Possible "Surprise"?

[Dont Try Me]

i can dig it up if you want, somebody posted the ad for rock am ring, it goes throught all the bands playing and then mentions guns n roses with special guest!!!

It did NOT say "WITH" special guest........just "Guns N' Roses special guest"

[Reinaldo]

I think the surprise RIR site is refering to is Izzy is back... don't you remember that interview when Axl said that has been talking to him lately.

[Christos AG]

I think nobody besides Axl or the band or Merck knows anything.

I guess it could be Brian May for a few shows...

[Minneapolisnewsman]

I think the surprise RIR site is refering to is Izzy is back... don't you remember that interview when Axl said that has been talking to him lately.

If Izzy was back, I would fall over dead!  I don't think that is the case, as I would have heard something about that by now (at least I think I would have??). 

[WARose]

I think the surprise RIR site is refering to is Izzy is back... don't you remember that interview when Axl said that has been talking to him lately.

yeah matt and slash are also back.... he talked to them lately

[bazgnr]

If it wasn't big, they wouldn't say "its a surprise".? They'd just say they don't know who the line up is.

Hmmmm, well, my guess is 'A surprise lineup" will sell more tickets than "Axl and we don't know who is with him now"

Just a hunch?

If I get my tickets for the 15th, make the trip from PA to NYC, the band shows up, Axl shows up, and they play a glorious, full set then - regardless of who's in the band - I'll consider that "surprise" enough...cannot wait!!

[fridayfan13]

maybe they willhand out copies of the first single? sure, it seems inpossiable, but it would make headlines

[ARC]

So if it is a "surprise" then the line-up must definately be different. That's big enough shit as it is. Then add the dream of the curly-haired chain smoker and you have a night to remember.

Where the fuck is Slash..?! And why ain't he talking about all the recent mud-slinging by both bands, since it directly involves him...?

[bigcash2002]

Boy, I am with you...this is a very interesting state from RIR.  It may very well be marketing bullshit.  Like I said, it is interesting...but hard to have a surprise of any significance...if they are playing 2 NYC gigs beforehand.

[JB9988]

It means they dont know who or if any one replaced bh.

[ARC]

It means they dont know who or if any one replaced bh.

I doubt it.

From all accounts, it seems to me that Axl must have a good and close relationship with the organisers of this event since he has been asked to perform at it four times already. These people are probably far more "clued-in" that we are on the current state of Guns N' Roses.

Lets use logic - Axl must have spoken to these promoters to organise the show, right..? (I imagine most big decisions come from him ultimately)

They must have asked him some things about the band and the music, right..? I mean, why wouldn't they..? This seems logical to me.

And since they have confirmed on their official website that he will be previewing "Chinese Democracy" with a "surprise line-up", then one can confidently presume that Axl must have given them some kind of legitimate information.

Well, that's my two cents. Maybe I'm just crazy.

[JB9988]

There is no reunion.

[WhatIsItMan]

I think the surprise RIR site is refering to is Izzy is back... don't you remember that interview when Axl said that has been talking to him lately.

Holy shit!  Izzy is the 3rd guitarist!!!   

[Bono]

I just keep thinking, could you imagine the level of bonkerness the crowd would go if Slash and Duff were up there with Axl. And then holy shit if Izzy was on board . That would be the greatest moment in rock history no doubt and the most memorable/untouchable moment in the history of any of our concert experiences ever!!!! Of course I'm assumeing that the line up would most likely be the sme at Hammerstein as it will be in RIR. After all these ballroom shows are the warmups right?

[horsey]

whatever the surprize im down '

[jesuswithamullet]

Surprise just means they ain't telling us in advance.  The truth may be they ain't telling us in advance, because they don't know, but "surprise" sounds better than "we don't know"

[Bono]

Surprise just means they ain't telling us in advance.? The truth may be they ain't telling us in advance, because they don't know, but "surprise" sounds better than "we don't know"

So true. The suprise might be the show starting on time

[allmysalvation]

Bono, I know we are all GNR fans here, but I don't think Slash walking on stage for a couple of tracks would be "the greatest moment in rock history"

[Bono]

Bono, I know we are all GNR fans here, but I don't think Slash walking on stage for a couple of tracks would be "the greatest moment in rock history"

Maybe not but imagine Slash, Duff and Izzy up there with Axl to open the show. Tell where and when would there have ever  been a more insane reaction from a crowd? 

[GnR-NOW]

i dont to see a full scale reunion, but it would be awesome if slash was the third guitarist