Rock legend Slash comes home to Victoria Hall in Hanley

May 11 2011 by Will Harris, Crewe Chronicle

ONE of rock’s greatest ever guitarists is coming home to Stoke-on-Trent.

Iconic legend Slash, who made his name with Guns ‘n’ Roses, will be performing with his touring band at the Victoria Hall in Hanley on July 24.

The 45-year-old grew up in Blurton with his father and grandparents before joining his mother in Los Angeles when he was five.

He re-emerged as a world superstar and has received countless accolades and awards including a 2007 star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside his idols Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix.

An original member of iconic rock band Guns ’n’ Roses, Slash helped the band create signature sounds like the guitar riff of hits Sweet Child o’ Mine and Welcome To The Jungle.

The band dominated the 80s and 90s music scene selling more than 100million albums worldwide and ushered in a decade of hard charging rock music.

After the band’s break-up in 1996, Slash went on to critical acclaim in his personal project Slash’s Snakepit, and global success with supergroup Velvet Revolver.

He has been widely sought after by the biggest musicians of all time, performing with everyone from Michael Jackson to Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles.

He is also one of the marquee playable characters in Guitar Hero III, has two signature Gibson guitars in his name, and authored his own top-selling biography Slash in 2007.

Tickets are on sale now, priced £28.50, to book phone 0844 871 7649 or visit www.ambassadortickets.com/stoke.