Following news that Guns N’ Roses will bring their Not In This Lifetime Tour to Australia in February 2017, the band has confirmed three shows for Japan which will preceed the Australian tour. Their schedule is now as follows:

January
21 - Osaka, Japan - Kyocera Dome 
28 - Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena 
29 - Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena

February
7 – Brisbane, Australia – QSAC Stadium
10 – Sydney, Australia – ANZ Stadium
14 – Melbourne, Australia – MCG
18 – Adelaide, Australia – Adelaide Oval
21 – Perth, Australia – Domain Stadium

Nightrain pre-sales for Japan started at noon local time at this location.

Guns N’ Roses Nightrain presale for Australia begins Friday, August 19th. Telstra Thanks presale just for Telstra customers starts Tuesday, August 23rd. More details at this location. Ticket and VIP packages for Guns N’ Roses Not In This Lifetime Tour will go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 26th. For all tour details, go here.

Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy, who also works with Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash as part of The Conspirators, recently spoke to TeamRock.com about the current Guns N' Roses reunion tour:

"There was always a feeling inside that it was eventually gonna happen, it's such an incredible band and it was inevitable. When he told me, the first thing I said was, 'You guys are gonna make a lot of people extremely happy, myself included.' I had the opportunity to see the first night they did in Las Vegas. It was just so great to see those guys together on stage again. As a rock fan, it's good for rock. It's a well-needed shot in the arm for rock'n'roll.

"It's going so well, so I don't see it slowing down anytime soon."

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During the Guns N' Roses show in Houston, TX on August 5th, the band had to contend with Axl Rose's grand piano breaking down during "November Rain". Rose took it all in stride and resumed playing following a short break in the performance. Check out fan-filmed video, starting with the "Layla" piano exit intro; the fun begins at the 4 minute mark.

More GN'R dates:

August
18 - Los Angeles, CA - Dodger Stadium
19 - Los Angeles, CA - Dodger Stadium
22 - San Diego, CA - Qualcomm Stadium

October
27 - Lima, Peru - Estadio Monumental
29 - Santiago, Chile - Estadio Nacional

November
4 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - River Plate Stadium
8 - Porto Alegre, Brazil - Estadio Beira-Rio
11 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Allianz Parque
15 - Curitiba, Brazil - Pedreira Paulo Leminski
18 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - [to be announced]
20 - Brasilia, Brazil - Estadio Nacional
23 - Medellin, Colombia - Estadio Atanasio Girardot
26 - San José, Costa Rica - Estadio Nacional

Between August 18th and 24th, Canter's Deli will host an unofficial L.A. photo exhibit of Guns N’ Roses with the works of Jack Lue (GNR's "first photographer"), Marc Canter and rock photographer Gene Kirkland.

This is timed not only with GNR's stop at Dodger Stadium, where the band is expected to play at around 9 PM, but also mini-music festival Echo Park Rising — which means that Echo Park, which leads to Elysian Park and Chavez Ravine, is going to require a traffic alert on August 18th and 19th.

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