Guns N’ Roses Announce Epic 2025 World Tour: Europe, Middle East, Latin America, New Stops & Iconic Guests
Guns N’ Roses have unveiled a massive 2025 world tour that promises to be one for the rock history books — a sprawling, thunderous journey through stadiums, festivals, and cities that have never before felt the rumble of Welcome to the Jungle live and at full blast.
For die-hard fans and casual listeners alike, the announcement felt like an earthquake. When the news broke at midnight, GNR’s official channels lit up with a single image: the classic bullet-and-roses logo superimposed over a globe wrapped in tour dates like barbed wire. Underneath, just three words: “We’re Not Done.”
The tour kicks off this May in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio da Luz — a fitting start for a band whose reunion run has already packed some of Europe’s largest venues to the rafters. From there, they’ll thunder through Spain, France, Italy, Germany, and the UK, with multiple nights at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Axl Rose famously told the crowd in 2017, *“We’ll be back when you’re ready.” Judging by the speed tickets vaporized in pre-sale, they’re more than ready.
But the surprises don’t stop in familiar territory. This time, Guns N’ Roses are blazing trails. For the first time in their career, the band will perform in Saudi Arabia, headlining Riyadh’s massive Soundstorm Festival — a controversial move that’s already sparked headlines and debates but hasn’t dulled the buzz one bit. They’ll also hit Tbilisi, Georgia, and Vilnius, Lithuania — stops that have never hosted the full might of Slash’s iconic riffs echoing across an open stadium.
Longtime fans still half-expect this version of GNR to fall apart at any moment. After all, this is the band that nearly combusted a thousand times over. The fights, the delays, the no-shows — those tales are as much a part of the band’s lore as Sweet Child O’ Mine. But since Slash and Duff McKagan rejoined Axl in 2016 for the Not in This Lifetime… tour, they’ve defied every prediction of implosion.
This time, they’re pushing even harder. With them on the road will be an unlikely but electric roster of special guests: hip-hop pioneers Public Enemy will join on select European and Middle Eastern dates — an unexpected mashup that has fans speculating about wild on-stage collabs. The Rival Sons, rising stars of blues-rock revival, will keep the fire burning between sets. And perhaps most jaw-dropping of all, the Sex Pistols — or what’s left of them — will reunite for a handful of shows, fronted by punk revivalist Frank Carter, who’s vowed to deliver every show with “the spirit of 1977 and the chaos of tomorrow.”
It’s a lineup built to cross generations. If you’re 60, you might be there to scream Paradise City. If you’re 20, you might come for Frank Carter’s punk snarl or to watch Chuck D deliver Fight the Power before Slash and Duff take over with Nighttrain. And if you’re lucky, you’ll get that rare on-stage moment when worlds collide — maybe Axl trades verses with Chuck D, or Slash shreds a solo under a Johnny Rotten sneer reborn through Carter.
Behind the scenes, the scale is staggering. This tour means nearly a year on the road — giant cargo planes hauling tons of custom staging, lighting rigs, and pyrotechnics that promise to turn each show into a stadium-sized inferno. The crew? Over 200 strong. The number of guitars? Rumor says Slash is bringing 40 — each perfectly tuned for different drop tunings and legendary solos.
And then there’s the Latin American leg. Once Europe and the Middle East wrap, the band will regroup in October to hit Latin America — the region that arguably loves Guns N’ Roses more than anywhere on Earth. Cities like Buenos Aires, São Paulo, and Mexico City have been the site of some of GNR’s most raucous, unpredictable shows. Whole neighborhoods come alive for days before and after, with fans camping for tickets, singing on sidewalks, turning entire city blocks into impromptu karaoke pits for Don’t Cry and November Rain.
This time, they’re planning their biggest shows yet: multiple nights at Estadio River Plate in Argentina, a return to Rock in Rio in Brazil, and a final blowout in Mexico City’s Foro Sol. Rumor has it they might record those shows for a live album — the first official one since Live Era ’87–’93.
For some, the announcement feels like a victory lap. For others, it feels like the next chapter in a story that refuses to die. For the band themselves, it’s all a reminder that for all the years apart, all the fights and fallout, the thing that binds them is louder than any grudge: the music.
In a press statement, Slash put it simply: “We’re still hungry. The world’s still hungry. So we’re bringing it to their doorstep.”
Duff McKagan, ever the glue that keeps the circus from blowing apart, added: “Every show is still unpredictable. Every night still feels like the first time we plugged in together. That’s what keeps us doing it.”
And Axl Rose, always the wild card, summed it up best at a surprise pop-up event at The Troubadour in L.A. to celebrate the tour reveal: “People think rock is dead? Cool. We’ll bury it alive every night, then dig it back up again.”
Fans lined up around the block for hours to squeeze into the tiny venue where GNR first tore through the Hollywood scene in the ‘80s. Inside, they played an hour-long, sweat-drenched set — no lights, no pyro, just Slash’s Les Paul, Duff’s bass rumble, and Axl’s defiant wail ricocheting off those sticky club walls like it was 1986 all over again.
By the end of Rocket Queen, the faithful knew what this tour really means: a chance to lose your voice, break your back, stand shoulder to shoulder with strangers who know every word, every solo, every legendary meltdown and comeback. A chance to see the living, roaring reminder that sometimes the wild ones never really grow up — they just get louder.
In the coming months, millions will fight for tickets. Setlists will leak. Rumors of new songs will swirl. Old fans will roll their eyes, then show up anyway. New fans will find themselves pressed against barricades, screaming into the night, baptized by Slash’s guitar and Axl’s banshee howl.
Because for Guns N’ Roses, the jungle never really went anywhere — and for one more year, at least, we’re all invited back in.
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