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Guns N' Roses bassist and Irish passport holder Duff McKagan has kicked off his 2024 European solo tour, with a show in Dublin on Monday night (30th September 2024). Taking place at the Academy on Middle Abbey Street, the excited Irishman declared; "I wish we could play here very fucking night!" 
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