More Guns N' Roses mystery

The mysterious and sudden return of Guns N' Roses just keeps getting more mysterious. Although the band is listed as a headlining act for at least five different European festivals this summer, the official Guns web site has yet to post any of the dates. According to MTV, representatives for Motley Crue, who are supposedly slated to open for GNR in Ireland on June 9th, claim to know nothing about the show. The band's manager declined to comment on either the festival shows or the status of the band's long-delayed Chinese Democracy album, telling MTV only that a press release would be issued "in due course."

Representatives for Geffen Records, presumably still the group's label, have no information on any release date for Chinese Democracy, which has been in the making for over a decade.

Guns N' Roses last appeared live in December of 2002, on a North American tour that collapsed after just a few dates.

A statement issued by England's Download Festival, which GNR will headline on June 11, featured a comment from lead singer Axl Rose in which he said it was "an honor and a privilege" to close the show.

There's no word on the makeup of the group's current lineup either. Axl is the sole remaining original member.

The reclusive Rose has shown up in public recently, appearing at a party for Korn a few weeks ago in Los Angeles, checking out a Victoria's Secret event in New York, then stopping in a New York nightclub on the morning of February 10th, where he reportedly played songs from Chinese Democracy for the club's owners.

Three tracks said to be from the album, along with a snippet of a fourth, were leaked online last week, with the group's management demanding that web sites and radio stations hosting or playing the tracks immediately cease.