Rolling Stone reported yesterday a rumor that places Slash and Duff McKagan on tour with Axl Rose and Guns n’ Roses this summer.

The rumor floating around at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony? Guns n’ Roses will tour this summer with Slash and Duff McKagan back in the band. We’re not saying who’s spreading this around, but if you happened to be getting hammered at 3 a.m. in Room 39A of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York with Kid Rock and Lars Ulrich, you may have overheard the same gossip. Sources indicate it’s not true, but only Axl Rose can say for sure, and he’s not talking.

Interestingly, Axl already has a slew of Eurodates scheduled:

5-27 - Lisboa, Portugal - Rock in Rio V
5-28 - Madrid, Spain - Auditorio Juan Carlos I
5-31 - Budapest, Hungary - Budapest Sports Arena
6-2 - Nürburgring, Germany - Rock Am Ring
6-4 - Milan, Italy - Gods of Metal Festival
6-9 - Dublin, Ireland - RDS Arena
6-11 - Donnington, England - Download Festival
6-13 - Prague, Czech Republic - Sazka Arena
6-15 - Warsaw, Poland - Legia Stadium
6-17 - Burgenland, Austria - Nova Rock Festival
6-20 - Paris, France - Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
6-24 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting
6-26 - Stockholm, Sweden - Globen Arena
6-28 - Oslo, Norway - Oslo Spektrum
6-29 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
7-2 - Nijmegen, Netherlands - Goffertpark
7-5/6 - Helsinki, Finland - Hartwall Arena
7-8 - Oslo, Norway - Oslo Spektrum

I should note that this is a completely unsubstantiated rumor. With the bickering in the last few weeks between these guys, I just can’t see it happening. I’ll be filing this under “unlikely.”

Source: Rolling Stone