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GUNS
N' ROSES KNOW THEIR NME
Tuesday 27th, August 2002
GUNS N' ROSES played their first show in LONDON since 1992
at the DOCKLANDS ARENA last night (August 26) — and NME
was the subject of two onstage comments from AXL ROSE!
Early in the set, which ran to two hours, Rose commented on
the NME.COM review of the band’s performance at the Leeds
leg of the Carling Weekend Festival, which stated that he
looked "as big as a house". Said Axl: "If I’m
as big as a house, maybe I should start charging rent. Some
pussy ass writer at NME owes me rent — for living in
my ass!"
However,
Rose later took a time out to thank NME for its glowing coverage
of Guns 'N Roses’s comeback gig in Hong Kong on August
14. "That was nice," he remarked.
Rose
also provided details on the band’s long-delayed studio
album, ‘Chinese Democracy’, promising that it would
include 18 tracks, with 10 extra tracks "on top of that".
He added: "Just because we’ve only played five or
six new songs, people think there mustn’t be any other
songs on the album. Au contraire, mon frère!"
He
went on to vow that once the album had run its course, the
band would "do it all over again", and maybe then
think about a more albums — "as long as Uncle Axl
doesn’t act the asshole!"
Four
new songs featured in the band’s stunning 19-song set,
including ‘Chinese Democracy’, ‘Madagascar’
and ‘The Blues’. The new songs were rapturously
received by the capacity crowd of 12,000, as were Guns N'
Roses classics such as ‘Welcome To The Jungle’‘,
‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’, ‘November Rain’
and ‘Paradise City’.
With
no further live dates scheduled, Guns 'N Roses will now return
to the studio to complete work on ‘Chinese Democracy’.
Source:
nme.com
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GUNS
N' ROSES' forthcoming album, Chinese Democracy, will contain
18 songs and will be accompanied by a bonus CD that will include
10 extra tracks, frontman Axl Rose told the audience during
the band's reportedly impressive performance at Docklands
Arena in London last night.
According to the singer, most of the new songs that have been
previewed on the group's current world tour will not be included
on the upcoming CD, which is now not expected to surface before
early 2003. Rose also mentioned that the band have already
completed work on the follow-up to Chinese Democracy and are
hoping to issue it as soon as the album before it has run
its course and "by the time the record company release
the second group of songs, and we do this all over again,
who knows?! Maybe I will have finished the third album,"
Axl reportedly said
In
other news, GUNS N' ROSES have issued the following statement
via their official web site regarding the group's appearance
at the Leeds festival in England on Friday, August 23rd:
LEEDS: 50,000 FANS CHEER AS AXL SCREAMS FOR THE SHOW TO
CONTINUE
GUNS N' ROSES wish it to be known that Saturday night's appearance
in front of the massive sell-out crowd was delayed through
logistical problems beyond their control.
The band were contracted to play a two-hour set and scheduled
to take the stage at 10pm, at which point THE PRODIGY were
still on stage. Despite concerted attempts from the festival
organizers to make up time, the show continued to run late.
The running delay was further compounded by the vast amount
of equipment between the two bands. As a result the GUNS N'
ROSES crew were not able to take control of the stage until
10.30 pm to begin their preparations for the band's set.
In consequence, Axl and band did not take the stage until
just past 11:00 PM — so the show overran the curfew
set by local authorities, but nevertheless they continued
to play to an ecstatic audience who witnessed several new
songs which included "Madagascar" and "The
Blues" in an electrifying set which included classics
such as "Welcome To the Jungle", "Mr. Brownstone",
"You Could Be Mine" and "Sweet Child of Mine".
GUNS N' ROSES would like to thank the promoters, The Mean
Fiddler, for making the correct decision in allowing the show
to continue in the interests of public safety.
Source:
blabbermouth.net
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