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Re: "Mystery" Band to reunite in Sweden
Come on guys.. we KNOW this isn't GNR. I'm really surprised some people thought this could be them
No, we don't know that because GNR refuse to acknowledge their fanbase in any way, shape, or form.
A simple sentence from GNR would kill this story immediately.
This is why Merck was such an asset love him or hate him.
I keep trying to think of bands that haven't performed since 88 and my mind is drawing a blank.
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Re: "Mystery" Band to reunite in Sweden
-Jack- wrote:Come on guys.. we KNOW this isn't GNR. I'm really surprised some people thought this could be them
No, we don't know that because GNR refuse to acknowledge their fanbase in any way, shape, or form.
A simple sentence from GNR would kill this story immediately.
This is why Merck was such an asset love him or hate him.
I keep trying to think of bands that haven't performed since 88 and my mind is drawing a blank.
I'm against the way GN'R (=Axl Rose) treats the fans, but in this case there is no need for them to say anything. Just because a 'mystery ban' that broke up 20 years ago plays a gig this summer? What does it have to do with GN'R? Yeah, some fans hoped it'll be Axl N' Slash again... C'mon, there are much more important things to talk about and they're silent. But considering that they issued a press release about that band, Die Mannequin, we can expect Axl's people to talk about this irrelevant story, too.
Re: "Mystery" Band to reunite in Sweden
well i doubt its gnr...but ya never know one of the weird things in the press release was that this show will be the only euro date for the band so does that mean they will tour the rest of the world or just NA or its just a one off gig? if the band is anythign important a one off show in sweden is odd..unless its a swedish band.... we dont know, but they'll announce it tommorrow so we'll find out who the band is then
i doubt its gnr, but hey what else is there to talk about? 
and i thought it might be some good old fashion gnr speculation 
shit like this never stopped us from hoping in previous years so it shows how far that hope has degenerated in the fanbase more than anything 
i think we are the only board who even bothered to post this
Re: "Mystery" Band to reunite in Sweden
The Cars haven't performed with Ric Ocasek since '88 though, so it's a possibility. Unless Roger Hodgson is rejoining Supertramp.
I'm starting to think the band they refer to isn't even famous. It could just be a local Swedish band, really.
EDIT: How about The Smiths? I know Morrissey always said no, but check this out from the wikipedia (I know, shitty source, but better than nothing.):
In August 2007 it was reported Morrissey had turned down a near £40 million offer to reunite with Johnny Marr for a 50-date world tour in 2008 and 2009. The condition would only be that Morrissey would have to play the dates with Marr, meaning the deal could have gone ahead without Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke's participation.[18]
According to an anonymous press release on true-to-you.net, an unofficial fan site tacitly supported by Morrissey, Morrissey was approached in summer 2007 by a "consortium of promoters" with a $75 million offer to tour during the next two years. The offer required Morrissey to make a minimum of fifty worldwide performances with Johnny Marr, under the Smiths' name. true-to-you.net reported that the offer had been refused.[19] Other reports say that the whole $75 million tour was a hoax.[20]
In an October 2007 interview on BBC Radio Five Live, Johnny Marr hinted at a potential reformation in the future, saying that "stranger things have happened so, you know, who knows?" Marr went on to say that "It's no biggy. Maybe we will in 10 or 15 years' time when we all need to for whatever reasons, but right now Morrissey is doing his thing and I'm doing mine, so that's the answer really." This is the first potential indication of a Smiths reunion from Marr, who previously has stated that reforming the band would be a bad idea.
