Doppelganger, You're just now starting to realize that there are no 'Big Guns'? I realized this during the tour of 2002. He kept playing the same new songs and when he deleted 'Rhiad' and 'Silkworms' from the setlist he didn't replace them with anything new. During the Illusions tour GNR alternated different new songs. That wasn't the case this time. If you're looking for 'Big Guns', look no further than 'Chinese Democracy', 'The Blues', and 'Madagascar'. I'll take those songs over nothing,that's for sure.
Yeah, and imagine the days before they signed when they only played unreleased material!
I guess the fact that VR have played no new songs means they have no new songs? Didn't people explain this to you already? Many bands don't want to play all new songs before they actually have an album out.
/jarmo