Up Close and Personal Tour (Guns N' Roses)

Up Close and Personal Tour was a 2012 North American and European concert tour by hard rock band Guns N' Roses.

Up Close and Personal Tour

Tour by Guns N' Roses
Location	Asia Europe North America
Start date	February 10, 2012
End date	July 22, 2012
Legs	2
No. of shows	49
Guns N' Roses concert chronology

Background

On January 20, guitarist Bumblefoot talked about a possible theater tour taking place in February. Guns N' Roses later announced shows in United States.^[1]

The shows themselves varied considerably in comparison to the Chinese Democracy Tour. All of the North American shows took place in smaller-scale clubs, rather than a large arena or stadium. All pyrotechnics were removed from the shows.^[2]

The European leg of the tour began approximately one month after the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The circumstance regarding a new album were unknown, however lead guitarist DJ Ashba stated that the band had many demos recorded, and were planning on discussing 'how they are going to create the best album possible.' ^[3]

On June 24, guitarist Richard Fortus gave an interview to the French music site, Rock N' Live, in which he revealed that the band would not tour more that year, but would rather go into the studio to work on the next album by the end of the year. "Right now I'm very focused on Guns N' Roses. We are preparing ourselves to return to the studio, so that is why I want to stay focused. That's all that I think by the end of the year."^[4]

Line up

The band line-up remained approximately the same since the 2008 release of Chinese Democracy. Co-founder Axl Rose fronted the band, which also included long-term keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman. Newcomer DJ Ashba and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal were lead guitarists, while the rhythm section consisted of Richard Fortus on rhythm guitar, Tommy Stinson on bass and drummer Frank Ferrer.^[5]

Support acts

Dick Manitoba (February 10) Chelsea Smiles (February 12) Toilet Böys (February 15) Electric Sun (February 19 / February 23) Sponge (February 21) The Last Vegas (February 24 / February 27) Fall of Envy (March 3) Bob Lee Rodgers (March 5) Falling In Reverse (March 9)

Goldsboro (March 11 / March 12) Thin Lizzy (May 17 – June 1) Vengeance and The Panther Queen (May 17) Black Spiders (May 19) Rival Sons (June 8 / June 22) Within Temptation (June 22) Sebastian Bach (June 22) Killswitch Engage (June 22)

Black Stone Cherry (June 22) Soulfly (June 22) Ugly Kid Joe (May 22 / July 3) AxeWound (June 22) Cancer Bats (June 22) No One is Innocent (June 10–19) The Cult (June 29) The Darkness (July 22)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
February 10, 2012	New York City	United States	Roseland Ballroom
February 12, 2012			Terminal 5
February 15, 2012			The Ritz Webster Hall
February 16, 2012			Hiro Ballroom
February 19, 2012	Chicago		House of Blues
February 21, 2012	Detroit		The Fillmore Detroit
February 23, 2012	Silver Spring		The Fillmore Silver Spring
February 24, 2012	Atlantic City		House of Blues
February 27, 2012	Philadelphia		Electric Factory
March 1, 2012	Atlanta		The Tabernacle
March 3, 2012	Orlando		House of Blues
March 5, 2012	Miami		Jackie Gleason Theater
March 9, 2012	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
March 11, 2012			The Wiltern
March 12, 2012			House of Blues Los Angeles
Europe
May 11, 2012	Moscow	Russia	Stadium Live Club
May 12, 2012
May 17, 2012	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
May 19, 2012	Nottingham	England	Capital FM Arena
May 20, 2012	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool
May 23, 2012	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
May 25, 2012	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
May 26, 2012	Birmingham	England	LG Arena
May 29, 2012	Manchester		Manchester Arena
May 31, 2012	London		The O2 Arena
June 1, 2012
June 4, 2012	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
June 5, 2012	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 8, 2012	Mönchengladbach	Germany	Warsteiner HockeyPark
June 10, 2012	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
June 11, 2012	Strasbourg		Zénith de Strasbourg
June 14, 2012	Toulouse		Zénith de Toulouse
June 16, 2012[A]	Clisson		Val de Moine
June 18, 2012	Montpellier		Park & Suites Arena
June 19, 2012	Toulon		Zénith Oméga de Toulon
June 22, 2012[B]	Milan	Italy	Fieramilano
June 24, 2012[C]	Dessel	Belgium	Festivalpark Stenehei
June 27, 2012	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle
June 29, 2012[D]	Graz	Austria	Schwarzl Freizeitzentrum
July 1, 2012[E]	Bucharest	Romania	Romexpo Arena
Middle East
July 3, 2012	Tel Aviv	Israel	Yarkon Park
Europe
July 6, 2012[F]	Istanbul	Turkey	Parkorman
July 8, 2012[G]	Sofia	Bulgaria	Vasil Levski National Stadium
July 11, 2012	Rybnik	Poland	Rybnik Municipal Stadium
July 13, 2012[H]	Piešťany	Slovakia	Piešťany Airport
July 15, 2012[I]	Novi Sad	Serbia	Petrovaradin Fortress
July 17, 2012	Split	Croatia	Spaladium Arena
July 20, 2012[J]	Benicàssim	Spain	Benicàssim Festival Grounds
July 22, 2012	Palma		Son Fusteret

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a part of "Hellfest"

^B This concert was a part of "Gods of Metal"

^C This concert was a part of "Graspop Metal Meeting"

^D This concert was a part of "Seerock Festival"

^E This concert was a part of "Tuborg GreenFest"

^F This concert was a part of "Unirock Open Air Festival"

^G This concert was a part of "Sofia Rocks"

^H This concert was a part of "Topfest"

^I This concert was a part of "Exit Festival"

^J This concert was a part of "Festival Internacional de Benicàssim"

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
The O2	London	18,901 / 27,817 (68%)	$1,357,820[6]
Manchester Arena	Manchester	5,877 / 7,205 (82%)	$406,274

Personnel

• Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, tambourine
• Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
• Tommy Stinson – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
• DJ Ashba – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, snare drum
• Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Pitman – keyboards, synthesizer, samples, programming, tambourine, backing vocals
• Frank Ferrer – drums, tambourine

Additional Musicians

• Izzy Stradlin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "14 Years" (May 31st-July 22nd, 2012)