I'll bet every last cent I have that Brian May is not on Chinese Democracy...I don't think he will even be on CITR when it is finalized.
Why would they mention it then?? I am sure Brian May knows more about his presence on the album than you would, right?
Not necessarily. When Robin left the band he was under the impression that none of the songs had vocals on them, but then just a couple months later Rolling Stone did that interview with Axl and the reporter got to hear a bunch of demos, and they had vocals- except for a couple of songs.
I think Axl is really the only one that knows who's parts will be used. I'd like to hear the version of CITR with Robin's guitar work, just to hear the difference between the 2 versions.