Guns N' Roses made headlines soon after kicking off their 2023 world tour.
The hard rock band made its way back on the road with a global tour that includes the Middle East, Europe, and North America stops. The members started the month of June with a blast at the Abu Dhabi show, wherein they performed a 32-song set, including four unheard materials.
Guns N' Roses Perform 4 Songs For the 1st Time in Decades
Online videos and several news outlets, including Ultimate Classic Rock and Culture confirmed that Guns N' Roses reworked their setlist and included four songs.
They brought back their rarely heard tunes after the first song, with "Use Your Illusion I" album track "Bad Obsession" securing the second spot on the setlist. It served as the first time they performed it in 30 years.
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Guns N' Roses played three rarely heard tracks, including "Pretty Tied Up," which the band has not played since 1992 and "Down on the Farm," which they last performed in 2006.
The Axl Rose-fronted band soon shared the oldest song they unearthed that night, "Appetite for Destruction" song "Anything Goes." According to Setlist.fm, they have only played it 40 times since its release, with the last time occurring in 1988.
Guns N' Roses World Tour Setlist
Before the show started, Guns N' Roses performed "Locomotive," "Pretty Tied Up," "Bad Apples," "Bad Obsession," "There Was a Time," and "Street of Dreams" during the soundcheck.
See the full Guns N' Roses 2023 World Tour in Abu Dhabi setlist below:
1. It's So Easy
2. Bad Obsession
3. Chinese Democracy
4. Slither
5. Pretty Tied Up
6. Welcome to the Jungle
7. Mr. Brownstone
8. Hard Skool
9. Double Talkin' Jive
10. Reckless Life
11. Absurd
12. You Could Be Mine
13. Down on the Farm
14. Rocket Queen
15. T.V. Eye
16. Anything Goes
17. Civil War
18. This I Love
19. Live and Let Die
20. Estranged
21. Slash Guitar Solo
22. Sweet Child o' Mine
23. November Rain
24. Wichita Lineman
25. Street of Dreams
26. Nice Boys
27. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
28. Nightrain
Encore:
29. Patience
30. Don't Cry
31. My Michelle
32. Paradise City
Guns N' Roses fans will be able to hear the setlist live in the band's next schedule in Tel Aviv Park Hayarkon in Israel on June 5. The 2023 world tour will end at Vancouver BC Place on Oct. 16.
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