GUNS N' ROSES To Open For THE ROLLING STONES In Germany

May 4, 2006

GUNS N' ROSES will join THE ROLLING STONES on two shows in Germany this summer as part of the STONES' "A Bigger Bang European Tour". Axl Rose and company will warm up for the STONES on July 10 at Frankenstadion in Nurnberg and July 12 at Zentralstadion in Leipzig.

The original GUNS N' ROSES lineup — Rose is now the only veteran — opened for the STONES during their four-night stint at the Los Angeles Coliseum in October 1989, according to Reuters. One of their sets was highlighted by a Rose monologue in defense of racist and homophobic lyrics in the song "One in a Million", a bitter complaint that too many people in the GUNS organization were "dancing with Mr. Brownstone" (i.e. doing drugs),and a pledge that he would never perform again with GUNS N' ROSES.

THE ROLLING STONES' European tour is scheduled to kick off on Saturday, May 27 at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium. The band will play over twenty countries at the most famous stadiums and venues in the world. There will be 36 European concert dates in 2006 including performances in Spain, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Italy Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and the U.K. "A Bigger Bang" will also visit Russia — the band's first return visit since 1998's "Bridges to Babylon" tour.

GUNS N' ROSES are set to perform the first of 17 European festivals on May 27, when they take the stage during Rock in Rio in Lisbon, Portugal.

GN'R's four New York concerts (May 12, 14, 15, 17) will be the band's first American shows in more than three years. Back in 2002, the band played a number of dates before pulling the plug on what was to be a global trek.

(Thanks: TheNewGuns.com)

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