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Guns N' Roses To Bring 1988 Back To NYC, With A Return To "The Ritz"
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 30, 2012
Modified Jan 30, 2012
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Do you miss the old days when MTV used to play music, and when Guns n' Roses was good... like really good? So good you would come home from school and call 1-800-DIAL-MTV to vote for one of their epic videos? Well, next month the band will try to recreate that era right here in New York. Guns n' Roses has just announced that they'll be playing some intimate shows around town during Fashion Week, followed by a little northeast tour, which includes a revisit of their MTV concert, "Live at the Ritz" (though, no word on if they'll be recreating this song-by-song or if we'll be getting a little bit of Chinese Democracy stuff, too).
Either way, it will happen at Webster Hall, which used to be the Ritz, and the band will be "reclaiming the venue as The Ritz with signage and the name appearing on the marquee." Full dates, ticket details, and the full 1988 Ritz concert can be found below:
February 10 - Roseland Ballroom - New York, NY
February 12 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
February 15 - The Ritz (Webster Hall) - New York, NY
February 19 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
February 23 - The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
February 24 - House of Blues - Atlantic City, NJ
Ticket presale starts on Tuesday, January 31st at 10 a.m. ET for the New York run, public on-sale is Wednesday, February 1st. Chicago, Silver Spring and Atlantic City presale is Wednesday, February 1st at 10 a.m. EST, with public on-sale Friday, February 3rd.
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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