I'm not sure I agree, there was a video of GNR playing in 06, one of the last shows I think, that was floating round on youtube and the band played CD that night. The performance was great and it sounded as close to the demo version as you'll ever hear. The weak points were that the song lacked the ballsy heavy rhythm that the demo has, however that's a problem that's plagued CD live since day one. There's a power to the demo that's never been replicated live by any era 01-07, however Rons solo was bang on, admittedly that's only one performance but if you saw/heard it I don't think you'd claim he fucks up CD. I'll try find it but I've got a horrible feeling Tsunami removed it and I've not seen it since.

I still think it's an unfair comparison to judge BH's studio work with Ron's live performances, we don't know how BH would sound if he was playing them live. I appreciate it's the only comparison we have or can make but it's not a particularly accurate one.

It's not unheard of for people to prefer demos over the finished version, look at some of the UYI demos, imo some of the UYI demos are better than the final tracks but overall does it make a difference to the albums? Not especially, because ultimately they are the same songs, a few tweaks here and there but that's all they are. I find the 14 Years demo better than the album version but the decision to change that song, imo, for the worse and put that on the album doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the album or the song. I think it's important to remember that, you've either got a good song or you haven't, tweaks can help but they don't generally make or break a song.

Remember how much time Axls put into this record, he isn't going to compromise the album to accomodate someone. The best bits will stay, all we've got to find out is who's done the best bits.

Yeah but that's not really a story is it, that's just Axl Rose having his tea. I think the story was more Axl refused to go on stage unless he got a roast lamb dinner, having said that there was nothing to suggest when this was so maybe it was 6 hours before, in which case it's still not a story

If I had to guess the location of the next GNR tour I'd have thought it'd be South America. If they do tour in Poland I doubt it'll be the only place they go, maybe that's not even the first date of a tour, it might just be the first one to filter down the rumour mill. Assuming there's really a tour in the first place, I seem to remember Mysteron saying there were no plans to tour again until the album was out.

Expect it to be delivered sometime around 2014

That does surprise me.

I doubt the story is real or if it is went down like that, but it's interesting if he's in London, although there could be a million reasons why he might be in London. Birthday trip perhaps?

Yeah it's a tragedy for certain but he was stupid to take all those different drugs at once. If he was barely sleeping though it can make you do silly things, perhaps he wasn't aware of what he'd already taken when he took the next set of drugs.