When I'm saying "every band have moved on from that formula", I might have jumped the gun a little. I don't follow other bands as closely as I do GNR. But there sure is a mentality out there of "we could just put on some shows for the sake of playing music (and making a living/maintaining our standard of living)" And I also see that mentality among friends and avarage concert-goers. When a cool band comes to town, the reaction is "Allright, they're a great act, let's go!" The default reaction of "They must be touring a brand new album", not so much......

But when it comes to GNR, I'm in the camp of "release some new stuff allready! Jeezzz!"
But that's the rabid hardcore fan mentality.

To be fair, it's 4 years old.
Like I mentioned. Metallica is not really out there pimping Death Magnetic, wich came out in '08. And as far as I know, they were touring this summer. They are touring to keep their brand alive and to make money.
The fact that you use the term "touring an album", shows me that you might be kinda stuck in an old mentality.

But your point on GNR releasing fewer albums than other acts. THAT I agree with!

I can see why DJ would rub some fans the wrong way. Especially if you're a fan of or would prefer a reunion.

DJ has not released anything with GNR. Yet he's the most outspoken member of the band at this point.

The guy obviously like to have the spotlight. His 16-year-old emo-look, that stupid taunting he does with his hands as he teases with the WTTJ-intro, posting videos of himself on youtube doing nothing but riding a motorcycle. Tweeting stuff that could've come from Justin Bieber ("Miss you guys!",  I love you all, thanks for helping me reach XXXXXXX followers!!!" etc etc etc.

Never seen a guy try harder to build a brand around himself.

BUT! At the end of the day. It's mostly hardcores like us who follow GNR as close as we do who notice this kind of stuff. Considering Axl's privat and reclusive personality, GNR do need bandmembers who are "out and about".

Sure, some us may think it's waaay cool that Axl is gonna be on TV (myself included). Because it is a far and few in between event for US.

But I'm not sure anyone is really expecting some grand revelation on an epic scale or that Axl in one big scoop is gonna convince every viewer that Axl fuckin Rose is BACK BABY!!!!
All the comments are pointing on some airtime where he's gonna plug upcuming gigs in Vegas. And that is basicly what every musician/moviestar/director are doing on these kind of shows.

The only small posibility of something MAJOR being said is if Axl has a quick mention that after the Vegas-thing, GNR is gonna release a followup to CD. But that is major for us die-hards only. And that's cool. We all know that the average music fan is not sitting on the edge of their seat waiting for a new album.

Another possible cool result outta this. Axl CAN be very entertaining when being interviewed. I know I cracked up on some of the stuff said on Trunk's radio show. Maybe, just maybe, some of the average viewers will go: "Hey, Axl Rose seems actually like a real funny and cool guy. Who knew...?"

Yeah yeah, I know... A few minutes of airtime is not gonna erase 25 years of bad press bla bla bla.... But we can hope and he can try. No harm. I think some people will be left with a positive impression of him.

30-60 minutes of airtime on VH1 doesen't count?
Seemed to me like the rock press was all over it at the time. same as they are now with this Kimmel apperance. It is news!

Seems that the GNR-camp are trying to do a better job on promoting. Kimmel, Vegas, a gig in the fuckin cinemas! C'mon! It's like night and day compared to what we're used to.

Ditto!

Nothing negative about this so far! Sure there is no CD material in this trailer, but this kind of stuff are usually made by those producing and selling the product/show. Chances are good that the actual show will be full of CD material same as the last three years of touring.

Thinking about how Jarmo has been pimping the idea of some kind of re-release bundled with CDII (or whatever it was), these last tidbits of news are looking pretty exciting!

Been thinking in these lines myself.

Also, the supposed proshot release of the London show could very well be a "we'll scratch your back, if you scratch our's"-move from the GNR-camp towards the label.