Guns N' Roses Touring?: In yet more nostalgic touring news, a big Japanese concert promoter lists Guns N' Roses as performing two dates in December, one in the Osaka Dome and one in the Tokyo Dome. A Taiwanese promoter also lists GnR as performing a date in December. Well holy shit, what to make of all of this?
It was actually being rumored earlier this year that GnR would mount a co-headlining tour with Van Halen in 2009, which would have been extremely fun, but in typical GnR fashion, nothing really materialized of it. Honestly, I hope these shows do happen and the GnR machine can finally gain some steam back here in the States for a 2010 North American Tour. I'm a member of the population that really liked 2008's long-awaited Chinese Democracy album. I put two new GnR songs on my 2 road trip mixes this past weekend ("Street of Dreams", "Better") and listen to Chinese Democracy pretty regularly, much as I do Metallica's Death Magnetic. Tangent: Actually, I'm really proud of one of the mixes I made for my road trip. Usually, I have to skip a few songs that I realized were poor choices for my current mood or the trip itself, but this one was enjoyable through all 23 tracks. Usually, I don't repeat artists on a mix CD, but I've been on a big Faith No More kick for the last month, so I put two of their songs on there. Here's what I had:
Lots of Songs: Created on September 10, 2009
01) Faith No More: "Introduce Yourself"
02) Foo Fighters: "Razor"
03) Gorillaz: "19/2000 (Soul Child Remix)"
04) Guns N' Roses: "Street of Dreams"05) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts: "Bad Reputation"
06) The Rolling Stones: "Gimme Shelter"
07) The James Gang: "Funk Number 49"
08) The Ramones: "53rd & 3rd"
09) Queens of the Stone Age: "Little Sister"
10) Vampire Weekend: "A-Punk"
11) Terry Reid: "Seed of Memory"
12) Bob Dylan: "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
13) Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: "Turn the Page"
14) David Bowie: "The Man Who Sold the World"
15) Faith No More: "Easy"
16) Jimi Hendrix: "Crosstown Traffic"
17) Johnny Cash: "Folsom Prison Blues"
18) Rick Astley: "Never Gonna Give You Up"
19) The Sex Pistols: "Bodies"
20) Stevie Wonder: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
21) The Beatles: "Happiness is a Warm Gun"
22) U2: "I Will Follow"
23) Led Zeppelin: "Moby Dick"
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