Guns 2 Roses + Metallica Reloaded + Surreal Panther

A hard rock and metal bill in London with two tribute acts, Guns 2 Roses and Metallica Reloaded, alongside Surreal Panther, staged at O2 Academy Islington.

Guns 2 Roses is a tribute act devoted to Guns N'Roses, the hard rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1985 around Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan. Their debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), included Sweet Child o'Mine and Welcome to the Jungle, two of the songs most associated with the group. Guns 2 Roses performs this material as a tribute, not as the original band.

Metallica Reloaded is a tribute act devoted to Metallica, formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. The early albums Kill 'Em All (1983) and Master of Puppets (1986) are central to thrash metal, and the self-titled album of 1991, often called the Black Album, brought the band wider mainstream success. Surreal Panther completes the bill, which suits listeners of hard rock and metal.

O2 Academy Islington is a London venue for concerts and shows. The evening brings together the music of two bands whose catalogues shaped hard rock and metal, with each tribute act playing its own interpretation of the material.