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Welcome to Riyadh: Guns N’ Roses to make their Saudi debut next year

The legendary rock band will be in the capital for their European and Middle Eastern tour

Welcome to Riyadh: Guns N’ Roses to make their Saudi debut next year

Knock, knock, knockin’ on Riyadh’s door.

Saudi Arabia has started to make a name for itself as a venue for legendary rock bands to give thunderous performances. From the roaring guitars and deep drums of Metallica from MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2023 to the goosebumps worthy screams of Linkin Park, fans of the genre are thriving in the capital.

Now, the world’s most dangerous band Guns N’ Roses is set to make its Saudi debut.

Part of the band’s massive new world tour, the talent behind era-defining songs such as November Rain, Sweet Child O’ Mine, and Welcome to the Jungle will be performing in Riyadh in association with MDLBEAST.

MDLBEAST is the team behind Riyadh’s loudest weekend Soundstorm and Jeddah’s annual music bash in the historic Al Balad to name a few.

Got your appetite for destruction all stirred up? Here is everything to know about the band’s rockin’ Saudi debut.

Guns N’ Roses Riyadh 2025

Guns N' Roses
The band will be supported by other artists on select dates. (Credit: Instagram @mdlbeast)

After an entire year of teasing a new tour, Axl Rose and co are heading back out on the road. The band dropped a teaser video featuring a live performance along with the slogan, “Because what you want and what you get are two completely different things.” ahead of announcing the official cities and dates for their tour.

Guns N’ Roses Riyadh location

The official location of the tour stop will be announced closer to the performance.

Guns N’ Roses Riyadh dates

Guns N' Roses
The band has gone through multiple line-up changes. (Credit: Instagram @gunsnroses)

The rockstars will stop by the capital on Friday, May 23, 2025.

Guns N’ Roses Riyadh tickets

While no pre-sales have gone live, keep up with Destination KSA to learn when they do.

More concerts in Saudi Arabia

Guns N' Roses
After an indefinite hiatus following the passing of Chester Bennington, Linkin Park started releasing new music this year. (Credit: Instagram @linkinpark)

With Riyadh Season in full-swing, the capital has been turning it up every few days which the most recent performance coming from PIF Saudi International‘s post-match performances featuring some of the biggest names in the Arab music community. There is also MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2024 where artists like The Muse, Eminem, 30 Seconds to Mars and more are set to perform later this week. While the 2024 season of Formula One has come to an end, the excitement for the 2025 season has taken over with tickets for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix having gone live. The post-race concerts are always fun to bop along to.

TBA. Fri May 23, 2025. @mdlbeast.



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