No, Guns N’ Roses do not play the identical present each evening — listed here are all of the adjustments they’ve made to their setlist in 2025 thus far.
Ever since Slash and Duff McKagan rejoined the band in 2016, GN’R have performed exhibits yearly apart from 2024 (sure, even some in 2020!). They have been everywhere in the world, filling stadiums left and proper with their short-but-mighty discography.
They’ve put out 4 singles because the reunion in 2016, however except for that, Weapons N’ Roses solely have so many songs to select from. Their stocks album is Chinese language Democracy, and it got here out almost 20 years in the past.
Regardless of having a restricted variety of authentic songs to play, they’ve spiced up their setlist fairly a bit through the years and even dusted off deep cuts from the Urge for food for Destruction and Use Your Phantasm albums for the primary in three many years.
They’ve performed 18 exhibits thus far this yr, and have made fairly a couple of adjustments to their setlist already, so hold studying to see what’s new should you’re on the fence about getting tickets to see them the subsequent time they play in your space.
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GN’R’s subsequent present is about for June 29 in Denmark. See all of their remaining 2025 dates on their website.
They Opened With ‘Welcome to the Jungle’
Throughout the first evening of the tour, Guns opened their show with “Welcome to the Jungle” for the primary time since 2012. Up till that evening, they kicked off each present since their 2016 reunion with “It is So Simple,” so this was positively a noticeable change.
One other factor of notice about their first 2025 present was that it was additionally their first efficiency with new drummer Isaac Carpenter, who changed longtime drummer Frank Ferrer earlier this yr.
Weapons N’ Roses, ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ (Dwell 2025)
The Band Performed a Model New Cowl for the First Time
Only one evening after opening their first present with “Welcome to the Jungle,” they already made one other huge change to their set by overlaying Skinny Lizzy’s “Thunder and Lightning” for the first time ever. They do not have a recorded model of the observe, and so they’ve by no means tackled it dwell earlier than both.
McKagan dealt with the vocals throughout the efficiency, as he sometimes sings lead on a music or two throughout every present.
Weapons N’ Roses, ‘Thunder and Lightning’ (Dwell 2025)
A Track From ‘The Spaghetti Incident?’ Was Debuted Dwell
Talking of covers, Guns added another cover to their set in late May — their rendition of The New York Dolls’ “Human Being.” This one they did report a studio model of, nevertheless, and it appeared on their 1993 album The Spaghetti Incident?.
Axl Rose approached the music a bit in a different way too, singing it in his decrease register versus his high-pitched efficiency on the studio model.
Weapons N’ Roses Play ‘Human Being’ for First Time Ever (2025)
One Monitor Was Omitted For the First Time in Over 30 Years
For the primary time since 1993, Weapons did not play the Urge for food for Destruction observe “It is So Simple” in Istanbul, Turkey in early June. The music has been a staple of their set all through the vast majority of their profession, so its absence positively made the present distinctive.
Different Songs Had been Added Again to the Set for the First Time in Years
Along with the entire adjustments we talked about above, there have been additionally a handful of songs added to the band’s set for the primary time in a number of years. See a listing of them under, in addition to the final time they have been performed previous to this yr [via Setlist.fm].
“New Rose” (Final performed in 2018)
“Used to Love Her” (Final performed in 2018)
“Out Ta Get Me” (Final performed in 2017)
“Useless Horse” (Final performed in 2021)
Weapons N’ Roses, ‘Out Ta Get Me’ (Dwell 2025)
Each Track Weapons N’ Roses Have Performed Since They Reunited in 2016
Each music Weapons N’ Roses have performed since their reunion.
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