No, Weapons N’ Roses do not play the identical present each night time — listed here are all of the modifications they’ve made to their setlist in 2025 thus far.
Ever since Slash and Duff McKagan rejoined the band in 2016, GN’R have performed reveals yearly apart from 2024 (sure, even some in 2020!). They have been all around the world, filling stadiums left and proper with their short-but-mighty discography.
They’ve put out 4 singles for the reason that reunion in 2016, however other than that, Weapons N’ Roses solely have so many songs to select from. Their newest album is Chinese language Democracy, and it got here out practically 20 years in the past.
Regardless of having a restricted variety of authentic songs to play, they’ve spiced up their setlist fairly a bit over time and even dusted off deep cuts from the Urge for food for Destruction and Use Your Phantasm albums for the primary in three a long time.
They’ve performed 18 reveals thus far this 12 months, and have made fairly a couple of modifications to their setlist already, so hold studying to see what’s new in the event you’re on the fence about getting tickets to see them the subsequent time they play in your space.
READ MORE: There Are Solely 4 Songs Weapons N’ Roses Have not Performed Reside
GN’R’s subsequent present is ready for June 29 in Denmark. See all of their remaining 2025 dates on their web site.
They Opened With ‘Welcome to the Jungle’
Throughout the first night time of the tour, Weapons opened their present with “Welcome to the Jungle” for the primary time since 2012. Up till that night time, they kicked off each present since their 2016 reunion with “It is So Straightforward,” so this was positively a noticeable change.
One other factor of notice about their first 2025 present was that it was additionally their first efficiency with new drummer Isaac Carpenter, who changed longtime drummer Frank Ferrer earlier this 12 months.
Weapons N’ Roses, ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ (Reside 2025)
The Band Performed a Model New Cowl for the First Time
Only one night time after opening their first present with “Welcome to the Jungle,” they already made one other huge change to their set by masking Skinny Lizzy’s “Thunder and Lightning” for the primary time ever. They do not have a recorded model of the monitor, and so they’ve by no means tackled it stay earlier than both.
McKagan dealt with the vocals throughout the efficiency, as he sometimes sings lead on a tune or two throughout every present.
Weapons N’ Roses, ‘Thunder and Lightning’ (Reside 2025)
A Music From ‘The Spaghetti Incident?’ Was Debuted Reside
Talking of covers, Weapons added one other cowl to their set in late Might — their rendition of The New York Dolls’ “Human Being.” This one they did document a studio model of, nonetheless, and it appeared on their 1993 album The Spaghetti Incident?.
Axl Rose approached the tune a bit in another way too, singing it in his decrease register versus his high-pitched efficiency on the studio model.
Weapons N’ Roses Play ‘Human Being’ for First Time Ever (2025)
One Monitor Was Omitted For the First Time in Over 30 Years
For the primary time since 1993, Weapons did not play the Urge for food for Destruction monitor “It is So Straightforward” in Istanbul, Turkey in early June. The tune has been a staple of their set all through the vast majority of their profession, so its absence positively made the present distinctive.
Different Songs Had been Added Again to the Set for the First Time in Years
Along with the entire modifications we talked about above, there have been additionally a handful of songs added to the band’s set for the primary time in a number of years. See an inventory of them under, in addition to the final time they have been performed previous to this 12 months [via Setlist.fm].
“New Rose” (Final performed in 2018)
“Used to Love Her” (Final performed in 2018)
“Out Ta Get Me” (Final performed in 2017)
“Lifeless Horse” (Final performed in 2021)
Weapons N’ Roses, ‘Out Ta Get Me’ (Reside 2025)
Each Music Weapons N’ Roses Have Performed Since They Reunited in 2016
Each tune Weapons N’ Roses have performed since their reunion.
Gallery Credit score: Lauryn Schaffner
