Guns N' Roses kicked off their tour at Ford Field in Detroit on June 23rd. In the clip below, Slash and Duff talk about the excitement with Artisan News as they go through what really happened to kick off the tour.

Guns N' Roses took more than 40,000 fans to Paradise City during their 2.5 hour Detroit show that kicked off their historic Not In This Lifetime Tour.

Following a blistering rock performance from the acclaimed Alice In Chains, Guns N' Roses took the stage to perform two dozen songs spanning their multi-platinum selling career including “Welcome To The Jungle”, “Chinese Democracy” and “Civil War.” A full setlist, as well as some fan-filmed footage can be found below.

G'N’R’s Detroit setlist:

“It's So Easy”
“Mr. Brownstone”
“Chinese Democracy”
“Welcome To The Jungle”
“Double Talkin' Jive”
“Estranged”
“Live And Let Die” (Wings)
“Rocket Queen”
“You Could Be Mine”
“You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory” (Johnny Thunders)
“Raw Power” (Iggy and The Stooges)
“This I Love”
“Civil War”
“Coma”
Band intros into Slash solo - “Speak Softly Love” (Love Theme from the Godfather/Andy Williams)
“Sweet Child O' Mine”
“Better”
“Out Ta Get Me”
Jam (“Wish You Were Here”/Pink Floyd)
“November Rain”
“Knockin' on Heaven's Door” (Bob Dylan)

“Nightrain”

Encore:
“Don't Cry”
“The Seeker”  (The Who)
“Paradise City”

Alice In Chains performs on the tour on shows scheduled from June 26th thru July 3rd while Lenny Kravitz will join the line-up from July 19th thru July 24th. Grammy Award-winner Chris Stapleton will join the tour for the Nashville show on Saturday, July 9th, acclaimed Canadian rock band, Billy Talent, will perform in Toronto on Saturday, July 16th, The Cult, one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the late 20th century will join the tour on July 27th (Atlanta), 29th (Orlando) and 31st (New Orleans) and Tuesday, August 3rd in Dallas while multiple-Grammy Award winner, Skrillex, is set to join the tour on August 5tj in Houston.

Demand for tickets to the Not In This Lifetime Tour continue at an unprecedented pace as additional shows were recently announced including Chicago (July 3rd), Boston (July 20tj), New York City (July 24th) and two brand new dates in Los Angeles (August 18th & 19th).