{"id":14,"date":"2026-02-13T21:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotinherre.ca\/?p=14"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:00:19","slug":"guns-n-roses-are-coming-back-to-canada-whether-we-asked-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotinherre.ca\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"Guns N\u2019 Roses Are Coming Back to Canada\u2026 Whether We Asked or Not"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, dust off your bandanas and prepare your eardrums for some high\u2011volume nostalgia, because Guns N\u2019 Roses have decided <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsnroses.com\/pages\/tour#north-america-summer-2026\">to grace Canada with their presence once again in 2026<\/a>. Yes, the same band that once defined rock excess is rolling back into town like it\u2019s still 1987 and we\u2019re all supposed to pretend Axl can still hit those notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But hey, a tour is a tour, and Canada\u2019s getting three stops. Here are the dates, in all their glory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Canadian Tour Dates (2026)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Date<\/th><th>City<\/th><th>Venue<\/th><th>Special Guests<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>AUG 26, 2026<\/strong><\/td><td>Edmonton, AB<\/td><td>Commonwealth Stadium<\/td><td>The Black Crowes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>AUG 29, 2026<\/strong><\/td><td>Vancouver, BC<\/td><td>BC Place<\/td><td>The Black Crowes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>AUG 5, 2026<\/strong><\/td><td>Toronto, ON<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogers-stadium.com\/shows\">Rogers Stadium<\/a><\/td><td>Public Enemy<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A solid west\u2011to\u2011east sweep\u2026 or at least, <em>almost<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because if you look closely, and honestly, you don\u2019t even need to squint, there\u2019s one city missing. One city that, historically, might have expected a visit. One city that still wakes up in a cold sweat remembering a certain <em>incident<\/em> involving a riot, a cancelled show, and a crowd that did not take \u201cno\u201d for an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Montr\u00e9al. The city that once hosted one of the most infamous meltdowns in rock history is nowhere to be found on this tour. Shocking. Truly shocking. It\u2019s almost as if the band isn\u2019t eager to revisit the place where things went so sideways that even decades later, people still bring it up with the same tone they use for natural disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe they\u2019re avoiding it. Maybe Montr\u00e9al is avoiding <em>them<\/em>. Maybe everyone involved just silently agreed to never speak of it again. Hard to blame them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And honestly, at this point\u2026 who\u2019s clamoring to hear Axl Rose live anyway? The man doesn\u2019t exactly <em>sing<\/em> so much as he\u2026 attempts. Enthusiastically. Let\u2019s call it that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, dust off your bandanas and prepare your eardrums for some high\u2011volume nostalgia, because Guns N\u2019 Roses have decided to grace Canada with their presence once again in 2026. 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