Guns N’ Roses have kicked off the 2026 tour, and played ‘Nothin’’ and ‘Atlas’ live for the first time. Check out footage and the setlist below.
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The gig was held at the Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Mexico on Saturday (March 28), and was the first show of the rock giant’s 2026 run. It comes following a hefty number of live shows last year, which wrapped up in October.
This is also their first tour since drummer Frank Ferrer left the line-up in 2025 after nearly 20 years, and just one day before the gig, keyboardist Melissa Reese announced that she would be sitting out of upcoming shows due to personal reasons.
As usual, the band kicked things off with huge hits like ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ and ‘Mr Brownstone’, before later introducing classics like ‘Paradise City’, ‘Don’t Cry’, ‘Civil War’, ‘November Rain’ and their version of ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ later on in the set.
As well as sharing their famed version of the Bob Dylan classic, Axl Rose and co. also broke out various other covers on the night including Black Sabbath’s ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’, Wings’ ‘Live And Let Die’, Velvet Revolver’s ‘Slither’, The Damned’s ‘New Rose’ and UK Subs’ ‘Down On The Farm’.
The set in Monterrey also saw them break out their two new songs, ‘Nothin’’ and ‘Atlas’ for the first time live, having released them back in December. Check out the full setlist and footage of the night below.
Guns N’ Roses’ setlist was:
‘Welcome to the Jungle’
‘Mr. Brownstone’
‘Bad Obsession’
‘Live and Let Die’ (Wings cover)
‘Slither’ (Velvet Revolver cover)
‘Chinese Democracy’
‘Pretty Tied Up’
‘It’s So Easy’
‘Yesterdays’
‘Double Talkin’ Jive’
‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ (Black Sabbath cover)
‘Nothin’’ (live debut)
‘Dead Horse’
‘Perhaps’
‘Civil War’
‘Atlas’ (live debut)
‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ (Bob Dylan cover)
‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’
‘November Rain’
‘Patience’’
‘New Rose ‘(The Damned cover) (Duff on vocals)
‘Down on the Farm’ (UK Subs cover)
‘Don’t Cry’
‘Nightrain’
‘Paradise City’
Those two new songs marked the first new music from the band in two years, following ‘Perhaps’ and ‘The General’ in 2023.
Following this gig in Mexico, Slash and co. will continue to play live in April, with nine huge shows planned for Brazil. In May, the band will make two stops in Florida before continuing the tour with a series of European gigs in June and July. These commence with two shows in Poland, and are followed by a show in Dublin and a previously announced slot at the UK’s Download Festival.
Other gigs include stops in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Belgium, before they head over the pond again for North American shows. These kick off in North Carolina on July 23, and wrap up on September 19 in Georgia. Buy US tickets here, European tickets here, and find a list of new shows below.
Elsewhere, guitarist Slash recently cast doubts on the band ever playing the Las Vegas Sphere, and also hinted at new Guns N’ Roses music, saying that “everybody [in the band] is thinking about it”.
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