Guns N' Roses Reunion Won't Include Izzy Stradlin

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Earlier this year, Guns N' Roses announced a partial reunion of the band's "classic" lineup featuring singer Axl Rose, guitarist Slash, and bassist Duff McKagan. Today, guitarist Izzy Stradlin, who co-founded the band with Rose in 1985, confirmed to Rolling Stone that he will not be participating in the reunion. "At this point in time, I will not be playing at any of the April 2016 GNR shows," he wrote in an e-mail. "I've also not been in the studio recording or writing with any of the others recently. There is so much speculation, but so very little info, [that] I thought I should reach out."

Stradlin also confirmed to Rolling Stone that he's behind a Twitter account that launched at the end of February. 

Though he left Guns N' Roses in 1991, Stradlin has has performed with the band a few times over the years. In 2012, he performed at a handful of shows following GNR's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

Guns N' Roses are headlining Coachella this year. They've also announced a handful of other dates, with a full stadium tour potentially in the works. 

Axl Rose has been the only consistent member of the band since they started in 1985. A different lineup has toured on-and-off since the early aughts, but their official output has been slim. In 2008, the band released the long-gestating Chinese Democracy. 

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