Tony Khan says Guns N’ Roses were great to work with in the process of licensing ‘November Rain’.
Khan previously announced that AEW licensed the classic song for usage in promotional videos ahead of AEW Full Gear.
Speaking with Iridian Fierro for WGN Radio 720, Tony Khan was asked about licensing the song.
“November Rain has been used in November wrestling pay-per-views decades, but never licensed Guns N’ Roses, never fairly compensated,” he said. “They were great to work with.”
Tony Khan On ‘November Rain’ Video
Khan was then asked about the “November Rain” video that AEW has produced to recap their stories heading into AEW Full Gear. He reiterated that the song had been used by ECW. However, he pointed out that nobody had legally used the song before.
“It has been done,” Khan said. “The idea, ‘Using November Rain’, ECW did use November Rain as a promotional vehicle, illegally without the permission of the artist,” Khan said. “In this case, we’re on TBS and TNT, we gotta do things by the book, and it’s also the right thing to do. Guns N’ Roses, great band, and they’re great to work with if you actually call them and try to work something fair out with them.
“They were awesome. I was really so pleased we able to do it, and again, talk about one of those things that will live on. In perpetuity, that video will be able to play. It’s not the first time ‘November Rain’ has been played in association with a wrestling show, to promote a major wrestling event in the month of November, but it was the first time we’ve done in AEW, and it was the first time it’s ever been done above board, legally, and the right way. I’m really proud of it.”
The video can be seen here:
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