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Veteran rockers Guns N' Roses are heading back on the road for their first major U.S. tour in 5 years, the band announced on Wednesday. The Axl Rose-fronted group will play more than 30 concerts, starting Oct. 28 at Orlando's Amway Center Arena, and then wind through markets small (Greenville, SC) and large (Chicago).
To warm up for the road trip (sponsored by Monster Energy), Guns will first headline the last day of the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Oct. 2. They spent much of 2010 on a world tour that spanned South America, Canada and Europe.
Their sets at last year's Reading and Leeds festivals did not go over well, however. At both, the band showed up late and received choruses of boos from the crowd. Rose even declared "war" on Leeds organizers for cutting the band's set short.
Aside from Rose, the ever-fluid Guns N' Roses lineup includes keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman, guitarists DJ Ashba, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Richard Fortus, longtime bassist Tommy Stinson, and Frank Ferrer on drums.
The band has not released an album since 2008's "Chinese Democracy," which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The Tour Will Visit the Following Cities: Oct. 28: Orlando (Amway Center Arena) Oct. 29: Miami (American Airlines Arena) Oct. 31: Greenville, SC (Bi-Lo Center Arena) Nov. 2: Atlanta (Phillips Arena) Houston Nov. 5: Dallas (Gexa Energy Pavillion) Omaha, NE Tulsa, OK Nov. 12: Kansas City, MO (Sprint Center Arena) Nov. 13: Minneapolis (Target Center Arena) Chicago (All State Arena) East Rutherford, NJ Hartford, CT Wilkes-Barre, PA Worcester, MA Camden, NJ Detroit Cincinnati Nashville Indianapolis Denver
Post by pondo ROCKS on Sept 21, 2011 14:51:34 GMT -5
Really kinda sad that you A. Cannot count on GNR making it through the whole tour. B. Cannot count on Axl Rose on making it through a WHOLE show C. Have to pay horrible prices for cheap seats to a band that needs good press and D. Have to watch a shell of a band that easily could have been one of the top 10 rock bands of all time.
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Post by Funky Munky on Sept 27, 2011 2:47:30 GMT -5
I'm sure it will be a disaster. I didn't like them when I was young and they were fresh. Watching them act like ass clowns for the 1000th time doesn't seem to appealing now. I'll pass even though they'll be kicking off the tour in my back yard.
I actually got an email a few days ago offering half off tickets to the Atlanta show. Perhaps that is an indicator of weak ticket sales. I would go if Slash were present but without him I do not see the point.
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