Axl’s Back

Get ready for a free Dr. Pepper: Billboard is reporting that after a decade of rumors, delays, firings, rewrites, and Axl being Axl, Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy is set to drop November 23. This spring, the soda maker offered a free can of Dr. Pepper to every American if the album appeared this year, a pledge the company appears ready to honor. It will be Guns N' Roses' first new studio album since 1991—1993's The Spaghetti Incident was strictly covers. Two album tracks will be available before the release: “Shackler's Revenge” will appear in Rock Band 2, and “If the World” plays over the end credits of the new thriller Body of Lies.