late april. I can't imagine the band touring again without an album.

Can you explain your post? Have you been there? This is a festival sponsered by Coke. Really not understanding your shitty comment.

What is stupid?

yup, been there, its nothing special, i'm sure the band will not notice the difference, its not in the nicest part of town as far as audience is concerned, its about 50 km from jhb, facilities are ok, but not as good as for example the venue where last years' festival was held.

from a fan's point of view, it's a mission to go there.
coke took it as the previous venue was in pretoria, and all the jhb people complained about that.

can't please everybody i suppose.

Agree. If they canceled the January gigs for finishing the album, why would they have more gigs now, in April/May if is not with a good perception of when they will release it?  ;)

my guess would be the idea of gnr playing in Africa.

My guess is  he is not thinking before he types, or him like most in here think they know what is best for GNR. Which they do not. My guess is most in here are in panic mode.

If they are playing anywhere in the world that is great news, I give 2 shits where when or for who. GNR active is a great thing. PERIOD :peace:

My guess is he is talking about touring without a manager.

But for all we know, they have one now.  :)

and i like him/her already.

I can't wait to see GNR on the road again.  :yes:

Exactly

Thats exactly the same attitude I have. I love when they tour, and I love seeing them live, this is nothing but positive news!!!

Taking the music where it has not been before is a good thing  : ok:

does anyone know if this will be broadcasted?

 For you to post something like americans does not care about Africa it is outrage and, who cares that you speak portuguese? You don't care about Africa but please don't say americans don't care abut Africa. Why do you think you know everything? For God's sake, stop posting things that you don't know anything about it. Who are you to give any advice to GNR?
Beta

He's a fan. He has a right to express his own views on this subject. Does he not?

Good they are on the road again. Cool to see them in Africa and I hope we have an album or a solid release date around that time.

One's opinion is
As good as their data is.
Unresearched views are

Worth as much as crap.
2 + 2 ain't opinion.
No research? WORTHLESS.

Don't mean to be harsh
But I'm fed up with people
Thinking opinions

Without true basis
In tested facts and figures
Hold ANY water.

Splash

/Mike

I'm not agreeing or saying he is right. This is a message board so let people express themselves on topics of their favorite band right or wrong. It wouldn't be fun if everyone agreed and thought the same.

If these concert dates are true than we can guess the album will be out before April 27, May 1 ? only seems logic right !??? ???

haha no that is not logic because last year was the same situation - concerts in may, but without an album.


this sucks

Well, folks. Since this is indeed happening, I think this is the make or break point. If they have the CD done by then, I bet we'll see it around that time. And if they don't have it done by then, well, just look at what happened last year.

Beta do you think will we hear something soon?

Haha true. I expect the date for a summer release more than the actual CD.

i wish we'd get the album or a confirmed date before they'd tour more :-\

What world do you live in? GNR has turned into a touring band. Until CD is here, that's all they are.

If they tour without either the album 100% set for release with a 100% confirmed release date or, barring that, the album released already, then I think it's time for fans to start boycotting their shows.  Franky, I got a head start and refused to see the last tour.

At this point the band should be getting 0% fan support and that's exactly what they'll get from me until THEY do something about it.

Maybe he needed some bread to pay the studio bills.

Maybe he needs to stay away from the studio.

everybody who's complaining, just leave!!!

I think it's quite big they're playing somewhere they haven't played before :beer:

Yeah, I think you're right :hihi:
 

I'm not complaining. Just pointing out facts. Hurts to see them in black and white, doesn't it?

What facts?


Since when are you in the know about GN'R's plans for April?



/jarmo

I haven't used April in any of my posts.

What facts are you pointing out then?


/jarmo

You know what, you're right. I shouldn't have used the word facts. I should have said: "Just pointing out what anyone with common sense can see."

If this appearance is true, and it sounds like it is at this point, why are we finding out about it from some South African web site? Instead of from the band itself?
 :'(

And what is that?




/jarmo

Because it's still 2 or 3 months away and it might not be finalized. Also, they probably won't announce tourdates until the record company announces the release date. Like I said, it's over 2 months away...no rush.  :)

how anybody sees this as a bad thing is beyond me.  :no:

I am down to see GNR anytime anyplace I possibly can!   Whatever the setlist is, if people can't accept that this is Guns N Fucking Roses already and that people want to hear the classics we all love, you are wasting your time.  : ok:

we have no idea if the album will be out in april or not.. but i dont even care.   it will come out when it comes out, no one is going to die over this or anything. geeez.  in the meantime I will be seeing Axl and the band any chance I get.

exactly my thoughts. a band that has been off and on for near the past decade is coming back, kind of slowly but I'm not complaining. they had a breakout year in 06 with the tour and everything, now 'CD' is eventually coming, the more shows the better.

having a lot of shows and concerts can never hurt GNR, the guys get to play more and the music is then spread around and more people become interested.

can't wait to see them again! : ok: ;D

Well, for one, someone mentioned maybe GNR would do this just to get money for studio time. I said, maybe stay away from the studio. If you can't afford something, don't do it. Common sense, right?

You have no proof to back up your theory do you?

We don't know what the lans for April are, but still you can come up with theories like that because you use "common sense".

If you use common sense and read Axl's letter, you'll see that the last tour was supposed to coincide with the album's release.



Now you can say you never claimed they're doing a one off gig to pay for the studio, but you sure as hell went along with the theory and tried to make up a reason why it makes sense (to you).



/jarmo

You're trying too hard to make me look like a hater. I was responding to someone's theory. How do you respond to a theory with no facts? You can't. So I played along. I don't for a second think GNR doesn't have money for studio time. I'm sure they're rolling in money.

What's the point of discussing anything if we can only deal in facts. Are you done with me yet?

i think Jarmo should change his screen name to "The Wise One"? :hihi:

Ill say this since some people here only know how to misconstrue things.  I do now mean that Americans hate Brazil or Africa, I love Brazil, been there many times.  I played soccer in Brazil for a year and a half so im not saying that.  Ask any american on the street though what language they speak in brazil or who their president is and i guarantee maybe 10% could get it right.  I actually saw a poll about Nelson Mandela today cause of black history month and it said 50% of americans  still believe he is president of South Africa.  45% of americans got the answer totally wrong.  These are facts that show that across the board americans do not care about Brazil or South Africa.  That doesnt mean America doesnt, or that we dont care about people in Africa (just look at how much Bill gates has given)  what I am saying is we couldnt care less about their music scene.  Thats all im saying.  I actually got into brazilian music when i was down there and its alright, but Americans couldnt care less if GNR is rockin Africa or Brazil.  American concerts on this last tour usually did not sell out and sold pretty poorly sadly.  So you can bash it all you want, save my post if GNR plays this concert and the albums out by then thatll be sweet and throw this in my face or whatever you want.  Oh and by the way to the guy who said Metallica scheduled a live festival concert on another continent when they had a pending release was out of their mind or just plain lying.

Anyways im not trying to get Africans or Brazilians mad.  Im just saying America is the mass audience, American companies influence the globe when it comes to music, American music crosses over to other countries and very rarely is it vice versa (besides England).  If you wanna sell albums stay in America when the albums released and i think they realize that. 

GNR needs a new pr team cause Axl and the band need to change the way they are percieved by America. Here Axl is a punchline to jokes.  It really sucks because he does a lot of good things and the medie just focuses on the bad.  When that album comes out Axl needs to be here to push it.

listen man, i genuinely tried to understand your points, and see it as a solid debate....but now you're just acting stupid.
you asked for the band names who played down here regardless of releases they had, and i gave them to you....so now its a lie?...like jarmo said....what do you base your facts on? is it concrete research? or personal feelings?

couldn't care less what you think about USA vs South America vs Africa issue, and it doesn't matter in this context either....bottom line is there are a lot of fans outside the US, and the fact that the band wishes to visit them and play a show for them is an unbelievably good deed from their side....

Axl should be commended for that, and not bashed.

Playing gigs in Europe and the States makes it easy for those fans to see more than one show....fuck, jarmo went to how many shows last year? Christos went to how many? Europe is small and the transport infrastructure allows for this type of a fanbase.

Latin Amercan and African fans can't do this....we get one show...and that's it...we can't follow the band around the continent and enjoy other gigs because we live in god forsaken places that people like you don't know enough about to give us time of the day to make our case heard....

so back off....stop being sour, and at least be happy for those people who will get to see gnr live, 95% of them for the first time in their lives....and probably the last time too....

there are two shows scheduled in the country, and i'm fucking going to both of them....they are 1500 km's apart from each other, but i couldn't care less, will travel and go to see them play.

this is not a standard tour/gig/performance......so please don't treat it like that.

@ the project: man, give it a rest with axlrose4eva1. leave him be. it's not worth it

it's great news that gnr are playing in south africa. i am happy to hear they are going to countries they've never been before and that's great.

people complain that playing a show in south africa might interfere with promotion for cd or whatever. you know there's those things called planes and a show can take up only 48 hours from the bands time? i don't think the 48 hours they'll be in south africa will make or break chinese democracy ::)

and i'm glad that shows start to come out. it's like last year. the sooner they start playing the sooner i'll get to see them this year : ok:

p.s. come to fucking romania gnr :rant:

^Exactly. I don't think this will make any difference on the realease of Chinese Democracy. It's just great to see the band doing something and playing in exotic places like South-America and Africa.

are you stupid and ignorant. what better place to tour than a country that offers beauty, first world features with third world attitudes and a democracy that is young and proactive and historic. Maybe you've had the opportunity to see them live, but most of us here haven't and are really looking forward to it. CD or no CD, the concerts willb e huge, with evanescense and hoobastank, and maybe good charlotte also on the bill. Metallica played her last year as well. Maybe it's unheard of to you, but Axl knows about it cos he's on his way.

cool.
some more info.

tickets went on sale this morning, at R576 for golden circle tickets ($82), and R376 for general admission ($53)....sold though Computicket www.computicket.com (http://www.computicket.com)

Hoobastank and Evanescence are the next two bands who confirmed.

and typically, all these people came out of the woodwork now, check these links out.

http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/jsp/item/Item.jsp?Trade_TradeId=3021675

http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/jsp/item/Item.jsp?Trade_TradeId=3105185

there will be lots of this going on now.

I tried to check some pics and info about the venues, but found nothing. So does anyone have any links or Google Earth coordinates or something?

it is a horseracing track, there is not much on them per say, they don't have a website, but i'll phone them and ask if they can send us some info.

the event promo radio ad is currently being aired, they're using WTJ and PC as songs for the announcement....newspapers are reporting on it all over town, its looking good.

i'll try and get this material scanned and posted here.

Hey man, thanks for the info! Hope the scanning works fine : ok:

I am happy for you South Africa...and don't pay attention to those who think that this is stupid. No way. First of all, SA is a good place to promote the album. It's unusual place, they've never been there before and it's gonna have huge impact on the world. Secondly, do you really believe that the album is not going to be ready until April? If it's out it's out. If it's not it's not! It's nothing to do with a live concert. And finally, (as it was mentioned above) it's great to see them playing in places that they've never been before. Awesome! 

managed to somehow record the radio ad for this.

go get it before it expires.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=46EC56CC498FC508

Thanks man! Awesome :peace:

cool, will try and get my hands on as many media clippings as possible.
all national radio stations are going berzerk....it was even discussed this morning on one of those political talk radio shows.

streetpoles are littered with newspaper headlines "GNR in SA".....

its like god decided to come down here.

not too sure if i can get my hands on any tv promos, but will try.

http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=364&fArticleId=3659753

GN'R will appear only for the first date of the festival, right?

It's looking good man, I'm happy for you guys in SA! It'd be great to see the ads! Are they using the new logo?

they're doing both as far as i know, jhb and cape town....two shows.
in the newspaper, they simply mentioned what i posted above from that website, with a picture of Axl from the hammerstein show, the one most magazines have been using, where he's almost kneeling down....and that's it so far...

street posters refer to that article.

That pic? ;)

(http://www.gnrfrance.net/groupe/miniature.php?tnH=600&url=/concerts/2006/0512_nyc/gchinofficial_900.jpg)

Sounds good man! Both dates...thanks for the heads up!

yes, that pic....with a pic of Evanescence, and that small paragraph.
nothing worth scanning in.

http://www.5fm.co.za/events/eventsdetails.aspx?id=7281

apparently there's a new guns n roses biography coming soon

that i don't understand.
why in the world would they mention that on a festival press release?

It does seem a bit strange.

Maybe there will be a new "official" biography from GN'R management to be included on all concert promoter's websites. Just my guess...

i was thinkin that too...it certainately is possible

by the way its written, I think it just means that they are going to recieve an updated band info blurb bit for press yet, ie GnR band members and their triumphant live return last year etc...like the blurbs about Evanescence/Hooba underneath.  I reckon its just press talk.  GnR prob dont want a promoter making up their own one in case they get wrong info and cause a stir if incorrect band members are listed/wrong info going out.

I think its great that GnR are heading to new territories - how exciting for the SA fans!  Very pleased for you!  The atmosphere will be  no doubt amazing...  :peace:

congrats to all the South African Fans...enjoy this oportunity it wont dissapoint : ok:

them playing shows again cant be a bad thing...it's always good when gnr is in the public eye.  i just hope the album is out (or at least turned over to the Label) before a full tour gets underway...i'm not certain but i'd think that studio work would become second fiddle when the guys get on the road :-\

right now i have no doubt in my mind that this will happen, this'll be great for.. well there aint nothing bad with it :headbanger:

I would like to see a duet with Axl and Amy Lee. The best current male and female vocalist alive.

By the way how's the fan base in SA? Are there a lot of GN'R fans there?

My daughter's fav band/vocalist and my fav band/vocalist.  If this were televised or streamed, we'd make it a mother daughter thing ;D

huge...let me explain it this way for those who know very little about sa...

Think of the country as mini USA....Johannesburg is often compared to NY, and Cape Town to San Francisko....both for their cosmopolitan appeal as well as their population structure.

Whatever major act is huge in the states....its almost guaranteed its going to be huge here...its a large country...with lots of straight roads....but unlike the states, south africans love European cars....

when gnr were at their highest in the early nineties, there was no high school kid in this country who didn't wish they'd come here...

gnr are played at every major rock club and house party religiously to this day, and have inspired and motivated a number of local rock acts...some of them very good....some of them crap....i hope the good ones make the festival....but usually the crap ones are the ones with all the connections...

anyway, gnr will have no issue packing this venue, both in jhb and cape town, and because big foreign acts only come here once or twice a year, no one will complain when Axl decides to start the show 5 hours later...

having said that, i don't expect the sa crowd to pay attention or even react favorably to the new material....they are all going there to hear jungle, paradise city, scom and november rain....songs they remember and love....

and if axl is smart, he will arrive here a few days earlier, pick up on one or two local euphemisms and slangs, mention those live on stage....and will have them eating out of his hand no matter what he sounds like or decides to do...

Wow, very interesting!  I take this as good news.. I didn't actually expect them to play here any time soon!!

it will definitely be recorded, not sure about broadcasting or streaming....definitely not going to happen live...but perhaps delayed in a few days time, like RAR....

i know the staging company...and lots of guys in it....if those tapes are anywhere within 50m from where i am....you can rest assured we will have some audio visual...when though, i don't know...

Sounds like it will be a great show i wonder if these will be the first shows of 2007 or if anymore April or even March dates will be announced.

Btw will www.gunsnroses.com be selling the tickets as well as they are not listed yet

did they sell tickets for European shows?
I think they're only licensed to sell tickets in the States.

It would be absolutely amazing if they did something like that, though we can't be sure they will of course.  That you have this access is amazing..can't wait to see what happens! ;D

The site was not online for the European shows

This is pretty cool...So hopefully theyll be back in time for some summer NA shows

I take it as a good sign.  Axl isn't stupid (despite what it may seem like at times) and he knows we're getting restless.  I think he realizes this and is ready to start playing with an album now.  The fact that they've signed up to do a gig in April seems to me that their work on the album will be done and the promotion and gigs will begin.

No new news, but everyone here likes reading GN'R-related articles...riiiight?  : ok:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003541224

Guns N' Roses will play their first-ever African shows when they headline My Coke Fest 2007. The rock group tops a bill that so far includes Evanescence and Hoobastank at Johannesburg's New Market Racecourse on April 27 and Cape Town's Kenilworth Racecourse on May 1.

My Coke Fest 2007 follows on the heels of 2006's Coca-Cola Collab Massive Mix, which saw Metallica play in the country for the first time, along with Simple Plan, Collective Soul, Seether and others.

Seether's Sean Morgan has frequently visited the country with ex-girlfriend Amy Lee, but the Evanescence frontwoman will be performing with her band for the first time at the events.

As previously reported, Guns N' Roses' new album, "Chinese Democracy," is tentatively due March 6 via Interscope, but no news has been heard about the project since Axl Rose's lengthy Internet posting announcing the date in December.

VIA INTERSCOPE....does billboard, a very reputable industry magazine know the record label?

Well, the good news is that its confirmed!  : ok:

I would like to see a duet with Axl and Amy Lee. The best current male and female vocalist alive.

So Jagger, Geoff Tate and 95% of women on earth must have died.  I can understand Axl cause he is unique, i would say best frontman, but vocalist, mike patton and sebastian bach were in his era and they are better vocalists, thats not saying Axl isnt better or more fun to watch in a rock band.  Sorry to snipe at this its just such a wrong statement and I dont want people thinking Amy Lee is the best female vocalist alive?  In popularity no way, in sheer vocal talent theres no way.  As for Amy Lee its pretty much not even worth commenting, ill just say amy lee would have no right being on stage with someone like Natalie Dessa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1k5l4oiCEcy.

It's also good news that GnR' have started to schedule shows for 07'. This implies to me that we should be hearing some news on CD's status sometime very soon.

hopefully the album drops b4 then

Yes, it should.  But we've heard this logic before (Europe tour, North American tour).  Unfortunately normal logic isn't always of much use when it comes to this band.  Let's keep our fingers crossed...

Cheers,

Andrew

well, the national broadcaster spends millions on importing US produced tv content, despite the fact that there is a legislation whereby they have to spend more on locally produced stuff...so them buying rights to air the footage is a possibility...especially when one of their channels was a direct partner with Universal when GH came out, so all the tv ads as well as the actual cd of GH were co-branded with this massive SABC (South African Broadcast Corporation) logo...it was quite terrible actually...but they sold a shitload...so that's all what counts...

there is also an independent music channel locally (kind of like MTV) http://www.mk89.co.za/ and they will definitelly be covering the festival....so there will be lots of edited footage and shows and reports of sorts about the show....i will be able to get my hands on that...worse case scenario, I'll just record it off the tv...

the raw footage itself i am not too sure about...but i'm enough of a gnr collector and fan to go on some serious mission to see if there is any of it hidden away somewhere....

what i would like though, is to get the opp to meet the guys...and have Axl over for dinner one night....my wife cooks a mean lamb roast...

I think that they might be scheduling a few more shows and i think when a few more are booked that we will get a statement from Axl confirming the shows and news on the album (hopefully a solid release date). ;D

http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1577682
 
Gn'R line up first-ever African shows

The band both formerly and currently known as Guns N' Roses are to visit Africa for the first time ever later this year. To play some rock shows, you understand.

Axl Rose and crew are scheduled to play in Johannesburg and Cape Town, on April 27 and May 1 respectively. The gigs are part of the My Coke Fest, whatever that is, and the bill/s also feature Hoobastank and Evanescence. Brill.

Gn'R's Chinese Democracy album, originally due for release in 1984 or something, is meant to be seeing the light of day on March 6, via Interscope. That's pretty soon, and we've not had a copy. Someone, somewhere, isn't doing their job. That, or there IS NO album...

Harsh. I wonder if this people would ever say anything positive once the album gets finally released.

name of this festival is so wrong....on so many levels...that ad agency should get their asses whipped...

I didn't think it was harsh. He clearly wants to hear the album.

I never noticed that, ROFL!

well, then you must be the only one, cause everyone else has been having a field day with it since it was announced....

its downright terrible.

I have been travelling, I am in the UK now, Norway next week, then back to Houston after that. I am so outta touch right now.

well, you didn't miss much...two new shows announced in April....in rsa...the COKEFEST...

mmmm lamb roast.

  your in luck I heard Axl loves lamb.

by the way I just love the name of this festival and can't wait to hear what Axl is going to say on stage there is no way in hell he's gonna let this one slide.

The "My Coke Festival" should be done in Colombia instead of in SA!  :rofl: :hihi:

I think gnr.com is only for US stuff.

Thanks so much theProject for the heads up! It's great to hear people love GN'R there! I know it sounds kinda dumb or whatever but I have to admit no much news from SA come right through here so it's nice we have people on this board from SA to tell us what's up. God knows I wish I could be there. Unfortunately plane tickets are too expensive for me from Paris to Johannesburg. But I know you guys will enjoy the shows and that's great! Take some pictures and everything for us!

I know U2 played in Johannesburg in 1998 I do believe. I think it was a pretty big event back then, even broadcasted on TV if I'm not mistaken. Maybe the same will happen with GN'R?

aweome news! :o :D
way to go playing africa!
GNR back on fucking top! ;D perfect timing as usual! 8)

^ Hahaha

what a mean article  :(

yeah, there is NO ALBUM...

and there was no holocaust...

Pretty cool news GN'R will be performing in South Africa! It'd be so cool to see them in Africa. Especially Cape Town!

Wonder if they'll schedule a performace in Durban also while they're in South Africa? Now I think I'd just have to be there for that concert.  :yes:

Congrats and have a wonderful time Axl!  : ok: :beer:

it was massive...2 shows as well, jhb and ct, it was a delayed live broadcast (started an hour after the concert), i was there, had VIP tickets for that one, free booze and food....they brought their own staging and all the equipment...up until that point, the Stones were considered the biggest and best show in sa, but Bono quickly fixed that one....

Durban wasn't announced as a show as yet....not too sure as to why...my thinking is that people there don't buy tickets until the day of the gig, so one can never gauge the performance of the sales...its a coastal city...and people living on the coast are always a bit slower to catch on...(no insult intended)...

I live in jhb, and personally am looking more forward to the cape town show, as there are less hooligans in cape town, that city is so full of European supermodels, so it should make it quite enjoyable to be there....

latest rumor on the local music scene is that Izzy is coming down too.....

why not they already have the name of gnr who needs an album?? Just playing, cool to see a gig there.. It just seems like it's february third and we're hearing the album next month and there's not a slight bit of buzz or talk at all.. Seems like the deline has begun from whatever happened in NA..

hay mike

? ? ? ? ? ? nice to see you back? :beer: .its great to see GNR back on the road.the album really doesnt matter that much anymore.itd just be cool to see GNR active every year.the album would jus be icing on the cake? : ok:


? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?YES IM PISSED  :hihi:

                           actually im bladdered  :rofl: and dont know where i am  :P

I think its great GNR will play Africa for the first time!! this is great news.  : ok:

Random thought: Reading this thread seems to bring out the good and bad in GNR fans.  :rant: Some are supporting Axl and the band and others are having a go at them. What i think is quite funny is that the same people bashing Axl now will be jumping on his dick once he goes on tour and is an instant success again. Also when the album comes out IMO people should give him the respect he's due and also respect the band for the amazing job they have done!!  :rant:

They are not doing a Durban show cos durbanites don't really support livee concerts. There are thousands of fans in durban but they just don't support the big shows. I went to Metallica in durban last year and it was awesome, but not at all fill. When Metallica played in JHB it was massive, really massive, with thousands of people, but durban was dead. That's what it's not happening there this year. Cape Town and JHB is cool enough, already got my tickets to both...

it's gonna rock!!will try get VIP and get some pics behind the scene...

hey, if izzy comes that would be awesome. Maybe slash will come back to the motherland as well...

now that's wishing!!

cheers

sure.

is it me or does anyone else have a constant paranoia, that Axl might get kidnapped, and taken into the jungle, and that he may never finish the album?

(dumb joke)

that's central africa.

allow some cartoonish humor:)
I'd say the same thing even if they were to perform in egypt:)

i got it...it was pretty funny.

so true, so many of these so-called "fans" are nothing but selfish bastards that are disappointed every time axl does something that doesn't include releasing the album. some fans you are... you all make me sick. i support axl and the new band in whatever they do and i'm proud to have watched them grow into the band they are today and to always have stood by their side through thick and thin. that's a real fan. whiners.

I would be saying the exact same thing, if only back in 2001 they said "The album isnt coming out "soon"... it's not even close to being soon.
but now, all I can say is...

it's a good thing they are touring again.
and that's about where my excitement ends. personally, I'd just like to hear them once more live.

anyone remember back in the day (2003-2005) when gnr wasn't doing anything at all and we were all so worried and pissed off that nothing was happening ?


 

i`d even say end of 2002- beginning of 2006....  the perfect time for me to become a gnr fan :hihi:

This from bizcommunity.com


Not only is Sir Cliff Richard putting on a third show, on Thursday 8 March 2007, at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, veteran rock ?n roll group Guns N? Roses is scheduled to headline the My Coke Fest, taking place in Johannesburg on 27 April and Cape Town on 1 May ? its first appearance in South Africa. ?I?ve been fortunate enough to play in some of the most historic buildings and stadiums around the world but performing in South Africa will truly be an honor,? says lead vocalist Axl Rose ?I can?t wait to see South Africa. This is a dream come true?.

[5 Feb 2007 03:44]

direct link

http://www.biz-community.com/Snippet/196/40/3916.html

So its confirmed by the MAN himself. :hihi:

woow! Cool. I would like to get to that show!

one of the local newspapers plastered these all over town.

(http://www.theproject.co.za/gnr/gnr.jpg)

these concerts are going to be great me thinks....


it`s a shame, that south africa is so far away. when i stayed in a small hotel in southern germany to attend a formula one race at the hockenheimring, i met some folks from south africa there. really nice people : ok:  they gave me some money as a little souvenir...  is it called rant?

it`s also a shame, that axl didn?t mention chinese democracy in his little address by the way :hihi:

South African Rand

just wanna take this brief moment and welcoming GN'R back on the road! :beer:

I just wanted to say I think it's fantastic that GNR will be playing in SA.

Hopefully they will hit some more places they have never been this year.

Just reading these boards I have come across fans for decades that have never been able to see the band and I just think it's great that they are noticing and starting to play at these places! 

I can't wait to read you guys review of the shows! :beer:

Not only is Sir Cliff Richard putting on a third show, on Thursday 8 March 2007, at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, veteran rock ?n roll group Guns N? Roses is scheduled to headline the My Coke Fest, taking place in Johannesburg on 27 April and Cape Town on 1 May ? its first appearance in South Africa. "I?ve been fortunate enough to play in some of the most historic buildings and stadiums around the world but performing in South Africa will truly be an honor," says lead vocalist Axl Rose "I can?t wait to see South Africa. This is a dream come true".

[5 Feb 2007 03:44]


Source(s): http://www.biz-community.com/

Well it seems like good timing if the date is still real ...

Didnt Axl say something like, "The next time you hear from us it'll be about the release date?"  :crying:

He meant an official GnR' statement.

At this point thats not good enough  :-\

1. there is no reason to think the album won't be out (tentative release date march 6) before these shows in south africa in april and may
2. it doesn't really make a difference to the show if the album is out- he plays the new songs anyway
3. i don't think it will interfere with the album if it's not already out by the time of the show, that is.  it's only two days to play and a few days for travel i would imagine. 
4. i wish i could afford to go.  i would love to see that show.   :crying:

GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has commented on the band's upcoming first-ever performance in South Africa at the My Coke Fest 2007. The event is scheduled for April 27 in Johannesburg and May 1 in Cape Town, with EVANESCENCE and HOOBASTANK also confirmed on the bill. The show is a sort of sequel to 2006's Coca-Cola Collab Massive Mix, which featured the South African live debut of METALLICA as well as appearances from natives SEETHER and others.

Said Rose: "I've been fortunate enough to play in some of the most historic buildings and stadiums around the world but performing in South Africa will truly be an honor. I can't wait to see South Africa. This is a dream come true."

GUNS N' ROSES is rumored to be planning more touring for later this spring and summer.

Although Rose, who turns 45 today (Tuesday, February 6), posted a message in December revealing a tentative release date of March 6 for the long-delayed GN'R album "Chinese Democracy", there's been no further word on whether the CD will actually surface on that date.

"Chinese Democracy" is the first GUNS N' ROSES album since the 1993 covers collection "The Spaghetti Incident". In the ensuing decade, the group has lost every original member besides Rose and burned through a reported $13 million in recording expenses.

GUNS N' ROSES' "Greatest Hits" collection, which was originally issued in March of 2004, was certified triple-platinum on April 11, 2006 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of three million copies. The CD sold 10,000 copies in the United States last week alone (week ending Jan. 28), bringing the total number of copies sold since its release to 3.43 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Source: Blabbermouth

here is that "new bio" they mentioned last week.

There is also a HUGE 5 page special on Axl Rose, Guns n Roses and Chinese Democracy in this months south african FHM. I don't have a scanner but will try organise it for you guys...nothing you haven't heard before and sometimes a bit anti gunners but it ends well...

will try get it down...

Probably from Mick Shit on the Wall

That guy is trying to brand his fkn unofficial bio of axl, and so far, hes done it on nearly every country in the world,  dumb fkhead : ok:

no, its a typical FHM article, the way they would write, it, trying to squeeze over 20 years' worth of stories in two pages, lots of it badly written as well, the only new-ish thing in there is a photo of axl and that Jennifer chick from the Since I don't have you video...i have never seen that one before.

other than that, its a basic article.

Yes! This is a very positive sign.

LOL!  My thoughts exactly! 

IDK, I think its a GOOD sign. theres no way axl would embark on another tour just a year after his last one with no new music.

I think CD is on its way, sooner rather than later. might not come in march, but maybe april or may or even june!

i just hope that once this tour begins that the album is out of axl's hands at least

hopefully by the time it starts its in out hands  :smoking:

^ i meant in our hands           lol

Go to the original 5FM article here... http://www.5fm.co.za/events/eventsdetails.aspx?id=7281

Where it used to say "Brand new biography coming soon!", it now says...

The rock n' roll machine known as Guns N' Roses have announced that they will be hitting the road starting in April. The first leg of the Chinese Democracy World Tour 2007 will see GN'R performing in Japan, Thailand, South Africa, South America, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand.

2006 saw Guns N' Roses perform over 70 concerts all over the world to rave reviews. With the release of the highly anticipated Chinese Democracy album imminent, 2007 promises to be even busier and more exciting for the band and their loyal fans. When it comes to performing live, lead vocalist W. Axl Rose, guitarist Robin Finck, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, and Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson, keyboard players Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman, and drummer Frank Ferrer are a rock n' rock spectacular that have to be experienced to be believed.

For the very first time in their storied career, Guns N' Roses will be performing in South Africa. GN'R are scheduled to headline the My Coke Festival taking place in Johannesburg on April 27th and Cape Town on May 1st.

"I've been fortunate enough to play in some of the most historic buildings and stadiums around the world but performing in South Africa
will truly be an honor" - Axl -   "I can't wait to see South Africa. This is a dream come true".

This is awsome....They better have the album announced by the time they play those shows though

It can't go wrong again, can it? Surely not this time  :hihi: *fingers crossed*

so, im guessing another U.S. winter/fall tour for GNR??

Hmm, I think with CD in their back the first leg in spring, an european leg in summer and a US leg in fall/winter...  :drool:

even though its old, I remember merck mentioning GNR will be back in U.S. for the summer. so maybe GNR will hit the U.S. in the summer. this tour right now should only be April-early June

That may have been the plan back then, but with new management new plans may have been concocted.  I wouldn't pay too much notice of what Merck has said any more.

Technically though, wouldnt they want to be in the U.S. or Europe for the cd release??

A lot of bands would... but since when have Guns N' Roses ever done anything conventionally?  I wouldn't be too surprised if they play Hong Kong on album release day... launch Chinese Democracy while actually in China. : ok:

Apparently 3 Doors Down have been confirmed as the next band to perform at the Cokefest.

http://www.5fm.co.za/events/eventsdetails.aspx?id=7281

Interview with Dan Estrin of HOOBASTANK

Small Axl mention

"I've always listened to stuff like Pink Floyd or Journey or Toto, even if they're not considered "cool". I like what I like," he says, simply.

Playing live is something else he likes and Estrin is relishing playing at the My Coke Fest ? even if he doesn?t know what's waiting for him at the gigs where he'll share the stage with one of the songwriters he most admires, Axl Rose.

"I really don?t know what to expect," he admits of the shows in South Africa.

"I'm not expecting anything really, but we're hoping to play two really good shows to a passionate crowd that's going crazy," he says.

"It?s cool playing to a crowd that's really into it ? we enjoy it more, we play even better."

He's honest to the last.

http://entertainment.iafrica.com/features/779503.htm

GNR equipment arrived via freight yesterday morning.....no news as to when the band will be arriving as yet.

Are you from South Africa?

yes.

do you think that tv will broadcasst one of these shows

no, i don't think so....but i can find out....i know for a fact that they will be filmed, and that inserts from the festival will be used in various magazine programmes....