{"id":2015259,"date":"2026-06-27T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2015259"},"modified":"2026-06-27T16:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:09:22","slug":"former-guns-n-roses-manager-doug-goldstein-dies-aged-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2015259","title":{"rendered":"Former Guns N\u2019 Roses manager Doug Goldstein dies aged 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/guns_roses_1988.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Guns N\u2019 Roses manager Doug Goldstein dies aged 65<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>\u201cHe was a friendly ear, a supportive voice and a sensitive man&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-27T17:09:22+01:00\">27th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/guns_roses_1988-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Guns N&apos; Roses Portrait Session\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Steven Adler, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Slash and Izzy Stradlin of Guns N&#8217; Roses pose for a portrait on May 7, 1988, at the Detroit State Theater in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Doug Goldstein, the longtime former manager of\u00a0Guns N\u2019 Roses, has died at the age of 65.<\/p>\n<p>The news was announced by Brandon Weissler, host of the Guns N\u2019 Roses podcast <i>Appetite For Distortion<\/i>, on Thursday (June 25). No cause of death has been shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoug was much more than a former Guns N\u2019 Roses manager,\u201d Weissler told\u00a0<i>Ultimate Classic Rock<\/i>. \u201cHe was a friendly ear, a supportive voice and a sensitive man. You don\u2019t survive 17 years with Axl Rose\u00a0by accident. In many ways, he saved Axl\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoug cared deeply about his friends, family, and all GN\u2019R fans. He struggled in life, but never gave up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Former Guns N\u2019 Roses co-manager Alan Niven, who worked alongside Goldstein before the pair later fell out, also paid tribute, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0very sad. 65 is not old. I will be lighting a candle for him tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaBsEDYiRnP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Goldstein first entered the Guns N\u2019 Roses orbit\u00a0around the release of their landmark 1987 debut\u00a0album\u00a0\u2018Appetite\u00a0For\u00a0Destruction\u2019, initially working as a tour manager before becoming co-manager with Niven.<\/p>\n<p>Before working with Guns N\u2019 Roses,\u00a0Goldstein\u00a0had worked in security for acts including Van Halen,\u00a0Heart\u00a0and Black Sabbath.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein became Guns N\u2019\u00a0Roses\u2019\u00a0manager in 1991 after Niven\u2019s departure, just as the band were entering one of their\u00a0most commercially successful\u00a0periods, with the releases of\u00a0\u2018Use Your Illusion I\u2019 and \u2018Use Your Illusion II\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein remained close to Rose throughout the band\u2019s notoriously turbulent \u2018Use Your Illusion\u2019 tour, which ran from 1991 to 1993 and included the infamous 1991 riot in St. Louis after Rose left the stage during a performance of \u2018Rocket Queen\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He later continued to work with Rose as the classic Guns N\u2019 Roses line-up splintered in the mid-to-late \u201990s,\u00a0remaining\u00a0involved during the early years of the long-delayed \u2018Chinese Democracy\u2019 era.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein was also involved in the 1999 live album \u2018Live Era \u201987\u2013\u201993\u2019, which collected performances from the band\u2019s classic period. He was no longer part of Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 management by the time \u2018Chinese Democracy\u2019 was finally released in 2008, however.<\/p>\n<p>Following Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan\u2019s reunion in 2016, Goldstein praised the band\u2019s current management team for achieving what he had been unable to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact\u00a0is,\u00a0I could not get the band back together. They have,\u201d he said in an interview with\u00a0<i>Appetite\u00a0For\u00a0Distortion<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein\u00a0is survived by his two sons,\u00a0Jake and Eli.<\/p>\n<p>Guns N\u2019 Roses are currently on their 2026 world tour, which follows\u00a0the release of new songs \u2018Nothin\u2019\u2019 and \u2018Atlas\u2019 last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Axl Rose<\/li>\n<li>Guns N&#8217; Roses<\/li>\n<li>Rock<\/li>\n<li>Slash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column 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                                                                                          <span class=\"entry-review-stars\"><i class=\"td-icon-star\"><\/i><i class=\"td-icon-star\"><\/i><i class=\"td-icon-star\"><\/i><i class=\"td-icon-star\"><\/i><i class=\"td-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/span>                                                                    <\/span>\n                                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Doug Goldstein, the longtime former manager of\u00a0Guns N\u2019 Roses, has died at the age of 65.<\/p>\n<p>The news was announced by Brandon Weissler, host of the Guns N\u2019 Roses podcast <i>Appetite For Distortion<\/i>, on Thursday (June 25). No cause of death has been shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoug was much more than a former Guns N\u2019 Roses manager,\u201d Weissler told\u00a0<i>Ultimate Classic Rock<\/i>. \u201cHe was a friendly ear, a supportive voice and a sensitive man. You don\u2019t survive 17 years with Axl Rose\u00a0by accident. In many ways, he saved Axl\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoug cared deeply about his friends, family, and all GN\u2019R fans. He struggled in life, but never gave up,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Former Guns N\u2019 Roses co-manager Alan Niven, who worked alongside Goldstein before the pair later fell out, also paid tribute, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0very sad. 65 is not old. I will be lighting a candle for him tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaBsEDYiRnP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Goldstein first entered the Guns N\u2019 Roses orbit\u00a0around the release of their landmark 1987 debut\u00a0album\u00a0\u2018Appetite\u00a0For\u00a0Destruction\u2019, initially working as a tour manager before becoming co-manager with Niven.<\/p>\n<p>Before working with Guns N\u2019 Roses,\u00a0Goldstein\u00a0had worked in security for acts including Van Halen,\u00a0Heart\u00a0and Black Sabbath.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein became Guns N\u2019\u00a0Roses\u2019\u00a0manager in 1991 after Niven\u2019s departure, just as the band were entering one of their\u00a0most commercially successful\u00a0periods, with the releases of\u00a0\u2018Use Your Illusion I\u2019 and \u2018Use Your Illusion II\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein remained close to Rose throughout the band\u2019s notoriously turbulent \u2018Use Your Illusion\u2019 tour, which ran from 1991 to 1993 and included the infamous 1991 riot in St. Louis after Rose left the stage during a performance of \u2018Rocket Queen\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He later continued to work with Rose as the classic Guns N\u2019 Roses line-up splintered in the mid-to-late \u201990s,\u00a0remaining\u00a0involved during the early years of the long-delayed \u2018Chinese Democracy\u2019 era.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein was also involved in the 1999 live album \u2018Live Era \u201987\u2013\u201993\u2019, which collected performances from the band\u2019s classic period. He was no longer part of Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 management by the time \u2018Chinese Democracy\u2019 was finally released in 2008, however.<\/p>\n<p>Following Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan\u2019s reunion in 2016, Goldstein praised the band\u2019s current management team for achieving what he had been unable to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact\u00a0is,\u00a0I could not get the band back together. They have,\u201d he said in an interview with\u00a0<i>Appetite\u00a0For\u00a0Distortion<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein\u00a0is survived by his two sons,\u00a0Jake and Eli.<\/p>\n<p>Guns N\u2019 Roses are currently on their 2026 world tour, which follows\u00a0the release of new songs \u2018Nothin\u2019\u2019 and \u2018Atlas\u2019 last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/former-guns-n-roses-manager-doug-goldstein-dies-aged-65-3953668&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/guns_roses_1988.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Former Guns N\u2019 Roses manager Doug Goldstein dies aged 65 \u201cHe was a friendly ear, a supportive voice and a sensitive man&#8221; By Max Pilley 27th June 2026 Steven Adler, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Slash and Izzy Stradlin of Guns N&#8217; Roses pose for a portrait on May 7, 1988, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2015259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2015259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2015259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2015259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2015259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}