October 19th addition:
GUNS N? ROSES Announce Chinese Democracy World Tour Canadian Concerts GUNS N? ROSES will bring their Chinese Democracy World Tour to Canada in January 2010. The Winnipeg, Manitoba concert at the MTS Centre on January 13th is the first of thirteen Canadian concerts on the GN?R world tour, which begins in Asia on December 11th, with tour updates and announcements planned throughout 2010.
Guns N? Roses ? Axl Rose, Frank Ferrer, Tommy Stinson, Richard Fortus, Ron ?Bumblefoot? Thal, Dizzy Reed, and Chris Pitman ? welcomed guitarist Dj Ashba into the band earlier this year and are scheduled to begin rehearsals in Los Angeles shortly.
The upcoming worldwide tour promotes the band?s latest album, Chinese Democracy, which debuted at #1 on the charts in thirteen countries including Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, as well as the European Top 100 Albums survey.
Chinese Democracy was released on Black Frog/Geffen Records in November 2008 and reached 3 times Platinum in Canada, Platinum in Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, UK, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa. The album is Gold in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Holland, Sweden, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Brazil and Colombia. In the U.S., the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 3, 2009.
Guns N? Roses last toured the world in 2006 - 2007, performing 60 concerts in 26 countries playing to more than a million fans.
Canadian Chinese Democracy World Tour concert dates are:
January
13 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
16 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
17 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
19 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
20 - Regina, SK - Brandt Centre
24 - Hamilton, ON - Copps Coliseum
25 - London, ON - John Labatt Centre
27 - Montreal, PQ - Bell Centre
28 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
31 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
February
1 - Quebec City, PQ - Colisee Pepsi
3 - Moncton, NB - Moncton Coliseum
4 - Halifax, NS - Metro Centre
On sale dates:Fri, 10/23/09 10:00 AM: January 13th, 2010: Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
January 16th, 2010: Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
January 17th, 2010: Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
January 19th, 2010: Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
January 20th, 2010: Regina, SK @ Brandt Centre
January 24th, 2010: Hamilton, ON @ Copps Coliseum
January 25th, 2010: London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
January 28th, 2010: Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
January 31st, 2010: Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
Sat, 10/24/09:January 27th, 2010: Montreal, QP @ Centre Bell
February 1st, 2010: Quebec City, PQ @ Colisee Pepsi (10:00am)
February 3rd, 2010: Moncton, NB @ Moncton Coliseum (09:00am)
February 4th, 2010: Halifax, NS @ Metro Centre (09:00am)
Original October 15th post:
A site visitor just e-mailed me a screen shot of
http://jam.canoe.ca/
As you can see at the top of the page is a banner with "Get ready....", a pic of Axl from 2006 and a countdown along with the line "Major concert announcement"
They rotate the ad banners so all I've seen are ads for boots and cars..
Maybe somebody in Canada can check if they see the GN'R banner?
I guess we'll have to wait until Monday to see what's up with this...
Thanks to Dave for the e-mail.
/jarmo
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