The latest version of ’80s rock band Guns N’ Roses will play the new Mystic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee on Aug. 8.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 5 through Ticketmaster. Fans who register at signup.ticketmaster.com/gunsnroses by the end of the day Monday have access to a presale that runs on Dec. 3.
Guns N’ Roses formed in 1985 from the ashes of several other Los Angeles rock bands. After turning heads on the Hollywood club scene, GNR signed a deal with Geffen Records the following year and released their debut “Appetite for Destruction” in the summer of 1987. It spawned five hit singles, including the ballad “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” and went on to top 18 million in sales.
The mini-album “G N’ R Lies” and ambitious 1991 records “Use Your Illusion I” and “Use Your Illusion II” followed and helped establish Guns N’ Roses as one of the biggest rock bands in the world. But the first cracks in the group started to show in 1990, when they fired original drummer Steven Adler. Rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin quit the following year, and the rest of the band soon followed, leaving Rose the sole remaining member.
For the next two decades, about a dozen people cycled in and out of GNR, with Minneapolis’ own Tommy Stinson playing bass in the band from 1998 through 2014. Rose’s version of Guns N’ Roses resumed touring in 2001. They played the Target Center three times – in 2002, 2006 and 2011 – and drew about 8,000 fans each show.
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Following years of rumors that GNR’s classic lineup would reunite, news finally broke in early 2016 that guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan would hit the road with lead singer Axl Rose for the first time since 1993. The tour kicked off that April and grossed more than $584 million. In July 2017, GNR headlined U.S. Bank Stadium in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 48,000. The band returned to the metro in September 2021 to headline the former Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
The upcoming tour will be GNR’s fourth since the reunion outing. It’ll be the first time locals see the group’s new drummer Isaac Carpenter, the replacement for Frank Ferrer, who amicably left the lineup last year.
Two new Guns N’ Roses songs, “Nothin” and “Atlas,” will be released Tuesday.
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