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We're F'N' Back! Tour

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We're F'N' Back! Tour
Tour by Guns N' Roses
Tour poster for European stops
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
Start dateJuly 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)
End dateDecember 10, 2022 (2022-12-10)
Legs5
No. of shows72
Guns N' Roses concert chronology

The We're F'N' Back! Tour[1][2][3] was a concert tour by hard rock band Guns N' Roses spanning from July 31, 2021 to December 10, 2022.

Background

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After a one-off show on January 31, 2020, in Miami in conjunction with Super Bowl LIV, the band was slated to tour Central and South America in March and April.

On February 6, 2020, a tour with The Smashing Pumpkins as openers was planned for several dates in July 2020.[4] The first tour date took place as scheduled on March 14, 2020, in Mexico City as part of the Vive Latino Festival (where they played "So Fine" with Duff McKagan on vocals for the first time since 1993), in spite of the rapid advance of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Although it was announced two days later on March 16, 2020, that the remaining Latin American dates had been postponed until October through December 2020, the shows would later be postponed indefinitely. On May 11, 2020, the band announced on Twitter that the European leg of the tour, which was originally scheduled to begin on May 20 in Lisbon, Portugal, had been cancelled.[6]

On May 20, 2020, the band announced that the North American leg of the tour was "being rescheduled out of an abundance of caution."[7][8] The postponed leg was originally slated to begin on July 4 in Milwaukee and end on August 26 in Missoula, Montana.

The now-cancelled August 8 appearance at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles area would have been (in addition to being the band's return to their home town) the first rock and roll show at the new stadium.

On November 19, 2020, the band announced 8 new Oceania dates. The Oceania tour is scheduled to begin on November 6, 2021, in Gold Coast, Australia, before wrapping things up on November 24, 2021, in Perth, Australia.[9] The Toronto date for July 26 was cancelled on June 1, 2021.

On August 3, 2021, at Fenway Park in Boston, the band played "Absurd", a reworking of the song "Silkworms" from the Chinese Democracy sessions, performed live four times back in 2001.[10]

After the band's show at Wrigley Field on September 16, 2021, Rose released a statement saying he was suffering from food poisoning during the show, however he performed the show in full.[11]

On September 24, 2021, the band released "Hard Skool", another reworking of a song from the Chinese Democracy sessions, and played live on September 26, 2021, in Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore. The song had been rumored to be released and had been played at soundchecks in 2019, 2020 (at the band's last show before the pandemic, with Rose present) and 2021.

According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the U.S. leg of the Guns N' Roses 2021 Tour grossed $50 million and sold 363,000 tickets.

On September 9, 2022, Axl Rose apologized on his Twitter account for the concert held at Rock In Rio in Rio de Janeiro.[12][13] On his account, he wrote that: "I want to apologize for being a bit under the weather, thankful not Covid. I tried to keep my cough between lines. Love you. Thank you to the fans and Rock in Rio for everything and what a fucking great crowd."[14]

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
North America[15][16][17]
July 31, 2021 Hershey United States Hersheypark Stadium Mammoth WVH 23,908 / 25,000 $2,289,600
August 3, 2021 Boston Fenway Park 25,549 / 30,000 $3,742,808
August 5, 2021 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium 35,611 / 38,000 $4,532,815
August 8, 2021 Detroit Comerica Park 19,105 / 21,000 $1,824,930
August 11, 2021 Fargo Fargodome 9,100 / 10,087 $988,411
August 13, 2021 Missoula Washington–Grizzly Stadium 15,500 / 18,000 $1,602,149
August 16, 2021 Commerce City Dick's Sporting Goods Park 15,488 / 16,414 $1,824,855
August 19, 2021 Los Angeles Banc of California Stadium 21,950 / 21,950 $3,487,948
August 22, 2021 Portland Moda Center 10,553 / 10,553 $1,414,302
August 25, 2021 San Jose SAP Center 10,438 / 10,438 $1,393,972
August 27, 2021 Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium 36,096 / 37,000 $4,140,215
August 30, 2021 Phoenix Footprint Center 12,709 / 12,971 $1,669,206
September 1, 2021 Dallas American Airlines Center 11,880 / 11,880 $1,746,349
September 4, 2021[a] Napa Napa Valley Expo
September 8, 2021 Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium Mammoth WVH 19,223 / 22,702 $2,370,635
September 11, 2021 Atlantic City Hard Rock Live 9,432 / 9,432 $2,426,763
September 12, 2021
September 16, 2021 Chicago Wrigley Field 23,464 / 28,959 $2,734,917
September 18, 2021[b] Milwaukee American Family Insurance Amphitheater
September 21, 2021 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center Mammoth WVH 10,548 / 10,548 $1,409,647
September 23, 2021 Columbus Schottenstein Center 9,315 / 10,540 $1,459,582
September 26, 2021 Baltimore Royal Farms Arena 8,705 / 9,321 $1,315,527
September 29, 2021 Raleigh PNC Arena 10,888 / 10,888 $1,704,619
October 2, 2021 Hollywood Hard Rock Live 11,877 / 11,877 $3,262,308
October 3, 2021
Europe
June 4, 2022 Lisbon Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés Gary Clark Jr. 42,500 / 58,628 $3,112,803
June 7, 2022 Seville Spain Estadio Benito Villamarín 44,429 / 47,701 $3,887,964
June 11, 2022[c] Sölvesborg Sweden Norje Havsbad
June 15, 2022 Stavanger Norway Forus Travbane Turbonegro
Gary Clark Jr.
39,010 / 44,481 $4,000,076
June 18, 2022 Prague Czechia Letňany Gary Clark Jr. 35,000 / 48,382 $2,504,505
June 20, 2022 Warsaw Poland PGE Narodowy 49,026 / 49,026 $3,206,462
June 23, 2022 Groningen Netherlands Stadspark 52,140 / 52,140 $4,932,297
June 25, 2022[d] Clisson France Val de Moine
June 28, 2022 Dublin Ireland Marlay Park Gary Clark Jr. 36,471 / 36,805 $4,100,999
July 1, 2022 London England Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 92,762 / 95,213 $11,265,674
July 2, 2022
July 8, 2022 Munich Germany Olympiastadion 61,920 / 62,444 $6,449,824
July 10, 2022 Milan Italy San Siro 53,623 / 55,758 $4,211,062
July 13, 2022 Vienna Austria Praterstadion 40,000 / 54,002 $3,991,505
July 15, 2022 Hanover Germany Niedersachsenstadion 40,000 / 43,980 $3,465,934
Latin America
September 1, 2022 Manaus Brazil Arena da Amazônia 27,543 / 30,000 $2,533,876
September 4, 2022 Recife Arena Pernambuco 24,271 / 30,001 $1,656,606
September 8, 2022[e] Rio de Janeiro Cidade do Rock
September 11, 2022 Goiânia Estádio Serra Dourada 39,712 / 40,000 $3,000,937
September 13, 2022 Belo Horizonte Mineirão 29,017 / 34,001 $1,832,408
September 16, 2022 Ribeirão Preto Arena Eurobike 27,539 / 29,998 $2,506,981
September 18, 2022 Florianópolis Hard Rock Live 28,916 / 29,998 $2,358,630
September 21, 2022 Curitiba Pedreira Paulo Leminski 19,450 / 32,000 $1,837,577
September 24, 2022 São Paulo Allianz Parque 45,032 / 45,032 $4,278,001
September 26, 2022 Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio Tokyo Drive 36,686 / 39,997 $2,539,969
September 30, 2022 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio River Plate Airbag 58,312 / 59,997 $4,764,644
October 2, 2022 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Centenario 4 Cuervos 25,352 / 26,998 $2,446,052
October 5, 2022 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional
Julio Martínez Prádanos
Molotov
Frank's White Canvas
57,352 / 57,352 $4,363,049
October 8, 2022 Lima Peru Estadio Universidad San Marcos Molotov 33,371 / 34,998 $2,655,209
October 11, 2022 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín Aterciopelados[18] 85,264 / 90,255 $6,837,113
October 12, 2022
October 15, 2022 Mérida Mexico Hacienda Xmatkuil Molotov
October 18, 2022 Zapopan Estadio Akron
October 21, 2022 Mexico City Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes
October 23, 2022 Monterrey Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey The Warning
Asia[19][20][21]
November 5, 2022 Saitama Japan Saitama Super Arena Loudness
November 6, 2022 Granrodeo
Band-Maid
November 9, 2022 Bangkok Thailand Thunderdome Stadium
November 12, 2022 Singapore National Stadium
Oceania[22]
November 18, 2022 Perth Australia Optus Stadium The Chats
Cosmic Psychos
November 22, 2022 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium
November 24, 2022 Gold Coast Metricon Stadium
November 27, 2022 Sydney Accor Stadium 51,087[23]
November 29, 2022 Adelaide Adelaide Oval
December 3, 2022 Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground 52,745[24]
December 8, 2022 Wellington New Zealand Sky Stadium The Chats
Alien Weaponry
December 10, 2022 Auckland Eden Park

Cancelled dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
May 21, 2022[f] Daytona Beach United States Daytona International Speedway Weather concerns[25][26]
July 5, 2022 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Green Illness[27]

Personnel

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Guns N' Roses

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Guests

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  • P!nk – vocals during the song "Patience" (September 4, 2021)
  • Dave Grohl – vocals and guitar during the song "Paradise City" (September 4, 2021)
  • Wolfgang Van Halen – guitar and vocals during the song "Paradise City" (October 2, 2021 & October 3, 2021)
  • Carrie Underwood - vocals during the songs "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Paradise City" (July 1, 2022; July 2, 2022)

Notes

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  1. ^ The performance in Napa on September 14, 2021 was part of BottleRock Napa Valley.
  2. ^ The performance in Milwaukee on September 18, 2021 was part of Summerfest.
  3. ^ The performance in Sölvesborg on June 11, 2022 was part of the Sweden Rock Festival.
  4. ^ The performance in Clisson on June 25, 2022 was part of the Hellfest festival.
  5. ^ The performance in Rio de Janeiro on September 8, 2022 was part of Rock in Rio.
  6. ^ The concert on May 21, 2022 was supposed to be a part of Welcome to Rockville.

References

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  1. ^ "The Year in Touring: Artists and Their Teams Step up to Challenge of Rescheduling Rollercoaster - Pollstar News". 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Carrie Underwood Delivers a Stirring Cover of an Ozzy Osbourne Classic: Listen". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Guns N' Roses at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford: Everything you need to know".
  4. ^ "The Smashing Pumpkins join Guns N' Roses Tour as special guest on select dates". Guns N' Roses. February 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Guns N' Roses played massive mexico city fest last night despite coronavirus fears". Metal Injection. March 15, 2020.
  6. ^ @gunsnroses (May 11, 2020). "Sadly, the upcoming European 2020 tour will not be happening" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @gunsnroses (May 20, 2020). "The North American tour is being rescheduled out of an abundance of caution" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Legaspi, Althea (May 20, 2020). "Guns N' Roses Postpone North American Stadium Tour". Rolling Stone.
  9. ^ Tapp, Tom (November 18, 2020). "Guns N' Roses announce first stadium tour since Covid-19 shut down concerts". Deadline.
  10. ^ Roche, Sam (August 4, 2021). "Guns N' Roses perform reworked version of rare, unreleased song, Silkworms". Guitar World.
  11. ^ Lewry, Fraser (September 18, 2021). "'I was throwing up' - Axl Rose says he was sick onstage at this week's Chicago show". Classic Rock.
  12. ^ "Axl Rose pede desculpas 'por estar um pouco indisposto' em show no Rock in Rio". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). September 9, 2022.
  13. ^ von Borell, Gabriel (July 8, 2022). "Axl Rose pede desculpas por "problemas vocais" e diz que está "seguindo orientações médicas"". Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos! (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  14. ^ @axlrose (September 9, 2022). "I want to apologize for being a bit under the weather, thankful not Covid. I tried to keep my cough between lines" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Irwin, Corey (July 28, 2020). "Guns N' Roses Announced Rescheduled North American Tour Dates". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  16. ^ "Top 300 Concert Grosses" (PDF). Pollstar. December 13, 2021.
  17. ^ "Lollapalooza Brasil é adiado para dezembro de 2020 por causa do coronavírus". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 13, 2020.
  18. ^ "Aterciopelados abrirá los conciertos de Guns N' Roses en Bogotá". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2022-10-04.
  19. ^ "Guns N' Roses ガンズ・アンド・ローゼズ | Japan Tour 2022". gunsnrosesjapantour.com (in Japanese).
  20. ^ @gunsnroses (July 20, 2022). "Bangkok, we're coming back for one incredible night!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ @gunsnroses (July 19, 2022). "Singapore, we can't F'N' wait" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. ^ Brandle, Lars (September 19, 2020). "Guns N' Roses Set 2021 Stadium Tour of Australia and NZ". Billboard.
  23. ^ "Guns N Roses • Accor Stadium • 2022 | Austadiums".
  24. ^ "Guns N Roses • MCG • 2022 | Austadiums".
  25. ^ Childers, Chad (May 22, 2022). "Welcome to Rockville weather forces Guns N' Roses cancellation, shortened shinedown + Jerry Cantrell sets". Loudwire.
  26. ^ Childers, Chad (May 25, 2022). "Welcome to Rockville CEO address weather issues in Town Hall - Here's what we learned". Loudwire.
  27. ^ @gunsnroses (July 5, 2022). "We are working on rescheduling options for this show so please hold onto your tickets and wait for a further update" (Tweet) – via Twitter.