Guns N' Roses is preparing to head back out on the road for an extended fall tour of North America. To publicize the tour, Axl Rose has fallen back on his one sure-fire headline grabbing announcement: the release of Chinese Democracy, the long awaited, heavily rumored, potentially non-existent new Guns N' Roses album.

In releasing the tour dates, the band, making reference to the traditional release date for new CDs, finished the announcement with the puzzling statement, "[T]here are thirteen Tuesdays left between now and the end of the year." In addition, Rolling Stone has reported that Chinese Democracy will see the light of day on November 21. NME reports that GNR management has not confirmed the November 21 release date.

Earlier this year, rampant speculation had Chinese Democracy being released in March. Those rumors were fueled by Axl Rose's comments to Rolling Stone and Slash's statements on Philadelphia radio. If history has taught us anything in this regard, don't believe Chinese Democracy will be released until you are holding a copy of it in your hand. Then, it might be safe to believe the hype.

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