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Guns N’ Roses are putting together deluxe 30th anniversary reissues of the Use Your Illusion albums for release in 2022, according to guitarist Slash.
Technically, any 30th anniversary plans for the Use Your Illusion twin-set should have taken place this year, given that the two albums were originally released on September 17, 1991, but, as with so many other things, delays were brought about by the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.
“But it is coming out,” insists guitarist Slash, in a new interview with Biff Bam Pop! “I think this summer. There’s a bunch of cool live stuff on it — a couple shows. The Ritz [in New York City] from the ’90s, like early ’90s, and a show that we did in Las Vegas back in 1989, I think it was. It’s actually the show that I met my ex-wife at…”
According to Blabbermouth, the shows being referenced are one of the warm-up shows Guns played at The Ritz in New York in May 1991 prior to embarking on the Use Your Illusion tour, and the band’s January 25, 1992 show at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Slash and his now-ex-wife Perla Ferrar first met.
Use Your Illusion II sold 770,000 copies in the US in its first week on sale to top the Billboard chart: Use Your Illusion I sold 685,000 copies to debut at number two.
“When I look back on it, it was a monumental achievement,” Slash told Classic Rock in 2016. “The first thing I think of when I think of those albums is that it was such a whirlwind of shit was happening at that particular time, but it was a huge accomplishment. I think the Use Your Illusion records, if you know the backstory, were very victorious.”
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- Guns N Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.24, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 18, 2024 at 6:48 am
GUNS N ROSES Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1992 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, featuring a live version of their Dylan cover recorded at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in April 1992 alongside the original LP version. The flipback style card picture sleeve displays light ring wear scuffing , whilst the vinyl has only light signs of play GFS21)
- Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion Tour + 1st Leg Ticket Stub - UK - tour programme - £35.00, $44.45, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 25-Nov-2024 18:00)on December 18, 2024 at 6:48 am
GUNS N ROSES Use Your Illusion Tour (Official 1991 UK 28-page 11" x 13" tour programme, features lots of superb photographs of the band in action, superb fold-out front & back covers features the artwork for the Use Your Illusion I & II albums. Also includes a souvenir ticket stub for the show on the 31st August 1991 at Wembley Stadium in London)
- Guns N Roses - GN'R Lies - 1st Uncensored Sleeve - Single Stickered - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $158.75, €151.25 (New Item) (arrived 22-Nov-2024 16:37)on December 18, 2024 at 6:48 am
GUNS N ROSES GN'R Lies (Original 1988 UK/German-pressed 8-track LP, housed in the first edition picture sleeve with the controversial 'Ladies, Welcome To The Dark Ages' & 'Wife-beating has been around for 10,000 years' fake news titles on thefront. Comes complete with the uncensored picture inner & with the song hype sticker attached to the front cover. The cover displays only light wear, the inner has no rips or splits and the vinyl shows only very light signs of play, a really nice example WX218)
- Guns N Roses - GN'R Lies - 1st Uncensored Sleeve - Single Stickered - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $158.75, €151.25 (New Item) (arrived 22-Nov-2024 18:00)on December 18, 2024 at 6:48 am
GUNS N ROSES GN'R Lies (Original 1988 UK/German-pressed 8-track LP, housed in the first edition picture sleeve with the controversial 'Ladies, Welcome To The Dark Ages' & 'Wife-beating has been around for 10,000 years' fake news titles on thefront. Comes complete with the uncensored picture inner & with the song hype sticker attached to the front cover. The cover displays only light wear, the inner has no rips or splits and the vinyl shows only very light signs of play, a really nice example WX218)
- Guns N Roses - Paradise City - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £35.00, $44.45, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 22-Nov-2024 18:00)on December 18, 2024 at 6:48 am
GUNS N ROSES Paradise City (Rare 1989 UK limited 'Special Collectors Edition' 10" pack which includes a 7" vinyl single with Used To Love Her on the flip side. The textured 'leather' effect holster shaped pack has a small tears to the opening otherwise displays light wear and the vinyl shows only light signs of play GEF50X)
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