Guns N’ Roses tour to play Soldier Field

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Singer Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses performs at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in 2014. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

It’s official: Guns N’ Roses — Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan (and as yet other unspecified band members) are hitting the road this summer for a stadium tour that includes a stop at Soldier Field on July 1.

The Not in This Lifetime Tour kicks off June 23 in Detroit and (so far) will play 20 cities through Aug. 22.

A Citi cardmember pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. April 4 at citiprivatepass.com. General on-sale starts at 10 a.m. April 8 at livenation.com

Here are the announced dates of the tour as of April 1:

June 23 – Detroit, MI at Ford Field

June 26 – Washington, D.C. at FEDEXFIELD

June 29 – Kansas City, MO at Arrowhead Stadium

July 1 – Chicago at Soldier Field

July 6 – Cincinnati, OH at Paul Brown Stadium

July 9 – Nashville, TN at Nissan Stadium

July 12 – Pittsburgh, PA at Heinz Field

July 14 – Philadelphia, PA at Lincoln Financial Field

July 16 – Toronto, ON at Rogers Centre

July 19 – Foxboro, MA at Gillette Stadium

July 23 – East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium

July 27 – Atlanta, GA at Georgia Dome

July 29 – Orlando, FL at Citrus Bowl

July 31 – New Orleans, LA at Mercedes-Benz Superdome

August 3 – Arlington, TX at AT&T Stadium

August 5 – Houston, TX at NRG Stadium

August 9 – San Francisco, CA at AT&T Park

August 12 – Seattle, WA at CenturyLink Field

August 15 – Glendale, AZ at University of Phoenix Stadium

August 22 – San Diego, CA at Qualcomm Stadium

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