Guns N’ Roses and The Pretenders Play PNC Park (Fri., 8/18/23)

It will be “Paradise City” again for all the Guns N’ Roses fans who love seeing founding members: lead vocalist extraordinaire Axl Rose, the very talented guitar slinger Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, and bassist Duff McKagan. Forming in 1985, the band rose out of Los Angeles, California to the big time on the wings of their first album Appetite for Destruction and its monster hit single “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” In ’87 the album reached no. 1 on Billboard 200, and the single also reached no.1 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. In September of 1991 GNR released its third and fourth album on the same day, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, in conjunction with their tour of the same name. The albums debuted at no. 1 and no. 2 respectively on the Billboard 200, and have sold a combined 35 million albums worldwide. GNR has been called “the most dangerous band in the world” and the original lineup of GNR was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. The band has always been fronted by Axl Rose, but other founding members have left and most have now returned. Their latest album is 2008’s Chinese Democracy. Let’s hope we see a new LP in the not too distant future. A very special guest is The Pretenders. 6 p.m. PNC Park, 115 Federal St., North Shore. (R.H.)

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