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Guns N’ Roses returns to the road on a major 2023 world tour produced by Live Nation, headlining stadiums, festivals, and arenas throughout the summer and fall.

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This will be the first time the group has toured North America since the “We’re F’N Back!” tour in 2021.

2023 GLOBAL TOUR DATES


Mon Jun 05 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Park Hayarkon

Fri Jun 09 – Madrid, Spain – Civitas Metropolitan Stadium

Mon Jun 12 – Vigo, Spain – Estadio Abanca Balaídos

Thu Jun 15 – Dessel, Belgium – Grasspop Metal Meeting

Sat Jun 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell

Wed Jun 21 – Oslo, Norway – Tons of Rock

Tue Jun 27 – Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park

Fri Jun 30 – London, UK – BST Hyde Park

Mon Jul 03 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsch Bank Park

Wed Jul 05 – Bern, Switzerland – BERNEXPO

Sat Jul 08 – Rome, Italy – Circo Massimo

Tue Jul 11 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Megaland

Thu Jul 13 – Paris, France – La Defense

Sun Jul 16 – Bucharest, Romania – National Arena

Wed Jul 19 – Budapest, Hungary – Puskás Arena

Sat Jul 22 – Athens, Greece – Olympic Stadium

Tue Aug 08 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau

Fri Aug 11 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium

Tue Aug 15 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

Mon Aug 21 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park

Thu Aug 24 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field

Sat Aug 26 – Nashville, TN – GEODIS Park

Tue Aug 29 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

Fri Sep 01 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Sun Sep 03 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre

Wed Sep 06 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena

Sat Sep 09 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium

Tue Sep 12 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena

Fri Sep 15 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live

Wed Sep 20 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum

Sat Sep 23 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Stadium

Tue Sep 26 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome

Thu Sep 28 – Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park

Sun Oct 01 – San Diego, CA – Snapdragon Stadium

Sun Oct 08 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival

Wed Oct 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field

Mon Oct 16 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place

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Guns N' Roses Announce 2023 Tour Across North America, Europe and Israel — See the Dates!

The rockers last hit North America in 2021

Guns N' Roses is hitting the road!

The rockers will embark on a lengthy tour in June that will see them play nearly 40 dates across stadiums, arenas and festivals around the world.

The band — which includes Axl Rose , 61, Duff McKagan , 59, and Slash , 57 — will kick things off in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 5 before heading to Europe for 15 concerts.

On Aug. 5, the "November Rain" rockers will head back to North America for 22 more dates before wrapping in Vancouver on Oct. 16. The band last hit North America in 2021, on its We're F'N Back! Tour.

For longtime fans, the end of each show will look a bit different, as Rose announced in December that he will no longer throw his microphone into the crowd after a fan claimed the move injured her.

"It's come to my attention that a fan may have been hurt at r show in Adelaide Australia possibly being hit by the microphone at the end of the show when I traditionally toss the mic to the fans," he wrote on Twitter.

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He continued: "Having tossed the mic at the end of r show for over 30 years we always felt it was a known part of the very end of r performance that fans wanted and were aware of to have an opportunity to catch the mic. Regardless in the interest of public safety from now on we'll refrain from tossing the mic or anything to the fans during or at r performance."

Rose recently celebrated his birthday with a heartfelt Twitter message to fans that thanked them for their longtime support.

"I'm very fortunate n' privileged to have such great friends, fans n' people in my life!!" he wrote. "I'm extremely grateful for ALL the people I n' Guns n' Roses r privileged to play for n' all those we meet, know n' work with around the world!! I mean that sincerely from the bottom of my heart n' don't take anyone n' their love, friendship n' support along with any of our success for granted!!"

Presale tickets for the tour will be available on Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, while the general on-sale begins Friday at 10 a.m. local time at gunsnroses.com .

See Guns N' Roses' upcoming tour dates below.

Mon June 05 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Park Hayarkon

Fri June 09 – Madrid, Spain – Civitas Metropolitan Stadium

Mon June 12 – Vigo, Spain – Estadio Abanca Balaídos

Thu June 15 – Dessel, Belgium – Grasspop Metal Meeting

Sat June 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell

Wed June 21 – Oslo, Norway – Tons of Rock

Tue June 27 – Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park

Fri June 30 – London, UK – BST Hyde Park

Mon July 03 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsch Bank Park

Wed July 05 – Bern, Switzerland – BERNEXPO

Sat July 08 – Rome, Italy – Circo Massimo

Tue July 11 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Megaland

Thu July 13 – Paris, France – La Defense

Sun July 16 – Bucharest, Romania – National Arena

Wed July 19 – Budapest, Hungary – Puskás Arena

Sat July 22 – Athens, Greece – Olympic Stadium

Sat Aug. 05 – Moncton, NB – Medavie Blue Cross Stadium

Tue Aug. 08 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau

Fri Aug. 11 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium

Tue Aug. 15 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

Mon Aug. 21 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park

Thu Aug. 24 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field

Sat Aug. 26 – Nashville, TN – GEODIS Park

Tue Aug. 29 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

Fri Sep. 01 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Sun Sep. 03 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre

Wed Sep. 06 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena

Sat Sep. 09 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium

Tue Sep. 12 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena

Fri Sep. 15 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live

Wed Sep. 20 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum

Sat Sep. 23 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Stadium

Tue Sep. 26 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome

Thu Sep. 28 – Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park

Sun Oct. 01 – San Diego, CA – Snapdragon Stadium

Sun Oct. 08 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival

Wed Oct. 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field

Mon Oct. 16 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place

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The huge tour kicks off at the Park Hayarkon, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 5.

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Guns N’ Roses return to the road on a massive 2023 World Tour produced by Live Nation, headlining stadiums, festivals, and arenas throughout the summer and fall. The powerhouse rock band launch this jaunt on June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel at Park Hayarkon and will continue across Europe through July 22, wrapping in Athens, Greece.

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The band will continue onto North America, starting on Saturday, August 5 in Moncton, NB at Medavie Blue Cross Stadium, and will visit historic venues across the country such as Fenway Park in Boston, MA on August 21 and Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL on August 24. The tour concludes in Vancouver, BC at BC Place on Monday, October 16. Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.

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Tickets for Guns N’ Roses 2023 World Tour be available starting with the band’s Nightrain Presale, beginning Wednesday February 22 at 10am local time. The general on-sale for all dates will start beginning Friday, February 24 at 10 AM local time via the band’s official website . Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, VIP bar access throughout the show, invitation to the pre-show Paradise City Lounge, limited edition Guns N’ Roses VIP merchandise & more.

This will be the first time the group have toured North America since the monumental ‘We’re F’N Back! Tour’ in 2021—which also steamrolled stadiums coast-to-coast including their first headliner at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. Meanwhile, their now-legendary ‘Not In This Lifetime… Tour (2016-2019)’ stands out as the “third-highest grossing tour of all time.”

In other big news, the cinematic music video for “November Rain” has surpassed 2 billion views , elevating it to rarified air as “one of the most-viewed rock videos of all-time.” Last year, they dropped the Use Your Illusion I & II Super Deluxe Edition Box Set . Guns N’ Roses will be unveiling more news and surprises soon. Get ready!

GUNS N’ ROSES 2023 GLOBAL TOUR DATES:

Mon Jun 05 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Park Hayarkon Fri Jun 09 – Madrid, Spain – Civitas Metropolitan Stadium Mon Jun 12 – Vigo, Spain – Estadio Abanca Balaídos Thu Jun 15 – Dessel, Belgium – Grasspop Metal Meeting Sat Jun 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell Wed Jun 21 – Oslo, Norway – Tons of Rock Tue Jun 27 – Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park Fri Jun 30 – London, UK – BST Hyde Park Mon Jul 03 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsch Bank Park Wed Jul 05 – Bern, Switzerland – BERNEXPO Sat Jul 08 – Rome, Italy – Circo Massimo Tue Jul 11 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Megaland Thu Jul 13 – Paris, France – La Defense Sun Jul 16 – Bucharest, Romania – National Arena Wed Jul 19 – Budapest, Hungary – Puskás Arena Sat Jul 22 – Athens, Greece – Olympic Stadium Sat Aug 05 – Moncton, NB – Medavie Blue Cross Stadium Tue Aug 08 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau Fri Aug 11 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium Tue Aug 15 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium Mon Aug 21 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park Thu Aug 24 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field Sat Aug 26 – Nashville, TN – GEODIS Park Tue Aug 29 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center Fri Sep 01 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center Sun Sep 03 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre Wed Sep 06 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena Sat Sep 09 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium Tue Sep 12 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena Fri Sep 15 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live Wed Sep 20 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum Sat Sep 23 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Stadium Tue Sep 26 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome Thu Sep 28 – Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park Sun Oct 01 – San Diego, CA – Snapdragon Stadium Sun Oct 08 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival Wed Oct 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field Mon Oct 16 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place

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Guns N’ Roses Announce Dates For 2023 World Tour

The outing will take Axl Rose and the gang to stadiums, arenas and festivals in the Middle East, Europe and N. America.

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Guns N’ Roses announced an extensive 2023 world tour on Tuesday (Feb.21), a run that will have the veteran hard rockers playing festivals, stadiums and arenas across the Middle East, Europe and North America.

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Though the reunited band has not announced plans for any new music to follow-up 2008’s long-gestating Chinese Democracy , the Axl Rose-led group has been hitting the road hard over the past few years, including their three-year (2016-2019) Not in This Lifetime Tour and 2021’s We’re F’N Back! tour. But in an exciting tease, the release announcing the upcoming dates promises that they will be “unveiling more news and surprises soon.”

In November, GNR released a commemorative box set celebrating their 1991 two-album set Use Your Illusion with dozens of previously unreleased tracks and videos.

Check out the dates for GNR’s 2023 tour below .

June 5 – Tel Aviv, Israel @ Park Hayarkon

June 9 – Madrid, Spain @ Civitas Metropolitan Stadium

June 12 – Vigo, Spain @ Estadio Abanca Balaídos

June 15 – Dessel, Belgium @ Grasspop Metal Meeting

June 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell

June 21 – Oslo, Norway @ Tons of Rock

June 27 – Glasgow, UK @ Bellahouston Park

June 30 – London, UK @ BST Hyde Park

July 3 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Deutsch Bank Park

July 5 – Bern, Switzerland @ BERNEXPO

July 8 – Rome, Italy @ Circo Massimo

July 11 – Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Megaland

July 13 – Paris, France @ La Defense

July 19 – Budapest, Hungary @ Puskás Arena

July 22 – Athens, Greece @ Olympic Stadium

August 5 – Moncton, NB @ Medavie Blue Cross Stadium

August 8 – Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean Drapeau

August 11 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium

August 15 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium

August 21 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park

August 24 – Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field

August 26 – Nashville, TN @ GEODIS Park

August 29 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center

Sept. 1 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Sept. 3 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre

Sept. 6 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena

Sept. 9 – St. Louis, MO @ Busch Stadium

Sept. 12 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena

Sept. 15 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live

Sept. 20 – Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum

Sept. 23 – Kansas City, MO @ Kauffman Stadium

Sept. 26 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome

Sept. 28 – Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park

Oct. 1 – San Diego, CA @ Snapdragon Stadium

Oct. 8 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival

Oct. 11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Chase Field

Oct. 16 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place

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Guns N’ Roses plots extensive 2023 world tour with 4 Canadian dates

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Guns N’ Roses is hitting the road in 2023, mapping out an extensive, five-month world tour that will hit stadiums, arenas and festivals around the world, including multiple shows in Canada.

The tour begins June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel, before making its way across Europe for 15 shows. The band will then cross the Atlantic for a slate of shows across North America, which will be bookended by appearances in Canada.

They’ll kick off the North American leg on Aug. 5 at the Medavie Blue Cross Stadium in Moncton, N.B. The following show, on Aug. 8, will take place at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal.

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On Sept. 3, they’ll make a stop at Rogers Centre in Toronto, and they’ll wrap up the tour in Vancouver, playing a show at B.C. Place Stadium on Oct. 16.

Tickets will be available starting with the band’s “Nightrain Presale,” which begins Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. local time.

The general sale for all dates will start online Friday, Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. local time.

This will be the first time the group has toured North America since the We’re F’N Back tour in 2021.

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Guns N’ Roses Duff McKagan announces 2024 UK and European solo tour

The shows include a slot at London’s Islington Assembly Hall

Duff McKagan has announced a series of UK and European tour dates, set to kick off later this year. Find a list of new dates and ticket details below.

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Announced today (April 15), the new run of tour dates come following the Guns N’ Roses bassist dropping his latest studio album ‘Lighthouse’ towards the end of last year.

The LP marked his third album as a solo artist, following on from 1993’s debut ‘Believe In Me’ and 2019’s ‘Tenderness’. It also starred guest appearances including Iggy Pop , Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, and longtime Guns N’ Roses bandmate Slash .

Now, the bassist, singer and songwriter has confirmed that he will be headed across the pond for some tour dates in the UK, Ireland and Europe.

The dates will kick off on September 30 with an opening night at the Dublin Academy in Ireland and will continue throughout October – commencing with a show at Oran Mor in Glasgow on the 2nd.

Other UK dates take place across the first week of the month and include a slot at the Academy 2 venue in Manchester, followed by a slot at the Islington Assembly Hall in London on October 3 and 5 respectively.

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European tour dates start with a show in Utrecht on October 7, followed by stops in Cologne, Munich, Brno, Warsaw and Berlin. The final shows wrap up with dates in Milan, Paris, Stockholm and more.

Tickets go on sale at 10am GMT this Friday (April 19) and will be available here . Pre-sale options and VIP packages are also available, and you can visit here for more information. Check out the full list of dates in the poster above.

The news of the tour dates also comes shortly after McKagan shared the expanded edition of ‘Lighthouse’ – featuring eight additional tracks along with three exclusive live performance videos filmed last December at Easy Street Records in Seattle. The new recordings included a stripped-down acoustic rendition of the album standout, ‘I Just Don’t Know’. Check it out below.

Around the time of the album release, McKagan shared his thoughts on the use of AI in songwriting , revealing that he has no plans to let the technology “affect my creativity”.

Discussing how his personal life and long-running interest in history acted as inspiration for the upcoming LP during an In Conversation with Dan Jones, the musician and songwriter also shared his thoughts on the increasing use of AI, and confirmed he has no plans to be experimenting with the technology any time soon.

“You’re gonna always have guys like me who [have] just got their middle finger up. They’re gonna just keep creating and not even pay attention to it, really,” he began. “I don’t pay attention to it. I’m not worried about it. It’s not gonna affect my creativity.”

He continued, saying he instead opts to draw inspiration from the support he has from his family. “I’ve got a really good situation at home… having that kind of ease at home and that support has really done wonders for me.

“That tenderness and that passion and that sense of roundedness and love and harmony, allied with that deep sort of punk rock sensibility [has] created this incredible, unique sound on ‘Lighthouse’.”

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GUNS N' ROSES played its new single, "Perhaps" , live for the first time Friday night (August 18) at the PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below.

"Perhaps" was officially released on Friday — less than a week after the shelved "Chinese Democracy" -era song was leaked on TouchTunes machines at bars and other locations.

GUNS N' ROSES reportedly soundchecked "Perhaps" ahead of the band's concert in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 5 but ended up not performing it at that gig. However, astute fans who stood outside the venue during soundcheck were quick to bust out their phones and record the rehearsal, with low-quality clips surfacing online immediately thereafter.

Like GUNS N' ROSES ' 2021 single "Hard Skool" , "Perhaps" was originally written and recorded during the sessions for "Chinese Democracy" , and a rough demo version of the song had previously been leaked and uploaded to YouTube .

Last month, GUNS N' ROSES ' longtime production manager Tom Mayhue confirmed that a new single from the band was coming soon.

Mayhue discussed the Axl Rose -fronted outfit's future plans while speaking to the media ahead of GUNS N' ROSES ' July 13 concert in Paris, France. Noting that GN'R will finish the North American leg of its tour in mid-October, he added: "And I know that the band's gonna start working on new music. They've got a bunch of stuff recorded already. So there will be new GUNS N' ROSES music very soon. In fact, I think they're trying to get a single out any day now, so you may hear something very, very soon."

Regarding what the new GUNS N' ROSES material sounds like, Mayhue said: "It sounds great. It's a lot more kind of 'Appetite [For Destruction]' -orientated. They had a lot of songs. When the band went in originally and recorded 'Appetite For Destruction' , I think they recorded, like, 29 songs. So there's a bunch of other music that was left over that didn't make the first record. I think there's only 11 songs on the first record."

This past June, Oslo's Urban Sound Studios shared a new photo of Rose and GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash , apparently taken the day after the band's performance at the Tons Of Rock festival in Norway's capital city. The picture was posted on the Urban Sound Studios Instagram account along with the following message: "We got to hang out with these 2 rock legends in the studio today. Really cool guys! (The two in the middle...). The band wanted a nice studio with a variety of speakers and headphones to listen to new mixes before they head for Glastonbury . It sounds awesome!"

During an October 2022 appearance on SiriusXM 's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" show, Slash was asked about GUNS N' ROSES ' plans for new music in the coming months. He said: "I wanna go in and cut a whole brand new record at some point, probably sooner than later. But other than that, we have stuff that we've still got to come out. So that's gonna be coming out piecemeal over the next — I don't know — over the next few months or something like that. So that's basically it. We have one more tour left to do next summer, and then that'll free us up to be able to go in and work on a new record."

GUNS N' ROSES ' most recent release was a four-song EP, "Hard Skool" , which came out in February 2022. The effort, which was exclusive to the GUNS N' ROSES ' official store, contained the two new songs the band released in 2021 — the title track and "Absurd" (stylized as "ABSUЯD" ) — as well as live versions of "Don't Cry" and "You're Crazy" .

In September 2021, the guitarist and his bandmates dropped "Hard Skool" , which came more than a month after their performance and subsequent official release of "Absurd" , a reworking of GUNS N' ROSES previously unreleased "Silkworms" .

According to Slash , several other older GUNS N' ROSES tracks have also been reworked during the pandemic. "There's a handful of those songs that we actually fixed up and did when we were in lockdown," he explained to "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" . "So those have yet to be released. So those are gonna come out. They're really good, too. So I'm excited for those. We're just gonna put out like one or two songs, and another one or two songs. And I think that's gonna be pretty much all of 'em. I'm not sure exactly how many we did in total."

When host Eddie Trunk noted that "Hard Skool" in particular was a strong cut, Slash said: "These other ones, they don't have the same kind of amount of history, 'cause I know 'Hard Skool' seriously has… [it] goes way back. But there's a couple of epic ones coming out, so I'm excited about that."

If and when it happens, the new GUNS N' ROSES studio album will be the first under the GUNS banner since "Chinese Democracy" and the first to feature Slash , singer Axl Rose and bassist Duff McKagan since 1993.

Slash previously spoke about "Hard Skool" , one of the first two songs he recorded with GUNS N' ROSES in more than 25 years, this past February in an interview with Rolling Stone . At the time he said: " 'Hard Skool' , in essence, was a completed song when I was first introduced to it. And Duff and I went in and redid the bass and the guitars. It's a simple song, so it didn't take a hell of a lot of thought and analysis. I think it was a lot of fun just because it was part and parcel of a bunch of stuff that we were working on that was all sort of new — at least to Duff and I — so we had a good time."

In October 2021, Slash told Audacy Check In host Remy Maxwell that GUNS N' ROSES had yet to begin writing new material after releasing the two reworked songs from the "Chinese Democracy" -era sessions.

"As far as new GUNS is concerned, we haven't even gotten to that point of really in earnest sitting down and writing," Slash said. "We've been doing a lot of material that's been sort of sitting around for a while. So that will be a whole focused endeavor unto itself."

As for how "Hard Skool" and "Absurd" came about, Slash said: "They both have a lot of history. What happened was Axl has all these songs that he recorded at some point along the way. And so Duff and I went in and re-did them, basically… Like, I wrote my own kind of parts to what else is going on, and [we] just sort of took the drums and re-did everything else."

Written by Rose and co-produced by Rose and Caram Costanzo , "Hard Skool" , which had the working title "Jackie Chan" , was originally recorded during GN'R 's "Chinese Democracy" era but was eventually omitted from that album. Short clips of the song were later posted online and a full version was leaked in August 2019.

On "Hard Skool" , Axl sings: "But you had to play it cool, had to do it your way/Had to be a fool, had to throw it all away/Too hard school and you thought you were here to stay/ If that were true, it wouldn't matter anyway."

"Absurd" came out on August 6, 2021, three days after GUNS N' ROSES performed the tune live for the first time during its concert at Boston's Fenway Park.

GUNS N' ROSES last performed "Silkworms" , which was also reportedly written during the "Chinese Democracy" sessions, in 2001.

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A new tour poster has fans speculating the return of the band’s ‘Appetite’ lineup.

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Guns N’ Roses ’ latest tour announcement has fans once again speculating the return of original rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin and drummer Steven Adler.

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The band yesterday (19 November) announced a string of eight shows in New Zealand and Australia in 2021. The poster for the announcement features the band’s Appetite For Destruction logo, which depicts each original member as a skull. See it below:

Get. Ready. Australia & New Zealand, 2021 ⚡ pic.twitter.com/OVA9LFTZBG — Guns N' Roses (@gunsnroses) November 18, 2020

Frontman Axl Rose, guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan are the only original members currently in the band; the three reconvened in 2016 for the long-awaited Not In This Lifetime world tour.

GN’R fans have noted that the poster is the first promotional material that uses the Appetite  logo to advertise the band’s “reunion” lineup.

“Isn’t this the first time they have all five of the Appetite For Destruction skulls as part of their advertising as [opposed] to just the three of Axl, Slash and Duff,” one fan tweeted . “Should we be reading more into this?”

Another fan responded to the band’s post: “I notice you’re using the AFD logo with Izzy and Steven… is that a hint? Or do you just like the logo?”

Stradlin was the only original member not to make an appearance on the band’s Not In This Lifetime tour. Last year, McKagan offered his thoughts on why the guitarist has been absent from the trek .

“I just don’t think he ever wanted to do it,” he told Classic Rock . “We tried to make it work, but it just didn’t. And in a situation like this… You either get on it or you don’t, because the train’s moving forward.”

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Axl Rose has launched his own official website at officialaxlrose.com . The tag line for Guns N’ Roses frontman’s new website reads “You gotta learn to live and run, or you’ll die trying.”

The “About” section reads: “Born William Bruce Rose Jr. on February 6, 1962, in Lafayette, Indiana, Axl rose to fame as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of Guns N' Roses, a band that rose to prominence in the late 1980s with their debut album Appetite For Destruction.”

Earlier this year, Guns N’ Roses unveiled the music video for their brand-new single, "The General". The cinematic clip notably stands out as the band’s first-ever A.I.-powered music video.

The video for “The General” intercuts 20 live vignettes with an A.I.-animated psychedelic visual trip. Between the concert footage, it dives into the subconscious of a young boy who stares down the monsters of dark childhood memories, blurring worlds in the process. The result is unlike anything the band has done before and continues a longstanding historic tradition of bold visuals from Guns N’ Roses. To bring this vision to life, Guns N’ Roses collaborated with Dan Potter - Creative Director of London-based creative studio Creative Works. This was a collaboration between real designers and artificial designers, and the inspiration came from within the band.

Guns N’ Roses new single, "The General" is out now via Geffen Records (listen here ) and follows the release of their summer 2023 single “Perhaps”. Guns N’ Roses initially debuted “The General” to a sold-out hometown audience during their two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. Since then, fans have anxiously awaited the official arrival of “The General” music video.

Last November, Guns N’ Roses concluded their blockbuster 2023 world tour, which sold 1.3 million tickets around the world. The tour marked the band’s largest run to date and consisted of acclaimed performances across European stadiums and arenas. The band’s legendary three-hour-plus shows encompassed sought-after fan favorites in addition to newly dusted-off gems from their back catalog, leaving ardent audiences in awe. Their run included headlining festivals including Glastonbury and London’s Hyde Park. The band’s North American leg included sold-out performances at historic venues such as the Hollywood Bowl and MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, as well as a co-headlining performance at Power Trip in Indio with AC/DC & Metallica.

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Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose Launches His Own Official Website

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has launched his own official website .

This is Rose’s very first website that isn’t associated with the Guns N’ Roses name, so it’s unclear what the page means. The homepage features a few draggable photos of the singer and video clips in the background, with his name and a quote that reads, “You gotta live to learn and run, or you’ll die trying.”

The “About” section at officialaxlrose.com reads, “Unmistakeable vocal style, he has carved out a legendary status in the rock history,” with a brief biography underneath about his career with GN’R. There’s also a “News” tab and a gallery of photos.

Only three articles are currently listed under the news section, all of which detail the release of Guns’ latest single “The General.” The rocker’s social media platforms are linked at the bottom of the page, including a TikTok profile, which currently doesn’t have any posts on it.

Guns N’ Roses don’t have any shows booked for 2024, making this year the first that the band won’t perform since Slash and Duff McKagan rejoined in 2016.

Slash is currently on tour with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, and is also gearing up for the release of his blues covers album Orgy of the Damned . McKagan, on the other hand, will head out on tour in Europe later this year in support of his latest solo album Lighthouse.

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What Rose has in the works at this time is unknown. Some fans have caught wind of the website and shared it on social media. The Guns N’ Roses-centric podcast and website Appetite for Distortion shared the site on their social media, speculating whether it means the singer will release a book in the future. However, this hasn’t been confirmed.

Stay tuned for more updates as we learn more about the site.

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Get ready to rock as Guns N' Roses returns to the road with a massive 2024 world tour produced by Live Nation. The legendary band will be headlining stadiums, festivals, and arenas all across the summer and fall, with the tour starting on June 5.

First, the band will travel across Europe before hitting North America in August, with their first tour since the "We F’N Back Tour" in 2021. Fans can look forward to seeing the reunion of guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, and singer Axl Rose, supported by guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer, keyboardist Dizzy Reed, and second keyboardist Melissa Reese.

The band's North American leg will feature iconic venues, including the Alamodome in San Antonio on Sep. 26 and the Minute Maid Park in Houston on Sep. 28. As one of the most highly acclaimed rock bands of all time, Guns N' Roses has sold over 100 million records worldwide and cemented their legacy into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012.

Their most recognizable hits, "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Sweet Child O' Mine," are sure to electrify audiences on the tour. The journey begins on June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel at Park Hayarkon and continues through Europe until July 22, with the final show in Athens, Greece. Then, the band moves on to North America, starting in Moncton, NB at Medavie Blue Cross Stadium on August 5, followed by historic venues like Fenway Park in Boston, MA on August 21 and Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL on August 24. The tour concludes in Vancouver, BC at BC Place on Monday, October 16. Get Guns N' Roses tickets now and join us for a rockin' time!

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Axl Rose Empathizes, Apologizes in New Guns N’ Roses Song ‘Perhaps’

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Since Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan reunited as Guns N’ Roses in 2016, fans of the band have been hoping for new studio music from the group. They’ve been rewarded here and there, with the electro-punk of “Absurd” (né “Silkworms”) in August 2021 and the more traditional rocker “Hard Skool” the next month. Now, two years later, and after a false start last week, GN’R have officially released a piano-driven song titled “Perhaps.”

And — dare we say — it also seems to be an apology. “My sense of rejection is no excuse for my behavior,” Rose sings at one point, bowing to someone he once misinterpreted and who ultimately pushed him away. Later, he empathizes: “How would I know how it feels or what it is to be you? I’ve been so upset harboring this hate for days/What a weight upon your shoulders that you don’t need.”

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But that’s not to say there’s no piss and vinegar in Guns’ new song. In the guitar breakdown, Rose can’t resist engaging in a little schadenfreude. “Got a lot more than I bargained for,” he howls, “You’re all alone now.” You can almost hear the grin on his face.

Guns N’ Roses performed “Perhaps” live for the first time on Friday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

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Former Guns N’ Roses Bassist Duff McKagan Announces Solo Tour

Former Guns N’ Roses bassist, Duff McKagan has announced a solo headlining UK and European tour for this fall.

He’ll start off in Dublin on September 30 and travel to Paris, Munich, Milan, Stockholm and London. In total… he’ll play 15 cities in 11 different countries McKagan commented: “At last! At last! See you all soon.”

McKagan’s latest solo project is titled Lighthouse , it was released late last year. He recently dropped his first live, full-band performance of the album’s material, which was shot at Easy Street Records in Seattle.

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Satisfaction Way: Glendale renames street for Rolling Stones concert at State Farm Stadium

Glendale, Arizona, is taking a page from its Taylor Swift playbook .

The city is ceremonially renaming a portion of 95th Avenue in Westgate Entertainment District Satisfaction Way in honor of the Rolling Stones ' concert on Tuesday, May 7 , at State Farm Stadium.

On Monday, April 15, Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers proclaimed May 7 to be Ruby Tuesday. He read the proclamation at a news conference that featured students from the School of Rock getting their ya-ya’s out on a cover of “Sympathy for the Devil.”

The mayor then boarded a cherry picker and was lifted up to uncover the Satisfaction Way sign.

Unlike any other street sign in the city, this one has the "Hackney Diamonds" update of the Stones' iconic tongue-and-lips logo.

Why Glendale is renaming a street for the Rolling Stones

If you're wondering why they're making all this fuss around a concert by the Rolling Stones in 2024, there are several reasons.

“This is the first act ever to bring three separate stadium tours to State Farm Stadium and Glendale,” City Manager Kevin Phelps says.

Plus, as city spokeswoman Sue Breding notes, they are "the world's great rock 'n' roll band."

Phelps himself is a bit of a Stones fan, having seen one of their earliest stadium shows in 1981 at the Kingdome in Seattle.

“When you think about how long ago 1981 was, I think it’s remarkable just the longevity and the fact that they’ve been able to span multiple generations of the same family who follow the music,” Phelps says. “I think it’s really unique.”

Mayor Weiers was thrilled to be involved in honoring the Rolling Stones.

"I grew up with the Stones," he says.

"I don’t think there’s too many people alive who don’t know who the Rolling Stones are. And whether you love them or not, you can’t argue the fact that they are one of the most — if not the most — popular rock ‘n’ roll bands ever. They cut across a lot of different groups of people. And how do you not like a guy who’s still performing more than 60 years later. It’s pretty incredible."

The Stones last played the stadium in 2019, a sold-out date on their No Filter Tour.

State Farm Stadium general manager Andy Gorchov says, "We are thrilled to be hosting The Rolling Stones for a third time. This marks another exciting addition to our lineup of prestigious events, reaffirming our commitment to delivering unforgettable experiences to fans.”

The Rolling Stones agreed to Glendale using their iconic logo

The Rolling Stones were very agreeable to allowing the city to use their logo on the sign for Satisfaction Way, which stretches from Camelback Road to Glendale Avenue.

“When I first got to Glendale, we typically would try to reach out to artists coming in and we would have to do a lot of arm-twisting just to get them involved in any kind of additional promotion or opportunity,” Phelps says.

That’s before the Swift City campaign the city rolled out in honor of Taylor Swift launching The Eras Tour with two performances at State Farm Stadium in 2023, for which the city won a national marketing award.

Ruby Tuesday will be celebrated all along Satisfaction Way. You've got the concert to the south, of course. But on the north end, merchants in the Westgate Entertainment District will have special Ruby Tuesday offerings, ranging from Pour Some Brown Sugar on Me Wings at Shane’s Rib Shack to Paint it Black punch at Johnny’s Chicken & Waffles.

Phelps says the city has been very “entrepreneurial” in how it tries to leverage these opportunities.

“I think it’s important to understand why we’re doing this,” Phelps says. “The main reason is that there’s been this shift from just being a concert to now being an event. And that event is now going longer. People are staying in hotel rooms overnight.

"So part of what we’re doing, having fun with promoting the artist coming to Glendale, is just to remind them this is special, take some time off of work, come in and don’t just spend a few hours but maybe spend a few days here in Glendale.”

Glendale has done similar campaigns for Guns N' Roses, Taylor Swift

The first campaign Phelps recalls doing was for a Guns N’ Roses concert in 2016 . Glendale renamed itself Paradise City for that one.

At the time, he recalls, “it was hard to get the band and the manager engaged in that campaign.”

How does the city go about deciding when a concert rises to the level that suggests this type of campaign?

“We’re looking for that unique component to it,” Phelps says. “State Farm Stadium has been very successful the past couple years at bringing a whole host of artists that have filled up the stadium.”

'You don't want to hand out a thousand keys to the city'

There needs to be an angle, whether it’s a tour launch or the Stones becoming the first band to bring three separate tours to State Farm Stadium.

“You can go to the well too often,” Phelps says. “You don’t want to hand out a thousand keys to the city.

"But I would say this: We probably won’t force-feed what we can do as a city to help promote an event. It’s going to take a partnership with us and the artist and their management.”

The Stones were willing to lean into it and get creative, including allowing the use of their iconic lips logo.

“That really showed us that they were willing to assist us and it wasn’t just, ‘What can you do for us?’" Phelps said.

"It was, ‘How can we help you really have some fun with this?’ I think in the future, we’ll need to have that kind of partner. And then as long as we continue to show success with these types of campaigns, I think it’ll be easier to get the artist engaged.”

How Satisfaction Way is helping Glendale build its brand

To Phelps, this represents a long-term vision for the future of the city.

“This is helping the city of Glendale to build its brand around the Entertainment District,” Phelps says. “We’re putting this effort in to help our merchants and our hotels in the area really leverage what we’re doing. I’m just fortunate to have a really creative team in our media department that really thinks out of the box on this stuff.”

The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds Tour comes to Glendale on Tuesday, May 7. Doors open at 6 p.m. Music starts at 8.

State Farm Stadium is a cashless venue with a clear bag policy. Tickets are available at SeatGeek.com .

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'Where Do We Go Now?:' Erie's First To Eleven hits road for East Coast tour

Erie's own First to Eleven is hosting a special show in Erie, bringing their "Where Do We Go Now?" tour home.

The Erie-based cover band kicked off their tour in April bringing their music to a number of major cities, including St. Louis, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. First to Eleven's band that performs original music without Ryan Krysiak, Concrete Castles, released their most recent album "Brand New Me" in August 2023.

"We’re doing a few more cities, a few bigger rooms and kind of hitting some markets we never touched on before," said Audra Miller, the band's lead vocalist. "Our last tour was pretty much just the East Coast and now we’re doing more of the East Coast and making our way into the Midwest a little bit."

During the Erie show April 26 at BigBar, 14 E. 10th St., the band will partner up with another Erie band, Daytona Beach, and local musician Brooke Surgener.

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The show at BigBar was a good fit for the band as it was scheduled close to their show in Pittsburgh.

“It kind of worked out that we already had a show booked at BigBar and it was in the tour, so I was like, 'Oh, we’re going to have to cancel that,'" said Ryan Krysiak, the band's bass guitarist. "Then I was looking at it and that was at the end of the tour and we’re in Pittsburgh the night before. It was like, why don’t we make it happen in Erie? We will keep that show and Daytona Beach has been doing really well at BigBar, as was First to Eleven, so let’s combine them and let’s go hard for this one show."

Preparing for tour and shows

Since 2023, First to Eleven has been pumping out cover songs aiming to add one cover a week to their repertoire.

These cover songs get uploaded to YouTube which help the band decide what the fans like and want to hear so they can create the setlists for tour.

More: From teen rockers to YouTube stars: Erie's First to Eleven at 1 million fans and growing

"It’s very random; it used to be top 40 songs at the beginning of our YouTube career," Miller said. "Once we started doing one cover a week it got a little easier because if one cover doesn’t do as well it’s okay because you have one coming out next week instead of a month later. So now it’s like we listen to the fans, and if there’s something they like, it’s like okay I guess we’ll try it. And if it’s a song we do that does really well we will do something in a similar genre or by a similar artist, or sometimes we will throw in random stuff that we want to try and see if it works."

From the setlist, the band then determines where the show goes from the perspective of the audience.

"For a longer bar show we will play for three hours so we have to pull out pretty much everything," Krysiak said. "That’s based off when you are at a bar you go through this process of like I’m just sitting and having my first drink like what do you want to hear during that set. Then a couple of drinks in you are feeling a little loose. What do you play then and what do you play at the end when you are ready to party."

One of their more popular songs that has done well with the audience, "Sweet Child of Mine" by Guns N' Roses, gave them the idea for their next tour name, "Where Do We Go Now?"

"Brooke (Surgener) came up with it, but our most popular cover on YouTube is 'Sweet Child of Mine.' So she was like you should just take a lyric from that song and name your tour after it, so that’s what we did," Miller said.

First to Eleven has a setlist filled with popular songs from Nickelback to ABBA to Queen and more.

Sometimes bands, including Nickelback , have shared First To Eleven's videos to their social media pages.

When will First To Eleven be in my area?

To find if First to Eleven will be in your area, check out their website Firsttoeleven.com . Each show will have it's own ticket link.

The band also offers a VIP ticket option which will include early admission, a Q&A before the show and more.

Can’t make the Erie show at BigBar? First to Eleven will be in Erie this summer. The band mentions that if you show up to a show you could be featured in one of their YouTube videos .

The "Where Do We Go Now?" tour goes from April to late August.

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