We're F'N' Back! Tour
{{Short description|2021–23 concert tour by Guns N' Roses}}
{{Infobox concert
| concert_tour_name = {{PAGENAME}}
| image = Gnr tour.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| image_caption = Tour poster for European stops
| artist = Guns N' Roses
| location = {{hlist|Asia|Europe|North America|Oceania|South America}}
| start_date = {{Start date|2021|07|31}}
| end_date = {{End date|2022|12|10}}
| number_of_legs = 5
| number_of_shows = 72
| gross = $140.7 million (50 shows){{cite web |title=2021 Year-End Boxscore Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Top-40-Tours-2021-v2.jpg |website=Billboard |access-date=December 20, 2024}}{{cite web |title=2022 Year-End Boxscore Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Top-40-Tours-2022-.com_.jpg |website=Billboard |access-date=December 20, 2024}}
| last_tour = Not in This Lifetime... Tour
(2016–2019)
| this_tour = {{PAGENAME}}
(2021–2022)
| next_tour = 2023 Tour
(2023)
}}
The {{PAGENAME}}{{cite web |first=Sarah |last=Pittman | url=https://news.pollstar.com/2021/12/13/the-year-in-touring-artists-and-their-teams-step-up-to-challenge-of-rescheduling-rollercoaster/ | title=The Year in Touring: Artists and Their Teams Step up to Challenge of Rescheduling Rollercoaster |website=Pollstar |date=December 13, 2021 }}{{cite magazine |first=Kyle |last=Denis |date=July 18, 2022 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/carrie-underwood-covers-ozzy-osbourne-mama-im-coming-home-1235115586/ | title=Carrie Underwood Delivers a Stirring Cover of an Ozzy Osbourne Classic: Listen | magazine=Billboard }}{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Jordan |date=August 3, 2021 |url=http://app.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/03/5472885001 | title=Guns N' Roses at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford: Everything you need to know |website=App.com }} was a concert tour by hard rock band Guns N' Roses spanning from July 31, 2021 to December 10, 2022.
Background
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.{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2020 |title=The Smashing Pumpkins join Guns N' Roses Tour as special guest on select dates |url=http://gunsnroses.com/news/title/the-smashing-pumpkins-join-guns-n-roses-tour-as-special-guest-on-select-dates |website=Guns N' Roses}} 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.{{Cite web |first=Robert |last=Pasbani |date=March 15, 2020 |title=Guns N' Roses played massive mexico city fest last night despite coronavirus fears |url=http://metalinjection.net/av/guns-n-roses-played-massive-mexico-city-fest-last-night-despite-coronavirus-fears |website=Metal Injection}} 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.{{Cite tweet |user=gunsnroses |author-link=Guns N' Roses |date=May 11, 2020 |number=1259875966236663809 |title=Sadly, the upcoming European 2020 tour will not be happening.}}
On May 20, 2020, the band announced that the North American leg of the tour was "being rescheduled out of an abundance of caution."{{Cite tweet |user=gunsnroses |author-link=Guns N' Roses |date=May 20, 2020 |number=1263209422769307648 |title=The North American tour is being rescheduled out of an abundance of caution}}{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=May 20, 2020 |url=http://rollingstone.com/music/music-news/guns-n-roses-postpone-north-american-tour-covid-19-1003434|title=Guns N' Roses Postpone North American Stadium Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Tapp |first=Tom |date=November 18, 2020|title=Guns N' Roses announce first stadium tour since Covid-19 shut down concerts|url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/guns-n-roses-announce-first-stadium-tour-since-covid-19-shut-down-concerts-1234618054/|website=Deadline}} 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Roche |first=Sam |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Guns N' Roses perform reworked version of rare, unreleased song, Silkworms |url=http://guitarworld.com/news/guns-n-roses-silkworms |magazine=Guitar World}}
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.{{Cite magazine |last=Lewry |first=Fraser |date=September 18, 2021 |title='I was throwing up' - Axl Rose says he was sick onstage at this week's Chicago show |url=http://loudersound.com/news/i-was-throwing-up-axl-rose-says-he-was-sick-onstage-at-this-weeks-chicago-show |magazine=Classic Rock}}
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.{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Axl Rose pede desculpas 'por estar um pouco indisposto' em show no Rock in Rio |url=http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/rock-in-rio/2022/noticia/2022/09/09/axl-rose-pede-desculpas-por-estar-um-pouco-indisposto-em-show-no-rock-in-rio.ghtml |work=G1 |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=von Borell |first=Gabriel |date=July 8, 2022 |url=http://tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2022/07/08/axl-rose-problemas-vocais-shows-guns-n-roses | title=Axl Rose pede desculpas por "problemas vocais" e diz que está "seguindo orientações médicas" |website=Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos! |language=pt-BR}} 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."{{Cite tweet |user=axlrose |author-link=Axl Rose |date=September 9, 2022 |number=1568132064481841153 |title=I want to apologize for being a bit under the weather, thankful not Covid. I tried to keep my cough between lines.}}
Tour dates
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue |
| scope="col" style="width:12em;"|Date
!scope="col" style="width:10em;"|City !scope="col" style="width:10em;"|Country !scope="col" style="width:16em;"|Venue !scope="col" style="width:10em;"|Opening act !scope="col" style="width:10em;"|Attendance !scope="col" style="width:10em;"|Revenue |
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| colspan="7"|North America{{Cite web |author=Irwin, Corey |date=July 28, 2020 |title=Guns N' Roses Announced Rescheduled North American Tour Dates |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-rescheduled-tour |work=Ultimate Classic Rock}}{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2021 |title=Top 300 Concert Grosses |url=http://data.pollstar.com/chart/2021/12/YearEndTop300ConcertGrosses_985.pdf |website=Pollstar}}{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2020 |title=Lollapalooza Brasil é adiado para dezembro de 2020 por causa do coronavírus |url=http://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/lollapalooza/2020/noticia/2020/03/13/lollapalooza-brasil-e-adiado-para-dezembro-de-2020-por-causa-do-coronavirus.ghtml |work=G1 |language=pt-BR}} |
| July 31, 2021
|rowspan="25"|United States |rowspan="13"|Mammoth WVH |23,908 / 25,000 |$2,289,600 |
| August 3, 2021
|25,549 / 30,000 |$3,742,808 |
| August 5, 2021
|35,611 / 38,000 |$4,532,815 |
| August 8, 2021
|19,105 / 21,000 |$1,824,930 |
| August 11, 2021
|9,100 / 10,087 |$988,411 |
| August 13, 2021
|15,500 / 18,000 |$1,602,149 |
| August 16, 2021
|15,488 / 16,414 |$1,824,855 |
| August 19, 2021
|21,950 / 21,950 |$3,487,948 |
| August 22, 2021
|10,553 / 10,553 |$1,414,302 |
| August 25, 2021
|10,438 / 10,438 |$1,393,972 |
| August 27, 2021
|36,096 / 37,000 |$4,140,215 |
| August 30, 2021
|12,709 / 12,971 |$1,669,206 |
| September 1, 2021
|11,880 / 11,880 |$1,746,349 |
| September 4, 2021{{efn|The performance in Napa on September 14, 2021 was part of BottleRock Napa Valley.}}
|Napa |Napa Valley Expo |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| September 8, 2021
|rowspan="4"|Mammoth WVH |19,223 / 22,702 |$2,370,635 |
| September 11, 2021
|rowspan="2"|Atlantic City |rowspan="2"|Hard Rock Live |rowspan="2"|9,432 / 9,432 |rowspan="2"|$2,426,763 |
| September 12, 2021 |
| September 16, 2021
|23,464 / 28,959 |$2,734,917 |
| September 18, 2021{{efn|The performance in Milwaukee on September 18, 2021 was part of Summerfest.}}
|American Family Insurance Amphitheater |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| September 21, 2021
|rowspan="6"|Mammoth WVH |10,548 / 10,548 |$1,409,647 |
| September 23, 2021
|9,315 / 10,540 |$1,459,582 |
| September 26, 2021
|8,705 / 9,321 |$1,315,527 |
| September 29, 2021
|10,888 / 10,888 |$1,704,619 |
| October 2, 2021
|rowspan="2"|Hollywood |rowspan="2"|Hard Rock Live |rowspan="2"|11,877 / 11,877 |rowspan="2"|$3,262,308 |
| October 3, 2021 |
| colspan="7"|Europe |
| June 4, 2022
|Passeio Marítimo de Algés |rowspan="2"|Gary Clark Jr. |42,500 / 58,628 |$3,112,803 |
| June 7, 2022
|44,429 / 47,701 |$3,887,964 |
| June 11, 2022{{efn|The performance in Sölvesborg on June 11, 2022 was part of the Sweden Rock Festival.}}
|Norje Havsbad |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| June 15, 2022
|Turbonegro |39,010 / 44,481 |$4,000,076 |
| June 18, 2022
|rowspan="3"|Gary Clark Jr. |35,000 / 48,382 |$2,504,505 |
| June 20, 2022
|49,026 / 49,026 |$3,206,462 |
| June 23, 2022
|52,140 / 52,140 |$4,932,297 |
| June 25, 2022{{efn|The performance in Clisson on June 25, 2022 was part of the Hellfest festival.}}
|Val de Moine |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| June 28, 2022
| rowspan="7" |Gary Clark Jr. |36,471 / 36,805 |$4,100,999 |
| July 1, 2022
|rowspan="2"|London |rowspan="2"|England |rowspan="2"|Tottenham Hotspur Stadium |rowspan="2"|92,762 / 95,213 |rowspan="2"|$11,265,674 |
| July 2, 2022 |
| July 8, 2022
|61,920 / 62,444 |$6,449,824 |
| July 10, 2022
|53,623 / 55,758 |$4,211,062 |
| July 13, 2022
|40,000 / 54,002 |$3,991,505 |
| July 15, 2022
|40,000 / 43,980 |$3,465,934 |
| colspan="7"|Latin America |
| September 1, 2022
|rowspan="10"|Brazil |rowspan="9" {{n/a}} |27,543 / 30,000 |$2,533,876 |
| September 4, 2022
|24,271 / 30,001 |$1,656,606 |
| September 8, 2022{{efn|The performance in Rio de Janeiro on September 8, 2022 was part of Rock in Rio.}}
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| September 11, 2022
|39,712 / 40,000 |$3,000,937 |
| September 13, 2022
|29,017 / 34,001 |$1,832,408 |
| September 16, 2022
|27,539 / 29,998 |$2,506,981 |
| September 18, 2022
|Hard Rock Live |28,916 / 29,998 |$2,358,630 |
| September 21, 2022
|19,450 / 32,000 |$1,837,577 |
| September 24, 2022
|45,032 / 45,032 |$4,278,001 |
| September 26, 2022
|Tokyo Drive |36,686 / 39,997 |$2,539,969 |
| September 30, 2022
| Airbag |58,312 / 59,997 |$4,764,644 |
| October 2, 2022
| 4 Cuervos |25,352 / 26,998 |$2,446,052 |
| October 5, 2022
|Estadio Nacional |Molotov |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
|rowspan="2|Bogotá |rowspan="2|Colombia |rowspan="2|Estadio El Campín |rowspan="2|Aterciopelados{{Cite web |first=Diego Andres |last=Lozano Alvarez |date=October 4, 2022|title=Aterciopelados abrirá los conciertos de Guns N' Roses en Bogotá |url=http://eltiempo.com/cultura/musica-y-libros/guns-n-roses-aterciopelados-abrira-los-dos-conciertos-en-bogota-707371 |website=El Tiempo |language=es}} |rowspan="2|85,264 / 90,255 |rowspan="2|$6,837,113 |
| October 12, 2022 |
| October 15, 2022
|rowspan="4"|Mexico |rowspan="2"|Molotov | — | — |
| October 18, 2022
| — | — |
| October 21, 2022
|Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes | {{n/a}} | — | — |
| October 23, 2022
| — | — |
| colspan="7"|Asia{{cite tweet |user=gunsnroses |author-link=Guns N' Roses |date=July 20, 2022|number=1549605013730648064|title=Bangkok, we're coming back for one incredible night!}}{{cite tweet |user=gunsnroses |author-link=Guns N' Roses|date=July 19, 2022|number=1549499318557708291|title=Singapore, we can't F'N' wait}} |
| November 5, 2022
|rowspan="2"|Saitama |rowspan="2"|Japan |rowspan="2"|Saitama Super Arena | Loudness | — | — |
| November 6, 2022
| — | — |
| November 9, 2022
|rowspan="2" {{n/a}} | — | — |
| November 12, 2022
|colspan="2"|Singapore | — | — |
| colspan="7"|Oceania{{Cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lars |date=September 19, 2020 |title=Guns N' Roses Set 2021 Stadium Tour of Australia and NZ|url=http://billboard.com/articles/news/9485903/guns-n-roses-2021-stadium-tour-australia-nz |magazine=Billboard}} |
| November 18, 2022
|rowspan="6"|Australia |rowspan="6"|The Chats | — | — |
| November 22, 2022
| — | — |
| November 24, 2022
| — | — |
| November 27, 2022
| — |
| November 29, 2022
| — | — |
| December 3, 2022
| — |
| December 8, 2022
|rowspan="2"|New Zealand |rowspan="2"|The Chats | — | — |
| December 10, 2022
| — | — |
=Cancelled dates=
Personnel
=Guns N' Roses=
- Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, percussion
- Slash – lead guitar, talkbox, slide guitar
- Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
- Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
- Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals
- Frank Ferrer – drums, percussion
- Melissa Reese – keyboards, synthesizers, sub-bass, programming, percussion, backing vocals
=Guests=
- 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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