We're F'N' Back! Tour

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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.

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

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
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
North America[15][16][17]
July 31, 2021HersheyUnited StatesHersheypark StadiumMammoth WVH23,908 / 25,000$2,289,600
August 3, 2021BostonFenway Park25,549 / 30,000$3,742,808
August 5, 2021East RutherfordMetLife Stadium35,611 / 38,000$4,532,815
August 8, 2021DetroitComerica Park19,105 / 21,000$1,824,930
August 11, 2021FargoFargodome9,100 / 10,087$988,411
August 13, 2021MissoulaWashington–Grizzly Stadium15,500 / 18,000$1,602,149
August 16, 2021Commerce CityDick's Sporting Goods Park15,488 / 16,414$1,824,855
August 19, 2021Los AngelesBanc of California Stadium21,950 / 21,950$3,487,948
August 22, 2021PortlandModa Center10,553 / 10,553$1,414,302
August 25, 2021San JoseSAP Center10,438 / 10,438$1,393,972
August 27, 2021Las VegasAllegiant Stadium36,096 / 37,000$4,140,215
August 30, 2021PhoenixFootprint Center12,709 / 12,971$1,669,206
September 1, 2021DallasAmerican Airlines Center11,880 / 11,880$1,746,349
September 4, 2021[a]NapaNapa Valley Expo
September 8, 2021IndianapolisLucas Oil StadiumMammoth WVH19,223 / 22,702$2,370,635
September 11, 2021Atlantic CityHard Rock Live9,432 / 9,432$2,426,763
September 12, 2021
September 16, 2021ChicagoWrigley Field23,464 / 28,959$2,734,917
September 18, 2021[b]MilwaukeeAmerican Family Insurance Amphitheater
September 21, 2021St. PaulXcel Energy CenterMammoth WVH10,548 / 10,548$1,409,647
September 23, 2021ColumbusSchottenstein Center9,315 / 10,540$1,459,582
September 26, 2021BaltimoreRoyal Farms Arena8,705 / 9,321$1,315,527
September 29, 2021RaleighPNC Arena10,888 / 10,888$1,704,619
October 2, 2021HollywoodHard Rock Live11,877 / 11,877$3,262,308
October 3, 2021
Europe
June 4, 2022LisbonPortugalPasseio Marítimo de AlgésGary Clark Jr.42,500 / 58,628$3,112,803
June 7, 2022SevilleSpainEstadio Benito Villamarín44,429 / 47,701$3,887,964
June 11, 2022[c]SölvesborgSwedenNorje Havsbad
June 15, 2022StavangerNorwayForus TravbaneTurbonegro
Gary Clark Jr.
39,010 / 44,481$4,000,076
June 18, 2022PragueCzechiaLetňanyGary Clark Jr.35,000 / 48,382$2,504,505
June 20, 2022WarsawPolandPGE Narodowy49,026 / 49,026$3,206,462
June 23, 2022GroningenNetherlandsStadspark52,140 / 52,140$4,932,297
June 25, 2022[d]ClissonFranceVal de Moine
June 28, 2022DublinIrelandMarlay ParkGary Clark Jr.36,471 / 36,805$4,100,999
July 1, 2022LondonEnglandTottenham Hotspur Stadium92,762 / 95,213$11,265,674
July 2, 2022
July 8, 2022MunichGermanyOlympiastadion61,920 / 62,444$6,449,824
July 10, 2022MilanItalySan Siro53,623 / 55,758$4,211,062
July 13, 2022ViennaAustriaPraterstadion40,000 / 54,002$3,991,505
July 15, 2022HanoverGermanyNiedersachsenstadion40,000 / 43,980$3,465,934
Latin America
September 1, 2022ManausBrazilArena da Amazônia27,543 / 30,000$2,533,876
September 4, 2022RecifeArena Pernambuco24,271 / 30,001$1,656,606
September 8, 2022[e]Rio de JaneiroCidade do Rock
September 11, 2022GoiâniaEstádio Serra Dourada39,712 / 40,000$3,000,937
September 13, 2022Belo HorizonteMineirão29,017 / 34,001$1,832,408
September 16, 2022Ribeirão PretoArena Eurobike27,539 / 29,998$2,506,981
September 18, 2022FlorianópolisHard Rock Live28,916 / 29,998$2,358,630
September 21, 2022CuritibaPedreira Paulo Leminski19,450 / 32,000$1,837,577
September 24, 2022São PauloAllianz Parque45,032 / 45,032$4,278,001
September 26, 2022Porto AlegreArena do GrêmioTokyo Drive36,686 / 39,997$2,539,969
September 30, 2022Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio River PlateAirbag58,312 / 59,997$4,764,644
October 2, 2022MontevideoUruguayEstadio Centenario4 Cuervos25,352 / 26,998$2,446,052
October 5, 2022SantiagoChileEstadio Nacional
Julio Martínez Prádanos
Molotov
Frank's White Canvas
57,352 / 57,352$4,363,049
October 8, 2022LimaPeruEstadio Universidad San MarcosMolotov33,371 / 34,998$2,655,209
October 11, 2022BogotáColombiaEstadio El CampínAterciopelados[18]85,264 / 90,255$6,837,113
October 12, 2022
October 15, 2022MéridaMexicoHacienda XmatkuilMolotov
October 18, 2022ZapopanEstadio Akron
October 21, 2022Mexico CityEstadio Ciudad de los Deportes
October 23, 2022MonterreyEstadio de Béisbol MonterreyThe Warning
Asia[19][20][21]
November 5, 2022SaitamaJapanSaitama Super ArenaLoudness
November 6, 2022Granrodeo
Band-Maid
November 9, 2022BangkokThailandThunderdome Stadium
November 12, 2022SingaporeNational Stadium
Oceania[22]
November 18, 2022PerthAustraliaOptus StadiumThe Chats
Cosmic Psychos
November 22, 2022BrisbaneSuncorp Stadium
November 24, 2022Gold CoastMetricon Stadium
November 27, 2022SydneyAccor Stadium51,087[23]
November 29, 2022AdelaideAdelaide Oval
December 3, 2022MelbourneMelbourne Cricket Ground52,745[24]
December 8, 2022WellingtonNew ZealandSky StadiumThe Chats
Alien Weaponry
December 10, 2022AucklandEden Park

Cancelled dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
May 21, 2022[f]Daytona BeachUnited StatesDaytona International SpeedwayWeather concerns[25][26]
July 5, 2022GlasgowScotlandGlasgow GreenIllness[27]

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

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

References