Guns N’ Roses to Play Saratoga, First Time In 3 Decades!

Guns N' Roses are coming to Saratoga!

Axl, Slash, Duff and the rest of the band are only scheduled to play 1 amphitheater on the 2023 North American Tour and they chose SPAC.

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Guns N' Roses will play Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Friday September 1, 2023 at 6pm. Tickets for this performance will go on sale Friday February 24, 2023 at 10am at LiveNation.com and spac.org.

Guns N' Roses played Saratoga Performing Arts Center twice before but haven't been there in 32 years. On August 6, 1988 GNR opened for Aerosmith at SPAC on the Appetite for Destruction Tour. In 1991 they returned on the Use Your Illusion Tour.

In 1988 Guns N' Roses only played 7 songs as the opening band at SPAC:

• It's So Easy
• Mr. Brownstone
• Patience
• Move to the City
• Out ta Get Me
• Sweet Child o' Mine
• Welcome to the Jungle

In 1991 Guns N' Roses played more than 20 songs. Here are some highlights:

• Nightrain
• Mr. Brownstone
• It's So Easy
• Civil War
• Welcome to the Jungle
• November Rain
• Rocket Queen
• Knockin' On Heavens Door
• Sweet Child o' Mine
• Live and Let Die
• Paradise City

In 2016 three of the original members of Guns N' Roses reunited and launched the 'Not In this Lifetime Tour'. That run with Slash, Axl and Duff lasted until 2019. After a brief break the band hot the road on the 'We're FN' Back! Tour'. In essence this lineup has been on a 7 year tour.