Gun N Roses coming to Youngstown, tickets on sale Friday

Guns N’ Roses are hitting the road in the U.S. for the first time in five years and they are bringing Mr. Brownstone, Chinese Democracy and all the hits to The Covelli Centre in Youngstown on Wednesday, December 7.

In case you forgot, currently Guns N’ Roses are Axl Rose, DJ Ashba (guitar), Dizzy Reed (keyboards), Tommy Stinson (bass),
Richard Fortus (guitar), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (guitar), Chris Pitman (keyboards) and Frank Ferrer (drums).

As you know, they've sold a crap load of records, imploded, exploded and spent more than a decade and a bunch of money to put out their most recent record, Chinese Democracy that sold pretty well around the globe.

What: Gun N' Roses
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8
Where: The Covelli Centre, 229 East Front St., Youngstown
Tickets: $75, $59.50, $45
Information: (800) 745-3000, ticketmaster.com

If you're wondering if the band cooks live, here's a clip from February at Rock N Rio 2011.

Axl's got a little middle aged paunch (hey the dude's almost 50), and listening to more of the show (which is posted in it's entirety on Youtube), I wonder if Rose's voice will hold up for an entire tour, but you gotta respect the pimp hat and the porn 'stache. Also, Brazilians really love to sing along...