"Next Album" rumor / speculation thread *UPDATE AUG 22/2023*

[pilferk]

It's going to be fucking bedlam if it turns out to be the announcement of a new shows.

People on certain forums are going to give GNR such a bloody kicking. Hopes are running WAY too high with all this.

I think thats the most likely scenario....new shows in the US.

[allwaystired]

It's going to be fucking bedlam if it turns out to be the announcement of a new shows.

People on certain forums are going to give GNR such a bloody kicking. Hopes are running WAY too high with all this.

I think thats the most likely scenario....new shows in the US.

If it IS that, I'd say they've dropped a major bollock the way they've handled this. Hype has got ridiculous among the fanbase, with people suggesting all sorts. Anything less than the announcement of a new album is going to be greeted with a massive backlash.

[(t)]

If it IS that, I'd say they've dropped a major bollock the way they've handled this. Hype has got ridiculous among the fanbase, with people suggesting all sorts. Anything less than the announcement of a new album is going to be greeted with a massive backlash.

Wait. New album is the 'expectation' now?

[allwaystired]

If it IS that, I'd say they've dropped a major bollock the way they've handled this. Hype has got ridiculous among the fanbase, with people suggesting all sorts. Anything less than the announcement of a new album is going to be greeted with a massive backlash.

Wait. New album is the 'expectation' now?

Not from me! But from a lot of people, it seems to be.

[GNR4LIFEJD]

I can't imagine it would be another tour they still have to go thru the second leg of us shows. Worst case scenario they announce an arena or small venue tour of the "NITL" tour. But again im still looking at that one line of this was just the beginning. Now their may also be a multi phase plan here too where they announce something now that will eventually lead to say a phase 2 of whatever the Long Term plan might be. Hell this whole tour they have been on might have been phase 1 of a plan in place and now they are ready for the second phase.

[faldor]

I am not expecting an album announcement or anything to do with new music in the least. I'd love to be wrong, but I'm expecting LA area shows to commemorate AFD 30 to be announced or something along those lines.

[allwaystired]

I am not expecting an album announcement or anything to do with new music in the least. I'd love to be wrong, but I'm expecting LA area shows to commemorate AFD 30 to be announced or something along those lines.

Pretty sure you've nailed it there. Not long to wait though I guess.

[allwaystired]

Probably nothing, but I just received an email from an online retailer saying 'Guns N Roses are back with new merch!' The email is also titled Get In The Ring.

Sure it's nothing, but thought I'd mention it.

[Spirit]

Probably nothing, but I just received an email from an online retailer saying 'Guns N Roses are back with new merch!' The email is also titled Get In The Ring.

Sure it's nothing, but thought I'd mention it.

The "Get in the Ring" part is interesting though.

Can't remember them using the phrase until the recent teaser videos.

[allwaystired]

Probably nothing, but I just received an email from an online retailer saying 'Guns N Roses are back with new merch!' The email is also titled Get In The Ring.

Sure it's nothing, but thought I'd mention it.

The "Get in the Ring" part is interesting though.

Can't remember them using the phrase until the recent teaser videos.

For sure. It could just be the company pulling something out of thin air. The merchandise it is advertising holds no clues- it's designs I've seen before pretty much on different type of shirt. (Skull with top hat and Guns).

[Slashrose]

Axl, Give what the fans want, new music, something cool!

[estebanf]

Axl, Give what the fans want, new music, something cool!

There are divisions.

You have:

- The fans > 100%
- The fans enough fans to buy a ticket WITH SLASH AND DUFF > 95% of the people selling out stadiums today
- The fans enough fans to buy a ticket no matter what lineup > 5% of the total fanbase
- The fans enough fans to buy a ticket no matter what lineup that prefer new music rather than more nostalgic touring > 1% of the total fanbase

GNR used to make a lot of desicions thinking about the 5% that also includes the last 1% (in bold). But now it's not that moment. Definitely not.

[Slashrose]

Axl, Give what the fans want, new music, something cool!

There are divisions.

You have:

- The fans > 100%
- The fans enough fans to buy a ticket WITH SLASH AND DUFF > 95% of the people selling out stadiums today
- The fans enough fans to buy a ticket no matter what lineup > 5% of the total fanbase
- The fans enough fans to buy a ticket no matter what lineup that prefer new music rather than more nostalgic touring > 1% of the total fanbase

GNR used to make a lot of desicions thinking about the 5% that also includes the last 1% (in bold). But now it's not that moment. Definitely not.

There are small divisions. Is different.

Would you rather see the band doing the same shows with bigger attractions like Slash and Duff's return, or would you rather have something new? Are you a nostalgic fan? When I say this is because the big bands that meet always end up releasing something new and if it is GNR we do not have that

[D-GenerationX]

Axl, Give what the fans want, new music, something cool!

It's hard to knock what they are doing in terms of keeping fans happy.

I just looked at the NITL page on Wikipedia.  The attendance figures are off the charts.  100% capacity for the vast majority, and the ones that missed didn't miss by much.

[russkwtx]

Wikipedia is hardly a reliable source. Anyone can make up anything.

[D-GenerationX]

Wikipedia is hardly a reliable source. Anyone can make up anything.

So...those people weren't in all those buildings?

[pilferk]

Wikipedia is hardly a reliable source. Anyone can make up anything.

Except....the numbers on Wikipedia, in this case, exactly reflect the Billboard numbers that have been published.

The fact is: They're filling up stadiums around the world.  Until that changes, and there is a REASON to do "something" to compel people to buy concert tickets....they're not likely to do that "something".

I get people want new material.  As a fan, totally understandable. I do, too.

[allwaystired]

Tour will wind up. Radio silence will be resumed. In a few years they'll probably tour again. We've never been further away from new material at any point in Guns history in my view.

Make the most of that situation really. Anything else is a welcome bonus.

[raindog]

There is no new album you guys. I wish people could just accept that. I'm about to start farting in my cupped hands, throwing it at people and yelling "Hey look! It's the new Guns N' Roses album!"

[D-GenerationX]

There is no new album you guys. I wish people could just accept that. I'm about to start farting in my cupped hands, throwing it at people and yelling "Hey look! It's the new Guns N' Roses album!"

What's it going to take, right?

And then they throw in some quote he made however many years ago.  Yeah?  Super.  Actions speak louder than words, always.  And nothing about any of Axl's actions going back 10 years (at least) show him to be the least bit interested in releasing anything new.