Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Let's ponder -

GNR's last announced date this year is July 21st in Japan.

Metallica's last announced date this year is July 18th in Russia.

The first show of the 1992 GNR/Metallica stadium tour began on July 17th in Washington, DC and ran until October 6th in Seattle. After that, GNR took a month off and started a tour of South America.

Could a "15 Years Later" stadium tour be imminent?

I don't think so, there's too much bad blood between James Hetfield and Axl Rose.
Besides, Metallica are planning to go back into the studio after those dates to finish work on their new album. These upcoming dates are just an 'escape from the studio' tour.

Stadium shows suck, let's hope Axl never wants to do a stadium tour again.

Stadium shows are only good for making lots of money for the band. It is not good for the fans who get bad seats and bad sound.  I hope they never do it again.

Until CD is released and unless GNR climbs to the top again (it is possible), there  is no way that they could draw 60,000-100,000 every night on the back of the AFD/UYI setlist.

There are way too many egos involved for something like that ever to work at this point not to mention the prior history between Axl and Hetfield.  But besides that stadium concerts suck.  Arena shows are much better, I hope that GnR will stick to arena shows while performing at smaller venues from time to time

No.  The only one who like Axl is Lars and he probably doesn't trust Axl will show everynight.

Agreed, can't stand them.  Wouldn't go see one if someone paid me.

On topic..

I can't see it happening, too much bad history there and absolutely no reason for Axl (or Metallica)to share a bill as a co headliner at this point.

I'm gonna vote NO as well.  Doesn't sound like a very popular idea so far.

no chance in Hell, imho  :)

totally agrre,arenas shows are much much better

So what's the deal with Axl and Hetfield anyways? Why don't they like each other?

well wey they touring 1992axl didn't want gnr show on metallicas stage and somethin like "people have to know what is gnr and what is metallica"

Well seeing as how lars hang out with the band last year I don't think bad blood between Axl and Hetfield in the past would be a big issue. 
There's no point for the two bands in touring together. Besides, like others said, no stadium tour plz.

Unlikely

no way and gnr doesnt need/want them anyway...

If they were doing stadiums they'd need someone real big real bad. That being said, I don't see this happening. Doubt it was ever even considered.

Not a chance. Hetfield hates Axl.

No, Metallica is just "escaping from the studio"...they actually plan to release an album

exactly! tallica will be in recording seasons after their mini-tour

They  could do 60000-100000 on UYI and appetite if it was a reunion of the original lineup. Otherwise you are right there is no way.....

even with the "original" lineup they can't sell out a stadium, btw any promoter will risk their ass putting a concert in a big stadium, it's much better have many concerts in the same place than one big concert when the audio, organization, security and everything would fail at a high probability than in a small venue/arena

I think the axl-james thing goes back to when james was injured and couldn't finish their set but GNR didn't come out early...and there was trouble...

As much as I wanted to see the original GN'R/Metallica tour (which I balked at a last minute ticket to) I'm not sure it was the 'chocolate & peanut butter' combination that everyone in the early 90s thought it would be. The best (and most logical) part of that tour was to invite Faith No More as an opener (despite the Patton/Axl bad blood since). The GN'R/Metallica tour was as good of an idea as 'King Kong Vs. Godzilla'...which, in theory should have been great, but, in the end, sucked big hairy (and scaly, I guess) balls, was. They do NOT play the same genre of music and have very different fans (albeit many crossover fans inbetween). The only thing they have (or have ever had) in common is that both of their fan bases (for the most part) don't ?believe they are worth anything anymore and/or can deliver a decent (or in GN'R's case...any) album. I guess they could BOTH benifit (at least in the States) from doing a co-headlining tour again, but to be honest, I feel like Axl has more to prove to himself then any profit from a gimmick-type tour can give him. As much as I like Metallica, I haven't seen a show of their's since the S&M symphony shows in NYC and couldn't stand their last album (nor loved their preceding studio "Load"s of shit) and think their time has long since come and gone. As embarrising as it is to hear a 40 something year old sing about sex, drugs and rock n' roll it's far more embarrising to hear a 40 something year old sing about corruption and hatred and guvenile angst.

Axl and GN'R can once again become a mainstream juggernaut...but regardless...they will still write enduring and captivating rock n' roll music.

  I really agree with this post, the tour was a good idea but turned out to be a Clusterfuck from the get go. Axl originally wanted Nirvana to open but Kurt was too much of an "artist" to do it and declined. At the time that would have put the 3 biggest bands in the states on the same bill at the same time which would have been cool but whatever.

   The freindship between the 2 bands I think was more Slash, Duff and Lars, Hamett and Newsted not too sure, Frontmen are a fuckin different breed and don't get along with anyone. Lars nowadays still doesn't miss a chance to let out, "Kurt said he would play with Metallica anyday, anywhere but he wouldn't share the stage with Gun N' Roses".

   Fuck Metallica! I used to really like them but someone needs to give Hetfield a fuckin' shot of Jaegermeister or something, ever since he's been sober his lyrics just went down the shitter.

  Oh by the way I loved that ICON shit on MTV Avril Lavigne doing Fuel holy shit! what stage presence :hihi: she made Stephan Pearcy of Ratt look like David Lee Roth!!!!

Its not likely to happen at all.  Aside from anything else it would be co-headline, meaning they take turns to close; and can anyone here really see Axl going onstage before Metallica?  Aside from anything else, we know time is an issue as far as hitting the stage goes.

An arena tour with the two would be more likely than a stadium tour - but is still not likely at all.

i saw the stadium tour in 93(i think it was 93).  worst guns AND metallica i've ever seen!

ummm...newsted is out the band, remember?

No it was in 92... ;)

Better hide the pyrotechniques if it does happen...

Thats as probable as original GNR touring together again.

Wasn't  Newsted in the band in 92?

WOW! I went to the Silverdome and the Toronto (twice due to rescheduling) shows and I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Those shows were off the friggen hook. Best summer of my life.

I'd be the first person in line for another round.

For fuck's sake people, it's not happening...

You want to see a GN'R/Metallica tour? Rent a time-machine and go back to 1992.

Lock this thread already... :rant:

Yes he was in the band in 1992...

this would never happen....because Axl would not open for Metallica and we all know Metallica certainly would not open for GNR(again)

like, has anyone said it WAS gonna happen? I mean, has there been any rumour or are we just wondering if it's gonna happen because both bands are doing nothing at the same time? If so, touring with metallica is as likely as touring with Van Halen, or any other band that doesn't have a tour booked...

Oh, and just out of curiosity, i know there's bad blood between axl and james, but anyone knows what they actually said or done against each other?

I think  they never actually liked each other, even before anything happened between them... When they played together on that Rip Party, i sort of felt Axl was feeling akward and James tried not to acknowledge Axl at all.

Dunno, that's my impression anyway