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Featured Artist: Guns N' Roses
At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynist, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, "Sweet Child O' Mine," showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones,...
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Guns N' Roses 'Negotiating' To Release New Album
With a new management team in place, Guns N' Roses is "in negotiations" for the release of its decade-in-the-making album "Chinese Democracy," according to a post on the band's Web site.
April 21, 2008
Radio Reacts To Guns N' Roses Single
U.S. rock radio outlets from Jackson, Miss., to Springfield, Mass., started their morning with the new Guns N' Roses single, "Chinese Democracy," and reaction to the band's first new song in nine...
October 22, 2008
Best Buy Snags Guns N' Roses Album Exclusive
Best Buy is set to be the exclusive retailer for Guns N' Roses decade-plus-in-the-making new album "Chinese Democracy" before year's end, sources close to the situation tell Billboard. Some details of...
September 26, 2008
Guns N' Roses' 'Democracy' Streaming On MySpace
Guns N' Roses is streaming its long-awaited Black Frog/Geffen album "Chinese Democracy" on MySpace ahead of its Sunday (Nov. 23) release exclusively via Best Buy.
November 20, 2008
GNR's 'Chinese Democracy' Gets Release Date
More than a decade after its conception, Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" will finally see the light of day before year's end, sources close to the situation confirm to Billboard. As first reported...
October 09, 2008
GUNS N' ROSES, "Chinese Democracy"
Grunge. Techno. Boy bands. Both President Bushes. These are just a few of the things Guns N' Roses has improbably outlasted in the 17 (!) years since its last album of original music.
November 19, 2008
Slash: Weiland Playing With STP This Summer
After Velvet Revolver wraps a spring tour in support of its second album, "Libertad," frontman Scott Weiland will rejoin his former bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots for a handful of summer reunion...
January 25, 2008
Dr Pepper Sweetens Pot For 'Chinese Democracy'
Many have tried, but so far nobody has been able to pry the decade-in-the-works Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" from the hands of lone remaining original member Axl Rose.
March 26, 2008
Purported New Guns N' Roses Tracks Hit The Web
Nine purported "mastered, finished" tracks from Guns N' Roses' 14-years-in-the-making album "Chinese Democracy" were leaked online yesterday (June 18) by the Web site Antiquiet.com, prompting a quick...
June 19, 2008
GNR's 'Democracy' To Be Retail Exclusive?
Negotiations are underway for Guns N' Roses' 14-years-in-the-making "Chinese Democracy" to come out as an exclusive at one of the big box retailers -- either Wal-Mart or Best Buy, Billboard has...
August 15, 2008
Azoff, Gould To Co-Manage GNR, Axl Rose
Guns N' Roses and its frontman Axl Rose will now be represented by longtime managers Irving Azoff and Andy Gould, according to a statement from Rose on the band's Web site.
March 28, 2008
Best Buy Posts 'Chinese Democracy' Track List
The track list for Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is now up on an inactive pre-order page at Best Buy, which will release the album exclusively in the United States on Nov. 23. A small album cover...
October 16, 2008
New Guns N' Roses Single Hits Radio Tomorrow
The title track from Guns N' Roses' new album, "Chinese Democracy," will be available to download by U.S. radio outlets at 5 a.m. ET tomorrow morning (Oct. 22). Although some album tracks leaked this...
October 21, 2008
Dr Pepper Making Good On Guns N' Roses Offer
Guns N' Roses fans thirsting for the upcoming "Chinese Democracy" will have a sweet, fizzy treat to savor as they listen.
October 23, 2008
New Guns N' Roses Song Heads To 'Rock Band'
A new Guns N' Roses song, "Shackler's Revenge," from the decade-in-the-works album "Chinese Democracy," will be included in the video game "Rock Band 2" in September. Also included will be a...
July 14, 2008
Killers, Luda, Kanye Albums Move Up A Day
Island Def Jam is moving up by a day the release dates for the Killers' "Day & Age," Ludacris' "Theater of the Mind" and Kanye West's "808s & Heartbreak," in what it says is an attempt to...
November 10, 2008
T.I. Continues Hot 100 Dominance
T.I. remains the most dominant force on the Billboard Hot 100, as "Whatever You Like" is No. 1 for a seventh non-consecutive week and "Live You Life" featuring Rihanna is No. 2 and is the greatest...
October 30, 2008
Ask Billboard: Best Selling Debut Album, Dido, Australian Acts Trying To Crack The U.S. Market
Keith answers questions about the best selling debut album, Dido, Australian acts trying to crack the U.S. market and more!
October 03, 2008
No. 1 With A Bullet?
The team behind metal band Bullet for My Valentine has a major resolution for 2008: Break the metal quintet in the United States with its new album, "Scream Aim Fire," due this week on 20/20...
January 27, 2008
Nine Inch Nails Reshuffles Touring Lineup
Nine Inch Nails has reshuffled its new touring lineup announced in early April, with bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Garbage) replacing Rich Fownes.
June 05, 2008
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Burke, Take That Reign Again On U.K. Charts
As Alexandra Burke's "Hallelujah" (Syco Music/Sony BMG) started a third week as the U.K.'s No. 1 single yesterday (Jan. 4) and Take That's "The Circus" (Polydor) a fifth atop the album chart, top newcomer status went to much-feted electronica star Lady GaGa. Her U.S. hit "Just Dance" (Polydor) featuring Colby O'Donis, took its U.K. bow at No. 3.
China Targets Big Web Sites In Internet Crackdown
China has launched a crackdown on websites as the country enters a politically sensitive year, with officials accusing search engines including Baidu and Google of spreading pornography and vulgarity.
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