Duff McKagan says Guns N' Roses have every "desire" to release new music. After guitarist Slash teased that they are "trying to make" their first record since 2008's 'Chinese Democracy' and that talks were underway for a small tour, the bass player insists new music is definitely in their plans. Appearing on SiriusXM's 'Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk' this week, he said: "There's definitely a desire and a plan for new music.
"Yeah, for sure." The 'Welcome to the Jungle' rockers haven't performed live since their 2023 North American tour, which ended last November, and Duff, 60, admits he needs time to recover and rest after long periods on the road – unlike bandmate Slash, 59. He said: "You can go on a tour and you can have peaks and valleys on the tour.
And we never do. It's always, like, every gig is super special. Even when we extended our tour — after touring for so much, extending it for another four weeks, that can destroy a band.
I've seen it happen. That's too long. You went too long.
And everybody's starting to snap at each other and the crew and all that stuff. But it doesn't happen with our band or our crew. "So we ended on this real highlight, which was Mexico City, this huge gig we did.
"And we played two nights at the Hollywood Bowl right before that. It was really special. We had The Black Keys opening at the Hollywood Bowl — a really cool, different sort of show.
So I think we ended and were, like, 'Oh, man. Let's not end. Let's get back to this soon.
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