Guns N' Roses have revealed details of the first leg of their US Tour, and also hinted at a 2006 release for the the long-awaited 'Chinese Democracy' album.

The tour will kick off in Jacksonville,Florida on October 20th and continue through to San Diego on January 16th.

A cryptic message from the band's management gave fans hope that 'Chinese Democracy', the first new GNR material since 1991, may see the light of day before the year is out.

It read: "The only comment at this time is that there are 13 Tuesdays left between now and the end of the year." The info refers to the day of the week that new albums hit stateside stores.

Axl Rose commented on the upcoming dates, "We had an amazing tour in Europe this summer and last week's shows here in the US were great. It's been a long time getting here but we look forward to coming to your town and having a lot of fun."

The fully announced dates for the first leg of the US tour are as follows.

OCTOBER 2006
20 Jacksonville, FL Vets Memorial Arena
22 Nashville, TN Gaylord Entertainment Center
24 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
25 St. Petersburg, FL St. Pete Times Forum
27 Estero, FL Germain Arena
29 San Juan, Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum

NOVEMBER 2006
02 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
03 Huntington, WV Big Sandy Superstore Arena
05 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena
06 Portland, ME Cumber County Civic Center
08 Worcester, MA Worcester Centrum
10 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
13 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner
15 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
17 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank
18 Quebec Colisee Pepsi
20 Halifax, NS Halifax Metro Centre
24 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
25 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
27 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
29 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center

DECEMBER 2006
01 Ames, IA Hilton Coliseum
02 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
04 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
06 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
07 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
10 Everett, WA Everett Events Center
11 Portland, OR Rose Garden
13 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
15 Oakland, CA Oakland Coliseum
17 Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
19 Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheatre

JANUARY 2007
10 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
11 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Arena
13 Reno, NV Reno Events Ctr
16 San Diego, CA iPayOne Center

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(photo credits: http://www.newgnr.com)

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