Guns N' Roses to tour in March 2009?

Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus told TheTelegraph.com that the band will begin a world tour in March that will last for at least two years. Fortus' comments came as part of an interview to promote his appearance in St. Louis on Monday night (December 29th) with Pale Divine, a locally popular act, of which he was a founding member, that has not played together for 17 years. If Guns does hit the road, it will mark the group's first live shows in support of Chinese Democracy, which came out last month after a 17-year wait.

Chinese Democracy, which came out as a Best Buy exclusive in the U.S. on November 23rd, currently sits at Number 33 on the Billboard album chart.

The CD has moved 421,000 copies since its release, with the lukewarm response to the record leading many to label it a failure.

Aside from responding to fans' questions on several message boards, lead singer and sole original member Axl Rose has not done any interviews to promote the record.