Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour

Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour
Tour by Guns N' Roses
Location	Asia; Europe; North America;
Start date	June 1, 2023
End date	November 5, 2023
Legs	2
No. of shows	50 (51 scheduled)
Guns N' Roses concert chronology
	; We're F'N' Back! Tour; (2021–2022); ; Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour; (2023); ; ...;

American hard rock band Guns N' Roses toured throughout Asia, Europe and North America in 2023. The tour began on 1 June 2023 at the Etihad Arena and concluded on 5 November 2023 at the Hell & Heaven Metal Festival. The tour was marked by the inclusion of songs that had not been performed in a long time (notably "Anything Goes", "Bad Obsession", "Pretty Tied Up" and "Down On The Farm").^[1] On August 18, 2023, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, the band debuted the new single "Perhaps", which was released on digital platforms on the same date.^[2] "The General", later released as the B-side on the "Perhaps" 7-inch vinyl in December, was performed live for the first time at The Hollywood Bowl on November 2, 2023.^[3]

Tour dates

List of 2023 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets, and amount of gross revenue^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
June 1, 2023	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Etihad Arena	Girish and the Chronicles	—	—
June 5, 2023	Tel Aviv	Israel	Park Hayarkon	Eifo HaYeled	—	—
June 9, 2023	Madrid	Spain	Cívitas Metropolitano	The Pretenders	—	—
June 12, 2023	Vigo	Spain	Estadio Abanca Balaidos	The Pretenders	—	—
June 15, 2023^[a]	Dessel	Belgium	Festivalpark Stenehei	—	—	—
June 17, 2023^[b]	Copenhagen	Denmark	Refshaleøen
June 21, 2023^[c]	Oslo	Norway	Ekebergsletta
June 24, 2023^[d]	Pilton	England	Worthy Farm
June 27, 2023	Glasgow	Scotland	Bellahouston Park	The Pretenders	—	—
June 30, 2023^[e]	London	England	Hyde Park	—	—	—
July 3, 2023	Frankfurt	Germany	Deutsche Bank Park	The Pretenders	—	—
July 5, 2023	Bern	Switzerland	Bernexpo		—	—
July 8, 2023	Rome	Italy	Circo Massimo		—	—
July 11, 2023	Weert^[f]	Netherlands	Evenemententerrein Weert Noord	—	—	—
July 13, 2023	Paris	France	Paris La Défense Arena	Generation Sex	—	—
July 16, 2023	Bucharest	Romania	Arena Națională	Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons	—	—
July 19, 2023	Budapest	Hungary	Puskás Aréna	Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons	—	—
July 22, 2023	Athens	Greece	Olympic Stadium	The Last Internationale	—	—
August 5, 2023	Moncton	Canada	Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium	Carrie Underwood	—	—
August 8, 2023	Montreal	Canada	Parc Jean-Drapeau	Carrie Underwood	—	—
August 11, 2023	Hershey	United States	Hersheypark Stadium	The Pretenders	—	—
August 15, 2023	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium		—	—
August 18, 2023	Pittsburgh		PNC Park		—	—
August 21, 2023	Boston		Fenway Park		—	—
August 24, 2023	Chicago		Wrigley Field		—	—
August 26, 2023	Nashville		Geodis Park	Carrie Underwood	—	—
August 29, 2023	Charlotte		Spectrum Center	Dirty Honey	—	—
September 1, 2023	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center	Dirty Honey	—	—
September 3, 2023	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	The Pretenders	—	—
September 6, 2023	Lexington	United States	Rupp Arena	Dirty Honey	—	—
September 12, 2023	Knoxville		Thompson-Boling Arena	Dirty Honey	—	—
September 15, 2023	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live	The Warning	—	—
September 17, 2023^[g]	Atlanta		Piedmont Park	—	—	—
September 20, 2023	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum	Dirty Honey	—	—
September 23, 2023	Kansas City		Kauffman Stadium	Alice in Chains	—	—
September 26, 2023	San Antonio		Alamodome		—	—
September 28, 2023	Houston		Minute Maid Park		—	—
October 1, 2023	San Diego		Snapdragon Stadium		—	—
October 6, 2023^[h]	Indio		Empire Polo Club	—	—	—
October 8, 2023^[i]	Sacramento		Discovery Park	—	—	—
October 11, 2023	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre^[j]	Alice in Chains	—	—
October 14, 2023	Seattle		Climate Pledge Arena	Ayron Jones	—	—
October 16, 2023	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place	Alice in Chains	—	—
October 19, 2023	Edmonton	Canada	Rogers Place	Ghost Hounds	—	—
October 22, 2023	Nampa	United States	Ford Idaho Center
October 24, 2023	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
October 27, 2023	Denver		Ball Arena	Ayron Jones
November 1, 2023	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	The Black Keys
November 2, 2023	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	The Black Keys
November 5, 2023^[k]	Toluca	Mexico	Foro Pegaso	—
Total					—	—

Cancelled dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
September 9, 2023	St. Louis	United States	Busch Stadium	Illness^[12]

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, percussion
Slash – lead guitar, talkbox, slide guitar
Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals
Frank Ferrer – drums, percussion
Melissa Reese – keyboards, synthesizers, sub-bass, programming, percussion, backing vocals

Guests

Dave Grohl – vocals and guitar during the song "Paradise City" (June 24, 2023)
Carrie Underwood – vocals during the songs "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Paradise City" (August 5, 2023; August 8, 2023; August 26, 2023)
Bubbles – vocals during the song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (August 5, 2023)
Chrissie Hynde – harmonica during the song "Bad Obsession" (August 21, 2023)
Mike McCready – guitar during the song "Paradise City" (October 14, 2023)

Notes

^ The performance in Dessel on June 15, 2023, was part of Graspop Metal Meeting.
^ The performance in Copenhagen on June 17, 2023, was part of Copenhell.
^ The performance in Oslo on June 21, 2023, was part of Tons of Rock.
^ The performance in Pilton on June 24, 2023, was part of Glastonbury Festival
^ The performance in London on June 30, 2023, was part of British Summer Time
^ Originally scheduled at Megaland in Landgraaf with The Pretenders as the opening act, but relocated to Evenemententerrein Weert Noord in Weert without an opening act.^[10]
^ The performance in Atlanta on September 17, 2023, was part of Music Midtown.
^ The performance in Indio on October 6, 2023, was part of Power Trip Festival.
^ The performance in Sacramento on October 8, 2023, was part of Aftershock Festival.
^ Original venue was Chase Field but changed to Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre due to MLB playoffs.^[11]
^ The performance in Toluca on November 5, 2023, was part of Hell & Heaven Metal Fest.

References

^ "Guns N' Roses Bring Out Rarities At 2023 Tour Launch In Abu Dhabi". Blabbermouth. June 1, 2023.
^ Kreps, Daniel (August 19, 2023). "See Guns N' Roses Debut New Song 'Perhaps' Live in Pittsburgh". Rolling Stone.
^ Erickson, Anne (November 3, 2023). "Guns N' Roses Give New Song "The General" Live Debut in Los Angeles: Watch". Consequence.
^ Carter, Emily (December 1, 2022). "Guns N' Roses to headline London's BST Hyde Park in June 2023". Kerrang!.
^ Breihan, Tom (21 February 2023). "Guns N' Roses Announce Global Stadium Tour". Stereogum.
^ Breihan, Tom (3 March 2023). "Glastonbury's 2023 Headliners Are Arctic Monkeys, Guns N' Roses, Elton John & Lizzo". Stereogum.
^ "Guns N' Roses Add Dates to 2023 Tour, Announce Special Guests". 2023-05-31.
^ "Guns N' Roses announces two legendary LA performances at the iconic Hollywood Bowl". Guns N' Roses. October 9, 2023.
^
Sources for Leg 1:
- Hadusek, Jon (June 5, 2023). "How to Get Tickets to Guns N' Roses' 2023 World Tour". Consequence. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
^ Bastiaens, Maarten (6 April 2023). "Tegenvallende kaartverkoop: Guns N' Roses niet in Landgraaf". 1Limburg.
^ Guns N' Roses [@gunsnroses] (October 6, 2023). "Congrats to the Arizona Diamondbacks!" – via Instagram.
^ Johnson, Kevin (September 9, 2023). "Guns N' Roses postpones Busch Stadium concert in St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

[10] The performance in Dessel on June 15, 2023, was part of Graspop Metal Meeting.

[11] The performance in Copenhagen on June 17, 2023, was part of Copenhell.

[12] The performance in Oslo on June 21, 2023, was part of Tons of Rock.

[13] The performance in Pilton on June 24, 2023, was part of Glastonbury Festival

[14] The performance in London on June 30, 2023, was part of British Summer Time

[16] Originally scheduled at Megaland in Landgraaf with The Pretenders as the opening act, but relocated to Evenemententerrein Weert Noord in Weert without an opening act.^[10]

[17] The performance in Atlanta on September 17, 2023, was part of Music Midtown.

[18] The performance in Indio on October 6, 2023, was part of Power Trip Festival.

[19] The performance in Sacramento on October 8, 2023, was part of Aftershock Festival.

[21] Original venue was Chase Field but changed to Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre due to MLB playoffs.^[11]

[22] The performance in Toluca on November 5, 2023, was part of Hell & Heaven Metal Fest.

[1] "Guns N' Roses Bring Out Rarities At 2023 Tour Launch In Abu Dhabi". Blabbermouth. June 1, 2023.

[2] Kreps, Daniel (August 19, 2023). "See Guns N' Roses Debut New Song 'Perhaps' Live in Pittsburgh". Rolling Stone.

[3] Erickson, Anne (November 3, 2023). "Guns N' Roses Give New Song "The General" Live Debut in Los Angeles: Watch". Consequence.

[4] Carter, Emily (December 1, 2022). "Guns N' Roses to headline London's BST Hyde Park in June 2023". Kerrang!.

[tournaeuro2023-5] Breihan, Tom (21 February 2023). "Guns N' Roses Announce Global Stadium Tour". Stereogum.

[6] Breihan, Tom (3 March 2023). "Glastonbury's 2023 Headliners Are Arctic Monkeys, Guns N' Roses, Elton John & Lizzo". Stereogum.

[7] "Guns N' Roses Add Dates to 2023 Tour, Announce Special Guests". 2023-05-31.

[8] "Guns N' Roses announces two legendary LA performances at the iconic Hollywood Bowl". Guns N' Roses. October 9, 2023.

[9] Sources for Leg 1:
Hadusek, Jon (June 5, 2023). "How to Get Tickets to Guns N' Roses' 2023 World Tour". Consequence. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

[21] Hadusek, Jon (June 5, 2023). "How to Get Tickets to Guns N' Roses' 2023 World Tour". Consequence. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

[15] Bastiaens, Maarten (6 April 2023). "Tegenvallende kaartverkoop: Guns N' Roses niet in Landgraaf". 1Limburg.

[20] Guns N' Roses [@gunsnroses] (October 6, 2023). "Congrats to the Arizona Diamondbacks!" – via Instagram.

[23] Johnson, Kevin (September 9, 2023). "Guns N' Roses postpones Busch Stadium concert in St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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