THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Cue hoots of disbelief, G’n’R fans crawling bleary-eyed from the closet, panic buying of Dr. Pepper – ‘cause those ripe wretches are going out business - Chinese Democracy is finished, according to reports in the US.

This isn’t the first time we’ve been here, of course, only to have mud slung in our wrong faces – but TheRockRadio.com are reporting that Geffen Records have received a copy of the album and are bartering with singer Axl Rose over the financial stuff as we speak.

14 years and £6.5m in the making, Rose’s efforts to complete and release the album could be subjected to reality TV treatment the same report suggests – a deal for that is “close, but not signed”, apparently.