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Slash and Axl Rose have given Guns N' Roses fans hope of an original line-up reunion after revealing they're both keen to put aside old differences as they prepare for their 2012 Rock & Roll Hall o...
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System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian, Tom Morello and Disturbed star David Draiman were among the rockers who paid tribute to late Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott at a marathon party i...
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Duff McKagan is to rejoin his former band Guns N' Roses on tour with his group Loaded. The bassist, who quit the legendary rock group in 1997, will go back on the road with Guns N' Roses and open...
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A group of Italian Guns N' Roses fans have launched an online campaign in a bid to force the original members of the band to reunite for next year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Th...
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Rocker Duff McKagan is confident his supergroup Velvet Revolver will have a new frontman by the end of 2011. The band, which also features Slash and Matt Sorum, has been on hiatus since singer Sco...
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Duff McKagan is keeping busy. Fresh off Guns 'n' Roses' nomination to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, he's released his memoir, It's So Easy (and other lies), just before heading off on a sprawling...
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The members of rock supergroup Velvet Revolver have inched closer to finding a replacement for Scott Weiland after Slash and Duff McKagan were left impressed by a potential frontman at a recent cha...
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Former Guns N' Roses rocker Duff McKagan has launched a money management firm to help advise musicians on how to keep their earnings safe. While recovering from a burst pancreas in 1994, the form...
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Reformed rocker Duff McKagan has taken aim at critics of tragic singer Amy Winehouse, insisting "no one loves to be addicted" to drugs. The Rehab hit-maker, who battled alcohol and drug demons fo...
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Rocker Axl Rose has settled a legal battle with former Guns N' Roses manager Irving Azoff over breach of contract allegations. Azoff sued the Guns N' Roses frontman in March, 2010, accusing the s...
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Former Guns N' Roses star Duff McKagan was determined to retain control over what was broadcast in his recent reality show - because he "didn't want to look like a buffoon" on TV. The rocker and ...
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Rocker Duff McKagan has taken aim at drug counselor Dr. Drew Pinsky's reality TV show "Celebrity Rehab" for exploiting stars in trouble. The former Guns N' Roses star, who signed up for rehab in ...
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Rocker Duff McKagan is beginning to worry about the possibility of Guns N' Roses landing a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction spot in 2012 because he doesn't want the honor to become a debacle as w...
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Business-savvy Velvet Revolver rocker Duff McKagan has launched his own wealth management firm for musicians keen to learn more about the financial world. Meridian Rock will be headed by McKagan a...
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Former Guns N' Roses star Duff McKagan has decided to donate the proceeds from his latest Loaded songs to help war veterans following a number of emotional visits to military hospitals. The rock...
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Lady Gaga was the big winner and talking point at the MTV Video Music Awards this month - she picked up eight accolades and stunned everyone by taking to the stage in a meat dress. Meanwhile, Penel...
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Former Guns N' Roses star Duff McKagan has undergone sinus surgery to remove scar tissue which built up during years of cocaine abuse. The Velvet Revolver rocker - who turned his back on substanc...
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Duff McKagan stunned Guns N' Roses fans in London on Thursday night when he joined former bandmate Axl Rose on stage for a show at the 02 Arena. The bassist, who recently quit Jane's Addiction, pe...
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Axl Rose has waged war against former Guns N' Roses manager Irving Azoff, accusing him of attempting to sabotage the rocker's career after he refused to reunite with the band's original members. A...
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Rocker Scott Weiland refuses to feel bitter about his dismissal from Velvet Revolver, insisting he wishes his former band mates "all the best." Weiland was kicked out of the group in April 2008 fo...
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Perry Farrell helped kick off day one of the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA by bringing wife Etty Lau Farrel onstage for some dancing. The Jane's Addiction singer playe...
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Former Guns N' Roses rocker Duff McKagan has replaced Eric Avery in the reunited Jane's Addiction. Avery co-founded the band in the mid-1980s and rejoined frontman Perry Farrell for a 2008 reunion...
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Happy Birthday to: Country singer Sara Evans (1971) "Peter Pan" star Jeremy Sumpter (1989) Singer Bobby Brown (1969) Guns 'N Roses/Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan (1964) Actress...
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Former Guns N' Roses star Duff McKagan has reportedly become the latest member of Jane's Addiction - he's rumored to have stepped in to replace bassist Eric Avery. The band reunited in 2008 aft...
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Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum has blasted Axl Rose for touring under the name Guns N' Roses, insisting he should follow Sting and Paul McCartney's leads and rename the group or go solo. A...
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Rockers Duff McKagan and Slash would go back to playing with Axl Rose before re-teaming with former Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland. AJAXPOLL 591 AJAXPOLL The duo are still lookin...
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Rocker Duff McKagan and his Velvet Revolver band mates kicked frontman Scott Weiland out of the group when it became clear he couldn't stay away from alcohol and drugs. The band fired the wil...
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Axl Rose has slammed his former Guns N' Roses bandmate Slash, branding him a "cancer better removed." The rocker, the only remaining member of the band's original line-up, has dashed fans' ho...
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Rockers Velvet Revolver are close to finding a frontman to replace former singer Scott Weiland. The supergroup, featuring former Guns N' Roses stars Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, fired Weilan...
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Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose has dashed fans' hopes of a possible truce with former bandmate Slash - insisting "one of the two of us would die before a reunion could ever take place. The gu...
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