dear friends,
i want to make this opportunity to comment on gnr's recent withdrawal from the rock-in-lisbon festival. i was disappointed, as were the lot of us, to come to grips that we won't be performing there as anticipated. my bags have been packed for some time awaiting such an event. i'm chomping at the bit to get out and really shake things up with gnr and look forward to the release of the new album and ultimately to tour and to tour.
'til then - love, r ob i n

On the eve of the 10-year anniversary of Kurt Cobain's passing, NME.com has posted a short testimonial to NIRVANA penned by METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. It reads as follows:

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"I never met him but our guitarist Kirk Hammett had a relationship with him. We were doing this tour with GUNS N' ROSES in the US in 1992 and we wanted NIRVANA to come out and join us. Kirk asked Kurt, but while Cobain said he would play with METALLICA anywhere in the world, at any time, on any stage, he would not step up on the same stage as GUNS N' ROSES — obviously he felt that Axl was the antithesis to what he was.

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This is only the GN'R mention, read the whole thing here.

Duff and Slash are featured in an artivcle on the XFM site, you can read the article at xfm.co.uk.

Greatest Hits debuted at #2 in Canada.

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Meanwhile, the controversial Guns N' Roses release "Greatest Hits," which singer Axl Rose and ex-Gunners Slash and Duff McKagan tried to bring a halt to, debuted at No. 2 on sales of 14,800.

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On its second week on the German album chart, the album is at #6.