That is a great news. Great gigs to come hopefully. Some lucky dudes will see those kick ass shows!!!!!
Duff McKagan has exclusively revealed that he plans to join forces with his former Guns N’ Roses band mate Izzy Stradlin for a global tour later this year.
The ex-GNR and Velvet Revolver bassist told RockAAA that he hopes to hit the road with his current band Loaded with Stradlin in support for a tour which will include stops on both sides of the Atlantic.
McKagan said: “It would be, it will be, really fun to go to South American and the UK with Loaded and Izzy (Stradlin) to do a tour together.
“He and I have talked about it and it’d be great. At the end we’d do some songs together like ‘Dust N’ Bones’ and ‘Pretty Tied Up’ or whatever.
Taken from their facebook! Good way to see Richard Fortus from Guns N’ Roses live this fall!
It’s almost impossible to find a modern day hard rock/heavy metal band that doesn’t list Thin Lizzy as an influence.
So the band couldn’t have picked a better time to launch an arena tour, opening for Judas Priest on their farewell “Epitaph Tour.”
Comprised of a kick ass line-up featuring such Phil Lynott-era Lizzies as guitarist Scott Gorham, drummer Brian Downey, and keyboardist Darren Wharton, as well as Guns N’ Roses guitarist Richard Fortus, former Almighty singer/guitarist Ricky Warwick, and bassist Marco Mendoza, Lizzy is aiming to bring the house down each night.
Understandably Lizzy is looking forward to teaming up with metal legends Priest and Black Label Society this fall.
“One of the big perks of being a member of Thin Lizzy is that sometimes we get to share the stage with other bands that have helped to shape the music we hear today,” explains Warwick. “Judas Priest helped define a genre and I am really looking forward to seeing them on tour.”
Thin Lizzy became one of rock’s top bands during the 1970′s, on the strength of the hits “Jailbreak,” “The Boys Are Back In Town,” “Dancing in the Moonlight,” and “Waiting for an Alibi,” Lynott’s poetic-yet-tough lyrics, and the highly influential dual guitar attack of Gorham and which ever second guitarist he was paired up with at the time (Brian Robertson, the late Gary Moore, Snowy White, or John Sykes).
Lizzy split up in 1983, before Lynott passed away in 1986.
However, Lizzy’s stature has continued to grow over the years, as their songs have been covered by a wide variety of artists, including Metallica (“Whiskey in the Jar”), Smashing Pumpkins (“Dancing in the Moonlight”), Bon Jovi (“The Boys Are Back In Town”), Sade (“Still in Love with You”), the Foo Fighters (“Bad Reputation”), and Mastodon (“Emerald”), among other rock bands.
Gorham especially is looking forward to Lizzy’s triumphant return to the States. “We love playing in the USA and it will be great to show the rest of the States what we are made of. We are all fired and ready to kick some ass!”
Thinsg are slowly coming out for the best. A 3rd show is added in the South american 2011 tour. A show in Argentina on October 8th has just been added. THe show will be hel in La Plata, just outside Buenos Aires! THe dates in October are as follow:
October 2nd, 2011 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Rock In Rio 2011 SOLD OUT)
October 5th, 2011 Santiago, Chile @ Movistar Arena
October 8th, 2011 La Plata, Argentina @ Estadio Único de La Plata
I haven’t posted lately, cause from me to you, there’s not so much going on with Guns N’ Roses these past few weeks. Things may start to heat up a bit with that news.
According to many websites and “Here today Gone To Hell.com”, Guns N’ Roses just added a show in Chile on October 5th, 2011. If that is confirmed, it will be a second show for the 2011 South American treck. As you all know, Guns N’ Roses will headline Rock in Rio in Rio De Janeiro on October 2nd.
Let’s hope that more dates will be added pretty soon.
That is a great news. Great gigs to come hopefully. Some lucky dudes will see those kick ass shows!!!!! 
