Fortus Website not showing tour dates anymore !!!

[Kujo]

Hopefully, it's stops on the 12th.

It will be worse the night of the 12th. I expect there will be alot of jokers posting alot of false "My friend is at the show and just told me that............" threads.

[pilferk]

Would they be rehearsing in NY now? Axl has been back in NY in this last week or so right?

Axl, as has always been the case (since UYI times, at least) doesn't reherse with the band. ?He's not much for soundchecks, either.

[badapple81]

Would they be rehearsing in NY now? Axl has been back in NY in this last week or so right?

Axl, as has always been the case (since UYI times, at least) doesn't reherse with the band. ?He's not much for soundchecks, either.

Yeah I thought as much. Except for HOB where he joked it could have jinxed the show 

I do think he'll rehearse at the set once or twice with the band before the first gig.

[pilferk]

Yeah I thought as much. Except for HOB where he joked it could have jinxed the show?

I do think he'll rehearse at the set once or twice with the band before the first gig.

Probably so.

I had said earlier this week...I would expect to see some sightings of the rest of the band members in NYC as soon as this weekend, but probably by the middle of next week.

[GnR-NOW]

hasnt this already been discussed, and confirmed that richard is still in guns

[Dont Try Me]

hasnt this already been discussed, and confirmed that richard is still in guns

yes, but unfortunately not everyone relaxes

[Dr. Blutarsky]

guess some like to stress over nothing.

Merck said Fortus was still in Guns, that goes back to mid April.

[bazgnr]

Hopefully, it's stops on the 12th.

It will be worse the night of the 12th. I expect there will be alot of jokers posting alot of false "My friend is at the show and just told me that............" threads.

Unfortunately, you're probably right.  At least I'll be fortunate enough to be there, and to see & hear everything for myself...

[Kujo]

Me too, I'm not even going to check the boards until I get back to Florida on the 18th.

[CAFC Nick]

Yeah I'm really glad Fortus is in the band. Didn't get to seem the in '02 so will be cool to see them now.

Off-Topic: I feel sorry for Merck, he has to deal with bullshit about GN'R 24/7, and it could all stop if Axl just confirmed a lot of stuff for us.

[bazgnr]

Me too, I'm not even going to check the boards until I get back to Florida on the 18th.

Same here.  I'm very grateful for those who will check in with the boards during and immeiately afterwards, but me, I'm there to enjoy the show.  I'll share any intersting bits I might have when I'm back in PA in front of my computer, but I'm fairly certain it will already be pretty well covered by then...

[westcoastjunkie]

Something someone posted about this a while back from a similar thread:

 Re: Did Richard take down the tour dates on his site?
? Reply #131 on: April 22, 2006, 01:23:40 PM ??

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According to Gunsguy at mygnrforum.com:

"Hello there,

I am very sorry for bothering you at such a late hour. I know you are a very busy man and probably wont email me back, however I am a huge GN'R fan and would like to know if you care to comment on Richard Fortus removing all the tour dates from his website tonight. I will be at the show on the 12th of may to see them rock the world again, congrats on the tour!

Is Richard out? Is the tour still a go?

______Reply:

Richard is of course in GN?R and the tour is in place.

Merck
Chief Executive Officer
The Sanctuary Group
New York
New York 10011
Tel
Fax

Sanctuary House
45 - 53 Sinclair Road
London W14 - 0NS
Tel
Fax

www.sanctuarygroup.com"

One problem with this post. According to santuary's own site, Merck isn't the CEO - Andy Taylor is. Merck isn't even mentioned ont their site. Something tells me this post was BS.  This story tells all about Sanctuary and their board members. No Merck. He isn't the CEO:  http://www.sanctuarygroup.com/?page=1&l1=1&l2=1&l3=0&getArticleId=1205

[Super-Ecwfan1]

 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Can you imagine being the Guns n Roses management now ? How many questions do they gotta go thru in a week " Is the Tour still a go ? " " Is Izzy and Slash back ? " ?" Is Fortus still in the band ? "

[GunnerOne 84]

I do think he is still in guns n roses, but i doubt the authenticity of that email.

[Z]

One problem with this post. According to santuary's own site, Merck isn't the CEO - Andy Taylor is. Merck isn't even mentioned ont their site. Something tells me this post was BS.? This story tells all about Sanctuary and their board members. No Merck. He isn't the CEO:? http://www.sanctuarygroup.com/?page=1&l1=1&l2=1&l3=0&getArticleId=1205

Merck Mercuriadis (41), currently CEO of Sanctuary US, will become Group CEO
with a specific brief to direct and manage the creative strategy of the Group across its businesses on a global basis. Merck has worked for Sanctuary for 18 years. He relocated from London to New York 4 years ago to build the North American business and will remain based in the US.

Co-founder of Sanctuary, Andy Taylor (54) will remain as Executive Chairman for the long term and will continue to direct the commercial and financial strategy of the Group alongside the Group Finance Director, Mike Miller (44). Mike will continue to be the main point of contact with the investment community, alongside Philip Ranger (44), Director of Corporate and Investor Relations

http://www.sanctuarygroup.com/index.php?l1=1&l2=1&l3=0&getArticleId=873

Both are CEO's

[westcoastjunkie]

http://www.sanctuarygroup.com/index.php?l1=1&l2=1&l3=0&getArticleId=873

Both are CEO's

Interesting - that article was from 12/04. Go and read the 2005 Annual Report which is on their site and came out in February 2006. Merck is listed as: Head of Creative Strategy, not CEO.  He also resigned from the Board. In some other releases between 2/06 and 12/04 he is mentioned as CEO.  Who knows...

[badapple81]

Would they be rehearsing in NY now? Axl has been back in NY in this last week or so right?

Axl, as has always been the case (since UYI times, at least) doesn't reherse with the band. ?He's not much for soundchecks, either.

Guess today's events changes this!!

[jarmo]

Maybe they're just updating the site. New shows have just been added in Switzerland and Germany....




/jarmo

[gabble]

From Richard's web-site (in the Bio section):

"The last four or five years have been very busy for Richard Fortus. He is a member of Guns N' Roses and has been working on the long-anticipated Chinese Democracy album. He first toured with the band in 2002 and will do so again in 2006, starting this May."

http://www.4tus.com/

[Dr. Blutarsky]

nothin like analyzing it with a microscope. we'll have the answer in 2 days. Also, Axl said in the Trunk interview the lineup was the same as 02 except one new face to take the place of buckethead.