Editing Slash (musician) (section)

=== 2016–present: return to Guns N' Roses ===
[[File:GNRChorzow090718-95 (29099970917) Cropped.jpg|thumb|right|[[Axl Rose]] (left) and Slash (right) performing with [[Guns N' Roses]] in 2018]]
On December 29, 2015, several days after a Guns N' Roses-related teaser was released to movie theaters, ''Billboard'' reported that Slash would rejoin the band to headline [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]] 2016, filling the lead guitarist spot vacated when [[DJ Ashba]] left the band.<ref>{{cite news |last=Waddel |first=Ray |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6828129/guns-n-roses-reunion-coachella-stadium-las-vegas |title=Guns N' Roses to Reunite for Coachella, Possible Stadium Tour: Sources |work=Billboard.com |date=December 29, 2015 |access-date=December 30, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229225917/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6828129/guns-n-roses-reunion-coachella-stadium-las-vegas |archive-date=December 29, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/axl-rose-slash-to-reunite-guns-n-roses-at-coachella-20151230|title=Axl Rose, Slash to Reunite Guns N' Roses at Coachella|date=December 31, 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 5, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417030317/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/axl-rose-slash-to-reunite-guns-n-roses-at-coachella-20151230|archive-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref> Guns N' Roses were officially announced as headliners of Coachella on January 4, 2016, with [[KROQ-FM|KROQ]] reporting Slash and Duff McKagan would rejoin the band.<ref>[http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2016/01/04/coachella-2016-lineup/ Coachella 2016 Lineup Announced: Guns N’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem, Calvin Harris] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105051917/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2016/01/04/coachella-2016-lineup/ |date=January 5, 2016 }} KROQ</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/01/coachella-announces-2016-lineup-guns-n-roses-lcd-soundsystem-to-headline/|title=Coachella announces 2016 lineup: Guns N' Roses, LCD Soundsystem to headline – Consequence of Sound|work=Consequence of Sound|date=January 5, 2016 |access-date=January 5, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204130810/https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/01/coachella-announces-2016-lineup-guns-n-roses-lcd-soundsystem-to-headline/|archive-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coachella-guns-n-roses-lcd-soundsystem-calvin-harris-lead-lineup-20160104|title=Coachella: Guns N' Roses, LCD Soundsystem, Calvin Harris Lead Lineup|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 5, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107222211/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coachella-guns-n-roses-lcd-soundsystem-calvin-harris-lead-lineup-20160104|archive-date=January 7, 2016}}</ref> Slash performed with Guns N' Roses for the first time in 23 years during the band's secret warmup gig at the [[Troubadour (West Hollywood, California)|Troubadour]] in Los Angeles on April 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/guns-n-roses-performs-at-the-troubadour-first-video-footage-and-photos/|title=Guns N' Roses Performs At The Troubadour: Video Footage And Photos – Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=April 2, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404084159/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/guns-n-roses-performs-at-the-troubadour-first-video-footage-and-photos/|archive-date=April 4, 2016|date=April 2, 2016}}</ref> The band then embarked on the [[Not in This Lifetime... Tour]], which became a massive success, grossing over $584&nbsp;million by its conclusion in 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guns-n-roses-confirm-north-american-tour-20160325|title=Guns N' Roses Confirm North American Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=March 26, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224234258/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guns-n-roses-confirm-north-american-tour-20160325|archive-date=February 24, 2018|date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> In 2021, Slash appeared on his first songs with the band since 1994, "[[Absurd (song)|Absurd]]" and "[[Hard Skool]]". In 2023 the band went [[Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour|on tour again]], notably playing both the [[Glastonbury Festival]] in England and the [[Power Trip Festival]] in Indio, California. They also released a new single, "[[Perhaps (song)|Perhaps]]".