Recommendations of the Editorial team
So far, the big summer tour that Guns has led from Asia via Saudi Arabia has been astonishingly. They are currently moving through Budapest, Belgrade and Sofia with Donnerhall. Public Enemy in the preliminary program, later old school punk rock from the 2025 edition of the sex pistols.
As is well known, the GN’R finale will increase at the Wacken Open Air at the end of July. But that’s not all: At the beginning of October, Axl, Slash and Co will continue in Central and South America. The newly gained energy should pay off.
For Wacken 2025 there is now the distribution plan, aka “Runnig Order”, on the ten stages of the festival in Schleswig-Holstein. Also important for the fans, after all, some of their heroes play in parallel on the huge area. It wants to be planned clean.
For Thursday, July 31st, it is striking: The process is very airy on the big “Harder” days. The Wacken mascot band Skyline starts here, followed by the Gladbeck “Teutonic Metal” legend Grave Digger. After that, Ober-Headliner Guns n ‘Roses is set. With a fat slot from 8.30 p.m. to midnight. Does singer Axl Roses get through that?
Previous reviews from Barcelona or Munich speak of an “age mild” and sympathetically looking appearance of the front man. The band would have confidently moved away from his sometimes “shaky vocal performance”. The three hours plus concert duration never seem to have been a problem anywhere. Online services such as Setlist.fm also confirm this: You list over 30 (changing) songs in the program.
It is likely that the Wacken planners have installed a certain buffer in the lavishly planned three and a half hours. You never know. The weather, technology, better no stress …
So far, all-time hits such as “Paradise City”, “November Rain” or “Mr. Brownstone” were on all Songlists. You look back in detail the 1987 album “Appetite for Destruction”, with the latest “Chinese Democracy” from 2008, you are more economical. The James Bond film song “Live and Let Die” also seems to be set, at the gig in Birmingham the cover version of the Wings completed the opening sequence.
Guns N ‘Roses 2025 consist of the purified original members Axl Rose (vocals), Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and key and rhythm man Dizzy Reed, who has been on board since 1990. Accompanied by the tour band Richard Fortus (rhythm guitar), Melissa Reese (keyboard) and Isaac Carpenter on the drums.