Guns N' Roses to tour

Guns N’ Roses have announced their first Los Angeles show as part of their winter U.S. tour, their first American live dates in five years. The band will perform at The Forum on December 21st. Tickets will go on sale Monday, November 21st at 10 AM. They will be available at LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com, at select Live Nation and Ticketmaster retail outlets, plus via Charge-By-Phone (800.745.3000).



After kicking off October 28th in Orlando, Florida, Guns N’ Roses will perform more than 30 concerts in the U.S. – fueled by Monster Energy - to New Year’s Eve. Before hitting the states, GNR toured Latin America, starting with a sold out, headline slot for the closing day of the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 2nd, for 75,000 fans.



Guns N’ Roses are: Axl Rose, DJ Ashba (guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboards), Tommy Stinson (bass), Richard Fortus (guitar), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (guitar), Chris Pitman (keyboards) and Frank Ferrer (drums). GNR spent most of 2010 touring the globe, performing 71 two and a half hour shows in over 30 countries.



Since they last played the U.S. in 2006, GN’R has played to huge audiences everywhere including South America, Canada, Europe and Southeast Asia, playing close to one million fans worldwide.

Axl Rose started Guns N’ Roses over 25 years ago. Since that time, they have become one of the biggest bands in music history, selling over 100 million albums worldwide. GNR’s “Appetite For Destruction” has sold over 28 million albums in the United States alone.



The band’s most recent release, “Chinese Democracy” debuted #1 on the charts in thirteen countries. “Chinese Democracy” was released on Black Frog/Geffen Records in November 2008 and reached 3 times Platinum in Canada, Platinum in Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, UK, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa. The album is Gold in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Holland, Sweden, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Brazil and Colombia. In the U.S., the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 3, 2009.


The tour is scheduled to hit the following cities:



Nov 15 Chicago, IL @ All State Arena

Nov 17 East Rutherford, NJ @ IZOD Center

Nov 19 Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre

Nov 20 Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena

Nov 23 Albany, NY @ Times Union Center

Nov 25 Worcester, MA @ DCU Center

Nov 26 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center

Nov 28 Hamilton, Canada @ Copps Coliseum

Dec 1 Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills

Dec 2 Cincinnati, OH @ U.S. Bank Arena

Dec 4 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

Dec 5 Southhaven, MS @ DeSoto County Civic Center

Dec 7 Youngstown, OH @ The Covelli Center

Dec 8 Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse

Dec 11 Denver, CO @ First Bank Center

Dec 12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center

Dec 16 Seattle, WA @ Key Arena

Dec 17 Vancouver @ Pacific Coliseum

Dec 21 Los Angeles @ The Forum (On Sale Monday November 21 at 10 AM)



More dates, cities and venue information to be announced very soon.


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