2001.12.04 - MTV News - Guns N' Roses Ante Up For Another New Year's Eve In Vegas

GUNS N' ROSES ANTE UP FOR ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S EVE IN VEGAS
BAND WILL PLAY HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO ON DECEMBER 29, 31.

ARCHIVE-COREY-MOSS
12/04/2001

New Year's Eve might as well be Guns N' Roses Day. In Las Vegas, anyway.

When January 1, 2002, hits, Axl Rose's band will have played four shows in the last eight years — three of them in Sin City and two of them on New Year's Eve.

Guns N' Roses announced Tuesday (December 4) they will play two shows at the Joint in Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on December 29 and 31. Tickets, which range from $162.50 to $275, go on sale Saturday at noon PT at all Ticketmaster outlets, according to promoters.

"We've been cooped up in the studio for so long that we have to release some energy," Rose said in posting on the band's Web site. "Since we had so much fun playing Vegas last year, we've decided to do it again."

GN'R played their first show in more than seven years last New Year's Eve at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, where they performed new material from the long-awaited Chinese Democracy album along with classics like "Welcome to the Jungle" and "November Rain".

Rose and crew followed by headlining the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in mid-January and then announcing a European tour that was later canceled, rescheduled, and canceled again.

The band's management did not return phone calls Tuesday.

http://www.mtv.com/news/1451313/guns-n-roses-ante-up-for-another-new-years-eve-in-vegas/

Related article in NME, December 4, 2001:

GN’R’S NEW YEAR GAMBLE

They can't seem to make it to Europe - so they'll settle for the capital of tack...

Guns N’ Roses are to return to the stage for two end of year shows in LAS VEGAS.

The veteran metallers will play The Joint, Hard Rock Cafe in the desert gaming capital on December 29 and 31. Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on Saturday December 8 at 8pm (GMT) – (12pm PST). They played similar shows in the city this time last year.

“We’ve been cooped up in the studio for so long, that we have to release some energy. Since we had so much fun playing Vegas last year, we’ve decided to do it again,” explained frontman Axl Rose in a posting on the band’s official website www.gnronline.com.

The shows mark the first for the band since they pulled gigs in Europe for the second time this year. The latest round of shows were due to have started in London on December 13.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/guns-n-roses-338-1384365

Another related article on CDNow/Allstar News, December 4, 2001:

Guns N' Roses Line Up New Year's Shows In Las Vegas


Guns N' Roses will once again celebrate New Year's Eve with shows at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

GN'R has lined up two year-ending shows at the Joint -- the venue inside the hotel -- for Dec. 29 and 31. Tickets for the shows go on sale on Saturday (Dec. 8) at 12 p.m. PT at all Ticketmaster outlets.

"We've been cooped up in the studio for so long, that we have to release some energy," commented Axl in a post on the band's official Web site (www.gnronline.com). "Since we had so much fun playing Vegas last year, we've decided to do it again."

GN'R played its first show in seven years at the Joint in Vegas last New Year's Eve (allstar, Jan. 2). Other than a gig headlining the Rock in Rio festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil a few weeks later (allstar, Jan. 15), the band has cancelled every other show it has since scheduled.

-- Kevin Raub

Source:
http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=421