After 17 years of long waiting Guns N’ roses fans are getting rewarded to listen their new album free on the web before its sell to the music store.

Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy will make its debut on the band’s MySpace page starting Thursday, according to a Reuters report Wednesday. Myspace users will be able to stream Guns N’ Roses’ long-awaited album for free before it goes on sale Sunday in an exclusive deal with Best Buy. However, listeners will not be able to download tracks from the site.

MySpace Music is a joint venture with Vivendi’s Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Giving fans an early crack at the albums could be a big win for MySpace, which launched a music joint venture with several record labels this year to challenge Apple Inc’s iTunes online music store.

“Chinese Democracy” has aroused interest because of its notoriety; it is the first album of new Guns N’ Roses material in more than 17 years, and has taken nearly as long to finish.

The band built its reputation on its hit debut “Appetite for Destruction” and “Use Your Illusion I” and “Use Your Illusion II,” but tension among members led to all of the original members but Rose, 46, leaving.

Guns N Roses New album debut on MySpace – Listen free - Originally Published at KnolIndia (RSS)