All three core members to perform in Incheon

Guns N’ Roses (8PM Entertainment)
Guns N’ Roses (8PM Entertainment)

Legendary American rock band Guns N’ Roses is coming to Korea in a few months.

Guns N’ Roses will take to the stage May 1 at Songdo Moonlight Festival Park in Incheon, concert organizer 8PM Entertainment announced. The upcoming performance is part of the band's 2025 world tour and marks the band's first time back to Korea in 16 years, following its first here in 2009.

Only vocalist Axl Rose among the band’s core members performed at the band's 2009 show at KSPO Dome. This time, lead vocalist Axl Rose is back with two other original members ― guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan ― making the concerts particularly significant.

Formed in 1985, Guns N’ Roses gained massive popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with hits such as "Welcome to the Jungle," "Sweet Child o’ Mine" and "Knockin' on Heaven’s Door."

Guns N’ Roses’ music presents an intense blend of hard rock, blues and heavy metal, defined by raw energy, soaring guitar solos and Axl Rose’s signature vocals. While the band captures the rebellious rock spirit, among heavy metal bands Guns N' Roses' music is known for its relatively soft, melodic charm.

The band's debut album "Appetite for Destruction" released in 1987, sold over 10 million copies and remains the bestselling debut album of all time. The band's tour "Not in This Lifetime …" which ran from 2016 to 2019, ranks as the fourth-highest-grossing tour in history.

The band has undergone several lineup changes, with Slash and McKagan leaving in the late 1990s due to internal conflicts. However, they reunited in 2016 and have continued to perform together ever since.

Following the show in Korea, Guns N’ Roses will perform for the first time in Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Lithuania and Luxembourg as part of the group's world tour.