Guns N' Roses to play Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton Aug. 26

While “Welcome to the aspen parkland!” doesn’t have the same clang to it as “jungle,” legendary hard rock band Guns N’ Roses returns to Commonwealth Stadium Aug. 26, where they last played in 2017, with Slash stealing the show.

The 40-year-old sex-rock band is another brick in Edmonton’s 2026 Year of Rock — joining major announcements by The Guess Who, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age and Rush turning up the amps in our river city June 10, Sept. 17 and Dec. 10 and 12 respectively.

One wonders where we’ll get the money for all these huge shows, and given GNR’s long delay in releasing albums, it’s cute that the band is joining the existing announcement rock pile later in the game.

Squished together in L.A. in 1985 from bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose, the band’s classic lineup