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Appetite for Destruction Tour

1987–88 concert tour by Guns N' Roses

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concert_tour_name	Appetite for Destruction Tour
image	Gnr appetite for destruction tour.jpg
image_caption	A poster advertising Guns N' Roses as the opening band for Aerosmith
artist	Guns N' Roses
location
album	Appetite for Destruction
start_date
end_date
number_of_legs	7
number_of_shows	176
this_tour	Appetite for Destruction Tour
(1987–1988)
next_tour	Use Your Illusion Tour
(1991–1993)

(1987–1988) (1991–1993)

The Appetite for Destruction Tour was a tour by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses in 1987 and 1988 to promote their debut album Appetite for Destruction, which was released in July 1987. During the 16-month tour, the band opened for bands The Cult, Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, and headlined shows across four continents.

It is the only tour in which the classic lineup of Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, and Steven Adler performed together, aside from opening four shows in at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for The Rolling Stones in October 1989.

"We started out as a hardcore band and we toured our fucking asses off," Slash recalled. "Next thing you know, we've turned into pop stars."

Background

On August 20, 1988, Guns N' Roses performed at the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park in Castle Donington, England. At the start of their set, the capacity crowd of over 100,000 began jumping and surging forward. Despite Axl Rose's requests that the crowd move away from the stage, two fans were trampled to death. Media largely blamed the band for the tragedy, and reported that they continued playing despite the dangerous conditions. However, the venue's head of security noted that GN'R had not been aware of the extent of fan injuries, had immediately halted their set when requested to do so, and had attempted to calm the crowd.

The band's show at Texas Stadium on September 17, 1988, is remembered by the band as one of their worst performances. "The band completely fell apart in front of this massive audience," recalled Slash. "It was desperate on stage, trying to keep everything together. I have nightmares about it."

Opening acts

Faster Pussycat
The Quireboys
Ezo
Funhouse
Junkyard
L.A. Guns
T.S.O.L.
U.D.O.
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction
Kings of the Sun
The Angels (Angel City)
Knightshade

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
June 19, 1987	London	England	Marquee Club
June 22, 1987
June 28, 1987
August 14, 1987	Halifax	Canada	Halifax Metro Centre
August 15, 1987	Moncton	Moncton Coliseum
August 17, 1987	Montreal	Verdun Auditorium
August 18, 1987	Waterloo	Super Skate 7
August 19, 1987	Toronto	CNE Stadium
August 21, 1987	Detroit	United States	State Theatre
August 25, 1987	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena
August 26, 1987	Edmonton	Edmonton Convention Centre
August 27, 1987	Calgary	Max Bell Centre
August 29, 1987	Vancouver	Pacific Coliseum
August 30, 1987	Seattle	United States	Paramount Theatre
September 2, 1987	San Francisco	The Warfield
September 3, 1987	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
September 4, 1987	San Diego	SDSU Open Air Theater
September 5, 1987	Long Beach	Long Beach Arena
September 6, 1987	Tucson	Tucson Garden
September 7, 1987	Phoenix	The Mason Jar
September 8, 1987	El Paso	El Paso County Coliseum
September 11, 1987	San Antonio	The Sunken Gardens
September 12, 1987	Austin	Palmer Auditorium
September 13, 1987	Dallas	Bronco Bowl Auditorium
September 16, 1987	Houston	Houston Music Hall
September 17, 1987	New Orleans	Saenger Theatre
September 29, 1987	Hamburg	West Germany	Markthalle
September 30, 1987	Düsseldorf	Gate 3
October 2, 1987	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
October 4, 1987	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
October 5, 1987	Nottingham	Nottingham Rock City
October 6, 1987	Manchester	Manchester Apollo Theatre
October 7, 1987	Bristol	Colston Hall
October 8, 1987	London	Hammersmith Odeon
October 16, 1987	Bay Shore	United States	The Sundance
October 17, 1987	Allentown	Airport Road Music Hall
October 18, 1987	Baltimore	Hammerjack's
October 20, 1987	Philadelphia	Trocadero Theatre
October 21, 1987	Albany	Palace Theatre
October 23, 1987	New York City	The Ritz
October 25, 1987	Poughkeepsie	The Chance
October 26, 1987	Providence	The Living Room
October 27, 1987	Boston	Paradise Rock Club
October 29, 1987	New York City	L'Amour
October 30, 1987	CBGB's
October 31, 1987	Syracuse	The Lost Horizon
November 1, 1987	Washington, D.C.	The Bayou
November 3, 1987	Mobile	Mobile Municipal Auditorium
November 4, 1987	Albany	Albany Civic Center
November 6, 1987	Lafayette	Cajundome
November 7, 1987	New Orleans	Lakefront Arena
November 8, 1987	Jackson	Mississippi Coliseum
November 10, 1987	Huntsville	Von Braun Civic Center
November 11, 1987	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum
November 13, 1987	Savannah	Savannah Civic Center
November 14, 1987	Columbia	Carolina Coliseum
November 15, 1987	Greensboro	Greensboro Coliseum
November 17, 1987	Knoxville	Knoxville Civic Coliseum
November 18, 1987	Birmingham	Jefferson Civic Center
November 20, 1987	Atlanta	Omni Coliseum
November 21, 1987	Chattanooga	UTC Arena
November 22, 1987	Atlanta	Omni Coliseum
November 24, 1987	Lakeland	Lakeland Civic Center
November 25, 1987
November 27, 1987	Jacksonville	Jacksonville Coliseum
November 28, 1987	Fort Myers	Lee County Civic Center
November 29, 1987	Pembroke Pines	Hollywood Sportatorium
December 3, 1987	McAllen	La Villa Real Convention Center
December 4, 1987	Dallas	Fair Park Coliseum
December 5, 1987	Houston	Sam Houston Coliseum
December 7, 1987	San Antonio	Cameo Theater
December 8, 1987	Midland	Chaparral Center
December 11, 1987	Cape Girardeau	Show Me Center
December 12, 1987	Louisville	Louisville Gardens
December 17, 1987	Saint Paul	Roy Wilkins Auditorium
December 18, 1987	Chicago	UIC Pavilion
December 19, 1987	Madison	Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 26, 1987	Pasadena	Perkins Palace
December 27, 1987
December 28, 1987
December 30, 1987
December 31, 1987	Los Angeles	The Glamour

Date	City	Country	Venue
January 5, 1988	Santa Monica	United States	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
January 14, 1988	Los Angeles	Coconut Teaszer
January 21, 1988	The Cathouse
January 31, 1988	New York City	The Limelight
February 2, 1988	The Ritz
February 4, 1988	Sacramento	Crest Theatre
February 5, 1988	San Francisco	The Warfield
February 6, 1988	Fresno	Warnors Theatre
February 8, 1988	San Diego	Montezuma Hall
February 9, 1988	Anaheim	The Celebrity Theater
February 10, 1988
February 12, 1988	Phoenix	Celebrity Theatre
April 26, 1988	Burlington	Burlington Memorial Auditorium
April 27, 1988	Oshkosh	Oshkosh Conference Hall
April 29, 1988	Rockford	Coronado Theatre
April 30, 1988	Danville	Danville Civic Center
May 1, 1988	Toledo	Toledo Sports Arena
May 3, 1988	Grand Rapids	DeVos Performance Hall
May 5, 1988	Cleveland	Cleveland Music Hall
May 6, 1988	Saginaw	Wendler Arena
May 7, 1988	Detroit	State Theatre
May 9, 1988	New York City	Felt Forum
May 10, 1988	Upper Darby Township	Tower Theater
May 11, 1988	Boston	Orpheum Theatre
May 13, 1988	Moncton	Canada	Moncton Coliseum
May 14, 1988	Halifax	Halifax Metro Centre
May 16, 1988	Quebec City	Quebec Coliseum
May 17, 1988	Montreal	Montreal Forum
May 18, 1988	Ottawa	Ottawa Civic Arena
May 20, 1988	Toronto	CNE Stadium
May 23, 1988	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Arena
May 25, 1988	Edmonton	Northlands Coliseum
May 27, 1988	Calgary	The Saddledome
May 30, 1988	Vancouver	Pacific Coliseum
May 31, 1988	Spokane	United States	Spokane Coliseum
June 1, 1988	Seattle	Seattle Coliseum
June 3, 1988	Salt Lake City	Salt Palace
June 5, 1988	Mountain View	Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 6, 1988	Sacramento	Cal Expo Amphitheatre
July 9, 1988	Phoenix	Celebrity Theatre
July 10, 1988
July 17, 1988	Hoffman Estates	Poplar Creek Music Theater
July 19, 1988	Richfield	Richfield Coliseum
July 20, 1988	Wheeling	Wheeling Civic Center
July 22, 1988	Cape Girardeau	Show Me Center
July 24, 1988	Dallas	Starplex Amphitheater
July 26, 1988	Bonner Springs	Sandstone Amphitheater
July 27, 1988	Ames	Hilton Coliseum
July 29, 1988	East Troy	Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 30, 1988	Mears	Val-Du-Lakes Amphitheater
August 1, 1988	Cincinnati	Riverbend Music Center
August 2, 1988	Indianapolis	Market Square Arena
August 4, 1988	Philadelphia	The Spectrum
August 5, 1988
August 6, 1988	Saratoga Springs	Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 7, 1988	Middletown	Orange County Fairgrounds Stadium
(Westwood 1/Pepsi Concert Series 1988 (#5))
August 9, 1988	Weedsport	Weedsport Speedway
August 11, 1988	Clarkston	Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 12, 1988
August 13, 1988
August 16, 1988	East Rutherford	Giants Stadium
August 17, 1988	Columbia	Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 20, 1988	Castle Donington	England	Donington Park
August 24, 1988	Mansfield	United States	Great Woods Amphitheater
August 25, 1988
August 26, 1988
August 28, 1988	Thornville	Buckeye Lake Music Center
August 30, 1988	Wilkes-Barre	Pocono Downs
August 31, 1988	Pittsburgh	Civic Arena
September 2, 1988	Nashville	Starwood Amphitheatre
September 3, 1988	St. Louis	St. Louis Arena
September 8, 1988	Concord	Concord Pavilion
September 9, 1988	Sacramento	Cal Expo Amphitheater
September 10, 1988	Mountain View	Shoreline Amphitheater
September 12, 1988	Chandler	Compton Terrace
September 14, 1988	Costa Mesa	Pacific Amphitheatre
September 15, 1988
September 17, 1988	Irving	Texas Stadium (Survival of the Fittest 1988)
December 4, 1988	Tokyo	Japan	NHK Hall
December 5, 1988	Osaka	Osaka Festival Hall
December 7, 1988	Tokyo	Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
December 9, 1988	NHK Hall
December 10, 1988	Budokan
December 14, 1988	Melbourne	Australia	Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
December 15, 1988
December 17, 1988	Sydney	Sydney Entertainment Centre
December 19, 1988	Auckland	New Zealand	Mount Smart Stadium

Personnel

;Classic "Appetite for Destruction" line-up

Axl Rose – lead vocals
Slash – lead guitar, talkbox, slide guitar, backing vocals
Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Duff McKagan – bass, backing vocals
Steven Adler – drums, backing vocals

;Substitute musicians

Fred Coury – drums (December 17, 1987 – January 5, 1988)
Kid "Haggis" Chaos – bass, backing vocals (May 27, 1988)

References

Rowland, Mark. (February 1991). "LA Law and Disorder".
Upton, Mick. (December 8, 1995). "Incident at Donington Monsters of Rock 1988".
a-4-d.com/t1373-1988-09-17-texas-stadium-irving-usa
Elliott, Paul. (Summer 2015). "Heavy Load".
"1987.09.06 - Tucson Garden, Tucson, AZ, USA".
"1987.12.08 - Midland, USA".
"1988.04.27 - Oshkosh Center, Oshkosh, USA".

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