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Use Your Illusion Tour
World tour by Guns N' Roses
Promotional poster for the 1992 leg of the tour
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
Associated album
Start dateJanuary 20, 1991 (1991-01-20)
End dateJuly 17, 1993 (1993-07-17)
Legs9
No. of shows192 (209 scheduled)
Box office$63.8 million (106 shows)[1]
Guns N' Roses concert chronology

The Use Your Illusion Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Guns N' Roses which ran from January 20, 1991, to July 17, 1993. It was not only the band's longest tour, but one of the longest concert tours in rock history, consisting of 192 shows in 27 countries.[2] It was also a source of much infamy for the band, due to riots, late starts, cancellations and outspoken rantings by Axl Rose.

History

The Use Your Illusion Tour was a promotional tour for the albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. The tour started on May 24, 1991, approximately when the long-awaited follow-up to G N' R Lies was to be released, and ended over two years later. The release date of the album, or albums, since there were now two of them, was pushed back to September but the tour began as originally scheduled. The tour marked a high point in the popularity of Guns N' Roses, with a total of over 7 million[2] fans attending, and accompanied by high worldwide album sales.

Live recordings from the tour would be issued as a two video/DVD set, Use Your Illusion I and II (featuring footage from a 1992 concert in Tokyo, Japan) and provide content for the 2-disc set Live Era: '87-'93. The tour also provided footage for music videos, including "Dead Horse" and their popular cover of Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die". A planned documentary, titled The Perfect Crime, included footage consisted of the band's time on the road, concert clips, and information about the riots and other major events of the tour. It was never released and never spoken about after the tour. Slash mentioned in his biography that Axl Rose controls the footage and that Slash would be interested in viewing it, as he thought it captured "killer moments" from the tour.[citation needed]

The conduct of the band, and particularly Axl Rose, during the Use Your Illusion Tour generated negative press, notably from the magazines Spin, Kerrang!, Circus, and Hit Parader. These magazines were mentioned in the song "Get in the Ring" where Axl Rose attacked writers who had written negative articles dealing with Rose's attitude.

The shows were all varied, as a setlist was never chosen by the band. They did, however, usually open with "Welcome to the Jungle", "It's So Easy", "Nightrain" or "Perfect Crime" and would shortly after one another play "Mr. Brownstone" or "Live and Let Die", and close with "Paradise City". Each show featured guitar solos from Slash (including the "Theme From the Godfather") and a drum solo from drummer Matt Sorum, usually six minutes in length.[citation needed]

The tour was massive not just in the number and size of performances, but also in its technical aspects and the size of the crew. A total of 130 working personnel traveled with the band, using two different stages to enable faster setup.[3] The trade magazine Performance named the tour crew "Crew of the Year" for 1991.

Duff McKagan revealed in 2015 that the band didn't make profit on the tour until 1993 due to the extravagant costs.[3]

"The band had such a ball," Slash remarked in 1994. "We managed to tour for two and a half years, against all the fuckin' odds. It really was a fuckin' endurance test of pretty big proportions."[4]

Notable events

At the June 10, 1991, show, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Axl Rose requested that the crowd chant "Get in the ring!" This was recorded for the song of that name on Use Your Illusion II.

On June 13, 1991, during the show in Philadelphia, Rose erupted after a fan fought with Guns N' Roses' photographer Robert John. When the fan kicked the camera out of his hands, Rose cursed him out and challenged him to a fight. After the fan was ejected from the concert, the show continued.

On Tuesday, July 2, 1991, at a show at the Riverport Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri, near St. Louis, Rose spotted a spectator recording the concert with a video camera and jumped into the audience after him when concert security failed to respond to his request to apprehend the man. Returning to the stage, Rose declared: "Well, thanks to the lame-ass security, I'm going home!" then slammed the mic on the stage, sparking the infamous Riverport riot. Rose then stormed off the stage; some people thought when he slammed the mic, because of the noise, that he shot someone. Slash told them, "He just slammed his mic on the floor. We're outta here." He proceeded to throw his guitar pick into the crowd and follow Rose. The band followed. The band was looking to come back out and finish the show, but as police and security tried to calm down the audience, a riot broke out. The footage was captured by Robert John who was documenting the entire tour. Sixty fans were injured. The band lost most of their equipment and Rose was charged with inciting a riot. He was acquitted due to lack of evidence. The band would later express their feelings regarding the incident by including the message "fuck you, St. Louis!" in the liner notes of both Use Your Illusion albums.[5]

On August 3, 1991, the day mixing of the Illusion albums was finished, the band played the longest show of the tour at the L.A. Forum. It lasted three and a half hours.[6]

On November 7, 1991, Izzy Stradlin quit the band after the release of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II; his last show was on August 31, 1991, at Wembley Stadium. On December 5, replacement rhythm guitarist Gilby Clarke made his debut in Worcester, at the first show after the release of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II.

On April 13 and 14, 1992, two concerts had to be canceled when a warrant was issued for Rose's arrest due to his behavior at the St. Louis show.

On April 20, 1992, the band performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, an effort for AIDS Awareness in London. The band was a controversial addition to the lineup, as many in the gay community were still angry over Rose using a homophobic slur in "One in a Million." The band opened with "Paradise City" and closed with "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." During the famous "Paradise City" opening, Axl pointed at protesters in the audience and yelled, "SHOVE IT!"[citation needed][clarification needed] He had planned to address the controversy between songs, but was asked not to by the band as it would pull the spotlight from Queen and Freddie Mercury. As Slash concluded a short cover of Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed", Duff McKagan kept an eye on Rose, who approached the front of the stage. When Slash finished the song, then strummed the beginning of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", McKagan walked over to Rose and shook his hand in appreciation. Later in the show, Slash joined Joe Elliott of Def Leppard and the surviving members of Queen for "Tie Your Mother Down." Rose sang "We Will Rock You" and finished "Bohemian Rhapsody" with Elton John and Queen. The show was broadcast live around the world via satellite, gathering the largest audience for a music concert in history.

On August 8, 1992, in Montreal, Quebec, during the famously troubled Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour portion, Metallica frontman/guitarist James Hetfield's left arm was badly burned due to misunderstanding about pyrotechnics added to Metallica's stage setup. Metallica was forced to end their set early. However, Guns N' Roses were not present at the arena to begin before the scheduled time, leaving fans to wait several hours before they took the stage. A few songs into the very late set, audio problems resulted in the band not being able to hear themselves play. Rose stormed off stage due to vocal issues, sparking a riot that spilled into the streets.

On November 30, 1992, the band performed for the first time in Bogotá, Colombia. When they started to play "November Rain", a soft rain fell over the city and stopped right after they finished the song. Rose later stated this was a special moment for him because "November Rain" was #1 in Colombia for 60 weeks. Rose stated that the band were at risk of electrocution and must stop to dry the stage. The band moved backstage and returned to finish with "Don't Cry" and "Paradise City."

On December 2, 1992, the band performed in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional in front of 85,535 people, breaking an attendance record in the stadium. At their arriving at Chile, Rose attacked some graphic reporters and a cameraman was injured. Before the concert, Rose got drunk and arrived at the stadium two hours late. While the band performed "Civil War" some people threw bottles to the stage, and Rose stopped four minutes into the show. The concert ended with 50 people arrested outside the stadium, and a teenage fan with several injuries, dying two days later.

On February 1, 1993, the band performed at the Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The concert started late due to earlier heavy rain, with minimal shelter available for those attending.[7] The concert was fraught with controversy, including reports that security staff had prohibited patrons from bringing their own food, drinks and sunscreen into the venue; this most seriously affected a diabetic teenage girl, whose medication and carefully portioned food were confiscated. The weather was very hot on that day, reportedly 42 °C (108 °F), and reportedly 1000 people were treated for heat-related illness. Many concertgoers went to the venue on special shuttle buses, which left the venue shortly after Guns N' Roses performed their final song. This, combined with a refusal to extend train timetables, left many concertgoers stranded.[8] There are reports that they walked all the way down the Calder Highway back to Melbourne, looting a 7-Eleven on the highway for food. An inquiry into the conditions was held, with the findings published by Ombudsman Victoria in May 1993.[9] To this day, this was the last ever concert to be performed at Calder Park.

In February 1993, Gilby Clarke told BBC Radio 1's Friday Rock Show: "For the last year and a half, we had a film crew with us. They do film every show and things backstage: hotel rooms, everything. And what we're gonna do at the end of the whole tour – which is actually after we're done in Europe – is put it all together, and we are gonna make a movie. It's pretty candid right now, so it's gonna be really great. The difference between ours and Madonna's is that ours isn't scripted. This movie is actually things that are happening around us." He also said Guns N' Roses would record an MTV Unplugged during their stay in Russia. Neither of these plans came to fruition.[10]

Stradlin returned for several shows in 1993, deputizing for an injured Clarke. "It was weird," he recalled. "We toured Greece, Istanbul, London [sic]. I liked that side of it – seeing some places I'd never seen… [But] money was a big sore point. I did the dates just for salary… [At the end] I didn't actually say 'See you', cos they were all fucked up… It was like playing with zombies."[11]

On July 17, 1993, the band performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina at River Plate Stadium in front of 80,000 people. It was their last show with most of the Use Your Illusion-era lineup (Rose, Slash, McKagan, Sorum, Reed, and Clarke). The tour was renamed the "Skin N' Bones Tour" for the last couple of legs and included an unplugged performance in a living room set. A highlight of the night was Cozy Powell dressed as a Domino's Pizza delivery boy playing drums with Sorum.

Setlists

First typical setlist

(Taken from the Inglewood, California Great Western Forum show on August 3, 1991)

  1. "Perfect Crime"
  2. "Mr. Brownstone"
  3. "Right Next Door To Hell"
  4. "Bad Obsession"
  5. "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney and Wings cover)
  6. "It's So Easy"
  7. "Yesterdays"
  8. "Dust N' Bones"
  9. "Double Talkin' Jive"
  10. "Civil War"
  11. "Patience"
  12. "You Could Be Mine"
  13. "November Rain"
  14. "My Michelle"
  15. "14 Years"
  16. "Nightrain"
  17. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  18. "Pretty Tied Up"
  19. "Rocket Queen"
  20. "Don't Cry" (Original lyrics) (with Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon)
  21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover)
  22. "You Ain't the First" (with Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon)
  23. "Used to Love Her"
  24. "Move to the City"
  25. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  26. "You're Crazy" (with Sebastian Bach of Skid Row)
  27. "Locomotive"
  28. "Out ta Get Me"
  29. "Dead Horse"
  30. "Estranged"
  31. "Paradise City"

Second typical setlist

(Taken from the Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome show on February 22, 1992)

  1. "Nightrain"
  2. "Mr. Brownstone"
  3. "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney and Wings cover)
  4. "It's So Easy"
  5. "Bad Obsession"
  6. "Attitude" (McKagan sang lead vocals) (Misfits cover)
  7. "Pretty Tied Up"
  8. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  9. "Don't Cry" (Original lyrics)
  10. "Double Talkin' Jive"
  11. "Civil War"
  12. "Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stones cover)
  13. "Patience"
  14. "You Could Be Mine"
  15. "November Rain"
  16. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  17. "So Fine"
  18. "Rocket Queen"
  19. "Move to the City"
  20. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover)
  21. "Estranged"
  22. "Paradise City"

Third typical setlist

(Taken from the Stuttgart, Germany Neckarstadion show on May 28, 1992)

  1. "It's So Easy"
  2. "Mr. Brownstone"
  3. "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney and Wings cover)
  4. "Bad Obsession"
  5. "Attitude" (McKagan sang lead vocals (Misfits cover)
  6. "Don't Cry" (Original lyrics)
  7. "Double Talkin' Jive"
  8. "Civil War"
  9. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  10. "Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stones cover)
  11. "Patience"
  12. "It's Alright" (Black Sabbath cover)
  13. "November Rain"
  14. "You Could Be Mine"
  15. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  16. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover)
  17. "Estranged"
  18. "Paradise City"

Fourth typical setlist

(Taken from the Paris, France Hippodrome de Vincennes show on June 6, 1992)

  1. "It's So Easy"
  2. "Mr. Brownstone"
  3. "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney and Wings cover)
  4. "Attitude" (McKagan sang lead vocals) (Misfits cover)
  5. "Bad Obsession"
  6. "Always on the Run" (Lenny Kravitz cover) (with Lenny Kravitz)
  7. "Double Talkin' Jive"
  8. "Civil War"
  9. "Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stones cover)
  10. "Patience"
  11. "You Could Be Mine"
  12. "It's Alright" (originally performed by Black Sabbath)
  13. "November Rain"
  14. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  15. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  16. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover)
  17. "Mama Kin" (Aerosmith cover) with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith)
  18. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw cover) (with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith)
  19. "Don't Cry" (Original lyrics)
  20. "Paradise City"

Fifth typical setlist

(Taken from the Buenos Aires, Argentina River Plate Stadium show on July 17, 1993)

  1. "Nightrain"
  2. "Mr. Brownstone"
  3. "Yesterdays"
  4. "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney and Wings cover)
  5. "Attitude" (McKagan sang lead vocals) (Misfits cover)
  6. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  7. "Double Talkin' Jive"
  8. "Dead Flowers" (The Rolling Stones cover)
  9. "You Ain't the First"
  10. "You're Crazy"
  11. "Used to Love Her"
  12. "Patience"
  13. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan cover)
  14. "November Rain"
  15. "Dead Horse"
  16. "You Could Be Mine"
  17. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  18. "Paradise City"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Rock in Rio II
January 20, 1991 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Maracanã Stadium
January 23, 1991
Warm-up shows
May 9, 1991 San Francisco United States Warfield Theatre
May 11, 1991 Los Angeles Pantages Theatre
May 16, 1991 New York City The Ritz
North America
May 24, 1991 East Troy United States Alpine Valley Music Theatre
May 25, 1991
May 28, 1991 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center
May 29, 1991
June 1, 1991 Grove City Capital Music Center
June 2, 1991 Toledo Toledo Speedway
June 4, 1991 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
June 5, 1991
June 7, 1991 Toronto Canada CNE Grandstand
June 8, 1991
June 10, 1991 Saratoga Springs United States Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 11, 1991 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
June 13, 1991 Philadelphia The Spectrum
June 15, 1991 Bristol Lake Compounce
June 17, 1991 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 19, 1991 Landover Capital Centre
June 20, 1991
June 21, 1991 Bristol Bristol Motor Speedway
June 22, 1991 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
June 23, 1991 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
June 25, 1991 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
June 26, 1991 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena
June 29, 1991 Lexington Rupp Arena
June 30, 1991 Birmingham Birmingham Race Course
July 2, 1991 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre
July 3, 1991
July 4, 1991 Tinley Park World Music Theater
July 6, 1991 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
July 8, 1991 Dallas Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre
July 9, 1991
July 11, 1991 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
July 12, 1991 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
July 13, 1991 Salt Lake City Salt Palace Arena
July 16, 1991 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
July 17, 1991
July 19, 1991 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 20, 1991
July 23, 1991 Sacramento ARCO Arena
July 25, 1991 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre
July 26, 1991
July 29, 1991 Inglewood Great Western Forum
July 30, 1991
August 2, 1991
August 3, 1991
Europe
August 13, 1991 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
August 14, 1991
August 16, 1991 Stockholm Sweden Globen
August 17, 1991
August 19, 1991 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
August 21, 1991 Oslo Norway Oslo Spectrum
August 24, 1991 Mannheim Germany Maimarktgelände
August 31, 1991 London England Wembley Stadium
North America
December 5, 1991 Worcester United States Worcester Centrum
December 6, 1991
December 9, 1991 New York City Madison Square Garden
December 10, 1991
December 13, 1991
December 16, 1991 Philadelphia The Spectrum
December 17, 1991
December 28, 1991 St. Petersburg Suncoast Dome
December 31, 1991 Miami Gardens Joe Robbie Stadium
January 3, 1992 Baton Rouge LSU Assembly Center
January 4, 1992 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
January 7, 1992 Memphis Pyramid Arena
January 9, 1992 Houston The Summit
January 10, 1992
January 13, 1992 Fairborn Nutter Center
January 14, 1992
January 21, 1992 Minneapolis Target Center
January 22, 1992
January 25, 1992 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center
January 27, 1992 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
January 28, 1992
January 31, 1992 Chandler Compton Terrace
February 1, 1992
Asia
February 19, 1992 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome
February 20, 1992
February 22, 1992
North America
April 1, 1992 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
April 2, 1992
April 6, 1992 Oklahoma City United States Myriad Arena
April 9, 1992 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
April 10, 1992
April 13, 1992 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
April 14, 1992
Europe
April 20, 1992 London England Wembley Stadium
(The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert)
May 16, 1992 Slane Ireland Slane Concert
May 20, 1992 Prague Czechoslovakia Strahov Stadium
May 22, 1992 Budapest Hungary Népstadion
May 23, 1992 Vienna Austria Donauinsel Stadium
May 26, 1992 Berlin Germany Olympiastadion
May 28, 1992 Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen
May 30, 1992 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion
June 3, 1992 Hanover Niedersachsenstadion
June 5, 1992 Werchter Belgium Werchter Park
June 6, 1992 Paris France Hippodrome de Vincennes
June 13, 1992 London England Wembley Stadium
June 14, 1992 Manchester Maine Road
June 16, 1992 Gateshead Gateshead International Stadium
June 20, 1992 Würzburg Germany Airdrome Würzburg-Schenkenturm
June 21, 1992 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium
June 23, 1992 Rotterdam Netherlands Feijenoord Stadion
June 24, 1992 Ghent Belgium Expo Hall
June 27, 1992 Turin Italy Stadio delle Alpi
June 28, 1992 Rome TBA
June 30, 1992 Seville Spain Estadio Benito Villamarín
July 2, 1992 Lisbon Portugal Estádio José Alvalade
July 4, 1992 Madrid Spain Vicente Calderón Stadium
July 5, 1992 Barcelona Olympic Stadium
South America
November 25, 1992 Caracas Venezuela Poliedro de Caracas
November 29, 1992 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín
December 2, 1992 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional de Chile
December 5, 1992 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium
December 6, 1992
December 10, 1992 São Paulo Brazil Arena Anhembi
December 12, 1992
December 13, 1992 Rio de Janeiro Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Asia / Oceania
January 12, 1993 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome
January 14, 1993
January 15, 1993
January 30, 1993 Sydney Australia Eastern Creek Raceway
February 1, 1993 Melbourne Calder Park Raceway
February 6, 1993 Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium
North America (Skin N’ Bones tour)
February 23, 1993 Austin United States Frank Erwin Center
February 25, 1993 Birmingham Jefferson Civic Arena
March 6, 1993 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
March 8, 1993 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
March 9, 1993 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
March 12, 1993 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
March 16, 1993 Augusta United States Augusta Civic Center
March 17, 1993 Boston Boston Garden
March 20, 1993 Iowa City Carver–Hawkeye Arena
March 21, 1993 Fargo Fargodome
March 24, 1993 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena
March 26, 1993 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place
March 28, 1993 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
March 30, 1993 Vancouver BC Place
April 1, 1993 Portland United States Memorial Coliseum
April 3, 1993 Sacramento ARCO Arena
April 4, 1993 Reno Lawlor Events Center
April 7, 1993 Salt Lake City Delta Center
April 9, 1993 Rapid City Don Barnett Arena
April 10, 1993 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
April 13, 1993 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
April 14, 1993 Atlanta The Omni
April 15, 1993 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
April 16, 1993 Chapel Hill Dean Smith Center
April 18, 1993 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach Amphitheatre
April 21, 1993 Guadalajara Mexico Estadio Jalisco
April 23, 1993 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
April 24, 1993
April 27, 1993 Monterrey Estadio Universitario
April 28, 1993
May 1, 1993 Cincinnati United States Riverfront Coliseum
May 3, 1993 Providence Providence Civic Center
May 4, 1993 Albany Knickerbocker Arena
May 6, 1993 Amherst Mullins Center
Europe / Israel (Skin N’ Bones tour)
May 22, 1993 Tel Aviv Israel Hayarkon Park
May 24, 1993 Athens Greece Olympic Stadium
May 26, 1993 Istanbul Turkey Inonu Stadium
May 29, 1993 Milton Keynes England National Bowl
May 30, 1993
June 2, 1993 Vienna Austria Praterstadion
June 5, 1993 Nijmegen Netherlands Goffertpark
June 6, 1993
June 8, 1993 Copenhagen Denmark Gentofte Stadion
June 10, 1993 Oslo Norway Valle Hovin
June 12, 1993 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Olympic Stadium
June 16, 1993 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob Stadium
June 18, 1993 Bremen Germany Weserstadion
June 19, 1993 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion
June 22, 1993 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion
June 25, 1993 Frankfurt Waldstadion
June 26, 1993 Munich Olympiastadion
June 29, 1993 Modena Italy Stadio Comunale
June 30, 1993
July 2, 1993 Cava de' Tirreni Stadio Simonetta Lamberti
July 5, 1993 Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
July 6, 1993 Madrid Vicente Calderón Stadium
July 8, 1993 Nancy France Zénith de Nancy
July 9, 1993 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
July 11, 1993 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
July 13, 1993 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
South America (Skin N’ Bones tour)
July 16, 1993 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium
July 17, 1993

Personnel

Guns N' Roses
  • W. Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, whistle, whistling, acoustic guitar, tambourine, backing vocals
  • Slash – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, talkbox, slide guitar
  • Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, lead vocals (1991; 1993 – five shows)
  • Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals, drum
  • Matt Sorum – drums, percussion, backing vocals, drum
  • Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, backing vocals, percussion, organ, tambourine
  • Gilby Clarke – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, drum (1991–1993)
Touring musicians
  • Teddy Andreadis – keyboards, backing vocals, harmonica, tambourine (1991–1993)
  • Roberta Freeman – backing vocals, tambourine (1991–1993)
  • Traci Amos – backing vocals, tambourine (1991–1993)
  • Diane Jones – backing vocals, tambourine (1991–1993)
  • Cece Worrall-Rubin – saxophone (1991–1993)
  • Anne King – trumpet (1991–1993)
  • Lisa Maxwell – horns (1991–1993)
Additional musicians

Songs played

From Appetite for Destruction:

From G N' R Lies:

From Use Your Illusion I:

From Use Your Illusion II:

From "The Spaghetti Incident?":

Other commonly performed songs:

References

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