Guns N' Roses in Auckland

Guns N' Roses are an American hard-rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1985. Their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, produced the signature songs “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Sweet Child o' Mine” and “Paradise City”; the two Use Your Illusion albums later added tracks including “November Rain” and “Don't Cry.” The Appetite for Destruction Tour took the band through clubs, theatres and arenas in 1987 and 1988, including opening shows for The Cult and Aerosmith. The Use Your Illusion Tour followed in 1991 and ran until 1993, incorporating the co-headlining Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour in 1992. In 2016, Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan reunited onstage for the multi-year Not in This Lifetime Tour.