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Re: Guns N Roses planning Summer '09 tour?
Axl Rose intends to follow last November’s release of Chinese Democracy with a worldwide Guns n’ Roses stadium tour this summer, according to industry insiders. If it comes to pass, the tour would mark the first U.S. stadium dates for the current line-up of Guns — their 2002 and 2006-’07 tours were arena outings, with some overseas stadium shows. (And contrary to one persistent online rumor, the band has absolutely no plans of playing Spain’s Kobetasonik Festival this June.)
Meanwhile, Guns’ manager, Irving Azoff, tells Rolling Stone that the band has big plans for this year. “Axl has been basically quiet, keeping out of the limelight for almost 15 years. People think they know him but they only really only know what has been said about him by questionable people,” Azoff says. “He is a good guy and often misunderstood — he is a professional who has worked very hard to build and maintain a high creative standard for Guns n’ Roses, which I support. We have some exciting things in the works this year for Gn’R, I’m looking forward to it.”
Since the release of Chinese Democracy in November 2008, Rose has mostly remained silent, speaking to fans via a message board and two interviews. Regarding the possibility of a large-scale tour, Axl told Billboard, “No plans, but there’s talk. Management and our promoters are really excited with the offers coming in both here and worldwide.”
Re: Guns N Roses planning Summer '09 tour?
Interesting that they're going the stadium route. Hopefully we see a list of scheduled dates soon.
Maybe the Slash fest is drawing to a close.
Thank God.....
Yeah stadiums seem like an odd choice. I mean it won't look so good if they get 8,000 people into a 60,000 seat stadium.
Re: Guns N Roses planning Summer '09 tour?
Azoff says. “He is a good guy and often misunderstood"
classic - the last paragraph of everythnig officially from gnr always includes something defending axl.
"And contrary to one persistent online rumor, the band has absolutely no plans of playing Spain’s Kobetasonik Festival this June.)"
also classic - every time somone speaks officially on gnr's behalf it includes telling us what they don't have planned.
this pending tour is unfolding like the last ones:
from the hip and in almost complete secrecy
Re: Guns N Roses planning Summer '09 tour?
James Lofton wrote:Interesting that they're going the stadium route. Hopefully we see a list of scheduled dates soon.
Maybe the Slash fest is drawing to a close.
Thank God.....
Yeah stadiums seem like an odd choice. I mean it won't look so good if they get 8,000 people into a 60,000 seat stadium.
It can work, but these shows are gonna have to be spaced out. When they hit Cali, do a night in LA and a night in SF or Oakland.
Its when they start trying to schedule multiple nights in cities or have the shows too close together that its gonna turn into a disaster.
Since Azoff is aboard this train we might not see the previous bad touring strategies.
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Re: Guns N Roses planning Summer '09 tour?
They have to be doing a co-headlining type deal. I see no way, as much as I LOVE this band, that they could do a stadium tour. I just can't see it.
