Nothing new to report.

Slight more detail on the festivals. As of three weeks ago, GN'R were between accepting and finalising slots for Download and Rock am Ring. Download only had one band finalised at the time, that is up to two now. All other festivals were not further than making offers for their festivals. Austrian press are firm on GN'R having a reservation for Ernst Happel in Vienna, so there appears to be venues booked, possibly as back-up. There is also word that GN'R will do one or more UK dates later in the Summer.

It appears that a middle east segment of dates will come soon, then Europe will come after, hopefully at the end of this month. I am just going to leave it now and see what happens. I'll just add in any press stories that offer any further news.

Zegut has offered a July 8th date for Stade de France

I think this Italy date might be fake. See below

http://www.pratosfera.com/2016/05/29/fa … o-firenze/

Also checking the validity of these dates and this website

Ahh, good. Now I have found a source to match up the stadium dates.

http://concerticket.net/es/215-ticket-guns-n-roses

Letzigrund was the stadium I got that teasing email from, so I am happy with that. We also have an Ireland date, and there are no UK dates which fits in with exclusion nonsense for Download

San Siro matches Italian Press, Stade De France matches Zegut

First and foremost, remember that all of this gossip could be based on offers made to GN'R, and not offers accepted. It could all be made up, who knows. So, anything can happen until everything is confirmed.

If GN'R do a festival run, it is almost inevitable there will some standalone shows as well at a different point in time. The band will have to stand by the exclusion clauses in the contracts, but standalone shows within a few weeks or months could easily happen. Green Day are touring Europe in February, then doing festivals in June.

Why would GN'R do a festival run? There appears to be alot of big bands touring in the Summer. A high demand for stadiums would logically push the price of staging a concert up. At the same time, a demand for festival slots would logically push prices down that festivals have to pay bands. This would free up funds to give GN'R the money they are after. I would have also thought that bands like Green Day and Metallica aren't as expensive as they were. Green Day could command 750k-1 mill a few years back, but their stock has surely fallen a little.

Also, with alot of concerts and festivals taking place, GN'R may not want to stage huge shows at a time when a fan is having to pay out to see this band here and that festival there. We cannot, as fans, afford to see everything. So a small festival run could make sense. It must be logistically easier and it means that fans who go to festivals to see other bands will also watch GN'R. They are putting on a good show just now, so why not show it off to fans who maybe gave up on them years ago. They could then run a load of standalone shows at a time when the circuit is less busy. Fans at festivals will go home and say to pals, hey I saw them, they were great, I'd recommend them. The festival circuit could be a bit of free money and a bit of promotion for them. Plus, it must be fun playing festivals.