Guns N' Roses Debut 'Black Leather'

0:00It's April 20th. Welcome to Music News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cori with the story. Guns & Roses just crushed their first-ever live performance of Black Leather. This past Saturday night at Arena Castelau in Fort Elasa, Brazil. The track comes from their 1993 covers album, The Spaghetti Incident, and it's a punk classic originally penned by sex pistols. Members, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook. They handed it over to the runaways for their 1978 album, and later, the pistols cut their own raw version with Jones on vocals and Cook on drums. That dropped on a best of collection in late 1979, and as a single in 1980, right after Johnny Rotten split and the band, broke up for good. Fans lost their minds over this long overdue debut, especially since the song's been sitting on that album for more than 30 years without a single. Live spin from the band. Duff McKagan stepped up for Lee Vocals this time, switching it up from Axel Roses studio take. The bands wrapping the Latin American leg of their 2026 World Tour with two more Brazil shows soon.

1:05Then it's back stateside for Hollywood, Florida on May 5th, headlining Welcome to Rockville in Daytona Beach on May 7th, a UK and Europe run. Through early July and North American dates kicking off June 23rd in Raleigh, North Carolina. Keep an eye on these guys. They're full of surprises, and this tour is just heating up.