Guns N’ Roses Return For Historic North American Tour

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Following months of intense rumors, speculation and feverish excitement from rock music fans around the world, Guns N’ Roses confirmed today they will embark on a massive North American summer stadium tour as founder Axl Rose and former members, Slash and Duff McKagan regroup for what will be one of the century’s most anticipated musical events. The news follows their previously announced headlining dates at this year’s Coachella Music & Arts Festival. The Not In This Lifetime Tour, produced and promoted exclusively by Live Nation, will see the iconic band headline stadium dates throughout the U.S. and Canada starting in Detroit at Ford Field on Thursday, June 23 and will include shows in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Washington DC, Philadelphia and more. A full list of tour dates is below. In a special preview, Axl, Slash and Duff will return to the stage tonight at The Troubadour in Los Angeles where the band launched their ground-breaking career.

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Following the group’s 1985 formation, Guns N’ Roses injected unbridled, unrivaled, and unstoppable attitude into the burgeoning Los Angeles rock scene. The spirit went on to captivate the entire world with the release of their 1987 debut Appetite for Destruction –the best-selling U.S. debut ever, moving 30 million copies globally. In 1991, the seven-time platinum Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II occupied the top two spots of the Billboard Top 200 upon release. Over the course of the past decade, Guns N’ Roses have performed sold out shows and headlined festivals worldwide following the critically acclaimed release of 2008’s RIAA platinum-certified Chinese Democracy. Six studio albums later, Guns N’ Roses are one of the most important and influential acts in music history and continue to set the benchmark for live performances connecting with millions of fans across the globe.

By the end of the April run, GNR will host almost 500,000 fans…

April 1 – Troubadour – Just a spectacular return to hallowed ground! The most anticipated event in contemporary music history happened at 12:07am on Saturday, April 2, 2016 when Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan took the stage at the Troubadour in Los Angeles for their first live performance in more than 20 years – marking the return of the celebrated lineup of Guns N’ Roses! The only hiccup, Axl slipped during the 2nd song and broke his foot…but did not go visit the doctor til Monday!

April 8 – Axl’s Left Foot – Post surgery, Axl convinces his surgeon to explain the injury and the recovery: https://vimeo.com/1621143094 – my fondest wish, is an epic battle between Axl’s left foot and David Beckham’s left foot….

April 9-10 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas – One Million fans and counting will be part of the most celebrated music event of the past few decades when the tour of the summer kicks off in June, but 40,000 had the experience early this past weekend when the return of Guns N’ Roses hit a fanatic level in Las Vegas for opening weekend of the brand new T-Mobile Arena. The back-to-back sold out shows previewed what’s to come when their 20-date, Not In This Lifetime tour hits the road in June.

Next up, Coachella for two weekends (April 16 and April 23) and two sold out stadium shows in Mexico on April 19-20…April will see almost a half million fans alone in North America!

Guns N’ Roses’ lineup – Axl Rose, Duff McKagan (bass), Slash (lead guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboard), Richard Fortus (rhythm guitar), Frank Ferrer (drums), and Melissa Reese (keyboard).

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