Guns N’ Roses kicked off their 2023 world tour on Thursday at Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Arena and dusted off just a few not often heard tunes in the method.
The rarities started with the second tune of the evening, as GNR rocked by way of their Use Your Illusion I album lower “Bad Obsession” for the primary time in greater than 30 years. Later, “Pretty Tied Up” from Use Your Illusion II made its first set listing look since 1992. Meanwhile, “Down on the Farm,” initially launched on The Spaghetti Incident?, was carried out for the primary time since 2006.
The oldest tune the band unearthed was “Anything Goes,” a monitor from Appetite for Destruction that, based on Setlist.fm, has been carried out by GNR solely 40 occasions. The group final performed the tune in live performance in 1988.
The Abu Dhabi present additionally featured a reside debut, as GNR lined the Stooges’ “T.V. Eye” for the primary time. The gig marked Guns N’ Roses’ first live performance in almost six months. You can see the total set listing and movies from the efficiency beneath.
Watch Guns N’ Roses Perform ‘Bad Obsession’ in Abu Dhabi
Watch Guns N’ Roses Perform ‘Anything Goes’ in Abu Dhabi
Because room needed to be made for these new additions, latest set listing mainstays “Better,” “Shadow of Your Love,” “Sorry,” “Coma” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog” (one other Stooges cowl) had been eradicated from the present.
Guns N’ Roses will play Tel Aviv on Monday earlier than heading to Europe, the place they will keep by way of late July. They’ll spherical out the tour with a sequence of North American dates lasting from early August by way of mid-October. The rockers will likely be supported on numerous dates by the Pretenders, Alice in Chains, Carrie Underwood, Dirty Honey and others.
They’ll additionally play a handful of festivals, together with the inaugural Power Trip in Indio, California, alongside Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica and Tool.
Watch Guns N’ Roses Perform ‘Pretty Tied Up’ in Abu Dhabi
Guns N’ Roses, 6/1/23, Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi
1. “It’s So Easy”
2. “Bad Obsession”
3. “Chinese Democracy”
4. “Slither”
5. “Pretty Tied Up”
6. “Welcome to the Jungle”
7. “Mr. Brownstone”
8. “Hard Skool”
9. “Double Talkin’ Jive”
10. “Reckless Life”
11. “Absurd”
12. “You Could Be Mine”
13. “Down on the Farm”
14. “Rocket Queen”
15. “T.V. Eye”
16. “Anything Goes”
17. “Civil War”
18. “This I Love”
19. “Live and Let Die”
20. “Estranged”
21. Slash Guitar Solo
22. “Sweet Child o’ Mine”
23. “November Rain”
24. “Wichita Lineman”
25. “Street of Dreams”
26. “Nice Boys”
27. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
28. “Nightrain”
29. “Patience”
30. “Don’t Cry”
31. “My Michelle”
32. “Paradise City”
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