-D- wrote:

I am def going to Atlanta show!!! where are we all goin to meet thats going?

I may go, wish they were playing at Center Stage... D, you know you pussied out on the Slash show last fall, will you pussy out this time too? HAHAHA.

to amp up the convo....there are more guitar players that can do what Slash does than there are singers that can do what Axl does.

buzzsaw wrote:

I know they haven't toured the US in quite awhile.  I know their last attempt didn't go so well.  There's nothing to indicate that either is going to change any time soon.

True, and who knows.  Maybe that's a major reason they haven't been able to set up a US tour as of yet, although I think the lawsuit with Azoff played into it a fair bit.  Maybe they are setting their sights too high to play arenas and larger venues and they're finding it hard to make it a profitable venture.  We really don't know at this point, all we can do is speculate.  Such is life as a GNR fan.  But until we see a US tour list or hear that the band is losing massive amounts of money on touring, it seems a bit premature to say they NEED to change their ways.  If they do in fact NEED to, they will.  They haven't yet, so I assume that means they're still floating with their heads above water.

Also with the state of the US economy right now, attendance numbers will probably be lower than before.  I don't think the concert industry is exactly booming at the moment.  Good timing has never been a strong suit of this band.  Release "Chinese Democracy" when record sales begin to hit an all time low.  Tour the US when the economy is in the shitter.  Nice!