Guns N ‘Roses: a concert that breaks with 30 years of tradition
The concert that the Guns N ‘Roses held last June 2nd At the Tüpraş Stadyumu by Istanbulin Türkiye, has reserved many surprises, including the decision of the band of stop the one that for over thirty years seemed now a consolidated tradition.
As part of the tour entitled “Because what you want & what you get two completely different things”, which started last May 1 and which will go from Italy next week, The show in Türkiye He was unique for the inclusion of “Out ta get me“, song taken from the album” Appetite for Destruction “and performed for the first time live since 2017. But to displace the fans it was above all another moment. The concert of June 2 is in fact also distinct for what has not been played.
According to what reported by Setlist.fm, the Guns N ‘Roses have decided to do not perform “It’s So Easy”, an inevitable classic in the band’s shows and for a long time opening songs for concerts. The song was then removed from a concert For the first time since 1993. It looks like a rather radical choice for the group, which has maintained a baser scaletta quite constant since Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan met in 2016. Since then, until 2025, All post-reunion concerts had opened with “It’s so easy” – Until the recent change that saw the return of “Welcome to the Jungle” as an opening song.
“Out Ta Get Me” is not the only surprise reserved by the Guns N ‘Roses to the public in the current tour. Last week in Abu Dhabi, the band performed their cover of “live for the first timeHuman Being“Of the New York Dolls, already present in their 1993 cover album” The Spaghetti Incident? “. They also re -proposed”Used to Love Her“, famous song taken from” G N ‘R Lies “, for the first time since 2018. The concert of 23 May in Riad, Saudi Arabia, also marked the First live performance without any song taken from “Chinese Democracy” since 1993. And during the second evening of the tour, in Yokohama in Japan, they presented a cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Thunder and Lighting” for the first time.
The current tour of the Guns N ‘Roses will stop in Italy for a scheduled date for June 12 at Florence Rocks.
Here is the lineup of the concert on June 2nd at the Tüpraş Stodyumu in Istanbul:
Welcome to the Jungle
Out ta get me
Bad Obsession
Mr. Brownstone
Live and Let Die – Wings cover
Chinese democracy
Slip – Cover of Velvet Revolver
Perhaps
Estranged
Yesterdays
You Could Be Mine
Absurd
Double Talkin ‘Jive
Hard Skool
Knockin ‘On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan cover
Rocket Queen
Coma
Thunder and lightning – Thin Lizzy cover
Better
Civil War
Slash guitar alone
Sweet Child O ‘Mine
November Rain
Wichita Lineman – Jimmy Webb cover
Patience
Don’t Cry
Down on the farm – Cover of UK SUS
Nightrain
Paradise City
