Star Tribune recently spoke with bassist Tommy Stinson to discuss his recent tour with The Replacements, his solo career, and his future with Guns N' Roses, addressing rumours of the original GNR line-up gearing up for a reunion. Following is an excerpt from the story:

Now 48, Tommy has been playing bass with Axl Rose in Guns N’ Roses since 1998. Even before rumors started flying a few weeks ago about the late ’80s lineup of GNR getting back together, though, he said his status in the group was up in the air. His last GNR gig was April 2014 in Las Vegas.

“I reach out once in a while to that crew of people — a lot of whom are also my good friends — but I really have no idea what’s going on,” he said, clarifying at least this much: “I didn’t quit the gig or walk away from it. We just all sort of left it in Vegas.”

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Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash recently confirmed that he has reconnected with the band’s lead singer Axl Rose. Slash was making a special appearance on August 21 for a launch event for the Marshall London phone in Sweden and Aftonbladet TV commented that they heard him and Rose were friends again. Slash responded by saying, “"It was probably way overdue, you know. But it's…. you know, it's very cool at this point. You know, let some of that, sort of, negative… dispel some of that negative stuff that was going on for so long."

A first rumor has now popped up about a potential reunion show from James Young, the owner of Melbourne’s rock and roll Cherry Bar and it was revealed before Slash confirmed he had made up with Axl Rose.

Young told Triple M Radio: “I heard the most amazing rumor this week, from a very well informed heavy hitter in the Australian music industry, giving me the name of the headline act for Soundwave next year. Now we know that a mystery band has come in and saved the festival, and now owns it, so they are going to have a big say. So what mega band could it be? Well I have heard ‘fantasized’ on Wednesday night that it will be: Steven Adler, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagen, Slash and Axl Rose, the reformation of the original 1987 Appetite for Destruction Guns N’ Roses lineup, can you believe it? It’s incredible; I’ve had sleepless nights fantasizing about it.”