With the comically-overdue Chinese Democracy finally set to land on 23 November, Guns N’ Roses have now unveiled the first single. Available to listen to on the band’s website (go on, the Feds won’t bust down your door), the album’s title track is a suitably arena-sized Gunners fist-pumper.

“The release of Chinese Democracy marks a historic moment in rock n’ roll,” enthuse Guns – œN Roses co-managers Irving Azoff and Andy Gould in a statement. And who ever thought that historic moment was actually going to happen? On evidence of this first single, Chinese Democracy is going to be a big seller. Big enough to reconcile Axl Rose’s debts, though, is another question altogether…