Almost a year after the release of Chinese Democracy, it looks like Guns n’ Roses will finally hit the road to promote their newest album. Described by BBC as “an uncompromising, fully-focused, hard rock monster. At times, it will rattle the rafters with its ferocious riffs. At others, you will laugh out loud at the ridiculously overblown melodrama,” Chinese Democracy, the sixth and most recent album from GUNS N’ ROSES, was officially certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 3, 2009 for shipments in the United States in excess of one million copies and it was released in its entirety to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content on April 14.

Since then, aside from Billboard and Spinner interviews and answering a number of fan questions at a GUNS N’ ROSES message board, singer Axl Rose has done no promotion of any kind for Chinese Democracy. The official Guns n’ Roses Website has not been maintained and updated so it doesn’t mention any tour dates for this year. However, considering all the media publicity followed by no denial from GNR management, the concerts that will be held in South Asia are as real as it gets. This is supported by the facts that tickets are already on sale, that there are advertisements in a Japanese newspaper for concerts in Osaka and Tokyo, and so on. Besides, according to Rolling Stone magazine, a December 11th concert in Taipei, Taiwan has also been announced by third parties, though no official word yet from Guns n’Roses reps.
Moreover, according to the Korean concert/entertainment promoter All Access Entertainment (AllAccess.co.kr), GUNS N’ ROSES will perform at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in Seoul, Korea on December 13. The tickets for this concert will be put on sale beginning October 6th.
GUNS N’ ROSES’ schedule is shaping up as follows:

Dec. 11 - Taipei, Taiwan - Taipei County Stadium
Dec. 13 - Seoul, Korea - Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium
Dec. 16 - Osaka, Japan - Osaka Dome
Dec. 19 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome
Therefore it seems that China is not on their map but it’s understandable, as the title itself, Chinese Democracy excludes any possibility for GNR to perform in Communist China. But let’s hope the gigs revealed so far are not cancelled and that the world will get to hear Guns N’ Roses play live again.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 7:22 am and is filed under News.