2010.05.19 - Classic Rock - Guns N’ Roses European Tour In Doubt?

Guns N’ Roses European Tour In Doubt?

Guns N’ Roses have postponed their concerts in Zagreb and Belgrade (scheduled for June 20 and 22, respectively) until September.

According to sources in the Serbian capital, the new date of the concert at the Belgrade Arena hasn’t been specified yet, but it is likely to be September 22, 23 or 24, depending on decisions from GN’R’s management.

The date for the rescheduled gig in Zagreb (which is in Croatia, geography fans) is not yet known.

However, there are rumours circulating in Eastern Europe that GN’R’s entire European tour will be postponed until September.

Guns are due to begin their European tour with a date in Norway on May 31. They are booked to play the Reading and Leeds festivals on August 27 and 29, respectively.

In other news, Axl Rose is suing his former manager Irving Azoff for a minimum of $5 million, claiming that Azoff did everything possible to engineer a reunion of the original Guns N’ Roses line-up.

The singer alleges that Azoff tried ‘”devising and implementing a secret plan to set up Rose and the band for failure so that Rose would have no choice but to reunite with the original Guns N’ Roses members”.

Axl says Azoff resigned as manager on the eve of a major world tour, but still tried to claim commissions that he’d never earned.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100717053339/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/guns-n-roses-european-tour-in-doubt/

The show in Zagreb, Croatia had been announced in the local press (Croatian Times) on the 1st of March, 2010:

Guns N´ Roses to play in Zagreb

American rock band Guns N' Roses will perform at Zagreb’s Arena sports hall on 20 June.

The well-known band formed in Hollywood in Los Angeles, California in 1985 will hold the Zagreb concert on its European tour to promote its album "The Chinese Democracy".

The American hard rock band has revived the punk, blues and heavy-metal scene of the 1980s and 1990s.

Some of their greatest hits have been the rock ballads "November Rain", "Don’t Cry", "Sweet Child Of Mine", "Paradise City" and "Welcome to The Jungle". The band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.

Tickets for the Zagreb concert will be on sale from 3 March at prices ranging from 275 kunas (38 Euros) to 500 kunas (69 Euros).

The concert organizer is Lupa promotion agency.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100304071158/http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/Panorama/2010-03-01/9277/Guns_N%B4_Roses_to_play_in_Zagreb

On April 20, 2010, GN'R Daily and other GN'R fan sites would post a list of the European leg dates based on the reports in the press so far (there was not any official announcement from the band yet):

Guns N' Roses - Europe Tour Dates

Guns N' Roses will tour in Europe this summer. There are a lot of rumours floating around and a lot of dates will be added. Stay tuned!

Guns N' Roses - Europe Tour dates 2010:

May 31 - Bergen, Norway
June 2 - Oslo, Norway
June 5 - Helsinki, Finland
June 6 - St. Petersburg, Russia
June 8 - Moscow, Russia
June 12 - Norje, Sweden
June 13 - Aalborg, Denmark
June 15 - Berlin, Germany
June 16 - Arnhem, Netherlands
June 18 - Vienna, Austria
June 20 - Zagreb, Croatia
June 21 - Belgrade, Serbia
June 23 - Prague, Czech Republic
June 26 - Dessel, Belgium
June 28 - Zurich, Switzerland
June 29 - Milan, Italy

August 27 - Reading, UK
August 29 - Leeds, UK

https://web.archive.org/web/20100423032723/http://www.gnrdaily.com/news_detail.asp?id=2500

By May 14, 9 dates had been confirmed according to GN'R Daily:

European Tour - Confirmed Dates

Just a few weeks left until Guns N' Roses will kick off their European Tour.

The following dates has been confirmed so far.

May 31 - Bergen, Norway (info)
June 2 - Oslo, Norway (info)
June 5 - Helsinki, Finland (info)
June 6 - St. Petersburg, Russia (info)
June 8 - Moscow, Russia (info)
June 12 - Norje, Sweden (info)
June 14 - Aalborg, Denmark (info)
August 27 - Reading, UK (info)
August 29 - Leeds, UK (info)

https://web.archive.org/web/20100519130148/http://gnrdaily.com/news_detail.asp?id=2508