We're F'N' Back! Tour
2021–23 concert tour by Guns N' Roses
We're F'N' Back! Tour Tour poster for European stops
Location North America Europe South America Asia Oceania Start date July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31 ) End date December 10, 2022 (2022-12-10 ) Legs 5 No. of shows72
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
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
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 ChatsAlien Weaponry
—
—
December 10, 2022
Auckland
Eden Park
—
—
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
^ The performance in Napa on September 14, 2021 was part of BottleRock Napa Valley .
^ The performance in Milwaukee on September 18, 2021 was part of Summerfest .
^ The performance in Sölvesborg on June 11, 2022 was part of the Sweden Rock Festival .
^ The performance in Clisson on June 25, 2022 was part of the Hellfest festival.
^ The performance in Rio de Janeiro on September 8, 2022 was part of Rock in Rio .
^ The concert on May 21, 2022 was supposed to be a part of Welcome to Rockville .
References
^ "The Year in Touring: Artists and Their Teams Step up to Challenge of Rescheduling Rollercoaster - Pollstar News" . 13 December 2021.
^ "Carrie Underwood Delivers a Stirring Cover of an Ozzy Osbourne Classic: Listen" . Billboard .
^ "Guns N' Roses at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford: Everything you need to know" .
^ "The Smashing Pumpkins join Guns N' Roses Tour as special guest on select dates" . Guns N' Roses . February 6, 2020.
^ "Guns N' Roses played massive mexico city fest last night despite coronavirus fears" . Metal Injection . March 15, 2020.
^ @gunsnroses (May 11, 2020). "Sadly, the upcoming European 2020 tour will not be happening" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ @gunsnroses (May 20, 2020). "The North American tour is being rescheduled out of an abundance of caution" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ Legaspi, Althea (May 20, 2020). "Guns N' Roses Postpone North American Stadium Tour" . Rolling Stone .
^ Tapp, Tom (November 18, 2020). "Guns N' Roses announce first stadium tour since Covid-19 shut down concerts" . Deadline .
^ Roche, Sam (August 4, 2021). "Guns N' Roses perform reworked version of rare, unreleased song, Silkworms" . Guitar World .
^ Lewry, Fraser (September 18, 2021). " 'I was throwing up' - Axl Rose says he was sick onstage at this week's Chicago show" . Classic Rock .
^ "Axl Rose pede desculpas 'por estar um pouco indisposto' em show no Rock in Rio" . G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). September 9, 2022.
^ 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).
^ @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 .
^ Irwin, Corey (July 28, 2020). "Guns N' Roses Announced Rescheduled North American Tour Dates" . Ultimate Classic Rock .
^ "Top 300 Concert Grosses" (PDF) . Pollstar . December 13, 2021.
^ "Lollapalooza Brasil é adiado para dezembro de 2020 por causa do coronavírus" . G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 13, 2020.
^ "Aterciopelados abrirá los conciertos de Guns N' Roses en Bogotá" . El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2022-10-04.
^ "Guns N' Roses ガンズ・アンド・ローゼズ | Japan Tour 2022" . gunsnrosesjapantour.com (in Japanese).
^ @gunsnroses (July 20, 2022). "Bangkok, we're coming back for one incredible night!" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ @gunsnroses (July 19, 2022). "Singapore, we can't F'N' wait" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ Brandle, Lars (September 19, 2020). "Guns N' Roses Set 2021 Stadium Tour of Australia and NZ" . Billboard .
^ https://www.austadiums.com/concerts/event/141
^ https://www.austadiums.com/concerts/event/143
^ Childers, Chad (May 22, 2022). "Welcome to Rockville weather forces Guns N' Roses cancellation, shortened shinedown + Jerry Cantrell sets" . Loudwire .
^ Childers, Chad (May 25, 2022). "Welcome to Rockville CEO address weather issues in Town Hall - Here's what we learned" . Loudwire .
^ @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 .
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