| February 15th, 2008 - Greatest Hits is certified to have sold 4x Multi-Platinum in the USA. |
| March 27th, 2008 - Axl announces that he and the band are now represented by the management team of Irving Azoff and Andy Gould. |
| March 28th, 2008 - Richard takes part in three X Japan reunion shows at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The first one is on the 28th, the second one the following day and the last one is on the 30th. |
| July 1st, 2008 - Bumblefoot releases his album "Abnormal". |
| September 14th, 2008 - Rock Band 2 is released for Microsoft Xbox 360. The game features the new GN'R track "Shackler's Revenge". This is the first officially released song from Chinese Democracy. |
| September 23rd, 2008 - Appetite For Destruction is certified 18x Multi-Platinum in the USA. |
| October 10th, 2008 - The movie Body Of Lies has its North American premiere. "If The World" can be heard at the end of the movie. |
| October 22nd, 2008 - The title track and first single from Chinese Democracy is released to radio world wide at 6AM Eastern. Later in the day, the album's release date is announced. |
| November 9th, 2008 - Chinese Democracy is released as a digital single in iTunes Music Stores around the world. It goes on to top the music charts in several European countries as well as topping the rock charts in the US and Canadian stores. |
| November 11th, 2008 - Chris Pitman's project called SexTapes™ releases their first album. |
| November 17th, 2008 - Three official Chinese Democracy listening events are held in New York, NY, Dallas, TX and Chicago, IL. |
| November 18th, 2008 - Chinese Democracy listening events are held in West Hollywood, CA and Minneapolis, MN. |
| November 19th, 2008 - Atlanta, GA and Boston, MA host two Chinese Democracy listening events. |
| November 20th, 2008 - The last two Chinese Democracy listening events are in San Francisco, CA and Detroit, MI. |
| November 23rd, 2008 - Chinese Democracy is released in USA as a Best Buy exclusive. The album is released on CD and LP at Best Buy and as a digital album on iTunes. |
| November 24th, 2008 - Chinese Democracy scored a record 8.4 million streams when the album debuted on MySpace beginning midnight on Thursday, November 20 through midnight Sunday, November 23. The premiere of Chinese Democracy was the biggest promotion in MySpace's five year history, with every MySpace territory signing on to participate. |
| November 29th, 2008 - Chinese Democracy enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #34. It's also the single's peak position on the chart. |
| December 4th, 2008 - Chinese Democracy tops world album chart. According to global sales figures and national album charts |
| December 12th, 2008 - Axl chats with fans on online message boards. |
| December 13th, 2008 - Chinese Democracy enters the Billboard 200 at #3. |
| December 23rd, 2008 - Bumblefoot releases an acoustic EP called "Barefoot". |
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