{"id":61706,"date":"2026-04-05T16:47:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/see-guns-n-roses-perform-bad-apples-live-for-first-time-since-1991\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:47:43","slug":"see-guns-n-roses-perform-bad-apples-live-for-first-time-since-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/see-guns-n-roses-perform-bad-apples-live-for-first-time-since-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"See Guns N&#8217; Roses Perform &#8216;Bad Apples&#8217; Live for First Time Since 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Band plays <em>Use Your Illusion I <\/em>track in concert for first time in 35 years&#8230; and even more surprises might be ahead for 2026 tour<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tGuns N\u2019 Roses made a surprise deep dive into their discography Saturday night at their Sao Paolo, Brazil concert, performing \u201cBad Apples\u201d live for the first time since 1991.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAxl Rose and company only played the <em>Use Your Illusion I<\/em> song twice previously in their history, including giving \u201cBad Apples\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OuZ7l8m4qRk&amp;list=RDOuZ7l8m4qRk&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUcZ3VucyBuIHJvc2VzIGJhZCBhcHBsZXMgbGl2ZaAHAQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">its live debut at Brazil\u2019s Rock in Rio festival in 1991<\/a>.\u00a0(Slash has also dabbled with the song live with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tTaking the stage at the Monsters of Rock Brazil festival Saturday, Guns N\u2019 Roses stunned fans by digging out \u201cBad Apples\u201d live for the first time in over 35 years:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Guns N Roses - Bad Apples  (Monsters of Rock S\u00e3o Paulo Brasil - 04\/04\/2026)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G8NZXpjz2wA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cBad Apples\u201d wasn\u2019t the only change to GNR\u2019s setlist since the band kicked off their 2026 world tour last weekend: The rarely played \u201cDead Horse\u201d also resurfaced, while the Sao Paolo gig also saw \u201cRocket Queen\u201d reenter the setlist. GNR\u2019s tour opener in Mexico also saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/guns-n-roses-perform-nothin-first-time-2026-tour-opener-1235538573\/\">the live debuts of \u201cAtlas\u201d and \u201cNothin\u2019,\u201d<\/a> with both songs remaining in the setlist.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe group might be preparing even more surprises for the 2026 jaunt: GNR reportedly soundchecked \u201cRight Next Door to Hell,\u201d another <em>Use Your Illusion I<\/em> song that hasn\u2019t been played live since 1991, prior to their April 1 concert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tGuns N\u2019 Roses will return stateside to Florida in May for Hollywood\u2019s Hard Rock Festival and Daytona Beach\u2019s Welcome to Rockville. Following a European leg, GNR\u2019s North American dates begin July 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and run through Sept. 9, when the tour will wrap in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/guns-n-roses-perform-bad-apples-live-first-time-1991-1235542026\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Band plays Use Your Illusion I track in concert for first time in 35 years&#8230; and even more surprises might be ahead for 2026&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":61707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}