Guns N' Roses Plot South American, Canadian Tour Dates

Generally speaking, bands tour to support albums. Generally speaking, said tours occur around the time that said albums are released. But when you’re Guns N’ Roses, such rules need not apply. After all, this is the band that wrote “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” What have you done with your life? These dudes do whatever they want, and in this case, apparently, what they want is to launch a tour more than one year after the release of their last record. But not just any tour. A tour of South America, Southeast Asia and Canada.

The first leg of the just-announced trek begins Dec. 11 in Taipei, Taiwan. The second trek in South America is yet to come to complete fruition with dates or locations, but several GNR forums, having assembled information from Ticketmaster, predict the following: The band will play twice in Buenos Aires, one show in Peru, Chile and Venezuela, and four dates around Brazil.

Sandwiched in between Asia and South America will be a three-week tour through Canada. With any luck, all this triangulating around the U.S. will eventually drop GNR off somewhere in the 50 States, where they will ultimately headline Saturday night of Bonnaroo 2010.

What?!? It could happen.

Dates:

January
13 – Winnipeg, Man. @ MTS Centre
16 – Calgary, Alta. @ Pengrowth Saddledome
17 – Edmonton, Alta. @ Rexall Place
19 – Saskatoon, Sask. @ Credit Union Centre
20 – Regina, Sask. @ Brandt Centre
24 – Hamilton, Ont. @ Copps Coliseum
25 – London, Ont. @ John Labatt Centre
27 – Montreal, P.Q. @ Bell Centre
28 – Toronto, Ont. @ Air Canada Centre
31 – Ottawa, Ont. @ Scotiabank Place