Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour

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Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour
Tour by Guns N' Roses
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
Start dateJune 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)
End dateNovember 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)
Legs2
No. of shows50 (51 scheduled)
Box office$96.2 million (31 shows) [1]
Guns N' Roses concert chronology

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"). [2] 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. [3] "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. [4]

Contents

Tour dates

List of 2023 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets, and amount of gross revenue [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
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 Estadio Abanca Balaidos ——
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 ——
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 Parc Jean-Drapeau ——
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 ——
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 ——
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 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
November 5, 2023 [k] Toluca Mexico Foro Pegaso—
Total——

Cancelled dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
September 9, 2023 St. Louis United States Busch Stadium Illness [13]

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

Guests

Notes

  1. ↑ The performance in Dessel on June 15, 2023, was part of Graspop Metal Meeting.
  2. ↑ The performance in Copenhagen on June 17, 2023, was part of Copenhell.
  3. ↑ The performance in Oslo on June 21, 2023, was part of Tons of Rock.
  4. ↑ The performance in Pilton on June 24, 2023, was part of Glastonbury Festival
  5. ↑ The performance in London on June 30, 2023, was part of British Summer Time
  6. ↑ 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. [11]
  7. ↑ The performance in Atlanta on September 17, 2023, was part of Music Midtown.
  8. ↑ The performance in Indio on October 6, 2023, was part of Power Trip Festival.
  9. ↑ The performance in Sacramento on October 8, 2023, was part of Aftershock Festival.
  10. ↑ Original venue was Chase Field but changed to Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre due to MLB playoffs. [12]
  11. ↑ The performance in Toluca on November 5, 2023, was part of Hell & Heaven Metal Fest.

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