En una nueva entrevista con Chico «Favazz» Favazza de la estación de radio St. Louis, Missouri KSHE 95, GUNS N ROSES guitarrista ricardo fortus dijo que los fanáticos podrían escuchar diferentes canciones durante la próxima gira de la banda, que comenzará el 1 de junio en Abu Dhabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos. «Ojalá sacudamos un poco las cosas y cambiemos canciones y cosas así», dijo (según lo transcrito por BLABBERMOUTH.NET). «Pero a menudo cada noche es diferente, porque no tenemos setlists, así que…»

Presionado por Favazz cómo Fortus y sus acólitos saben lo que les espera cuando no tienen setlist, Ricardo dijo: «Nuestro cantante. axel [Rose]tiene un botón que puede presionar para silenciar el micrófono del [front]…que suele usarse para contar chistes. Pero él solo dirá: ‘¿Qué quieres hacer?’ Y alguien más dirá algo o dirá: ‘Hagámoslo’.

“Hay bloques de canciones que haremos juntos”, Fortus explicar. «Y a veces es una verdadera sorpresa… Y ensayamos bien. Verificamos el sonido durante al menos una hora todos los días». barra oblicua [GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist, man, he loves to play — he loves to play… I get to play with that guy every night. It’s pretty cool.»

GUNS N’ ROSES‘ North American tour will start on Saturday, August 5 in Moncton, NB at Medavie Blue Cross Stadium, and will visit historic venues across the country such as Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on August 21 and Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on August 24. The tour concludes in Vancouver, British Columbia at BC Place on Monday, October 16.

Fortus got his big break when his band PALE DIVINE opened for THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS. This led to Fortus forming the band LOVE SPIT LOVE with PSYCHEDELIC FURS frontman Richard Butler and drummer Frank Ferrer. In 2000, Fortus and Ferrer became touring members of the reformed PSYCHEDELIC FURS before Fortus hooked up with GUNS N’ ROSES. Ferrer himself joined GN’R in 2006.

GUNS N’ ROSES launched its long-rumored and long-awaited reunion tour with an April 2016 club show in Hollywood and appearances in Las Vegas and at California’s Coachella festival.

GUNS N’ ROSES‘ reunion tour features classic-lineup members McKagan, Rose and Slash, backed by Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer, keyboardist Dizzy Reed and second keyboardist Melissa Reese.

GUNS N’ ROSES released a new four-song EP, «Hard Skool», in February 2022. The effort, which is exclusive to the GUNS N’ ROSES‘ official store, contained the two new songs the band released in 2021 — the title track and «Absurd» (stylized as «ABSUЯD») — as well as live versions of «Don’t Cry» and «You’re Crazy».

The band is now reportedly working on a new studio album — the first under the GUNS banner since 2008’s «Chinese Democracy» and the first to feature Rose, Slash and McKagan since 1993.

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