Slash

When: 3rd April 2024
Location: OVO Hydro

Slash is bringing The River Is Rising Tour featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. Coming to Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on 3rd April 2024.

Slash–the iconic, GRAMMY-winning, American rock guitarist, songwriter and film producer. Has amassed album sales of over 100 million copies. Garnered a GRAMMY Award and seven GRAMMY nominations. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is a New York Times Best-selling author. Slash is considered one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time. As well as one of the most recognizable faces in pop culture worldwide. Time magazine placed Slash at #2 (Jimi Hendrix was #1) in its list, “The 10 Greatest Electric Guitar Players.” Slash created signature sounds like the guitar riff on #1 hits for Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “Welcome To The Jungle.”

After leaving the band, Slash went on to critical acclaim with Slash’s Snakepit. He had global success with the supergroup Velvet Revolver before embarking on his own solo career. After landing on the top of the charts with his first solo album, Slash (2010)–which featured Ozzy Osbourne, Fergie, Myles Kennedy and more–he formed his current band Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators (SMKC)–which features Myles Kennedy (lead vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass/vocals) and Frank Sidoris (rhythm guitar)–who’ve been touring worldwide and making music together non-stop for over a decade.

SMKC

Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators (SMKC) released their debut album, ‘Apocalyptic Love’ (2012). It stormed the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart debuting at #4 on the overall chart as well as the #1 Top Rock album. It spawned SLASH and the band’s first-ever #1 solo radio hits “You’re A Lie” and “Standing In The Sun.” The band’s second album, ‘World On Fire’ (2016) debuted to global praise. Whilst the album’s title track, “World On Fire” ascended to #1 at U.S. Rock Radio.

In 2016, Guns N’ Roses re-united and Slash joined Axl Rose and Duff McKagan for the historic and ongoing world tour. Which Billboard magazine ranks as the third highest grossing tour of all time. Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators released their third album ‘Living The Dream’ (2018). The Rolling Stone declared “a biting blues filigree at the end of a riff, weeping solos full of long notes and boogie-woogie riffs”. The Los Angeles Times added is full of “unexpected funk, boogie, blues and garage rock influences.” ‘Living The Dream’ debuted with 10, Top 10 Chart placements across the globe. Fuelled by the Top 5 song “Driving Rain.”

The tour

The group’s first new music in four years, SMKC released their vibrant new album ‘4’ via Gibson Records–the iconic American guitar brands’ newly established record label—which debuted as the #1 Most-Selling Hard Rock Album on February 11, 2022 and has earned the group the best critical acclaim of their career. The band’s strongest collective statement to date, ‘4’, was co-produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, John Prine, Rival Sons), and recorded at the famed RCA Studio A in Nashville, revealing a stunning, vital, sound and style, all captured live.

The first single off ‘4’ “The River Is Rising” marked SMKC’s 8th, consecutive Top 10 hit single at radio. Rolling Stone hailed the song as “raucous,” and Billboard called it “euphoric” with “a surging main riff, dissonant hooks, an infectious chorus, and a guitar solo that conjures images of a rowdy bar brawl.” ‘4’ is Slash’s fifth solo album overall, and his fourth with Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators.