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Slash Celebrates 60th Birthday With Ongoing World Tour and Solo Ventures

He credits a relentless performance schedule punctuated by studio sessions for sustaining nearly twenty years of sobriety

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Overview

  • Slash is currently touring worldwide with Guns N’ Roses following his 2016 reunion and continues to draw large stadium crowds.
  • Alongside his main band, he consistently releases solo albums and collaborates with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators as part of his creative self-care.
  • The guitarist has remained clean since completing rehab in 2006, maintaining sobriety through a nonstop slate of musical engagements.
  • After a 2001 diagnosis of cardiomyopathy, Slash received a pacemaker and reshaped his lifestyle to prioritize health.
  • He founded a blues-rock festival that channels proceeds to charitable causes, reflecting his long-standing commitment to philanthropy.