Duff's Loaded will open shows for GN'R

[Koskenkorvasieni]

If Loaded really is gonna open shows for GNR and Duff will be popping up on stage with Gnr for a song or two, then I REALLY hope we get a good quality bootleg dvd of one such an occasion..

[ericy210]

www.myspace.com/loaded
Duff is done in the UK on November 8 and starts in Germany on November 23.  Maybe he can do some U.S. shows in between.

[Spirit]

www.myspace.com/loaded
Duff is done in the UK on November 8 and starts in Germany on November 23.  Maybe he can do some U.S. shows in between.

They have dates in South America from the 12th till the 20th.

http://duff-loaded.com/thetaking/tours/



December would be the best bet (if Axl talked about this tour specifically, he could have meant at a later time - next year maybe?)

[Continental Drift]

This is great news if true. Reading "between the lines" through the years there were always slight clues IMHO that the 2 of them respected each other and valued whatever friendship/relationship they had once had. As has been pointed out earlier- Duff was NEVER fired. He stuck around the longest and then made a professional decision to go in a different direction musically and develop other interests outside of music. I can't say for certain obviously- but seems to me that's the kind of thing Axl would have respected.

Whatever the case- great to see Axl and Duff providing such an obvious WIN-WIN for their fans. Loaded is a fun band and possibly seeing Duff and Axl (and perhaps even Baz) with the rest of current day GN'R backing 'em up crank out a few tunes together would obviously be EPIC for anybody lucky enough to witness it in person.

[AXL DEMOCRACY]

Axl's comment could have been taken out of context?  Perhaps he meant that Loaded may open up some shows in the future....perhaps not on this current leg of the tour.

[GNR4L]

It could be possible that Loaded open's in Dec.  I could see them play the Vancouver show and if there's a Seattle show since he's from there.  Can't wait to see what happens   

[FunkyMonkey]

From a new interview with Duff, but a rough translation:

November 17, 2011

REG: Talking about Guns N 'Roses, Loaded is true that should open for them at shows in the U.S.?

Duff: I'm not sure I heard something about it, probably like you or someone else has heard. When it appeared on the internet I was on tour there are three or four weeks, so I had time to see what's going on in that direction.

REG: But no one talked to you about it?

Duff: A little, yes, more interviews. I do not like to talk ... Let the tour is over in a few days, that among the concerts here in South America and Germany ( at the end of the month ), I'll see what's going on.

REG: Falando sobre o Guns N?Roses, ? verdade que o Loaded deve abrir para eles em shows nos Estados Unidos?

Duff: Eu n?o tenho certeza, ouvi alguma coisa sobre isso, provavelmente como voc? ou outra pessoa tamb?m ouviu. Quando isso apareceu na internet eu estava em turn? h? umas tr?s ou quatro semanas, ent?o n?o tive tempo de ver o que esta rolando nesse sentido.

REG: Mas ningu?m falou com voc? sobre isso?

Duff: Um pouco, sim, mais em entrevistas. Eu n?o gostaria de falar? Deixe a turn? acabar em alguns dias, que entre os shows daqui da Am?rica do Sul e os da Alemanha (no final do m?s), eu vou ver o que t? rolando.

http://www.rockemgeral.com.br/2011/11/17/atarefado/

[Bridge]

Izzy was always neatral with Axl through GN'R's original line-up demise.

This is pure shit... Izzy was Axl's harshest critic ever.

When Izzy first left the band, he stated that one reason was because Axl had become a dictator like Adolf Hitler.  That was Izzy's exact comparison.  In the same interview, he also fumed about Axl going on hours late every show.

Granted, after the mid 90s, Izzy stopped talking about Axl... hell, he stopped talking publicly period.  But your assertion that Izzy was ALWAYS neutral is a complete untruth.

[russkwtx]

In Axl's recent interview with Eddie Trunk, he (Axl) claimed that Izzy once referred to him as the Ayatollah in jest and the media ran with it from there.