{"id":378259,"date":"2011-04-12T16:16:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T16:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/12\/slash-slash-to-return-to-stoke\/"},"modified":"2011-04-12T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T16:16:41","slug":"slash-slash-to-return-to-stoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/12\/slash-slash-to-return-to-stoke\/","title":{"rendered":"SLASH &#8211; SLASH TO RETURN TO STOKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"42\"><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><\/p>\n<p>Slash is set to play his first show in his British hometown, Stoke-on-Trent.<\/p>\n<p>The former Guns N&#8217; Roses guitarist will play in the British midlands town for the first time during a tour of Europe later this summer, his first visit since he was five.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on his twitter page: &#8220;Last show of South American tour tonight in Cordoba! Then home to work on new record until Euro tour in July! Its gonna be epic! *wink* (sic)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Actually its more of a UK tour w\/some Euro dates thrown in. We&#8217;re playing Stoke! Its my 1st visit since I was 5 yrs old. *wink* (sic).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Slash was born in West Hampstead, London, to an English father and an African-American mother but the couple soon moved to Stoke-on-Trent, then to Los Angeles, where he would become involved in music. <\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;By the Sword&#8217; rocker has been touring in support of his debut, self-titled, solo album, and as part of his summer dates, has also been confirmed to appear at this year&#8217;s High Voltage festival, which takes place in London&#8217;s Victoria Park on July 23 and 24.<\/p>\n<p>The show will be Slash&#8217;s only festival appearance in the UK this year, and he will be joined on the festival&#8217;s bill by Judas Priest, Dream Theatre, Thin Lizzy and Jethro Tull, among others.<\/p>\n<p><!--INFOLINKS_OFF--><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/news.nsf\/story\/slash-to-return-to-stoke_1212215\" title=\"SLASH - SLASH TO RETURN TO STOKE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SLASH &#8211; SLASH TO RETURN TO STOKE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Slash is set to play his first show in his British hometown, Stoke-on-Trent. 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