Axl Rose could take his band on the road over the summer.
Axl Rose is planning to take Guns N' Roses on a global stadium tour this year, it has been claimed.
Rolling Stone has reported that the frontman intends to take the band on the road, after it released its long-anticipated Chinese Democracy record last November.
Irving Azoff, Guns N' Roses' manager, said the group has some "exciting things" planned for 2009 and his looking forward to them coming to fruition.
He also defended Rose's reputation, saying he is a professional who has worked hard to apply a high creative standard to his band.
Mr Azoff told the magazine: "Axl has been basically quiet, keeping out of the limelight for almost 15 years.
"People think they know him but they only really only know what has been said about him by questionable people."
Last month, Eagles of Death Metal star Jesse 'The Devil' Hughes claimed on NME Radio that his band was dropped from a Guns N' Roses tour for insulting Axl Rose.
Rose binned the group at a gig in Cleveland after they were poorly received by the crowd, although Hughes believes the fact that he said the Guns man is no longer a rock star could have influenced the decision.
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