Best Buy exclusive

[tim_m]

Wouldn't it be kinda funny if there was no official announcement until like the day before or the day of the release?

Dude, no.

I can't go on here and read all the negative people crying for a whole month.

MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT!

UPDATE THE SITE!

I CAN'T TAKE THE SILENCE!

*jumps out of fifth floor*

If you do that you might not survive to see/hear the announcement or album.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Wouldn't it be kinda funny if there was no official announcement until like the day before or the day of the release?

Dude, no.

I can't go on here and read all the negative people crying for a whole month.

MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT!

UPDATE THE SITE!

I CAN'T TAKE THE SILENCE!

*jumps out of fifth floor*

If you do that you might not survive to see/hear the announcement or album.

Not me dude! 

The bitchers and pissers who are likely to do that! 

[gunns1]

La times has an article:

Guns N' Roses brings 'Chinese Democracy' to the holiday season

Perhaps the FBI is standing guard.

Word, according to Billboard, is that Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" will finally see the fluorescent lights of retail outlets on Nov. 23, the Sunday before the big Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend. Additionally, the album will be a retail exclusive to big box outlet Best Buy.

But those who want to avoid hordes of shoppers clamoring for a Wii Fit need not fear. Certainly the first-week Best Buy price will be cheaper than the major label wholesale cost. The end result, as when the Eagles partnered with a mass merchant, is that other retailers will likely just buy the album from Best Buy and stock it themselves, unless federal agents will be retained to enforce the maximum purchase limit.

The strategically-timed release will undoubtedly pump up first-week sales for the much-ballyhooed record, one that has been so overly hyped and ridiculously guarded that a blogger was actually charged with a felony for leaking many of the songs. It will be interesting to see how fans respond after the initial week of curiosity has passed, and if the story of the album will prove to be more interesting than the actual album, especially after years of on-and-off tours and promises that the record would be coming soon, really!

A recent conversation with a music industry manager had this usually insightful fellow proclaiming that "Chinese Democracy" would sell more than 1 million copies in its first week, but I can't see that happening. Guns N' Roses has hype but hasn't been consistently feeding its fanbase, a la Lil Wanye, and the band did little to show that it didn't have an antagonistic relationship with its fans after "Chinese Democracy" hit the Web this summer.

And that doesn't take into account that Guns N' Roses is essentially a classic rock band these days. Boo and hiss all you want, but the band, after all, is taking a page from Don Henley and Co. to release the album. What's next? A song exclusive "Guitar Hero" or "Rock Band"? Actually, yes, as the album's "Shackler's Revenge" made its debut in "Rock Band 2."

and also on mtv:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1596681/20081009/guns_n_roses.jhtml

[MR W,AXL ROSE]

nooooooo, they cant release the album!!!!!!

what am i goin to do every day. no checkin GNR webistes for updates/leaks/news. ill go crazy  

ah well. ill jus have to stick CHINESE DEMOCRACY in my player an krank it up to 11

looks like the old christmas song CD will get a rest this year

jingle better, jingle better

shacklers revenge is comin to town

and my favourite..........we wish you a MADDY christmas  

[BodyCount]

What? not feeding it's fan-base??

What do they call touring??

Constant interviews from band-members like BBF ?

[CD]

So does this mean I will have to go to Meadowhall on a Sunday to buy the album or will Best buy US get it a few days early..?

[DuffRock]

Nothing new but the BBC is reporting on the Billboard story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7662833.stm

[DeN]

so I suppose there will be a single this month ?

[Nytunz]

http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2008/10/10/549821.html

Norwegian media is all over it!  

[allwaystired]

http://www.nme.com/news/guns-n-roses/40354

Unbelivable. It's going to happen. In just over a month.

[wadey]

it says date to be confirmed   (for uk).................................................................................
try reading the other threads.................http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=53264.0
they are simply copying the other news articles

[ben9785]

I appreciate the excitement but yeah, just wait for the final confirmation..

[robd788]

Hello Everyone

I post every so often, but read everyday and said to myself that once it looks like CD will be released I would start to take part.  So here I am!!

With all these media sources picking up on it, it does really seem that its time.

Rob

[Dickeye]

I think the wait is a little longer, when it is up on GNR.COM

[allwaystired]

News are reporting it as fact now over here in the UK this morning, which makes me think a press release has just gone out....

[wadey]

News are reporting it as fact now over here in the UK this morning, which makes me think a press release has just gone out....

making you think doesnt make it official...........putting a title like that to a thread is very misleading and pisses people off

can you provide links for the "reporting as fact"............im in uk and all the news sources are just copying whats already out there

[allwaystired]

BBC 6 had a bulletin claiming it as fact- if you listen in they have news on the half hour. They are saying 'it has been officially announced'. Being the BBC I would have thought they have the news officially.

[The Prez]

After all these years, we should know better!  
Release dates are already been informed since 1999!!!
It is not official until we hear something from the GN'R camp themselve.

But I keep me fingers crossed... all these years of waiting, fuck I was only 16 years old when the last album was released...I am now turned into an old(er) man in the meantime (31)!!      

[nightrain_jh]

BBC 6 had a bulletin claiming it as fact- if you listen in they have news on the half hour. They are saying 'it has been officially announced'. Being the BBC I would have thought they have the news officially.

Well, I have just listened to the latest bulletin and there was no mention of it at all.

[dub05]

Yep on the bbc's entertainment page ................cd to be accompanied by  afd vinyl!!!

The beeb must know something .