[FALSE] Guns N' Roses plan "secret" shows in South America

[Loaded NightraiN]

Sorry if this was already posted


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ? Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organizer said on Monday.

The shows are set for undisclosed locations in Sao Paulo on Thursday and Buenos Aires on March 20. Plans are also in the works for a show in Rio De Janeiro.

Organizer Jamison Ernest said each venue will hold about 150 people. He declined to reveal too much information for fear of riots by uninvited guests. He will co-host the Sao Paulo show with Brazilian model Ana Beatriz Barros.

The 11-date tour, the band's first trek around the continent since its heyday in 1992, began on Sunday in Brasilia. Dates are on tap through April 1 in Quito, Ecuador. The band will also play Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Colombia.

Ernest, a friend of Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose, also runs a clothing company and has a band, both named Yellow Fever. Guns N' Roses previously played three secret shows, two in New York City and one in London.

Rose is the only remaining member left from the band when its popularity peaked during a decade spanning the 1980s and 1990s. The other members were either ousted or quit. Even though its 2008 album "Chinese Democracy," its first release in 17 years, was a major flop, the band remains a strong concert draw.

Rose and his new crop of bandmates were last in Brazil to play the Rock in Rio festival in January 2001.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100309/music_nm/us_guns


Edit by Will: changed the topic's title after Fernando denied this information.

[ticognr]

I'd read this on www.oglobo.globo.com , in portuguese.

[FunkyMonkey]

He declined to reveal too much information for fear of riots by uninvited guests.

Can you imagine.

Thanks to YouTube, hopefully we'll get to see some of it.

[Fernando]

Sorry guys, there will not be three secret shows in South America.  Sorry for the confusion, some people just need to be quiet and enjoy the sun. 

[cotis]

Sorry guys, there will not be three secret shows in South America.  Sorry for the confusion, some people just need to be quiet and enjoy the sun. 

Any plans coming to light with that live show broadcast thing you mentioned awhile back?

[FunkyMonkey]

Sorry guys, there will not be three secret shows in South America.  Sorry for the confusion, some people just need to be quiet and enjoy the sun. 
 

Thanks for letting us know.

[Fernando]

It'll happen, not for the SA tour, but future ones.

[novemberparadise23]

Sounds great Fernando. Thanks for the heads up

[GnFnRs2016]

Fernando, sorry to bother you, but do you know if GNR is coming to Mexico?? Thank you

[JuicySwoos]

The bar is certaintly set high if an album goes platinum all over the world and though it perhaps did not live up to the "hype", is referred to as a "major flop".  AIC sells 200k copies and the album is considered a huge success because it gets some airplay....blah...

Yellow journalism at its best.

[russtcb]

Thanks for the quick clarification.

One thing though; when you said "for a future tour" did you mean surprise shows or were you answering the question about broadcast of a show?

[HBK]

Sorry guys, there will not be three secret shows in South America.  Sorry for the confusion, some people just need to be quiet and enjoy the sun. 

Thank You FE?A

 

[axlroselegend]

Surprise shows are awesome...if you get to attend one enjoy seeing the greatest performers in the world up close and in an intimate setting...I'd love to see GNR in a small bar or better yet, my living room

[Loaded NightraiN]

Thanks for the quick clarification.

One thing though; when you said "for a future tour" did you mean surprise shows or were you answering the question about broadcast of a show?

Broadcast Shows


GNR should put out a press release shooting this down... When these shows dont happen, some people will think Axl is the asshole

[oldgunsfan]

Thanks for the quick clarification.

One thing though; when you said "for a future tour" did you mean surprise shows or were you answering the question about broadcast of a show?

Broadcast Shows


GNR should put out a press release shooting this down... When these shows dont happen, some people will think Axl is the asshole

too bad a MAJOR news organization put this out

[Will]

I believe Axl wasn't too happy with Reuters in one of his recent interviews (it was the one on spinner.com I think). Hmm no, it was the one on billboard.com:

"Also, because it's my understanding that these answers may be "considered" for use with Billboard.com and Reuters [with which Billboard has a syndication deal] and this seemed like a wonderful opportunity to express myself accordingly.

With Reuters, I get their reach. That said, they've been particularly ugly toward me and this band for years, with nearly everything they've written being condescending or negatively judgmental with the cute little press trick of using negative adjectives across the board whenever they've written anything. In our regard they're one of the media outlets that appear to continually attempt to set a tone for a negative mainstream public perception regarding either us or myself, at least in the United States, if not the world.

I get freedom of the press, but I'm not clear in regard to their writers or those who choose to run their spin, why someone who no one's ever heard of with so little "real" information is deemed qualified -- let alone allowed so much corporate backing -- to promote negative and often completely inaccurate and purely opinion-based (at best, if that) shots in forums with so much exposure at the public's and our expense."

Source: http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=169

And this news came from Reuters.

Fernando, if you read this topic, could you find out if the band will actually be in Europe in June (besides Finland and Sweden)? Promoters talked about concerts in Croatia, Serbia and Russia and fans don't really know if these shows will happen or not (promoters are now saying these concerts are postponed). Thanks!

[HBK]

Jamison Ernest & model Ana Beatriz Barros, Friends of AXL ?

[FunkyMonkey]

GUNS N' ROSES Rep Shoots Down Reports Of 'Secret' South American Shows - Mar. 9, 2010

Fernando Lebeis, the son of Beta Lebeis ? GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose's personal assistant ? has shot down reports that GN'R will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America.

Accoording to Reuters, organizer Jamison Ernest announced on Monday that GUNS N' ROSES will play three secret gigs at undisclosed locations in Sao Paulo on Thursday and Buenos Aires on March 20. Plans were also said to be in the works for a show in Rio De Janeiro.

Ernest said each venue will hold about 150 people but declined to reveal too much information for fear of riots by uninvited guests.

In a posting on the message board of the GUNS N' ROSES fan site Here Today... Gone To Hell!, Lebeis responded to the Reuters report by stating, "Sorry, guys, there will not be three secret shows in South America."

He added, "Sorry for the confusion, some people just need to be quiet and enjoy the sun."

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/index.aspx

[HBK]

GUNS N' ROSES Rep Shoots Down Reports Of 'Secret' South American Shows - Mar. 9, 2010

Fernando Lebeis, the son of Beta Lebeis ? GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose's personal assistant ? has shot down reports that GN'R will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America.

Accoording to Reuters, organizer Jamison Ernest announced on Monday that GUNS N' ROSES will play three secret gigs at undisclosed locations in Sao Paulo on Thursday and Buenos Aires on March 20. Plans were also said to be in the works for a show in Rio De Janeiro.

Ernest said each venue will hold about 150 people but declined to reveal too much information for fear of riots by uninvited guests.

In a posting on the message board of the GUNS N' ROSES fan site Here Today... Gone To Hell!, Lebeis responded to the Reuters report by stating, "Sorry, guys, there will not be three secret shows in South America."

He added, "Sorry for the confusion, some people just need to be quiet and enjoy the sun."

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/index.aspx

RRR & BBM

 

[overmatik]

Great news that Guns will not play these secret shows. Globo tv here in Brazil was spreading rumours that they would play for Big Brother Brazil, that would be lame.