Posted in Concert Tour, Guns N' Roses on the October 23, 2009
Axl Rose must be scraping the bottom of his cash barrel and really looking forward to getting any cash. In addition to selling out and handing over his catalog to be turned into children’s music, his band Guns N Roses is now going on tour in Canada. I’m not exactly sure how and why they were booked since their comeback album wasn’t a success. The tour will kick off on January 13th in Winnipeg and will continue across the country, wrapping up on February 4th in Halifax. Tickets go on sale today for $50 to $90. Why they think that people will pay that much to see a has-been band without all the original members is beyond me.
Posted in Guns N' Roses, Music on the October 12, 2009
As previously reported, indie record labels Independieate and Domino Recording Company both filed a lawsuit against Guns N Roses claiming that the band copied two songs for their album ‘Chinese Democracy’. Both labels own the licensing rights to German musician Ulrich Schnauss’ music and claim that the band used the songs on the track ‘Riad N the Bedouins’ and are asking for $1 million in damages. GNR’s manager says that the band vigorously contests those claims saying “The band believed when the record came out and still believes that there are no unauthorized samples on the track. The snippets of ‘ambient noise’ in question were provided by a member of the album’s production team who has assured us that these few seconds of sound were obtained legitimately. Artists these days can’t read the minds of those they collaborate with and therefore are unfortunately vulnerable to claims like this one. While the band resents the implication that they would ever use another artist’s work improperly and are assessing possible counterclaims, they are confident this situation will be satisfactorily resolved.”
Posted in Guns N' Roses, Video on the November 5, 2008
Guns N’ Roses premiered a new commercial teaser for Chinese Democracy during Saturday Night Live over the weekend. The 30 spot features the recently released title track and information about the album pre-sale. The teaser will run again tonight during Monday Night Football which airs on ESPN at 815PM EST.
Guns N’ Roses release new TV commercial:
Posted in Guns N' Roses, Singers, Song on the October 29, 2008
One of the most highly anticipated albums in rock history, the long-awaited Chinese Democracy (Black Frog/Geffen Records) will be available globally on November 23 on CD and vinyl (accompanied by a free digital download of the tracks), and as a separate digital album.
Produced by Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo, Chinese Democracy includes 14 tracks. The title track and first single from the album, “Chinese Democracy”, was released to radio at 5:00AM eastern time today. Two of the recordings have been recently released–“Shackler’s Revenge” debuted September 14 in the “Rock Band 2” videogame and “If The World” debuted October 11 in the film Body Of Lies.
“The release of Chinese Democracy marks a historic moment in rock ‘n’ roll,” said Irving Azoff and Andy Gould, Guns N’ Roses’ co-managers, “and we’re launching with a monumental campaign that matches the groundbreaking sound of the album itself. Guns N’ Roses fans have every reason to celebrate, for this is only the beginning.”
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