I made this observation when I saw Frank playing drums at the Sheffield, England show.
Isn't it funny how band management was ready for the "Exploding Drummer" thing? I'm not saying Brain didn't have a good reason for stepping out for a while, and band management DID confirm that he would have come back for the U.S. tour if he was needed.
Another thing. THREE GUITAR PLAYERS?
Maybe that's ANOTHER part of the fail safe plan? Think about it... if one of the guitar players came down with the flu, they wouldn't even need a replacement. There's also two keyboard players.
All we need now is a clone of Axl and
"it'll all go perfectly to plan"Can't forget the sharks with fricken' laser beams attached to their heads.