{"id":803795,"date":"2020-02-04T10:27:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T17:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=947513"},"modified":"2020-02-04T10:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T17:27:53","slug":"flashback-guns-n-roses-officially-launch-2016-reunion-tour-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/flashback-guns-n-roses-officially-launch-2016-reunion-tour-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: Guns N\u2019 Roses Officially Launch 2016 Reunion Tour in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guns N\u2019 Roses rolled out yet another leg<\/a> of their reunion tour earlier this week that will bring them to stadiums across North America throughout the summer. They downgraded to arenas in America after the first leg of the tour in 2016, and filling 60,000 seat venues might seem like a tough task at this point, but they must have reason to think that the demand remains this high.<\/p>\n

Amazingly, this will be the 14th leg of the tour. By this point, they\u2019ve hit just about every place on the planet where they could conceivably play, including Malaysia, Taiwan, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, and Indonesia. They\u2019re going to Central America for the second time next month and Europe for the third time in May. If promoters start booking concerts on the moon, Antarctica, or man-made islands along the coast of China, they\u2019ll probably play there, too.<\/p>\n

The reunion informally began with a quick show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on April 1st, 2016. Just a few songs into the night, Axl Rose broke his left foot while thrashing about the stage. When the tour officially began at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas just a week later, he was confined to a throne created by Dave Grohl<\/a> when the Foo Fighters leader broke his leg the previous year. It was hardly the ideal way to kick off one of the most anticipated reunion tours in rock history, but with Coachella coming up later that month, the band had no other choice.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s video of \u201cWelcome to the Jungle\u201d from that show in Las Vegas. Many fans pointed out that with Rose unable to run around the stage and exhaust himself, he sounded better than he had in years. At this point, nobody knew if the reunion would flame out after just a few more shows. After all, Rose had spent the previous 23 years ripping Slash to part in the press, even calling him a \u201ccancer\u201d at one point. He also had a bad history of showing up very late to concerts and causing chaos.<\/p>\n

Against all odds, close to four years later, Rose hasn\u2019t been late to a single show. There also hasn\u2019t been even a tiny glimpse of tension with Slash or anyone else in the band. It\u2019s amazing how pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars can mend relationships. The show has also grown a lot since that night in Las Vegas, with covers like \u201cBlack Hole Sun\u201d and \u201cWichita Lineman\u201d entering the set list along alongside rarities like \u201cShadow of Your Love\u201d and \u201cLocomotive,\u201d and even the Velvet Revolver song \u201cSlither.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guns N\u2019 Roses haven\u2019t announced any fun surprises for this next leg of the tour, like a complete performance of Appetite for Destruction<\/em> or appearances by former members Steven Adler and Izzy Stradlin. They also haven\u2019t released a note of new music despite numerous interviews where they promise they\u2019re working on an album. But if this tour has proven anything, it\u2019s that a band can just tour forever and ever on their hits and people will keep coming. We look forward to legs 15, 16, 17, and beyond. Maybe in 2026, they can do a 10-year anniversary tour of the reunion tour.<\/p>\n

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