they'll tour without an album. they'll talk about recording after the tour but it'll never happen.

after he cashes in the reunion for a couple of spins he's done.

he has no interest in releasing records.
for all the blame correctly attributed to label mismanagement, the big guy has talked before how much duress he feels in releasing material. he can't handle people judging him, his art.

Wouldn't mind a wee trip to coachella. Party with Kendall Jenner & various California hipsters. Think I'd fit in well in that scene..

Re DLC

Have to say, sometimes it's really good & not just cut content that didn't get put into the main game so the devs/publisher could make a few extra canoli's down the line.
The most recent expansion I bought was for the witcher 3 & it was basically a level pack, like a 10 hour sidequest. The kinda depth of story they probably couldn't have put into the main game without fragmenting it. It was superbly well done. Add it to the 16 or so pieces of free dlc they offered (which varied from alt outfits to short missions), I think they absolutely nailed it as to what additional content should be.

The flip side to that is the kind of treatment you get from EA/Activision - the recent dungheap that is Star Wars, or how they rolled out Destiny as prime examples of fleecing punters.
I did destiny upon launch & did the first expansion. I was so pissed off I've refused to give them any more of my money or my time. It was just completely inadequate & extortionate.

Gta online kinda occupies a middle ground. All subsequent dlc has been 'free', but it's a f2p model so unless you've glitched gtao currency you have to pay to access some of the features the dlc includes. But, crucially, a lot of what they have brought in since launch was stuff that was cut from release & just held over for dlc - there's been very little evolution or fresh ideas put into play. It's a bum note but not quite as game breaking/off putting as practices elsewhere.

I guess it all depends on the publisher really, and how good the game is. People said that the last of us dlc was great whereas you get stuff like what they're doing with Star Wars.
It's just I wouldn't say all dlc is a bad idea - I'm really looking forward to the next witcher expansion, probably moreso than I am any full game on the horizon.

Patches tho are another matter. Day 1 patches especially. I've been playing games since they came on tape(!) & I really miss cartridges - I mourned the passing of the N64 for the gamecubes stupid little discs (& probably still do).
It's definitely a problem, especially considering how much bandwidth these patches eat up. But it seems to be the way the industry is going. I'm all for digital distribution (if prices on the ps store weren't so ludicrous in comparison with physical copies) but there's gotta be something done to help the consumer. A lot of the time you're just as well waiting a few months & buying the GOTY edition on the high street that has all patches included. As it stands it looks like the industry is taking that infamous "deal with it" stance.
If the game isn't ready & hasn't been tested properly it's just totally unfair & there's nothing in place currently to prevent the customer from these practices. I blame those ET landfills.. That sorta shit would happen to far more games these days if it weren't for these patches.

guns will never play glastonbury. those people have far too many sticks up their arses. would think guns too much a headache/below them.

& while we obv want the reunion in our own neck of the woods, the euro festival circuit is the way to go. it's just the done thing/the easiest way to tour in the summer.