GUNS N' ROSES Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival
February 21, 2006GUNS N' ROSES have been added to the lineup of this year's Download festival, joining headliners METALLICA who were confirmed earlier in the month.
Download 2006 is scheuled to take place at Castle Donington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom over the weekend of June 9-11. THE PRODIGY, KORN, DEFTONES, CLUTCH, TRIVIUM, and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE are also confirmed for the three-day festival. Tickets are on sale now, priced at £115 for the weekend or £135 with parking and camping. They are expected to sell out early.
GUNS N' ROSES' European tour is now shaping up as follows:
May 27 - Lisbon, POR @ Rock In Rio (Lisbon)
Jun. 3-4 - ITA @ Gods of Metal
Jun. 3-6 - Nurburgring, GER @ Rock am Ring
Jun. 9-11 - Donington, UK @ Download
Jun. 15-17 - Pannonia Fields, AUT @ Nova Rock
In a rare interview conducted by Rolling Stone magazine on Jan. 13, GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose promised fans that the band will be back in 2006 with the long-awaited "Chinese Democracy" album.
"People will hear music this year," Rose said. "'Chinese Democracy' is a very complex record. I am trying to do something different. Some of the arrangements are kind of like QUEEN."
He also added he is working on 32 songs for the album and 26 are finished out of which 13 will feature on the final album. Some songs include "Better", "There was a Time" and "The Blues".
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