It'd be better to have new material, then revisit this further down the road. Chinese Democracy is known as the album that took alot of time and money to make,  and continuing to release songs from that era is just contuining that story. I think they need to move on and start a new chapter

Livenation organise the tours, they were waiting for Duff to finish his solo tour, agree the dates, then announce.

The band are on a break so anything musically speaking starts now going forward. They are thinking about it, that is all they are saying both privately and publicly

The European tour is real, it should be announced next week, as per the news stories. They're looking at US dates for Sept, Oct time. There is new material, but as of two weeks ago, they're were no plans on how and when this might be released.

From a recent Loudwire interview with Slash

"I'm going into the studio with the Conspirators, getting a new record done and then after that, 2025 is all about Guns N' Roses," he said.

It's interesting. I think Axl puts alot into his songs.

An adult identifying with Holden Caulfield is usually a sign of trauma. Add that to the mechanism of using humour as a default when meeting people. The lack of children, his behaviour as a young adult, the adoption of a random family, you've got there someone who will never feel right, seem right, be right.

I think, musically, you can see the music getting darker as Axl gets older, starts to reflect more on his life. Relationships are going to be an ongoing challenge and that comes out in the lyrics and music.

The good thing for Axl though is he writes it all down, that'll be cathartic for him and we get tunes out of it.