As Designers from all over the world descended upon New York City to showcase their new Fall/Winter collections for New York Fashion week, February 9–16, Guns N' Roses were preparing to rock New York. The band played the Roseland Ballroom Friday night, February 10, as the first show of the seven-date tour they announced at the end of January.

After finishing a tour of 40 plus cities across Latin America and the United States at the end of 2011, which marked the band's first tour together in five years, Guns N' Roses shocked fans when they announced the plans for this new tour. However, even more surprising than the quick turnaround between the seemingly back-to-back tours is the choice of venues.

Guns N' Roses will take the stage on August 13 for its first official U.S. concert in four years. The performance is booked for the final day of the week-long Rock 'N Rev Festival in Sturgis, SD.

The festival, which runs August 9-13, announced GNR's addition to its lineup earlier today, July 20. Alice in Chains is also scheduled to perform on August 13, while the event's earlier days feature the likes of Godsmack (August 9), Creed (August 10), Stone Temple Pilots (August 11), and 3 Doors Down (August 12).

Current Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus is stirring up speculation that Axl Roses' embattled band could hit the road in 2009. In a recent interview with St. Louis, MO-based newspaper The Telegraph, Fortus said the tour would hopefully start in late March and run for "at least two years."

The tour would support GNR's latest release, "Chinese Democracy," which hit stores on November 23, nearly 15 years after Rose initially revealed plans for the record. Despite the legendary delay and years of media hype, the album had a disappointing debut at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with approximately 261,000 copies sold.

Guns N' Roses rumors? Always. Then again, this one seems to hold a little more water than most. It's rumored that four of the original Guns N' Roses line-up may reunite next week to mark the 20th anniversary of the band's debut release 'Appetite For Destruction'.

Original band drummer Steven Adler said that the event would take place on Saturday (July 28) at the Key Club in Los Angeles. He stated "I'll be down there with my band and Slash, Izzy (Stradlin, guitarist) and Duff (McKagan, bass) will be there too. It's gonna be great."

Adler said that he doubted that singer Axl Rose would turn up, but he expected a full reunion to happen eventually. . . .