Band also gave 2025 single “Atlas” its live debut as world tour kicked off in Monterrey, Mexico
Guns N’ Roses kicked off their 2026 world tour Saturday in Monterrey, Mexico, delivering a 26-song set that included the live debuts of “Nothin’” and “Atlas.”
Both tracks — which had been kicking around since the Chinese Democracy sessions and were demoed even earlier — were finally released in December 2025 to coincide with GNR’s 2026 tour announcement.
The band had soundchecked “Nothin’” before a Yokohama, Japan concert in May 2025, but Axl Rose and company gave it its proper live debut Saturday at Monterrey’s Parque Fundidora, where the group headlined at the Tecate Pa’l Norte festival:
Three songs later, after performing the similarly unearthed track “Perhaps,” GNR played “Atlas,” formerly known as “Atlas Shrugged,” live for the first time.
Guns N’ Roses’ first show of 2026 featured the majority of the band’s hits as well as now-standard covers like Velvet Revolver’s “Slither,” Black Sabbath’s “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath,” the Damned’s “New Rose,” and UK Subs’ “Down on the Farm.”
However, the show did not feature keyboardist Melissa Reese, who the band announced prior to the concert would miss the 2026 tour “due to unforeseen personal reasons.” Reese first joined Guns N’ Roses on the road in 2016 during their reunion tour that saw Slash and Duff McKagan reenter the fold, and was nearing her 10th anniversary in GNR before her departure this week.
Guns N’ Roses will next venture to South America before returning stateside in May for Hollywood, Florida’s Hard Rock Festival and Daytona Beach’s Welcome to Rockville. Following a European leg, GNR’s North American dates begin July 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina and run through Sept. 9, when the tour will wrap in Atlanta.
