Would Guns N’ Roses ever do a residency at the Sphere? Here’s what Slash says

Slash was asked if Guns N’ Roses would be interested in performing a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a recent interview with veteran radio host Abe Kanan of Audacy.

I’m gonna go see Metallica over there. That’s one of those things — I think Joe Walsh turned me off of it. [Laughs] Because it’s not set up where you can set up a bunch of amps and really play live like the way we normally do. It’s really about the production, and it’s not so much about the band, although the band is playing. It’s really about the visual and all that kind of stuff. And we were talking about doing it last year before this tour, this U.S. tour that we just did, and we opted for just doing a U.S. tour and not just focusing on that one thing.

“Anyway, so it might happen down the road, but it’s not something I’m aspiring to because I think it might be a little bit too controlled. But I’m dying to see Metallica do it. It’s hard to be beholden to a whole theatrical thing like that, especially for us. And also, the way Joe was telling me, is you have to put your amps somewhere else. The Metallica guys use the — what do you call it? Amps. They’re not real. And so we don’t do that. And they gotta figure out some place elsewhere to put the amps and all that kind of stuff, and the more we talked about the details of it, the more, like, ugh. I don’t know.

Slash made this statement after Kanan pointed out that Metallica’s Sphere residency consists of 24 shows marketed as 12 “No Repeat Weekend” engagements, with each Thursday and Saturday pairing having completely new setlists and no songs repeated between the two nights. 

Lars told me about this. I went to a party a few months ago, and he was telling me this whole thing that those guys are doing, which is really cool. I love that Metallica’s always doing something new. It’s great.

Upcoming shows by Guns N’ Roses:

• Thursday, October 29, 2026 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Aerosmith)
• Sunday, November 1, 2026 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Aerosmith)
• Saturday, November 14, 2026 – NICE Grounds, Bengaluru, India (with Girish and the Chronicles)
• Tuesday, November 17, 2026 – Khanapara Veterinary Ground, Guwahati, India (with Parikrama)
• Saturday, November 21, 2026 – Madya Stadium GBK, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Wednesday, November 25, 2026 – Singapore National Stadium, Singapore, Singapore
• Sunday, November 29, 2026 – BP Adelaide Grand Final, Adelaide, Australia (with Airbourne)
• Wednesday, December 02, 2026 – Queensland Bank Arena, Townsville, Australia (with Airbourne)
• Saturday, December 05, 2026 – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia (with Airbourne)
• Tuesday, December 08, 2026 – McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, Australia (with Airbourne)
• Friday, December 11, 2026 – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia (with Airbourne)
• Monday, December 14, 2026 – ENGIE Stadium, Sydney, Australia (with Airbourne)
• Thursday, December 17, 2026 – Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand (with Airbourne)