Brandi Glanville, not Duff's wife.

Don't believe it until the house lights actually come down.

With Axl now short two guitar players (at least), it's an opportunity for the music blogs to weave that into the narrative and regurgitate the rumors again. Blabbermouth, loudwire, bravewords, tmz... they're all circulating the same reworded bullshit with "quotes" from "anonymous producers" and "industry insiders." Notice they don't even mention who the lineup would be. FWIW, Izzy won't commit to that circus, while Steven couldn't.

These rumors started up (again) back in August, when in an interview Slash was asked about his relationship w/ Axl and he said they'd dispelled "some of that negative stuff" - but didn't actually say that they'd even spoken. It sounded more like he'd just dropped it, and he changed the subject when asked about a possible reunion.

A week or two ago, the rumors cranked up again because a promoter in Argentina named-dropped a GNR reunion as something he was working on. Meaning... he contacted GNR's reps (like every other promoter does every month) and left them a voicemail.

I'd love to see it as much as the next guy, and I'd be at the first show wherever it is, but I'm not buying my plane tickets until that morning.

Going on late isn't "dangerous" - it's an insult to a lot of the people that are paying your freight. And that's coming from someone who saw them finally start after 3:30 AM once, and loved it.

There are other ways the band was "dangerous," but by itself going on late isn't an example of that at all.

Duff

The good news for Steven is that once it's over, they can tell him he *was* a part of it, and he'd be telling stories about how great it was for years after.

Matt's technically a better drummer, sure, but to some his playing comes off as mechanical, giving him his 'drum machine' rep. I do like his live playing.

I'm working the instrumental demos of Civil War and Locomotive (Adler on drums) into my PinSound mix for GNR, and it makes you wonder what UYI would have sounded like if Steven could've kept it together.