Guns N' Roses to Reunite for Coachella, Possible stadium tour (Billboard)

[jameslofton29]

Yeah and even if Dave and VH didn't brand it as a reunion, the media and fans sure as hell did. Same will happen in this situation.

Even if it isn't a reunion, it's a reunion.

To use the words of Diamond Dave....

It aint rocket surgery...

[(t)]

Semantics.

[norway]

I?ve especially always enjoyed the D-G vs. Jarmo bickering.

Dx and J illustrated

these publications like the NYT isn't gonna go and post some he said she said bullshit rumor.

no? oldgnr is more comercially viable than modern gnr. They not gonna make a lot of money out of this?

[OscarAxl22]

Yes, I mean how can you not consider Richard Fortus to be a member? If you have seen any show from 2002 to now, Richard is a big part of the show and to me he's more of a member over any guitarist other than slash or izzy. So if he's there I think his presence will be huge

More a member of Guns n Roses then Duff aye? 

Righto, I'm off to crack a beer and ponder that one.

[C0ma]

I?ve especially always enjoyed the D-G vs. Jarmo bickering.

Dx and J illustrated

these publications like the NYT isn't gonna go and post some he said she said bullshit rumor.

no? oldgnr is more comercially viable than modern gnr. They not gonna make a lot of money out of this?

How does the widest reaching paper in the US make money off of this? They already have one of the most trafficked websites, this is going to generate a fraction of the clicks they already receive. This isn't metal sludge or alternative nation selling ads per click and increasing their traffic 10x with a simple rumor. Their reputation is worth more than the clicks that story generated.

[norway]

How does the widest reaching paper in the US make money off of this?

ads

[C0ma]

How does the widest reaching paper in the US make money off of this?

ads

Their reputation is worth more than the clicks that story generated.

 we'll see about their integrity.

they did as BB and probably covered themselfs with 'no official confirmation/allegedly' i guess

I know how ads work... The issue is again, this isn't TMZ, it's The New York Times. That Guns N' Roses story probably didn't crack their top 20 clicked stories that day so why would you risk the reputation of one of the if not THE most respected daily publications in the entire world to spread rumors about a band that a very very large segment of their readers hasn't thought twice about for 20+ years (if they ever thought about them)

[norway]

idkwtf  this?

Now, some version of the classic Guns N? Roses will headline the next Coachella, which will return to Indio, Calif., on April 15-17 and April 22-24, according to a person with direct knowledge of the festival?s plans, who was not authorized to discuss it publicly. The festival is expected to announce the lineup early next week.

Besides Slash and Mr. Rose, it is unclear who else will participate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/arts/music/coachella-lands-two-big-reunions-guns-n-roses-and-lcd-soundsystem.html?_r=0

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News of Guns N? Roses? return was first reported by Billboard which also said that the band was looking to book a major stadium tour next year ? 

and billboard states:

Billboard's sources do not include members of the band or their attorneys

So NYT didn't (with their sources) "confirm" a full blown reunion tour but linked the billboard-article instead, right?

NYT only "confirmed" Slash and Axl will play at C which corresponds with what I thought after the slash-interview; slash will guest modern gnr or opposite.

[C0ma]

Billboard's sources do not include members of the band or their attorneys

I'm not trying to be a smart ass here, BUT... just as an example. Can you tell me what Law School Fernando, Beta, and or Vanessa went to? What state in the US did they pass the Bar? and what instruments do they play?

There are plenty of people with knowledge of what is happening that aren't members of the band or their attorneys... another example (and I'm not saying he has anything to do with this in anyway), but my above three questions... what is the answer to those in relation to Del James?

Shit it could be a PR person at Black Frog (the publishing company that last I checked Beta runs). Also not saying that's the source just giving examples of people who are outside if that very vague and protective statement.

[norway]

imagine how massive the reunionhysteria will be if slash plays with modern gnr

[ice cream sand pig]

that would be so crazy if slash came in with no one else from the old era. nobody would see that coming. folks would still be stoked though. they wouldnt know the difference really (between just slash coming back and slash plus duff/izzy/etc...). we might, but not the regular folks. i showed afd dvd to a guy in his 50s and he thought dj was slash. i just went with it, got a kick out of it.

[OscarAxl22]

You 2 are killing me here 

[ice cream sand pig]

just entertaining norways idea. hes a pretty big fan, so i dont throw him out the window without hearing him out. he probably knows way more about gnr than i do.

as for existing band + slash, it would be neat, but im easy to please. im cool with whatever happens.

[OscarAxl22]

just entertaining norways idea. hes a pretty big fan, so i dont throw him out the window without hearing him out. he probably knows way more about gnr than i do.

as for existing band + slash, it would be neat, but im easy to please. im cool with whatever happens.

Haha all good man, I'm just happy there is so much to talk about and things are happening, it's a massive thing what's happening right now.

[norway]

imo if Matt (as anything more than a stand-in) is there it would be unfair to Steven, if Gilby is there it would be unfair to Richard. Reunion is the afd5 to me.

Personally I am more intrested in seeing Axl in a modern rockband than a classic rockband, but it's his integrity. His choice, not mine.

 I enjoyed 06+ with it's more oldschool style and the barely credible Djasbha, after my favorite line-up (02-version) went poof.

I was thinking about this hybrid lineup.

rohf was hybrid, axl disagreed and declined.

[jamillos22]

It would be cool if they did it as sort of a surprise event ? one show would be the AFD line-up playing AFD, Lies, and whatever old songs. Other night could be some sort of UYI line-up, but these would not necessarily have to alternate regularly. Kind of like what Waters did on his 2011 tour ? will Gilmour show up or not?
Hey, it?s just an idea.

[Voodoochild]

So, many rumors suggest only Axl, Slash and Duff from the old line-up.

Do you guys think this could be a function of those three guys being the only ones in the legal partnership which is Guns N Roses Music?

Yeah......the slot machine was revealing to an extent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAfQ6gOQBac

We already knew those three were in the partnership but that kind of shows the direction this might be going...

Also interesting timing on that slot machine. When it was first announced in early 2015, it was said it would come out later in the year. The fact that it ended up being scheduled for release now in January of 2016 must be for a reason.

I can't imagine it being delayed because of programming or the difficulty of making such a software. I'm no expert, but for a computer programmer it can't be much of a challenge to make that, and I can't imagine it taking so long.

I think it was for marketing reasons, and therefore it couldn't be released ahead of any announcement from the band.

It's interesting how the tracklist includes Chinese Democracy.

[Gaymo, the Hobbit]

https://myspace.com/gunsnroses/events


I guess we have our confirmation

[Mr. Nik™]

https://myspace.com/gunsnroses/events


I guess we have our confirmation

OMG 

[jazjme]

https://myspace.com/gunsnroses/events


I guess we have our confirmation

Didn't know they still used the myspace since releasing CD