WONDERboom to support Guns N' Roses on first SA tour

2 Aug 2018

Legendary rockers Guns N' Roses will perform in South Africa for the first time in the band's history in November 2018. The band will be supported by South African rock legends WONDERboom when they perform at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on 29 November 2018.

WONDERboom to support Guns N' Roses on first SA tour

Guns N’ Roses and their unstoppable and massively successful Not In This Lifetime Tour continues to dominate the rock music world in 2018 and beyond with 13 stadium shows lined up across Europe, festival headline slots at Download Festival UK, Paris, and Madrid, Italy’s Firenze Rocks and Belgium’s Graspop Metal Meeting. They are also playing seven dates across Asia, including stops in Indonesia, The Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, and Dubai.

Produced by Live Nation, the first European leg of the Not In This Lifetime Tour sold over one million tickets in 2017 to their widespread fanbase, becoming the year’s most successful tour and proving beyond a doubt that the attitude, spirit and influence of both Guns N’ Roses and the rock and roll genre are as strong as ever. Since it kicked off in 2016, the Not In This Lifetime Tour has performed an exhilarating 149 shows to over 5,200,000 fans around the world.

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Guns N’ Roses’ are Axl Rose (vocals, piano), Duff McKagan (bass), Slash (lead guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboard), Richard Fortus (rhythm guitar), Frank Ferrer (drums), and Melissa Reese (keyboard).

Following the group’s 1985 formation, Guns N’ Roses injected unbridled, unrivalled, and unstoppable attitude into the burgeoning Los Angeles rock scene. The spirit went on to captivate the entire world with the release of their 1987 debut Appetite for Destruction –the best-selling US debut ever, moving 30 million copies globally.

The @gunsnroses 'Not in this Lifetime Tour' will be coming to Johannesburg for the first time ever! 29 Nov at FNB Stadium, Johannesburg - One show only! The Guns N’ Roses line-up includes Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Slash, Dizzy Reed, Richard Fortus, Frank Ferrer and Melissa Reese. Public sales open Thurs 7 June at 9 am. Book at BigConcerts.co.za. For more info, go to BigConcerts.co.za now. Discovery pre-sale opens at 9 am today and runs for 48 hours. For more info, go to www.discovery.co.za. @Discovery_sa #Discovery48hrs 48hrs Presented by 947 and Channel24 #GNRSA #GNR #NotInThisLifetimeTour

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In 1991, the seven-time platinum Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II occupied the top two spots of the Billboard Top 200 upon release. Over the course of the past decade, Guns N’ Roses have performed sold-out shows and headlined festivals worldwide following the critically acclaimed release of 2008’s RIAA platinum-certified Chinese Democracy. Six studio albums later, Guns N’ Roses are one of the most important and influential acts in music history and continue to set the benchmark for live performances connecting with millions of fans across the globe.

Guns N’ Roses will be supported by WONDERboom, who 22 years on, are still rocking South Africa. It’s no small feat to be hailed as one of South Africa’s most legendary rock bands, and still going strong. WONDERboom have released nine albums, headlined many major South African festivals and have been nominated for five ‘Best Rock Album’ awards in the South African Music Awards. They also won the South African leg of the 2004 Global Battle of the Bands and came second worldwide at the finals in the London Astoria.

There can be few South African music fans that aren’t familiar with their hits, like Never Ever, Jafta Rebel, Something Wrong, Green Fever, Africa, Shadows, Charlie, It’s Great to be Alive, Best Side, On The Radio, Karaoke Bar and now Ooh La La.

Tickets on sale from www.bigconcerts.co.za and Computicket.