I guess it depends if Slash wrote the lyrics to the songs. I'd be surprised if he wrote the lyrics to the songs then just invited Ozzy or whoever to sing. No doubt there was some form of collaboration but as Slash isn't known for his lyric writing abilities I'd assume major responsibility for lyric writing went ot the vocalist, or another collaborator.

Dr Pepper say DON'T DO IT!

Wow didn't see the end of this weeks episode coming!

As always with GNR they let any momentum they have built for whatever reason die and be forgotten before they try and capitalize on it. Whether this is the bands fault or 'external circumstances' I neither know nor care it's irrelelvant. Assuming they don't release a single in the next 2 months (which they definitely should) they're hitting the road with absolutely no momentum behind them, who's talking about GNR right now? Hell even we're talking about U2 instead of GNR.

Back when CD came out people we're aware of it and aware of GNR. Hell the albums release even got coverage the friday before release day on national news here. The album got to no.2 in the charts and CD was on the radio. If people had googled GNR at that point and checked the GNR site and saw they had some dates booked in the next 6 months they might, just might have bought a ticket.

As it is they're touring behind an album they released a year ago with minimal promo and the promo there is directs you to a site that hasn't been touched since spring. Forget opening acts or venue size if this whole tour had been scheduled exactly 12 months previously those sales figures would be looking twice as healthy. Poor timing and lousy promotion are responsible for stuttering sales not the opening acts.