Almost sounds like The Blues returned to the set

Thats a shame, they've been on a good run of form. I think the only other cancelation in recent times was the one caused by the freak tornado in South America.

The guy with the bandanna has that star on it instead of the rising sun, in 2002 it was just the star remaining.

I miss that mystique as well, thats part of the reason I wanted to take the poster down, to me it represents a different era of GNR, and that era is gone. That was a time where I believed something was happening to take GNR forward musically, now its a different GNR who are kickass live, but to me its like that (perhaps imagined by me) purpose of adding to the musical legacy of GNR has been left by the wayside in favour of just going out and playing the old songs and making the best of it.

Mabye its not a bad thing, mabye the best has yet to come...

It could be the whole CD era took so long and was so cumbersome because they were really trying so hard to force the issue and reach the mythical heights that a new GNR album demanded, and that pressure just bogged down the whole process.
Mabye this new approach of having fun and bonding first and foremost is a much healthier way if taking the band forward than locking a bunch of strangers in a studio and asking them to make a the best record of all time.