Nov release date for Guns N Roses album
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Axel Rose of Guns N Roses performs on stage. (Reuters: Paulo Whitaker)
More than a decade after its conception, Guns N Roses's Chinese Democracy will finally see the light of day before year's end.
The set will be available from Sunday November 23.
In the run-up to the release date, track Shackler's Revenge will debut in the video game Rock Band 2, while a portion of If The World is playing over the end credits in the new Leonardo DiCaprio-Russell Crowe film Body Of Lies.
In addition, GNR's seminal 1987 full-length debut, Appetite for Destruction, will be reissued on vinyl on October 28.
The band's last new studio albums were the simultaneously released Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II in September 1991. A covers set - The Spaghetti Incident? - followed in 1993, and featured some of the last GNR recordings from original guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan.
Earlier this year, soft drink manufacturer Dr Pepper offered to send a free can of the beverage to "everyone in America" (excluding ex-GNR members Slash and Buckethead) if Chinese Democracy were to arrive anytime during the 2008 calendar year.
A Dr Pepper spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
- Reuters
