Ahead of Duff McKagan’s “Lighthouse Tour ’24,” the Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan released two new tracks, one a cover of the David Bowie classic “Heroes” while the other is a Duff McKagan original called “True to the Death Rock N Roll Ballad.”
“We thought it was good idea to put out a couple of fresh songs right here on the eve of the Lighthouse tour,” said McKagan about the tracks in an Instagram post. “Choosing David Bowie’s HEROES seemed to be a natural subject matter for me (I am of course, a massive history nerd)…star-crossed lovers in the shadow of the mid-70’s cold-war era Berlin Wall. To try and compliment this era, I chose a sort of 70’s glam-rock song that I wrote some time last year, TRUE TO THE DEATH ROCK N ROLL BALLAD, another lyric where love and lust and time are the central figures. We hope you dig this ‘single’ and thank you all for just being you!”
The vivid Bowie cover and the glammy original help kick off the tour, which is meant to promote his third solo album Lighthouse. The tour kicks off next week in Dublin, Ireland and rages through Europe before hitting the U.S. for a few dates. Check out the complete list of tour dates below.
Sep. 30 – Dublin, Ireland – Dublin Academy *
Oct. 02 – Glasgow, Scotland – The Garage *
Oct. 03 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 2 *
Oct. 05 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall *
Oct. 07 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg *
Oct. 08 – Cologne, Germany – Die Kantine *
Oct. 09 – Munich, Germany – Freiheitshalle *
Oct. 11 – Brno, Czech Republic – Sono Centrum *
Oct. 13 – Warsaw, Poland – Klub Stodola *
Oct. 14 – Berlin, Germany – Heimathafen Neukölln *
Oct. 16 – Milan, Italy – Magazzini Generali *
Oct. 17 – Solothurn, Switzerland – Kulturfabrik Kofmehl *
Oct. 19 – Liege, Belgium – OM *
Oct. 20 – Paris, France – La Trianon *
Oct. 22 – Stockholm, Sweden – Nalen *
Nov. 04 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club †
Nov. 06 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge †
Nov. 08 – Chicago, IL – Outset †
Nov. 10 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater †
Nov. 13 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey ^
Nov. 18 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater +
Nov. 20 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox +
* w/ JAMES AND THE COLD GUN
† w/ Lee Ving's RANGE WAR
^ w/ Grace McKagan
+ w/ Joey "Sh*thead" Keithley
