This time line diary was compiled using press releases and various news/articles archives. Any mistakes extra info please let me know 
Feb - Merch.com becomes the official merchandiser for GN'R -
Selling out stock from the bands last NY show in 2 weeks.
April 24th - Supersonic promoters announce GN'R will play the festival this summer -
Published in an official announcement by it's promoters Creativeman on supersonics web site.
April 24th - It is announced by press that the band will play Carling Leeds Festival in the UK-
On August 23 – their first British Show in nine years, and first for the New Era band.
April 6th - Dizzy appears on Motorheads album Hammerd-
Which is released today, playing keyboards on the track "Mine All Mine".
May - Buckethead records a cameo apperance -
For Snoop Dogg's upcoming video 'Undercover Brother'.
May 13th - Buckethead holds a Competition for kids to win his" kaiser Gift" guitar -
A a very special guitar that means a lot to Buckethead. It was given to him by Henry Kaiser himself. The guitar was used to record the Praxis: "Transmutation" album.
Buckethead wanted to give it away to a very deserving youngster who has the desire for music that he has. He started playing the guitar at the age of 13 and wanted to encourage the dreams of a young child by giving this guitar away.
June - Brian Mantia Talks to Audiofile-
About portable music tech. "I like using Logic as my main sequencer -- I call it a composing instrument [and] because of the MIDI, I have all these VST instruments. I can use Reactor [and] Battery by Native Instruments. It's great because it's all-in-one. Where -- before you'd need a huge rack to get that."
June 22nd - Buckethead and Brian do a show with Les Claypool-
At Booneroo along with Bernie Worrell on keyboards (of Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors.
July 16th - It is confirmed GN'R to play London Arena -
July 16th - Press release on tours tell us that Paul Tobias has been replaced by Richard Fortus -
The press release confirming GNR's just-announced London Arena show fails to mention Axl 's cohort Paul Huge (a.k.a. Paul Tobias), and instead lists Richard Fortus' name as a third guitarist, sans any detail. However in an interview given at a lated date on gnronline site Axl talks of Pauls departure from the touring band.
"The original intentions between Paul and myself were that Paul was going to help me for as long as it took to get this thing together in whatever capacity that he could help me in."
" He is and this is the bottom line a good man and that's the reality behind things."
Aug 13th - Press release with Axl interview - was posted on gnronline -
Axl talks of launching the tour in China,The band 's current line up, Addresses the sceptic's, Work in progress, Paul Tobiases departure,Slash, On finding Richard Fortus, and the press rumourmill.
Read the full article here
Aug 14th - GN'R Kicks of Chinese Democracy tour in Hong Kong -
At the Hong Kong Exhibition Hall the first of their shows for the 3 date Summersonic Festival. Axl told a little anecdote why the new album is called "Chinese Democracy". He said it was because he saw a photo taken in Hong Kong, which he's using as the new album cover. And then he showed it on the video screens, and it was a black and white picture of a bicycle with a basket, and in the wall behind it, someone had grafittied "guns n roses"!!! He said "I didn't paint that myself, so one of you motherfuckers out there must have did it!"
Aug 17th - GN'R plays Chiba Marine Stadium Japan -
Second of the Summer Sonic shows,to a record breaking 35,000.
Aug 17th - The band play WCT Open Air Stadium-
Last of the summer sonic events, again to a record breaking crowd of 25,000 plus. A spokesman for the Summer Sonic Festival said " We were very honoured to witness such spell-binding performances from Guns N' Roses"
Aug 23rd - GN'R plays Tempal Newsam Park , UK . -
The Leeds Carling Festival to a crowd of 50,000.
Some controversy kicked off mid-way through the set, when Axl announced, "Looks like this is going to be an interesting night. I have just been informed by Leeds city council and the promotors [Mean Fiddler] that they want me to end the show [due to the time constraints resulting from the earlier delays]. Now, I don't want to be accused of inciting a riot, but I didn't come all the way to England to be told to go home again! I've had nothing but shit from the press here. Axl this, Axl that. Anyway, if you stay here, we'll keep playing and we'll see what happens". With the festival's future at this venue already in jeopardy, due to local campaigns that nearly prevented its licence this year, the promotors were instantly thrust into a very difficult position. In 1992, riots broke out in St. Louis (Rose was charged with incitement) and Montreal after GNR cut their sets short. Obviously, it was decided that pulling the power just wasn't worth the risk, and Axl subsequently announced, "They're going to let us carry on. I want to thank whoever was responsible for that".
Aug 24th - GN'R plays Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium. -
To a crowd of 110.000. Another well received crowd pleaser with fantastic reviews from those in attendance.
Aug 26th - The Band play London Arena UK -
To a crowd of 12,500 .Axl provided details on ‘Chinese Democracy’, promising that it would include 18 tracks, with "10 extra tracks "on top of that". He added: "Just because we’ve only played five or six new songs, people think there mustn’t be any other songs on the album. Au contraire, mon frčre!"
He went on to vow that once the album had run its course, the band would "do it all over again", and maybe then think about a more albums — "as long as Uncle Axl doesn’t act the asshole!"
Aug 29th - Sees the band close the VMA'S in Radio City, New York, USA -
With a magical three song Medley -Welcome to the Jungle, Madagascar, and Paradise City. A record breaking 7.8 million viewers tuned in to watch the show. A very happy and relaxed Axl gave a brief interview to Kurt Loader after the performance, who congratulates Axl and tells him "it was a great performance, this is a great band". Axl coments on the Chinese Democracy album saying "You'll see it. I don't know if soon's the word. But it will come out and we will... We'll go back, we'll do some more recording... And then we'll start an American leg of the tour... And see how it goes from there".
September 23rd - The band announce their first US tour since 93 -
By way of a press release on gnronline.Stating North America will be the setting for the World Premiere of GN' R's full-bang, high-octane "Chinese Democracy" world tour production. Fans will witness the sonic assault of the "Guns N' Roses experience", that will feature a mixture of classic GN'R songs and new material from their forthcoming album.
Read the full article here
September 28th - GN'R sells out Madison Square Guarden in 15 minutes -
As the first few venues tickets go on sale for the US leg.
October 1st - Overwhelming Response For Guns N’ Roses On Sales -
A press release appearing on gnronline stated Tickets for the North American leg of the GUNS N’ ROSES “Chinese Democracy” World Tour went on sale this weekend in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston with an overwhelming response from ticket buyers. The New York date set for December 5 at Madison Square Garden sold out in fifteen minutes with the other cities doing close to capacity business. “We are thrilled with the sales,” stated Arthur Fogel, president of Clear Channel Entertainment’s Touring Division. “We knew this was going to be a big tour but this even exceeded our expectations.”
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