Guns N’ Roses have plotted a 2025 summer tour of the Middle East and Europe that is slated to kick off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 23, which will be the veteran hard rocker’s first-ever stop in the country. The 24-show run will be the band’s first outing since they wound-down their 2023 world tour at the Hell & Heaven Fest in Toluca, Mexico in November 2023.
Announcing the shows on their Instagram on Monday morning (Dec. 9), the band wrote, “Because what you want N’ what you get are two completely different things.” After opening in Saudi Arabia, the tour will visit the United Arab Emirates before moving on to stadiums in Europe, with shows in Georgia, Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, the U.K., Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Serbia. The tour is currently slated to wind down in Bulgaria on July 21, with no .
Support on the tour will come from Public Enemy, Rival Sons and the Sex Pistols fronted by Frank Carter on select dates. Nightrain fan club tickets will be available in a presale beginning Tuesday (Dec. 10) at 9 a.m. local time with a general onsale slated from Friday at 9 a.m. local; click here for information on both. PE hype man Flavor Flav was elated by the news, writing on X, “I’M GOING ON TOUR WITH GUNS N’ ROSES, !!!! Letz go,!!!”
GNR haven’t release a new album since 2008’s decade-plus in the making Chinese Democracy. In October, bassist Diff McKagan told SiriusXM’s Eddie Trunk that the group has been working on new material. “There’s definitely a desire and a plan for new music,” he said. “Yeah, for sure.” At press time the band has not announced any other 2025 tour dates.
Check out the 2025 GNR Middle East/European dates below.
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