The tour was honored at the Billboard Touring Awards in November 2017 , winning Top Tour/Top Draw and being nominated for Top Boxscore . The Tour was also nominated for Top Rock Tour at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards , with the band being nominated for Top Touring Artist and Top Duo/Group as well . In 2018 , they were nominated for Top Touring artist and Top Rock Tour . The band also received the inaugural Ticketmaster Touring Milestone Award in 2019 . Alice in Chains was the first band announced as an opening act on the tour . They played both of the Las Vegas shows in April 2016 , while returning for select dates during the following summer leg of North America . Duff McKagan has ties with the band as he toured with the them in 2006 and also expressing interest in writing a biography on them . Another band with previous ties with Guns N ' Roses was selected for the Mexican dates in April – The Cult . As part of their '' Appetite for Destruction Tour '' , Guns N ' Roses opened for The Cult for a whole North American leg in August and September 1987 . A later drummer of The Cult , Matt Sorum , would eventually join Guns N ' Roses in 1990 and stay until 1997 . The Cult also returned to support the band during the summer of 2016
2017 Billboard Music Awards
2017 Billboard Music Awards
Not in This Lifetime... Tour