GUNS N' ROSES Has 13 Million Followers On Facebook

December 5, 2011

GUNS N' ROSES has just passed the 13-million "like" mark on its Facebook page, making it one of the Top 100 Facebook pages (No. 99) in terms of followers.

Rapper Eminem is the top musical artist on the list, with over 49 million followers.

Other artists in the Top 100 include QUEEN at No. 100, BON JOVI at No. 85, PINK FLOYD at No. 79, AC/DC at No. 72 and THE BEATLES at No. 46.

In other GUNS N' ROSES-related news, the band has added a second show in Las Vegas on December 30 "due to popular demand."

Remaining GUNS N' ROSES U.S. tour dates:

Dec. 07 - Youngstown, OH @ Covelli Center
Dec. 08 - Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
Dec. 11 - Denver, CO @ First Bank Center
Dec. 12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center
Dec. 16 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
Dec. 17 - Vancouver @ Pacific Coliseum
Dec. 21 - Los Angeles @ The Forum
Dec. 27 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theater
Dec. 30 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint / Hard Rock Hotel
Dec. 31 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint / Hard Rock Hotel

GUNS N' ROSES kicked off its first U.S. tour since 2006 on October 28 in Orlando, Florida.

In addition to sole original member Axl Rose (vocals),the current lineup of GUNS N' ROSES includes guitarists Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Richard Fortus and DJ Ashba, bassist Tommy Stinson, keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman and drummer Frank Ferrer.

"Chinese Democracy", the 2008 album released by the current edition of GUNS N' ROSES after a 15-year wait, was officially certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 3, 2009 for shipments in the United States in excess of one million copies. The long-in-the-making, 14-song CD finally arrived 17 years after the last full-length collections of original GUNS material, "Use Your Illusion I" and "II", were released, and nine years after the non-album track "Oh My God" surfaced on the soundtrack of the movie "End Of Days".

"Chinese Democracy" was made available exclusively through Best Buy.

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