Guns N’ Roses wrapped up their 2024 tour schedule with a November 5 performance at the Hell & Heaven Metal Fest in Mexico, and now the legendary rockers have revealed plans to return to the road in 2025 for an overseas tour. GN’R has announced dates for tour of the Middle East and Europe spanning from late spring into the summer.
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The shows will include headlining performances at stadiums and festivals. So far, 24 concerts have been confirmed, beginning with a May 23 date in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and mapped out through a July 31 set at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany.
Guns N’ Roses will be supported at select dates by Rival Sons, Public Enemy, and the Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter.
The tour will feature the band’s first-ever concerts in Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Lithuania, and Luxembourg. The other countries Guns N’ Roses will visit on the trek include the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, the U.K., Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Austria.
Tickets for most of the concerts will go on sale to the general public on Friday, December 13. Members of Guns N’ Roses’ Nightrain club will be able to access pre-sale tickets for most shows now. VIP packages also will be available for purchase. For more info, visit Guns N’ Roses tour page.
Fans interested in buying tickets early may also want to check StubHub before the public sale.
Guns N’ Roses Posted a Cool Tour Promo Video
On December 8, Guns N’ Roses teased the new tour with a promo video posted on their social media pages.
The clip features a montage of black-and-white footage of the band in concert. As the video progress, “Guns N’ Roses” in red lettering flashes on the screen, then “World Tour 2025.” After That’s followed by a tagline that reads “Because What You Want … And What You Get … Are Two … Completely … Different … Things.”
New Music from Guns N’ Roses?
Guns N’ Roses haven’t released a full-length studio album since Chinese Democracy in 2008, although the band has put out a few singles during the last several years. Most recently, GN’R released the tracks “Perhaps” and “The General” in 2023.
Guitarist Slash has said in multiple interviews that Guns N’ Roses continues to work on new material, although it isn’t clear if there are definite plans for new singles or an album in the near future. Meanwhile, Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, and keyboardist Dizzy Reed have put out or are planning to release new solo projects.
Most recently, Slash and McKagan contributed to the new benefit single “I Can Breathe,” which will raise money for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The GN’R bandmates teamed up with Cesar Gueikian, CEO of the Gibson guitar company, under the moniker the Gibson Band to record the track.
McKagan co-wrote the song with Gueikian, and contributed lead vocals, while Slash played lead guitar on the track.
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