Guns N' Roses: Celebs Rumors

Guns N’ Roses have postponed their scheduled show in Glasgow tonight (July 5) due to an unspecified illness within their team.The band are currently on the UK and Ireland leg of their 2022 headline tour, with their most recent gig taking place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London last Saturday (July 2).Taking to social media in the early hours of this morning, Axl Rose and co. announced that their planned concert on Glasgow Green will not take place.“Sadly, due to illness and medical advice, GN’R will not be able to perform in Glasgow, tomorrow 5-July-2022,” the statement read.“We are working on rescheduling options for this show so please hold onto your tickets and wait for a further update.

Guns N’ Roses brought out country-pop superstar Carrie Underwood.The 2005 American Idol winner joined Axl Rose and co. twice during their 22-song set – first towards the end of the main performance to sing on ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’, and then during the encore to close the night out on ‘Paradise City’.

Guns N’ Roses show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight (July 1) have taken to social media to express their anger at the severe delays in entry to the event.The band are due to play two shows at the venue tonight and tomorrow (July 2), with early doors entry at 3.15pm and main doors at 3.30pm.The first support act, Gary Clark Jr, was due to kick off at 4.30pm but according to Twitter, as of 5.30pm, fans were still waiting to be let in. Guns N’ Roses are due to be on stage at 6.45pm.One person on Twitter wrote: “Anyone know why we’re still stood outside 3hrs after it was supposed to start?”, while another added: “We’ve been standing outside for 2 hours.

Guns N’ Roses performed AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ for the first time ever at a concert in Spain.The band were performing at Estadio Benito Villamarin when they debuted their cover of the classic track earlier this week. You can view the performance below.It was the second concert of their current European/UK tour which kicked off in Portugal last weekend.During that show at at the Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras they also covered AC/DC’s ‘Walk All Over You’.During their concert in Spain the band also performed a cover of Jimmy Webb’s ‘Wichita Lineman’ alongside a host of GN’R classic tracks including ‘Welcome To The Jungle’, ‘You Could Be Mine’, ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’ and ‘Paradise City’.Their continued nod to AC/DC’s back catalogue comes as no surprise.

Guns N’ Roses kicked off their 2022 live schedule last night (June 4) by performing an AC/DC cover and two rarities.The band were performing at the Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras in Portugal last night, which marked their first gig of the year after a scheduled performance at Florida’s Welcome To Rockville festival was cancelled due to storms last month.During the Portuguese gig, Guns N’ Roses gave a rendition of their 1986 song ‘Reckless Life’, which originally appeared on their record ‘Live ?!*@ Like A Suicide’. It was the first time the band had played the track since 1993.Later, they added to the clutch of AC/DC songs they’ve covered at their gigs with a take on ‘Walk All Over You’, while the encore featured the ‘Appetite Of Destruction’ version of ‘You’re Crazy’.

Axl Rose stopped by this year’s Stagecoach Festival to perform a pair of Guns N’ Roses songs with Carrie Underwood – see footage below.The 2022 edition of the country music festival began on Friday (April 29) at Indio, California’s Empire Polo Club – the same venue as Coachella – and ends tonight (May 1).During Underwood’s Saturday (April 30) headline slot, Rose joined the country singer to perform his band’s classic songs ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ and ‘Paradise City’.Underwood started by performing the opening verse and chorus of ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ with her band before introducing Rose. “Welcome to the greatest night of my life.

Brian May has recalled the “odd experience” of working on Guns N’ Roses’ infamous 2008 album ‘Chinese Democracy’.The Queen guitarist was among a host of collaborators who worked with the band on their sixth studio album, which was recorded over a nine-year period.May’s contributions to such album tracks as ‘Catcher In The Rye’, which were recorded back in 1999, were ultimately cut from the final version of ‘Chinese Democracy’, and the musician has now reflected on the “odd experience” of working with Guns N’ Roses on the record.“It was an odd experience,” he told Classic Rock magazine. “I think it was about midway through the whole thing.

King Crimson founder Robert Fripp has dressed up as Guns N’ Roses‘ Slash with his wife Toyah Willcox to cover Michael Jackson’s ‘Give In To Me’.The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which was launched in 2020 due to Fripp missing live performance as a result of the COVID lockdown.The series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Ramones, Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s YouTube channel.In recent weeks, they’ve covered Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’, ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’ by the Smashing Pumpkins and Kaiser Chiefs‘ ‘I Predict A Riot’; last week’s cover saw the pair deliver their take on Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Can’t Stop.For the new cover, Fripp wears Slash’s iconic top hat and long curly hair, as well as a fake cigarette hanging out of his mouth.In the background, Willcox has made a sign reading: “Fripp’s my Slash.”Check out the cover below.Back in August, Willcox released her 16th studio album ‘Posh Pop’, which she previewed with the single ‘Levitate’ featuring Simon Darlow and Bobby Willcox.Discussing the album in an interview with NME, Willcox explained how it came about. “When COVID stopped everything last year, it allowed me to concentrate on writing and recording the next album,” she said.

Slash has announced that he’s doing a livestream event with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators next month.The global event, shot on location this month at the group’s sold-out House Of Blues show in Boston, is set to take place on April 15 at 12:00pm PT (7:00pm GMT).The full production, multi-camera streaming event is being put on in association with premium concert livestream platform Veeps. The setlist will include fan favourites, as well as songs from ‘4’, the new album from the Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators.Released last month, the album features the tracks ‘Call Off The Dogs’, ‘The River is Rising’ and ‘Fill My World’.Tickets for Slash Ft.

Eddie Vedder resumed his ‘Earthling’ US tour this week, and his first show back saw him perform a cover of Pretenders‘ ‘Precious’ alongside Duff McKagan.A couple of the Pearl Jam frontman’s tour dates in California were postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak, but on Monday (February 21) he got back on the road with his first show back taking place at Benaroya Hall in Seattle.The setlist for the show was littered with covers, including Tom Petty’s ‘Room At The Top’, Sex Pistols’ ‘God Save The Queen’, The Who‘s ‘I’m One’, George Harrison’s ‘Isn’t It A Pity’, and Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along The Watchtower’.There was also a cover of Pretenders’ 1980 record ‘Precious’, which Vedder performed with help from Guns N’ Roses bassist McKagan. You can see footage below.Elsewhere in the show, Vedder performed several Pearl Jam classics – ‘Porch’, ‘Wishlist’, ‘Corduroy’, and ‘Dirty Frank’ – as well as some tracks from his new solo LP, ‘Earthling’.His backing band, the Earthlings, is a musical supergroup consisting of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney, and former Chili Peppers and current Pearl Jam touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer.

Slash has revealed that there is more new music from Guns N’ Roses on the way soon – and some fresh tracks could arrive before they begin their next stint of shows.The band released two new singles last year in ‘Absurd’ and ‘Hard Skool’, with both tracks stemming from the sessions for the infamous ‘Chinese Democracy’ album.The guitarist has explained that those tracks weren’t the only pieces of new material the band had been planning to release. “There is new material coming — everybody’s always asking,” Slash told Consequence of Sound.

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navaro has explained how he almost joined Guns N’ Roses, but didn’t show up to the audition.Following the break-up of Jane’s Addiction in 1991 and the departure of Izzy Stradlin from Guns N’ Roses, frontman Axl Rose apparently “really wanted” Navaro to join his band.Speaking to the Appetite For Distortion podcast, Navaro explained how they “talked nearly every day about ideas and the way the band could work with me.“At that time in my life though, I just wasn’t present enough to do it,” he added.Navaro then went on to say how he missed his audition to join the band “because I was immersed in my drug addiction and I just simply couldn’t show up in that shape. But it happened the way it happened”.

Slash says that despite announcing a new EP last month, Guns N’ Roses haven’t written any original new material since their reunion.Arriving on February 25 next year, ‘Hard Skool’ will mark the first new record from Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan together in 28 years.

Wolfgang Van Halen joined Guns N’ Roses as a special guest for a rendition of ‘Paradise City’ during a show in Florida on Saturday night (October 2). See footage below.“Let’s bring out our friend Wolfy.

Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum has opened up about why he wasn’t invited to take part in the band’s 2016 reunion.In a excerpt from Sorum’s upcoming memoir, Double Talkin’ Jive: True Rock ‘N’ Roll Stories, the drummer reveals that he learned of the partial reunion of the band’s classic line-up via the internet even though he was on a South American tour with his former GN’R bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan.Sorum said he confronted Mckagan once he learned of the news, at which point the bassist told him that frontman Axl Rose wanted to use his own drummer, Frank Ferrer. “Go to Axl and tell him you want me on drums. Period.

Guns N’ Roses have announced the forthcoming arrival of a new EP, ‘Hard Skool’, days after releasing the title track.Arriving on February 25, ‘Hard Skool’ will mark the first new record from Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan together in 28 years. Slash and McKagan rejoined the band in 2016, after leaving following their 1993 studio album, ‘The Spaghetti Incident?’.In addition to the title track, released last Friday (September 24), the four-track record will include their August single ‘Absurd’ – written during their ‘Chinese Democracy’ sessions – and live renditions of ’90s track ‘Don’t Cry’ and ‘You’re Crazy’ from their debut album.

Guns N’ Roses have returned with new song ‘Hard Skool’ – check it out below.The track, which is the band’s second of 2021, was originally recorded during the sessions for the band’s notorious 2008 album ‘Chinese Democracy’.Ahead of the release of the song, guitarist Slash posted a video of himself rehearsing the new song at a soundcheck in Chicago.Listen to ‘Hard Skool’ below:Rumours of the new song’s imminent release began to circulate last week, after a fan was reportedly told about it by frontman Axl Rose when the pair met backstage at a recent show in Atlantic City.Initially minted with the working title ‘Jackie Chan’, the track was recorded during sessions for Guns N’ Roses’ notorious 2008 album ‘Chinese Democracy’, but never made the

Guns N’ Roses have begun teasing their next release, with guitarist Slash posting a video of himself rehearsing a new song – currently unnamed, but widely believed to be titled ‘Hard School’ – in Chicago.Though the track in question was not performed during the band’s set at Wrigley Field last Friday (September 17), they did give it a spin during their soundcheck, as Slash revealed in a recent TikTok.Take a look at the video below:Wrigley Field soundcheck Chicago 8.16.21 video by @meeganhodges iiii]; )’ ♬ original sound – Slash Rumours of the new song’s imminent release began to circulate last week, after a fan was reportedly told about it by frontman Axl Rose when the pair met backstage at a recent show in Atlantic City.Initially minted

Guns N’ Roses are reportedly gearing up to release a new song called ‘Hard School’.The track, which originally had a working title of ‘Jackie Chan’, was recorded during the band’s ‘Chinese Democracy’ era but never made the album.

Guns N’ Roses’ headline set at BottleRock Festival was cut off after the band broke the event’s curfew last night (September 4).The festival, which is held in Napa Valley, California, has a strict curfew of 10pm, but the iconic rock band were not done performing when that time came around.As the curfew struck, Guns N’ Roses were performing ‘Paradise City’ with guest star Dave Grohl, whose Foo Fighters will headline the festival tonight. As seen on fan-shot footage, part-way through the song the power went off, leaving the audience unable to hear the band.The group seemed unaware that the plug had been pulled as they kept playing, with the crowd singing along louder to make up for the lack of amplification.

Guns N’ Roses have hit a new milestone with their legendary single ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ reaching billion streams on Spotify.Taken from the band’s 1987 debut album, ‘Appetite For Destruction’, the record officially passed the one-billion-streams threshold on Spotify today (August 9), more than 34 years after its release, according to Forbes.‘Appetite For Destruction’ went on to sell over 18 million copies in the United States, making it the best-selling debut album of all time and one of the biggest records of the ‘80s hard rock takeover.The ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ music video became the first ‘80s video to surpass one billion YouTube views back in October 2019.

Guns N’ Roses paid tribute to the late Biz Markie during a show in New Jersey on Thursday night (August 5).Biz (real name Marcel Theo Hall) died on July 16. While a cause of death was not revealed, the rapper had struggled in recent years with health issues related to his decade-long battle with Type 2 diabetes.News of his passing was confirmed by rep Jenni Izumi, who wrote in a statement: “It is with profound sadness that we announce, this evening, with his wife Tara by his side, hip hop pioneer Biz Markie peacefully passed away.

wrote the “Sweet Child O’ Mine” singers on their Twitter page just after midnight Wednesday. The scintillating single, titled “Absurd,” is the audio version of a song Guns N’ Roses performed at Fenway Park in Boston on Tuesday, Rolling Stone reported.However, the track is not technically “new,” per se, as it’s a reboot of a previously unreleased tune they wrote, “Silkworms,” which the group hadn’t performed since 2001.

Guns N’ Roses have shared the full studio version of ‘Absurd’, after debuting the track at a live show earlier this week.The newly released effort was previously known as ‘Silkworms’ and written in 2001 during sessions for the band’s sixth album ‘Chinese Democracy’, which arrived in 2008 after a string of notorious delays.It has now received an entirely new revamp and title, which was debuted during a show at Boston’s Fenway Park on Tuesday.“Some of you might have heard this under another name, but this is really kind of absurd to try this,” said Axl Rose while introducing the track.“Wasn’t that funny? And they don’t even know the joke yet.

Guns N’ Roses performed a reworked version of their song ‘Silkworms’ during a show at Boston’s Fenway Park last night (August 3).The unreleased track was reportedly written in 2001 during sessions for the band’s sixth album ‘Chinese Democracy’, which arrived in 2008 after a string of notorious delays.They first performed the track at Las Vegas’ House of Blues in 2001, but it’s now received a entirely new revamp and title.“Some of you might have heard this under another name, but this is really kind of absurd to try this,” said Axl Rose while introducing the track last night.“Wasn’t that funny? And they don’t even know the joke yet.

Guns N’ Roses have kicked off their US tour and first shows in 16 months over the weekend, celebrating their return to the stage with a cover of The Stooges‘ debut single ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’.The first date of the band’s much-delayed stadium tour of North America took place at Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark Stadium (July 31), performed to a reported capacity of 30,000.Marking their first live performance since March last year, Guns N’ Roses also surprised fans with their rendition of The Stooges’ 1969 classic, with Duff McKagan on vocals. Watch fan-shot footage of the cover below.It wasn’t the only cover the band performed, though.

Guns N’ Roses have launched an official range of bongs and smoking accessories in the US.The band have teamed up with Famous Brandz for a collection that includes two bongs, a couple of grinders, and two hand pipes.A description of the GN’R line reads: “One of the greatest hard rock bands of our time, Guns N’ Roses, has finally released their own officially licensed line of smoking accessories.“In this cool, new collection are six designs, including a water pipe, a dab rig, 2 grinders and 2 styles of hand pipes all featuring iconic artwork familiar to superfans and anyone who loves rock music.”The two glass bongs feature artwork from the band’s iconic debut album, ‘Appetite for Destruction’.

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has celebrated his 15th anniversary of getting sober.In an Instagram post shared yesterday (July 4), the rock icon’s longtime girlfriend Meegan Hodges shared a photo of him and payed tribute in an accompanying caption.“Baby, Congratulations on your 15 YEARS of SOBRIETY! ‘An addict who achieves recovery is capable of achieving anything’ (wise words someone said). I am so very proud of you every day but today I am so very extra proud of you,” she wrote.

Guns N’ Roses have delayed their planned tour of North America for the second time, while at the same time expanding it.The gigs were initially postponed in May 2020, and then rescheduled two months later.The hard rock veterans will now kick off their huge run of dates at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania on July 31.The tour will now conclude with two newly-added shows at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida on October 2 and 3.The tour has also expanded to encompass new shows in Portland, San Jose, Phoenix, Dallas, Atlantic City, St.

Faith No More’s Mike Patton has explained why he urinated on Axl Rose’s teleprompter when the band supported Guns N’ Roses.The Californian rock band headed out on the road with GN’R and Metallica as support on the pair’s co-headlining tour in 1992.Speaking to Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser, Patton said Guns N’ Roses had treated Faith No More poorly for the duration of the tour. “One day I was like, so bored.

Big Sean has given a video tour of the mansion he bought from Slash – you can watch it below.During an interview with NME last year, the Detroit rapper revealed that he had redecorated and renovated a Beverley Hills home once owned by the Guns N’ Roses guitarist.“[Slash] left a couple of skulls on the wall that I kept,” he said. “There’s also this super colourful door that I kept and a big, big painting on one of the staircases.

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has recalled meeting Slash for the very first time.Speaking in a new interview alongside Pearl Jam‘s Stone Gossard, the pair talked about a variety of topics including the time McKagan first met his future bandmate in a Los Angeles deli.“I met him and [former Guns N’ Roses drummer] Steven Adler at [Jewish deli] Canter’s,” McKagan told Spotify’s Rock This With Allison Hagendorf podcast. “It’s a restaurant.

Duff McKagan’s pre-Guns N’ Roses band The Living have shared the video for their song ‘Live By The Gun’ – scroll down to watch it now.The band, which formed in Seattle when the bassist was 15 years old, put out a record of previously unreleased songs ‘The Living: 1982’ earlier today (April 16).‘Live By The Gun’ is one of those tracks, and features McKagan on guitar. “Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot the gun/ Kill, kill, kill, kill your friends,” the song goes.

Guns N’ Roses have rescheduled their upcoming UK and European tour dates to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic.The band have already been forced to move the shows once, with their 2020 touring plans being scrapped due to the global health crisis.Guns N’ Roses have confirmed this morning (April 6) that their UK and European dates will now take place in June and July 2022. These include two shows at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London and a gig at Glasgow Green.“Hey Gunners, unfortunately we need to ask for your patience one more time,” the band said in a statement.

pic.twitter.com/IzJpCUBURF— Guns N' Roses (@gunsnroses) July 29, 2020Back when Guns N’ Roses postponed their tour in May, the band said all original tickets would be honored at the make-up shows, while refunds would also be available.The Smashing Pumpkins were set to support Guns N’ Roses on a handful of their 2020 tour dates, although at the moment it’s unclear if the band will be still be opening for GnR next year.

Axl Rose has became embroiled in an unlikely feud with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin after swearing about him on Twitter.