Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine passes one billion Spotify streams

Just in case Guns N’ Roses were worrying about whether or not they had a hit on their hands with Sweet Child O’ Mine, good news: it’s just passed a billion streams on Spotify.

The song from their 1987 Appetite For Destruction debut album takes the band into the billion stream club, alongside Post Malone, twenty one pilots, Cardi B, Lady Gaga and Ed Sheeran. Two years ago, the song’s video passed the landmark on YouTube.

All of which puts it some way ahead of sort-of new track Absurd, officially released last week, which has so far racked up 397,000 plays on the platform. Do that 2,000-and-a-bit more times and it’ll be on equal pegging.

Guns are currently on tour in North America. Catch them at one of the dates below.

Guns N' Roses tour 2021

August

11 Fargo, ND – FargoDome
13 Missoula, MT – Washington-Grizzly Stadium
16 Commerce City, CO – DICK’S Sporting Goods Park
19 Los Angeles, CA – Banc of California Stadium
22 Portland, OR – Moda Center
25 San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose
27 Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium
30 Phoenix, AZ – Phoenix Suns Arena

September

01 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
04 Napa, CA – BottleRock Napa Valley
08 Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium
11 Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
12 Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
16 Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
18 Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater | Summerfest
21 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
23 Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
26 Baltimore, MD – Royal Farms Arena
29 Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena

October 2021

02 Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live Arena
03 Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live Arena

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