Guns N’ Roses release updated “November Rain” recording, accompanied by 50-piece orchestra

Guns N' Roses stage NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 11: Slash and Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses perform onstage during the "Not In This Lifetime..." Tour at Madison Square Garden on October 11, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation) (Kevin Mazur)
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Somehow, Guns N’ Roses have found a way to make “November Rain” even more dramatic.

The "Welcome the Jungle" rockers have released a new version of the Use Your Illusion epic, recorded alongside a 50-piece orchestra. Grammy-winning composer Christopher Lennertz arranged the orchestration and served as the conductor.

The orchestra-accompanied "November Rain" is one of the many bonus tracks featured on the upcoming reissue of GN'R's Use Your Illusion I and II albums, due out November 11. The super deluxe box version of the reissue will be available as eight-CD and 12-LP collections, and includes a hardcover photo box and various memorabilia.

Use Your Illusion I and II were originally released simultaneously in September 1991 and debuted at the top two spots on the Billboard 200. The nearly nine-minute "November Rain" was released as a single off Use Your Illusion I in 1992 and is among the longest songs to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The song's theatrical -- and historically expensive -- video has over one billion views on YouTube.

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