Guns N' Roses started a massive world tour to support the Chinese Democracy album at the end of 2009, and on August 13th the band will play its only official American date of 2010 to close the five day Rock and Rev festival at the Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota.
Guns N' Roses Rocked Europe in Early Summer 2010
After finishing tours in Asia and Latin America, Guns N' Roses headed to Europe for the first leg of a European tour from May 31st to June 14th.
Guns N' Roses played seven dates in north-eastern Europe on that leg of the Chinese Democracy tour: Bergen and Oslo in Norway, Helsinki in Finland, St. Petersburg and Moscow in Russia, Norje in Sweden and Aalborg in Denmark.
The Chinese Democracy website cited above features an interview with DJ Ashba, Richard Fortus and Dizzy Reed where they say the tour is going well, and they are enjoying it.
Rock N' Rev Music Festival at the 70th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
The Rock N' Rev festival runs from August 9th-13th, and is part of the seventieth Sturgis motorcycle rally.
Godsmack were the headliners on the opening night, to be followed by Skillet and Creed on the Tuesday.
Wednesday has Stone Temple Pilots and Wolfmother, while Thursday has 3 Doors Down and Daughtry.
Guns N' Roses Headline Friday Night at Rock N' Rev
Friday at the Rock N' Rev sees Rev Theory and Charm City Devils preceding Alice in Chains, who resemble Guns N' Roses in that they survived inner turmoil within the band through the 1990s to emerge again as a headline act in the twenty-first century.
Guns N' Roses will then close down the festival on the Friday as the last of more than twenty bands over the week.
The Rock N' Rev crowd should be in for a treat on Friday night, with Guns N' Roses band members likely to give 110% in their only official USA appearance of 2010.
Guns N' Roses Will Return to Europe Before a Big USA Tour in 2011?
Guns N' Roses will then return to Europe for the second leg of the European Chinese Democracy tour in the autumn, making a big USA tour in 2011 very likely.
The Sturgis Rally continues over the weekend so the Guns N' Roses band members will have an opportunity to party at America's most famous biker festival after their gig.
Guns N' Roses will then head to the UK at the end of August for the Reading and Leeds festivals.
They begin the second leg of the Chinese Democracy European tour that sees the band play arenas in the UK and across mainland Europe in the autumn.
Marc Latham - Doctor of Philosophy and experienced freelance writer searching for truth and meaning, and reporting it in clear and concise copy.
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