I’ll never pass up new songs but what the hell kind of timing is this release? Taking advantage of the Holiday music buying crowd? Simply to go along with the tour announcement and tickets going on sale? Doesn’t it make more sense to release songs closer to the start of the tour? Ultimately it doesn’t matter because the songs will come out and the band/mainly Axl won’t do anything with them. Unless things are different now? Nah, can’t be.

I just listened to Slash with Eddie Trunk and he did confirm they’ll be playing US dates in 2026 and there should be an official announcement soon. He said he has the next Conspirators record is done but they’re not releasing it until 2027 because that’s the next time he has free to tour around it, etc. Crazy, but at least there is a definitive plan that you can actually count on.

It seemed like there was probably some sort of an agreement to not talk about new GNR music because Eddie never brought it up despite going over everything else Slash is working on. He did ask him what his favorite songs are that Guns has been playing though and he mentioned the Thin Lizzo cover they’re playing. He then mentioned that there were two new songs, but they haven’t been released yet and then he mentioned “The General” and he said he really enjoys opening with WTTJ again. So I couldn’t tell if he was talking about two new songs they haven’t played yet or if “The General” was one of those new songs that haven’t been released on a normal scale? I’m guessing the former though. Maybe “Nothing” and “Atlas”. Who knows though. He did follow it up by saying once anything is official he’ll talk about it, so same old line.

What the hell happened to “Monsters”? Makes no sense that leaked and then it gets totally ignored.

Once he gets that marketing plan I’m sure everything will fall into place and go smoothly. New singles, albums, live DVD, interviews, worldwide promo and domination… or nothing will change.

Sure would, but that again gets filed into, you know what to expect. Axl really isn’t known for showing up to soundcheck and working things out with the band. That’s why it’s always best if the date in your hometown isn’t one of the 1st shows. Let them/him work out some kinks 1st. Again, not ideal but nothing new either.

I admittedly haven’t followed that closely the last few years. Maybe I’ve heard or seen some clips but I honestly don’t remember seeing him out of time like in that video. I did see a clip of him yelling at Isaac for playing the wrong song, but that’s just an example of them not being on the same page. They performed Human Being again tonight so we’ll see how it compares once some video surfaces. Dusted off Catcher in the Rye too.