Appetite for Destruction Tour

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Appetite for Destruction Tour

Tour by Guns N' Roses
A poster advertising Guns N' Roses as the opening band for Aerosmith
Location	North America Europe Asia Oceania
Associated album	Appetite for Destruction
Start date	August 14, 1987 (1987-08-14)
End date	December 19, 1988 (1988-12-19)
Legs	7
No. of shows	176
Guns N' Roses concert chronology
Appetite for Destruction Tour (1987–1988) Use Your Illusion Tour (1991–1993)

The Appetite for Destruction Tour was a tour by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses in 1987 and 1988 to promote their debut album Appetite for Destruction, which was released in July 1987. During the 16-month tour, the band opened for bands The Cult, Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, and headlined shows across four continents.

It is the only tour in which the classic lineup of Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, and Steven Adler performed together, aside from opening four shows in at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for The Rolling Stones in October 1989.

"We started out as a hardcore band and we toured our fucking asses off," Slash recalled. "Next thing you know, we've turned into pop stars."^[1]