Although the days of crazy post-show parties was in the past anyway, Slash revealed that Guns N’ Roses‘ Covid protocols on the road only strengthened the band’s musical connection. Ultimate Classic Rock ran a bit of Slash’s chat with Britain’s Daily Star, in which the guitarist remembered, “Onstage it was incredible — the audience had this crazy energy. The effect on the group as a whole was super positive. . . No after-parties, no record execs, no celebrations — and frankly it showed onstage. The crisis restored our communal passion for music. We’ve never enjoyed playing music so much.”
Slash went on to talk about the touring party’s safety regiment: “All of our entourage wore masks; there was never any contact with the outside world. No one was invited to the concerts; there were no after-parties. We would go straight from the hotel to the venue and back to the hotel until it was time to travel to the next town. If you told me that in the ’80s, I wouldn’t have believed you. . . I think it was a little glimpse of what’s to come. I think we are going to have to live with the virus and adapt to it.”
- Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators tour dates (subject to change):
February 8 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
February 9 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
February 11 – Brooks, CA – Cache Creek Casino Resort
February 12 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
February 15 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre
February 16 – Fenner, CA – The Events Center at Harrah’s Resort SoCal –
February 18 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theatre
February 19 – Las Vegas, NV – Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
February 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater
February 23 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
February 25 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre At the Midland
February 26 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
February 28 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
March 2 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
March 4 – Windsor, ON – The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
March 5 – Waterloo, NY – The Vine Theater at Del Lago Resort & Casino
March 7 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston
March 9 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
March 11 – Atlantic City, NJ – Tropicana Showroom
March 12 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
March 14 – Richmond, VA – Dominion Arts Center
March 16 – Nashville, TN – Grand Ole Opry House
March 18 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
March 19 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
March 21 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
March 23 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center
March 25 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
March 26 – Orlando – Hard Rock Live Orlando
DID YOU KNOW???
- Guns N’ Roses‘ 2021 summer tour grossed $50 million and sold 363,000 tickets.
- Billboard Boxscore reported, “The tour alternated between stadiums and arenas, with 10 outdoor shows and 14 indoor shows. Despite more arena dates, the stadium concerts, perhaps unsurprisingly, carried the bigger gross ($28.6 million) while managing a slightly lighter ticket price ($121), compared to arenas with $21.5 million on an average $169.48 ticket.”
FAST FACTS
- Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will release their latest album, titled 4, on February 11th.
- The album marks the collective’s first studio set since 2018’s Living The Dream.
- Coming on February 25th is Guns N’ Roses‘ four-track EP, titled Hard Skool, marking the first set to feature Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, and Slash since the band’s 1993 covers album “The Spaghetti Incident?”
CHECK IT OUT: Guns N’ Roses on October 3rd, 2021 performing “Patience” live in Hollywood, Florida: