Slash Performs ‘Use Your Illusion’ Deep Cut for the First Time

Fans received an surprising shock when Slash that includes Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators kicked off their 2024 tour.

During the efficiency, which passed off Jan. 23 in Mexico City, the group delivered a rendition of Guns N’ Roses’ tune “Don’t Damn Me,” marking the first time it had ever been performed stay.

The observe initially appeared on GNR’s 1991 album Use Your Illusion I. Its lyrics – equivalent to “Don’t damn me when I speak a piece of mind / ‘Cause silence isn’t golden when I’m holding it inside” – had been broadly assumed to be in response to destructive press protection Rose obtained in the late ‘80s.

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Still, according to Slash, the reason GNR never played it live had nothing to do with the song’s subject material. Instead, it was a purely utilitarian resolution.

“There’s just too many words,” the guitarist remarked throughout a 2014 interview when requested if he would play the tune with Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators. “You know, it’s a cool song and everything. I think even [with] Axl [Rose], we never did it because it was just too many words without a breath, and it just makes it really impossible to do it live.”

Watch footage of Slash that includes Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators performing “Don’t Damn Me” under.

Where Will Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators Be Touring?

Slash and his fellow rockers have an intensive tour schedule in 2024. The group will proceed performing all through Central and South America via the center of February. From there, they head to Australia and Japan for a run of dates, earlier than wrapping issues up with an prolonged trek throughout Europe.

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Meanwhile, Slash’s different band is remaining busy, even when they are not on tour. Guns N’ Roses lately unveiled an AI generated music video for their tune “The General.”