Ahead of their international dates of their 2023 global tour, Guns N’ Roses today announce the artists that will support the tour’s North American leg: Carrie Underwood, The Pretenders, Alice In Chains, The Warning and Dirty Honey. In addition, the band will be adding new shows: one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at PNC Park on August 18th and another in Seattle, Washington at Climate Pledge Arena on October 14th.
Guns N’ Roses return to the road on a massive 2023 world tour produced by Live Nation, headlining stadiums, festivals, and arenas throughout the summer and fall. The powerhouse rock band launches this jaunt next week on June 5th in Tel Aviv, Israel at Park Hayarkon and will continue across Europe through July 22nd, wrapping in Athens, Greece. The band will continue onto North America, starting on August 5th in Moncton, New Brunswick at Medavie Blue Cross Stadium, and will visit historic venues across the country such as Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on August 21st and Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on August 24th. The tour concludes in Vancouver, British Columbia at BC Place on on October 16th.
Tickets for the new Pittsburgh date will be available starting with the band’s presale today at 10 a.m. local time, with the general on-sale starting June 2nd at 10 a.m. local time; tickets to the new Seattle date will be available starting June 9th at 10 a.m. local time, all on gunsnroses.com. Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, VIP bar access throughout the show, invitation to the pre-show Paradise City Lounge, limited edition Guns N’ Roses VIP merchandise and more. For more information, visit vipnation.com.
This will be the first time the group have toured North America since the monumental We’re F’N Back! tour in 2021 — which also steamrolled stadiums coast to coast, including their first headliner at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Meanwhile, their now-legendary Not In This Lifetime… tour (2016-2019) stands out as the “third-highest grossing tour of all time.”
Expanding their influence across culture, Guns N’ Roses also notably just sponsored Erik Jones and the No. 43 in the Daytona 500. His race team, Legacy Motor Club is co-owned by NASCAR legends Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson who shared his excitement on Twitter.
2023 international dates:
Jun. 5 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Park Hayarkon
Jun. 9 – Madrid, Spain – Civitas Metropolitan Stadium
Jun. 12 – Vigo, Spain – Estadio Abanca Balaídos
Jun. 15 – Dessel, Belgium – Grasspop Metal Meeting
Jun. 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell
Jun. 21 – Oslo, Norway – Tons of Rock
Jun. 27 – Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park
Jun. 30 – London, UK – BST Hyde Park
Jul. 3 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsch Bank Park
Jul. 5 – Bern, Switzerland – BERNEXPO
Jul. 8 – Rome, Italy – Circo Massimo
Jul. 11 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Megaland
Jul. 13 – Paris, France – La Defense
Jul. 16 – Bucharest, Romania – National Arena
Jul. 19 – Budapest, Hungary – Puskás Arena
Jul. 22 – Athens, Greece – Olympic Stadium
North American dates:
Aug. 5 – Moncton, NB – Medavie Blue Cross Stadium (with Carrie Underwood)
Aug. 8 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau (with Carrie Underwood)
Aug. 11 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium (with The Pretenders)
Aug. 15 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium (with The Pretenders)
Aug. 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park (with The Pretenders) ^
Aug. 21 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park (with The Pretenders)
Aug. 24 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field (with The Pretenders)
Aug. 26 – Nashville, TN – GEODIS Park (with Carrie Underwood)
Aug. 29 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center (with Dirty Honey)
Sep. 1 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center (with Dirty Honey)
Sep. 3 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre (with The Pretenders)
Sep. 6 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena (with Dirty Honey)
Sep. 9 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium (with The Pretenders)
Sep. 12 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena (with The Warning)
Sep. 15 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live (with The Warning) *
Sep. 17 – Atlanta, GA – Midtown Music Festival *
Sep. 20 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum (with Dirty Honey)
Sep. 23 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Stadium (with Alice In Chains)
Sep. 26 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome (with Alice In Chains)
Sep. 28 – Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park with Alice In Chains)
Oct. 1 – San Diego, CA – Snapdragon Stadium (with Alice In Chains)
Oct. 6 – Indio, CA – Power Trip Festival *
Oct. 8 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival *
Oct. 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field (with Alice In Chains)
Oct. 14 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena ^ (support act to be determined)
Oct. 16 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place (with Alice In Chains)
^ Newly added date
*Not a Live Nation date
Guns N’ Roses launched its long-rumored and long-awaited reunion tour with an April 2016 club show in Hollywood and appearances in Las Vegas and at California’s Coachella festival.
Guns N’ Roses’ reunion tour features classic-lineup members Duff McKagan (bass), Axl Rose (vocals) and Slash (guitar),backed by guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and second keyboardist Melissa Reese.
Guns N’ Roses released a new four-song EP, Hard Skool (listen here), in February 2022. The effort, which is exclusive to the Guns N’ Roses’ official store, contained the two new songs the band released in 2021 — the title track and Absurd (listen here)— as well as live versions of Don’t Cry and You’re Crazy.
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Carrie underwood ….really ???
Robert,
I love her (not necessarily her music). She, like Kelly Clarkson, can sing anything. She is a HUGE Guns fan, and when she tours, she always performs Guns songs in her sets, Axl has even joined her onstage, as guest.
Here she is singing Welcome To The Jungle with Axl, plus she has covered Def Leppard and Ozzy.
Yes Carrie is the best female vocalist I’ve ever heard. She is more than just looks. She seems to be a great person as well. I’d love to hear her do a hard rock song with Lzzy Hale and/or Taylor Momsen as I think those two are the best female rock vocalists!
My favorite female artist is Taylor Swift. Yep, I’m a ‘Swiftie’, but I still love Slayer, too. \m/
Rattlehead & RPS – Have you seen the CMT Crossroads performance of Taylor Swift with Def Leppard?
It was released on DVD as a Walmart exclusive in 2009, recorded in 2008 features a then 18-year-old Taylor Swift playing with Def Leppard – and it’s friggin’ awesome!
She is such a talented musician, singer, and songwriter, AND she was humble & respectful to my favorite band Def Leppard. I instantly became a fan.
Okay,
I see I am outlier here, but I don’t get Swifty, never have, never will.
What I am about to list is nothing new to Rattle, but for others:
Pros: She’s tall?
Cons: Whiny, weak vocalist (see, You Belong To Me, as a perfect example), Juvenile “songwriting” and lyrics (this might be acceptable if the voice was top notch and the material, catchy and memorable. Also, if she actually wrote all of this dreck, but she doesn’t. As my fiancee says,”Change a word, get a third (Plus, the all important co-writing credit)), came from privilege and had her Daddy buy her “career” (again might be acceptable if she had the chops to back it up).
Finally, another female vocalist, like Clarkson, and Underwood, that can sing practically anything, is Jennifer Nettles. I had no idea how proficient she was, until I saw her on a talent show. She had to to co-sing all different genres of music with her team members. She could do it all and is a phenomenal singer.
MM, I did see Swift’s performance with Def Leppard. It was indeed great! Personally, I think her voice made the songs sound better than with Joe Elliott’s voice.
I wish I was able to get tix for Taylor Swift’s ‘Era Tour’, but the Ticketmaster fiasco screwed it up for me.
She has a great voice sing. She sings live and no lip syncing. I respect any artist that does that, at least you get your monies worth. I guess your gonna see Axl, and Carrie, coming out on each at others performance.
Rattlehead – I respect Taylor and she is very beautiful as well. She’s a terrific song writer, one of the best.
RPS, I 100% concur with your comment. Me, my and son last saw her on the ‘1989’ tour. That is my most favorite album of hers….
And BTW, since this is a G&R article, I feel it necessary to post a comment about G&R…….IMO, they’re one of the most, if not THE most, OVERRATED rock bands in rock history.
I have heard enough Guns and Roses to last me the rest of my life. Dont need to hear one more song or see their greatest hits from thirty years ago tour.
Now I love Belinda Carlisle. Runaway Horses is her best work. but my favorite cd that I gave away recently to a dying friend is anthrax vol 8 the threat is real!