GUNS N' ROSES Streams 2022 Version Of "November Rain"

Guns N' Roses is now streaming the 2022 version of their classic "November Rain." The new version was mixed by Porcupine Tree frontman and studio wizard Steven Wilson, and brings with it a massive 50-piece orchestra conducted and arranged by Christopher Lennertz. To the song's credit, it does sound way bigger than the original with some extra flourishes and minor melodies, though I can definitely see how people would enjoy the original version more with an "if it ain't broke don't fix it"-type of mentality.

Guns N' Roses will release a massive Use Your Illusion I & II box set on November 11. The box set includes the above version of "November Rain," a New York show at the Ritz Theatre recorded in 1991, and a Las Vegas show at the Thomas & Mack Center recorded in 1992. The New York show features two songs with then-Blind Melon vocalist Shannon Hoon on vocals, while the Las Vegas show offers a handful of interesting covers. Both Use Your Illusion I & II were remastered for the releases, as were the live shows.

The box set runs as follows. Pre-orders are available here with just your regular CD and vinyl editions available alongside the super expansive box sets.

Use Your Illusion I

1. Right Next Door To Hell
2. Dust N’ Bones
3. Live And Let Die
4. Don’t Cry (Original)
5. Perfect Crime
6. You Ain’t The First
7. Bad Obsession
8. Back Off Bitch
9. Double Talkin’ Jive
10. November Rain (Newly recorded w/ orchestra)
11. The Garden
12. Garden Of Eden
13. Don’t Damn Me
14. Bad Apples
15. Dead Horse
16. Coma

Use Your Illusion II

1. Civil War
2. 14 Years
3. Yesterdays
4. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
5. Get In The Ring
6. Shotgun Blues
7. Breakdown
8. Pretty Tied Up
9. Locomotive
10. So Fine
11. Estranged
12. You Could Be Mine
13. Don’t Cry (Alt. Lyrics)
14. My World

Live In New York Ritz Theatre – May 16, 1991

1. Pretty Tied Up
2. Bad Obsession
3. Right Next Door To Hell
4. Mr. Brownstone
5. Dust N’ Bones
6. Live And Let Die
7. Paradise City
8. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Civil War
9. Drum Solo
10. Slash Solo
11. You Could Be Mine
12. I Was Only Joking / Patience
13. Only Women Bleed / Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
14. Don’t Cry (Original) (w/ Shannon Hoon)
15. You Ain’t The First (w/ Shannon Hoon)
16. My Michelle
17. Estranged
18. Double Talkin’ Jive
19. Sweet Child O’ Mine
20. Welcome To The Jungle
21. Cd 5

Live In Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center – January 25, 1992

1. Nightrain
2. Mr. Brownstone
3. Live And Let Die
4. Attitude
5. It’s So Easy
6. Bad Obsession
7. Welcome To The Jungle
8. Double Talkin’ Jive
9. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Civil War / Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
10. Don’t Cry (Original)
11. Wild Horses
12. Patience
13. You Could Be Mine
14. So Fine
15. November Rain
16. Intros / Drum Solo
17. Slash Solo
18. Speak Softly, Love (Love Theme From The Godfather)
19. Rocket Queen
20. Sail Away Sweet Sister
21. Sweet Child O’ Mine
22. Move To The City
23. Hotel California / Only Women Bleed / Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
24. Yesterdays
25. My Michelle
26. Estranged
27. Mother / Paradise City