Guns N' Roses take reunion tour to Europe

Guns N' Roses will play a string of stadium concerts in Europe next year, extending a lucrative reunion tour that had once seemed improbable.

The hard rockers on Monday announced 18 concerts in Europe starting in Dublin on May 27 plus a show in Tel Aviv on July 15.

Guns N' Roses will then return to North America for the second straight summer of stadium concerts. The band announced 16 shows in the United States and Canada for next year, running through September 8 in San Antonio.

Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash reunited this year for the first time since 1993, reviving a tumultuous collaboration that became one of the most successful in rock history.

The Los Angeles band's promoters said that fans have so far bought two million tickets to the "Not in This Lifetime Tour," which has stretched across North America and Latin America.

Closing out the Latin America swing in Mexico City last week, Rose invited fans to smash a pinata of US President-elect Donald Trump, who denounced Mexican immigrants during his campaign.

Guns N' Roses return to the road in January with previously announced dates in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

The band's 1987 "Appetite for Destruction," which captured Rose's raw anger and soaring vocal range coupled with Slash's hard-charging but expressive guitar, remains the top-selling debut album of all time.