Slash Recalls Scary Close-Call While Filming ‘November Rain’
The epic Guns N’ Roses music video for “November Rain” remains one of the most iconic videos of all time. In fact, it was the first music video pre-YouTube to reach the one billion views milestone. (As of publishing, the video has over 2.2 billion views.)
The shoot’s scariest moment happened when a helicopter flew right at Slash during his guitar solo in the desert. This stunt became one of rock’s most memorable visuals in music video history.
According to Slash in a new interview with The Times, “I just said, OK, I’m going to do my guitar solo — out by the church. But then the director came up with this idea of flying at me with a helicopter and as we were doing it, I thought, well, this will be the last thing I ever do.”
In other GN’R news: The band rolled out tour dates in Europe and the Middle East as part of their 2025 world tour. So far, only the Europe and Middle East shows have been announced, but since this is part of a larger world tour, it’s assumed more dates will be announced in the future.
The complete list of tour dates is below. GN’R will be joined by special guests Public Enemy, Rival Sons, and Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter.
Complete tour and ticket details can be found at GunsNRoses.com.
May 23 – Riyadh Kingdom Arena, Saudi Arabia
May 27 – Abu Dhabi Etihad Arena, UAE
May 30 – Shekvetili Parka, Georgia^
Jun. 02 – Istanbul Tüpraş Stadyumu, Turkey^
Jun. 06 – Coimbra Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Portugal^
Jun. 09 – Barcelona Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Spain
Jun. 12 – Florence Firenze Rocks, Italy*^
Jun. 15 – Hradec Kralove Rock For People, Czech Republic*^
Jun. 18 – Dusseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena, Germany^
Jun. 20 – Munich Allianz Arena, Germany^
Jun. 23 – Birmingham Villa Park, UK
Jun. 26 – London Wembley Stadium, UK
Jun. 29 – Aarhus Eskelunden, Denmark+
Jul. 02 – Trondheim Granåsen Ski Centre, Norway+
Jul. 04 – Stockholm Strawberry Aren, Sweden+
Jul. 07 – Tampere Ratina Stadium, Finland+
Jul. 10 – Kaunas Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Lithuania+
Jul. 12 – Warsaw PGE Nardowy, Poland+
Jul. 15 – Budapest Puskás Aréna, Hungary+
Jul. 18 – Belgrade Ušće Park, Serbia+
Jul. 21 – Sofia Vasil Levski Stadium, Bulgaria+
Jul. 24 – Vienna Ernst Happel Stadion, Austria#
Jul. 28 – Luxembourg Open Air, Luxembourg#
Jul. 31 – Wacken Festival, Germany*
* Festival appearance
+ with Public Enemy
^ with Rival Sons
# with Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter
