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GUNS N' ROSES Not Bringing 'Democracy' To China

November 22, 2008

Dean Goodman of Reuters reports: GUNS N' ROSES fans in China will have to go underground to get their hands on a copy of the band's first album in 17 years, "Chinese Democracy", which will be released worldwide on Sunday, November 23.

The rock band's Geffen Records label said on Friday, "It is unlikely we will be approved to release the album in Mainland China."

China's culture ministry has the final say on such matters, although rampant piracy makes the job difficult. Its decisions sometimes seem to lack consistency.

Read the entire report from Reuters.

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