Guns N’ Roses named headliner for Aftershock
Guns N’ Roses are expected to head out on an extensive 2023 world tour beginning in June that includes stadium and arena shows, as well as a headlining spot at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band, which last year released the Super Deluxe edition of 1991’s “Use Your Illusion,” plans to kick off its tour in Tel Aviv on June 5. The band is then scheduled to play several cities in Europe through July 2 before returning to North America for a stretch of shows ending on Oct. 16.
Guns N’ Roses plan to close out Aftershock on Oct. 8.
The trek marks the band’s first outing since the 2021 We’re F’N Back! Tour, which included a curfew-breaking headlining spot at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival. Guns N’ Roses also played at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on its 2016 Not in This Lifetime tour, which featured singer Axl Rose sharing the stage with the band’s original guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan for the first time since 1993, revving up rock classics like “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Paradise City,” “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “November Rain.”
Aftershock previously announced Pantera as a headliner at the festival, which is set to take place Oct. 5-8 at Discovery Park. The full lineup will be released later.
Four-day festival passes are available for $379.99 via aftershockfest ival.com. Passes can be secured for a $10 down payment.
A Live Nation presale for the rest of Guns N’ Roses’ North American dates began Thursday, Feb. 23, via Ticketmaster using the code CHORUS. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24, via the official Guns N’ Roses website.