The We're F'N' Back! Tour was a concert tour by the American 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. 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. 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.
On May 20, 2020, the band announced that the North American leg of the tour was "being rescheduled out of an abundance of caution". 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. 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.
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.
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. 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."
Tour dates + List of concertsDateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenueJuly 31, 2021HersheyUnited StatesHersheypark StadiumMammoth WVH23,908 / 25,000$2,289,600August 3, 2021BostonFenway Park25,549 / 30,000$3,742,808August 5, 2021East RutherfordMetLife Stadium35,611 / 38,000$4,532,815August 8, 2021DetroitComerica Park19,105 / 21,000$1,824,930August 11, 2021FargoFargodome9,100 / 10,087$988,411August 13, 2021MissoulaWashington–Grizzly Stadium15,500 / 18,000$1,602,149August 16, 2021Commerce CityDick's Sporting Goods Park15,488 / 16,414$1,824,855August 19, 2021Los AngelesBanc of California Stadium21,950 / 21,950$3,487,948August 22, 2021PortlandModa Center10,553 / 10,553$1,414,302August 25, 2021San JoseSAP Center10,438 / 10,438$1,393,972August 27, 2021Las VegasAllegiant Stadium36,096 / 37,000$4,140,215August 30, 2021PhoenixFootprint Center12,709 / 12,971$1,669,206September 1, 2021DallasAmerican Airlines Center11,880 / 11,880$1,746,349September 4, 2021NapaNapa Valley ExpoSeptember 8, 2021IndianapolisLucas Oil StadiumMammoth WVH19,223 / 22,702$2,370,635September 11, 2021Atlantic CityHard Rock Live9,432 / 9,432$2,426,763September 12, 2021September 16, 2021ChicagoWrigley Field23,464 / 28,959$2,734,917September 18, 2021MilwaukeeAmerican Family Insurance AmphitheaterSeptember 21, 2021St. PaulXcel Energy CenterMammoth WVH10,548 / 10,548$1,409,647September 23, 2021ColumbusSchottenstein Center9,315 / 10,540$1,459,582September 26, 2021BaltimoreRoyal Farms Arena8,705 / 9,321$1,315,527September 29, 2021RaleighPNC Arena10,888 / 10,888$1,704,619October 2, 2021HollywoodHard Rock Live11,877 / 11,877$3,262,308October 3, 2021June 4, 2022LisbonPortugalPasseio Marítimo de AlgésGary Clark Jr.42,500 / 58,628 $3,112,803June 7, 2022SevilleSpainEstadio Benito Villamarín44,429 / 47,701$3,887,964June 11, 2022SölvesborgSwedenNorje HavsbadJune 15, 2022StavangerNorwayForus TravbaneTurbonegroGary Clark Jr.39,010 / 44,481$4,000,076June 18, 2022PragueCzechiaLetňanyGary Clark Jr.35,000 / 48,382$2,504,505June 20, 2022WarsawPolandPGE Narodowy49,026 / 49,026 $3,206,462June 23, 2022GroningenNetherlandsStadspark52,140 / 52,140 $4,932,297June 25, 2022ClissonFranceVal de MoineJune 28, 2022DublinIrelandMarlay ParkGary Clark Jr.36,471 / 36,805$4,100,999July 1, 2022LondonEnglandTottenham Hotspur Stadium92,762 / 95,213$11,265,674July 2, 2022July 8, 2022MunichGermanyOlympiastadion61,920 / 62,444$6,449,824July 10, 2022MilanItalySan Siro53,623 / 55,758$4,211,062July 13, 2022ViennaAustriaPraterstadion40,000 / 54,002$3,991,505July 15, 2022HanoverGermanyNiedersachsenstadion40,000 / 43,980$3,465,934September 1, 2022ManausBrazilArena da Amazôniarowspan="9" 27,543 / 30,000$2,533,876September 4, 2022RecifeArena Pernambuco24,271 / 30,001$1,656,606September 8, 2022Rio de JaneiroBarra Olympic ParkSeptember 11, 2022GoiâniaEstádio Serra Dourada39,712 / 40,000$3,000,937September 13, 2022Belo HorizonteMineirão29,017 / 34,001$1,832,408September 16, 2022Ribeirão PretoArena Eurobike27,539 / 29,998$2,506,981September 18, 2022FlorianópolisHard Rock Live28,916 / 29,998$2,358,630September 21, 2022CuritibaPedreira Paulo Leminski19,450 / 32,000$1,837,577September 24, 2022São PauloAllianz Parque45,032 / 45,032$4,278,001September 26, 2022Porto AlegreArena do GrêmioTokyo Drive36,686 / 39,997$2,539,969September 30, 2022Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio River Plate Airbag58,312 / 59,997$4,764,644October 2, 2022MontevideoUruguayEstadio Centenario 4 Cuervos25,352 / 26,998$2,446,052October 5, 2022SantiagoChileEstadio NacionalJulio Martínez PrádanosMolotov Frank's White Canvas57,352 / 57,352$4,363,049October 8, 2022LimaPeruEstadio Universidad San MarcosMolotov33,371 / 34,998$2,655,209October 11, 2022BogotáColombiaEstadio El CampínAterciopelados85,264 / 90,255$6,837,113October 12, 2022October 15, 2022MéridaMexicoHacienda XmatkuilMolotov — —October 18, 2022ZapopanEstadio Akron — —October 21, 2022Mexico CityEstadio Ciudad de los Deportes — —October 23, 2022MonterreyEstadio de Béisbol Monterrey The Warning — —November 5, 2022SaitamaJapanSaitama Super Arena Loudness — —November 6, 2022 Granrodeo Band-Maid — —November 9, 2022BangkokThailandThunderdome Stadiumrowspan="2" — —November 12, 2022SingaporeNational Stadium — —November 18, 2022PerthAustraliaOptus StadiumThe ChatsCosmic Psychos — —November 22, 2022BrisbaneSuncorp Stadium — —November 24, 2022Gold CoastMetricon Stadium — —November 27, 2022SydneyAccor Stadium 51,087 / 51,087 —November 29, 2022AdelaideAdelaide Oval — —December 3, 2022MelbourneMelbourne Cricket Ground 52,745 / 52,745 —December 8, 2022WellingtonNew ZealandSky StadiumThe ChatsAlien Weaponry — —December 10, 2022AucklandEden Park — —Total——
Cancelled dates +List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellationDateCityCountryVenueReasonMay 21, 2022Daytona BeachUnited StatesDaytona International SpeedwayWeather concernsJuly 5, 2022GlasgowScotlandGlasgow GreenIllness
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)
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