Guns N’ Roses have announced their forthcoming Hard Skool EP, the first release from the band featuring Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan in 28 years. The EP will arrive on February 25th.
The four-song EP will feature previously-released singles ‘Hard Skool’ and ‘ABSUЯD’ in addition to live versions of ‘Don’t Cry’ and ‘You’re Crazy.’ Hard Skool EP will be released on cassette, CD, and digitally. On June 24th, it will receive a 7-inch vinyl release, featuring ‘Hard Skool’ and a live version of ‘ABSUЯD.’
Guns N’ Roses debuted ‘Hard Skool’ live for the first time during their show in Baltimore over the weekend. You can check out footage from the performance below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9-kmKxCSU
Earlier this week, Guns N’ Roses announced that their planned 2021 Australian tour will be rescheduled to summer 2022 amid the current coronavirus outbreak.
“Australia, we can’t wait to see you bigger and better next Summer,” the band wrote in a statement.
“We worked for months with the various state governments trying to create a safe environment so that the Guns N’ Roses tour could proceed this year,” commented Paul Dainty, President and CEO of TEG DAINTY in a statement today.
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“Despite our best efforts it recently became clear that we could not proceed in 2021 and it has taken time to finalise a plan where we could be confident of completing a national tour of Australia next year.
The forthcoming tour will mark GN’R’s first Australian shows in five years, following their 2017 Not in This Lifetime… world tour. Find the new dates below.
Guns N’ Roses
2022 Australian Tour
(Rescheduled dates)
Friday, 18th November
Optus Stadium, Perth
Tickets: Ticketek
Tuesday, 22nd November
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Tickets: Ticketek
Thursday, 24th November
Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Tickets: Ticketek
Sunday, 27th November
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Tickets: Ticketek
Tuesday, 29th November
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Tickets: Ticketek
Saturday, 3rd December
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Tickets: Ticketek