Guns N' Roses Cancel European Tour

The saga known as Guns 'n' Roses continues to add chapters to its surly tail, much to our enjoyment.

Axl Rose, the only remaining member is going to have a handful of unhappy fans on his hands because of this latest incident. Aside from pushing back the release of the next G N'R album, Chinese Democracy, several websites are reporting that the band's European tour has been cancelled, or, at the very least, postponed.

According to the New York Daily News website, the tour has been "officially" postponed because of health problems suffered by lead guitarist Buckethead. Rumor has it that he has some unexplained internal hemorrhaging, but the N.Y. Daily News hints that the tour may be cancelled because of a growing dissention between Axl Rose and his label, Interscope Records.

The site went on to say that the reason for the delay of Chinese Democracy was due to Rose refusing to promote the album until he was satisfied with it by remixing and adding vocals.

Chinese Democracy was expected to be released some time this summer, despite the absence of old core members Slash, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler and Izzy Stradlin. It appears that the new album features appearances by A Perfect Circle's Josh Freese (who has worked with GNR before), Dave Navarro (Red Hot Chili Peppers/Jane's Addiction) and Queen guitarist Brian May.

The tour, that wasn't intended to support the delayed album, was to begin June 1 in Germany and continue through June, ending with a performance at Denmark's Roskilde festival.