He did become a Dad and I'm sure the original time off he had was genuinely to be with his child in summer 06, he came back for Inland Invasion in September remember. After that though he dissappeared again and I'm guessing that was and still is album related and nothing to do with his baby.

They are, the intro to Breathe is sick.

On topic, well we know both Silkworms and Rhiadh exist as demos among hoarders as does another version of Better a newer version of Madagascar and I guess some more versions of IRS. These are the 'safe' tracks, I'd guess if we get anything in 08 leak wise then it's from that list, very unlikely to be any major consequences should any of these get out. The media or GNR camp are unlikely to care should another version of IRS leak and I don't think Silkworms or Rhiadh are big enough tracks to cause any interest from anyone besides the online fanbase.

Whilst I'm sure they're out there I don't see anyone giving up Prostitute or TIL anytime soon, leaks are much more valuable during the quiet spells anyway especially unheard tracks. Like others have said, a couple more tracks and we have CD, something I'm sure the record company is aware of. It would take someone pretty brave or stupid to leak a big unheard track now. Only time we hear those is when CD actually comes out, any demos of tracks on CD become nearly useless once the studio versions are available, so they'll mostly surface then. I dare say a lot of hoarders will be very anxious to see the tracklist of CD whenever it's made public, the value of some of the tracks they have will drop instantly whilst the songs that haven't made the tracklist will instantly rise in trading value.

Watch it. It's nothing like the last few films that they made, with less gadgets and a much more realistic storyline. The action scenes are great, even if you weren't a Bond fan you could watch this and enjoy it as an action movie. Daniel Craig's a great Bond as well. It's one of the best Bond films ever made imo, I'd definitely recommend you give it a chance.

Well if they're going to tour with no album then South America is the obvious choice. GNR are still huge over there and they haven't done a show there (except one) since 93 so they'll get big crowds.

at the beginign of the second half of the year.

I'm assuming that means around July and August rather than first half of 08. If that's the case I suppose it gives plenty of time for stuff to happen album wise before they were to hit the road. Meh, guess we'll just have to wait and see.