I don't think it really implies anything. Just, the band doesn't communicate a whole lot so as a fanbase we read into every little thing they put out there.

We anticipated Hard Skool since it was on setlists in 2019 and soundchecked in 2020, so we carried that anticipation into this tour.

Then after the first show of this tour we see a setlist about Absurd and start speculating what that is, most guessing it's Silkworms. Surprisingly, things moved really quickly and it was performed at the next show and then released at midnight a few days after that. So then the hype for Hard Skool builds even more because they're actually releasing music and still soundchecking it.

Fast forward a few weeks and we are where we are now. The two songs they intended to release have been released and those were the ones as alts on this leg of the tour. They now have a long gap and in theory could release more during that gap - the reason we'd have no hints about other songs is, if it wasn't going to be played on that last tour leg, there'd be no reason to rehearse it and have it as an alt on the setlist so we'd have zero knowledge of it beforehand.

We'll see what happens. Their strategy doesn't make a whole of sense as things stand - singles don't make a lot of money, the exist to promote things. There's only a handful of dates left and a big gap until the Europe shows next Summer. So either something else (more releases of songs/other content or tour dates) is coming OR... this band isn't always the most competent and are genuinely pushing a new single with three tour dates left.

All sensible signs would point to more stuff being in the works but it's GN'R so who knows.

Yup, the potential side effects of the vaccines (and the odds of having a very bad reaction) are so much less bad and lower than your odds with contracting covid. Even if someone unvaxxed gets Covid and does ok, there are long Covid complications that are worth avoiding.

I can't see how the vinyl production delays are a surprise to them since they did the updated Greatest Hits vinyl release in 2020.

Also it's all available exclusively through their own store. This isn't a mass market release - it's a "take pre-orders from hardcore fans who actually want this for a few weeks/months and then send order to printing and pressing plants" release.

The press release only credits Axl as the writer.

That really doesn't sound like Hard School to me.