Guns N RosesĀ were the headliners at last night's Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Snoop Dogg opened for the legendary rock act, making it quite the diverse bill.
Snoop clearly had a good time, because after the show, he posted a photo with the caption "New member of the group @gunsnroses." GNR bassist Duff McKagan reshared the photo with the caption "Amazing show tont Miami! So damn cool to share a stage with the legend @snoopdogg #Repost @snoopdogg"
Guns N Roses have a few gigs lined up for 2020. See all their tour datesĀ here.
GNR x Snoop F'n Dogg ? pic.twitter.com/LIDWdLc0Nm
— Guns N' Roses (@gunsnroses) February 1, 2020
Will we ever get to hear new music fromĀ Guns N' Roses? Maybe! The rumor was the band hit the studioĀ that the band plan to hit the studioĀ late last year, after already doing someĀ studio sessions last April.Ā SlashĀ confirmedĀ the band had some stuff in the works, but wouldn't go into much detail last year.
This past week, in a new interview withĀ Slash,Ā Guitar.com got an update on where Guns N Roses stand on the new music.Ā When asked for the latest, Slash is still light on specifics.
āThereās been no definitive answer on anything and Iāll just keep keep to that. Stuff is happening, but there are no specifics. More than anything, itās because of the nature of the industry right now.ā
He added, āItās just like, āHow do you want to do this?ā I mean thereās material and thereās recording and thereās shit going on, but weāre not really sure what weāre doing with it right now.ā
The interviewer noted how much the industry has changed since the last time GNR released any new music, a sentiment Slash shared. āYeah! And thereās a handful people who said, āYeah, make a record and go old school.ā And thereās a handful of people that are like, āWe donāt even know what buying a record is any more!'ā
Last timeĀ Guns N' Roses released a record, the highly anticipatedĀ Chinese Democracy,Ā in 2008, they signed a deal with Best Buy to exclusively carry the CD in their stores. Best Buy had to pay $14 million for 1.6 million copies, non-refundable. The album took two months to even crack gold (500,000 copies.)
So it's understandable the band is hesitant to use traditional means of release.
Perhaps it makes more sense in today's market to just release a few singles and an EP.