All Guns blazing as rockers return to Slane

When you see that iconic duo of Slash and Axl Rose back-to-back belting out a long-loved hit it’s like no time at all has elapsed.

Guns N’ Roses might have trashed hotel rooms and tour buses over the years since their Appetite for Destruction album seared its way to number one back in the late 1980s but they were all about the fans at Slane.

Kicking off the European leg of their Not in this Lifetime tour to a sold-out crowd at Slane Castle the band gave the fans exactly what they wanted — the soaring highs of rock anthems such as ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and the reined-in energy of ‘Patience’.