Guns N’ Roses returned to India after 13 years.
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The Saturday (May 17, 2025) rains and gloomy sky forward of the American legendary exhausting rock band Guns N’ Roses efficiency at Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Racecourse couldn’t dampen the spirit of the present. In reality, the morning showers on May 17, 2025, appeared like they have been welcoming the arrival of ‘November Rain’ in a poetic method. The rains additionally brought about a significant site visitors jam that made many followers stroll in direction of the venue from the Mahalaxmi railway station.
After the rains, organisers of the Guns N’ Roses 2025 India tour, BookMyShow Live and Live Nation, the worldwide producers of the tour, issued advisory, asking followers to hold ponchos and raincoats, rain-friendly and comfy footwear, with a number of last-minute adjustments on the entry gates and ticket counters.
The lengthy queue outdoors the gates, made individuals stressed, with some complaining of lacking the opening act by Indian rock band, Girish And The Chronicles from Gangtok, Sikkim.
The final time when the band got here to India in 2012, fan, Avi T., a digital advertising and marketing skilled from Mumbai, missed the live performance, so he needed to attend this time. “GNR is one of my all-time favorite bands, their songs have beautiful mix of soft and heavy rock genre. It is great to see how Slash has not lost his touch, and his fingers move as fast as they would years ago. His guitar riff in Sweet Child O’ Mine and November Rain are all time greatest. The band played continuously straight without taking a break, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., we must give it to them for the energy they still carry. I would have come here even if it were raining.”
From gritty riffs to uncooked, rebellious anthems to romance, the live performance was a full-blown musical pilgrimage. Fans carrying band’s t-shirt, jackets, bandanas and even leather-based jackets, had arrived from throughout India together with neighbouring nations to expertise the golden age of exhausting rock, lifetime expertise for many.
Guns N’ Roses took the followers to the golden period of exhausting rock music at their efficiency in Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Racecourse on Saturday.
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At 7 p.m., Axl Rose, the lead vocalist and lyricist of the band opened the present with Welcome to the Jungle, the uncooked, relentless monitor, every little thing that makes the band what they’re: chaos, vitality, hazard and defiance. After the track, Rose stated, “It is good to see you again, Mumbai. How are we doing?”
As Slash (lead guitarist) performed the opening riff of Sweet Child O’ Mine, the viewers screamed the refrain in unison, waving on the band.
In between the singing, Rose launched Michael Andrew McKagan well-known as Duff McKagan (bassist), Darren Arthur Reed well-known as Dizzy Reed (keyboardist), Melissa Reese (keyboardist), Richard Fortus (guitarist) and Isaac Carpenter (drummer).
Wearing a black sequin blazer over his black tee, Rose set the temper proper with the highlight simply on him and the piano as he sat all the way down to play the basic masterpiece November Rain.
Fans have been additionally handled with the all time hits reminiscent of: You Could Be Mine, It’s So Easy, Estranged, Pretty Tied Up, Paradise City, Yesterday, Patience, Bad Obsession, Live And Let Die, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Better, and Civil War.
Published – May 18, 2025 03:14 pm IST
