Duff McKagan will rejoin Guns N' Roses for five shows on their forthcoming South American tour.
The bassist will deputise for Tommy Stinson at dates in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Asuncion, Paraguay, La Paz, Bolivia and Recife and Fortaleza in Brazil between April 6 and 17.
Stinson has other commitments with his former band, the Replacements, who are booked to play reunion sets at Coachella. He told Billboard:
"I had those Replacement shows come up the same time the tour came up, and it got to be a scheduling issue right out of the gate. I didn't want to fuck anyone up in Guns by saying, 'Hey, I can't do this tour' or anything like that. Luckily someone was able to reach out to Duff and he was amenable to the idea and was into doing it.
"It's Duff being the kind of good sport he is, trying to help Axl [Rose] out. So I'm like, 'Thanks dude, for covering my ass on this one.' I think people are gonna be really stoked about it. It's gonna be fun for everyone."
McKagan served as Guns N' Roses' bassist throughout their heyday in the late '80s and early '90s, leaving the band in 1997. Since then he has released music with Velvet Revolver, Loaded and Walking Papers, among others.
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