Guns N’ Roses shunning LA for 2016 tour? Coachella may be closest

The Guns N’ Roses semi-reunion tour will reach Coachella (as previously noted), but may not perform in the place of their birth — Los Angeles.

That’s the upshot of the latest data dump — the 21 cities on the group’s summer itinerary.

As Rolling Stone reported:

“It’s official: The Guns N’ Roses reunion is hitting the road. After months of just scheduling gigs at Coachella, Las Vegas and Mexico City, Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and the rest of the band’s current iteration of (but not Izzy Stradlin) have revealed what 21 cities they’ll perform in this summer.”

• Related: Guns N’ Roses shocker: Axl Rose and Slash reuniting for Coachella, maybe tour

The locales (but not dates or concert venues) were listed as:

• Atlanta, GA
• Boston, MA
• Chicago, IL
• Cincinnati, OH
• Dallas, TX
• Detroit, MI
• Houston, TX
• Kansas City, MO
• Nashville, TN
• New Orleans, LA
• New York
• Orlando, FL
• Philadelphia, PA
• Phoenix, AZ
• Pittsburgh, PA
• San Diego, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• Seattle, WA
• St Louis, MO
• Toronto, ONT
• Washington, DC

Snarky reaction emerging:

What’s the over/under on how many shows Guns & Roses plays before the tour implodes?

— Jeremy Barlow (@Jeremy_Barlow) March 25, 2016