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Original Guns N’ Roses Lineup Reportedly Set to Reunite

MILTON KEYNES, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 30: Members of Guns n' Roses including Axl Rose and Slash are joined by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood while taking their final bow after performing on stage at The National Bowl on May 30th, 1993 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. (Photo by Peter Still/Redferns)

Update: Multiple sources have confirmed to Billboard that Guns N’ Roses will indeed reunite at 2016’s Coachella, possibly to be followed by a stadium tour.

Update 2: The musicians themselves have released an official statement confirming that original G’N’R members Slash and Duff McKagan are back in the band, though Axl Rose canceled a purported appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night due to “unforseen circumstances.”

The last time Guns N’ Roses’ original lineup played together, this is what the internet looked like:

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JANUARY 14: A stone tablet inscribed with an ancient Hebrew inscription attributed to the biblical Jewish king Jehoash who ruled Jerusalem in the ninth century BC is seen in this photo made available January 14, 2003 by the Israeli Geological Survey  in Jerusalem, Israel. The tablet, with its inscription written in the first person, has been pronounced genuine by the survey's experts. It was reportedly found during excavations by Muslim workers in recent years on the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, the site of today's al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine. (Photo by Israeli Geological Survey/Getty Images)

Now, more than 20 years later, the band’s website and Facebook page may contain clues hinting at a potential reunion. If you look closely, you can see that the band’s website was recently updated with their old logo, two silver revolvers wrapped with red roses. And if that’s not enough writing on the wall for you, check out their Facebook page: Their new profile photo is a live crowd.

Need more evidence? Reports indicate that a ~mysterious~ trailer containing crowd shots soundtracked by Guns N’ Roses hits has played during several showings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Adding fuel to the fire, 99 Scenes reports that the Canadian festival Rockfest had been in talks with said reunited band to headline next year’s iteration, for which Guns N’ Roses allegedly asked (translated from French) “for four times the amount the festival had paid System of a Down” when they headlined in 2015. According to rumors, SOAD was paid $2 million for the gig, so that’d put Guns’ ask at — if the numbers add up — $8 million, which Rockfest organizers politely passed on.

Also, it’s 2015, nostalgia is currency, and sooner or later everything you and/or your parents loved will be revived… and then mercilessly killed. Dial up that amp and take us to Paradise City… we guess.