Guns N' Roses 2009

 

"Street of Dreams" Hits #44 on Canadian Rock Chart

Rockstar Weekly
With Canada gearing up for the new Guns N' Roses tour in early 2010, GN'R has officially entered the Canadian rock radio charts with "Street Of Dreams," the new single from last year's Chinese Democracy CD.

The song debuted on the Canadian Active Rock Charts at number 44, ahead of debuts from Canadian rockers Default and Seattle rockers Alice In Chains. "Street Of Dreams" follows "Better," which reached Top 15 and "Chinese Democracy," which made it to number 3.

Additionally, according to Neilsen/Soundscan, GN'R Greatest Hits is currently at number 19 on the Canadian Rock Album Charts. The album has been on the charts for 297 weeks and has risen one point over the past two weeks. Chinese Democracy topped the charts in its first week of release in 2008, selling 70,000 copies in Canada. The last time GN'R topped the charts prior to that was in 1991 with Use Your Illusion II.

The band is off to Asia this week for a couple concerts and then embarks on the Canadian tour starting in Winnipeg on January 13.

Guns N' Roses with guests Sebastian Bach & Danko Jones:

1/13 – Winnipeg @ MTS
1/16 – Calgary @ Saddledome
1/17 – Edmonton @ Rexall
1/19 – Saskatoon @ Credit Union
1/20 – Regina @ Evraz Place
1/24 – Hamilton @ Copps
1/25 – London @ JLC
1/27 – Montreal @ Bell Centre
1/28– Toronto @ ACC
1/31 – Ottawa @ Scotiabank
2/1 – Quebec City @ Colisee Pepsi
2/3 – Moncton @ Coliseum
2/4 – Halifax – Metro Centre

Related: New Single: Street of Dreams
Related Discussion: New Guns N' Roses Song On The Canadian Charts

A Modern Classic

"You know, we've only done one show before this, and already we have been criticized for playing the old songs, but I have no intention, and I never did, of denying you something you enjoy, and I thought it was only fair for you to see that this new band can play the fuck out of these songs.

It's very hard to ask a musician to learn to play the part or parts played by other musicians before them. These guys here have worked very hard.

As for you guys ... On lead guitar here we have Mr. Buckethead. You've already met my friend Mr. Paul Tobias. On keyboards once again Mr. Dizzy Reed. On the drums - Brain, and on the keyboards over here, Mr. Chris Pitman. You've met Mr. Robin Finck, and leading us through these rehearsals, General Tommy Stinson.

This is a new song, I hope you like it, this is called "Chinese Democracy."

Rolling Like a Square Wheel

Dizzy Reed has a new project called 'Empty V'
Starting this Wednesday, June 3, Empty V will be playing once a week at Dragongly in Santa Monica, California. Dizzy will be joined by Eric Dover (Slash's Snakepit), Scott Griffin (L.A. Guns), and Troy Patrick Farrell of White Lion. Empty V will play the hottest hits of the Eighties, everything from Huey Lewis to Prince.


Tommy Stinson and Soul Asylum have a couple of dates booked this Summer. July 2 at the Minnesota Zoo, and July 3 at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.


Chris Pitman was last seen on April 20 at the Key Club, where he played with his band SexTapes.

Richard Fortus recently recorded some guitar tracks for singer Anina Stang


Bumblefoot's played more shows with Duff McKagan than Axl Rose since the release of Chinese Democracy last November.

Frank Ferrer played at Don Hill's in NYC Fiday, May 22. Bumblefoot showed up and played with them too.



DJ Ashba hasn't been heard from since March 21 when he officially joined Guns N' Roses. Here he is in March 2007 with his buddies Alice Cooper, Nikki Sixx and Slash.


"We have some exciting things in the works this year for GN’R, I’m looking forward to it." -Irving Azoff, March 4, 2009.