Free Dr. Pepper thanks to Guns N' Roses available now

The coupon for a free Dr. Pepper is available now via DrPepper.com. You have to fork over you email and mailing addresses because they're mailing the coupons. The site is running really slow, so be patient. It is likely flooded with requests right now.

For those who don't know, earlier this year Dr. Pepper promised everyone a free soda if the fabled Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy was released before the end of 2008. It's due out today, November 23 exclusively at Best Buy stores and the soda coupon is available today only. You have until midnight tonight (Sunday, November 23) to request a coupon. There's a helpful timer on the site to let you know how long you have.

Check out our previous post about the album release here.

Chinese Democracy finally has a release date

Well, after years of speculation, hilarity and ridiculous BS, it looks like the long-awaited Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy will finally be released according to Billboard. I personally have never been a fan of the band, even when one of it's members didn't wear a bucket on his head, but the drama surrounding this album's release has been amusing.

So now for the information. Chinese Democracy will is set for release on November 23, a Sunday. The album will be available exclusively at Best Buy and the Sunday release date was set up to coincide with the Best Buy sales week.

In the spring, Dr. Pepper announced that if the album was finally released any time in 2008, the company would give "everyone in America" a free Dr. Pepper. In a quote given to Billboard, Dr. Pepper's VP of Marketing Tony Jacobs said "If the rumors are true, we're putting the Dr. Pepper on ice."

Is it sad that I'm more excited about the free Dr. Pepper than I am about the album?

[photo by George Chin]