Duff McKagan - Announce "Lighthouse: Live From London" Out On 31st October via earMusic.

Rock Metal Machine
Sep 10
3 min read

Musician on stage plays guitar and sings into mic, right arm raised. Blue spotlighting, dim background, and emotional, energetic mood. — Photo Credit: Luke Shadrick

Duff McKagan has unveiled LIGHTHOUSE: LIVE FROM LONDON, an all-new live album and full-length concert film recorded last October during his sold-out Lighthouse Tour ’24. The 19-track collection will be available in a wide variety of formats, including digital, CD Digipak, CD + Blu-ray Digipak (with live audio and the complete LIGHTHOUSE: LIVE FROM LONDON concert film), 2LP 180g Black vinyl (with gatefold sleeve and ticket replica), and limited edition 2LP 180g Black vinyl (with live audio, complete concert film, gatefold sleeve, and autographed ticket replica signed by McKagan). LIGHTHOUSE: LIVE FROM LONDON arrives on Friday, October 31. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now via duffmckagan.com

Recorded and filmed October 5, 2024, before a sold-out crowd at London, England’s historic Islington Assembly Hall, LIGHTHOUSE: LIVE FROM LONDON sees McKagan and his band performing songs from throughout the iconic musician-songwriter’s legendary career, including stellar renditions of tracks originally found on his critically acclaimed third solo album, 2023’s LIGHTHOUSE. Among the live album’s many highlights is an unforgettable take on the plaintive fan favorite, LONGFEATHER,

Lighthouse Tour ’24 saw McKagan lighting up sold-out houses across North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom, joined by his murderer’s row of musicians, guitarist Tim DiJulio, guitarist/keyboardist Jeff Fielder, bassist Mike Squires, and drummer Michael Musburger, with live sound engineered by longtime collaborator Martin Feveyear. Recorded and mixed by Feveyear, LIGHTHOUSE: LIVE FROM LONDON collects electrifying in-concert versions of such McKagan originals as I SAW GOD ON 10TH ST., LIGHTHOUSE, and the volatile CHIP AWAY (a personal favorite of Bob Dylan himself), along with breakneck performances of The Stooges’ I WANNA BE YOUR DOG, The Crickets’ (by way of The Bobby Fuller Four and The Clash) I FOUGHT THE LAW, and Guns N’ Roses’ classic YOU’RE CRAZY. What’s more, LIGHTHOUSE: LIVE FROM LONDON features a very special guest appearance by Sex Pistols co-founding guitarist Steve Jones that sees the two friends (and Neurotic Outsiders bandmates) joining forces for once-in-a-lifetime renditions of Johnny Thunders’ CAN’T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY and David Bowie’s HEROES, the latter of which can be viewed now at McKagan’s official YouTube channel.

For more than 40 years, Duff McKagan has been an unstoppable creative force, spanning a multitude of bands, tours, collaborations, writings, and an ongoing solo body of work that includes such critically acclaimed albums as 2019’s Shooter Jennings-produced TENDERNESS and 2023’s soul-searching LIGHTHOUSE. Starting at just 15, McKagan has been a part of such diverse and influential bands as The Vains (1979), The Fastbacks (1980), The Living (1982), The Fartz (1990), 10 Minute Warning (1993), and Loaded (1998), along, of course, with his historic role as founding member of both Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver. In addition to his prolific musical efforts, McKagan is the New York Times best-selling author of 2011’s It’s So Easy: And Other Lies and 2015’s How to Be a Man: (And Other Illusions), and the co-host (with Susan Holmes McKagan) of the popular Three Chords & The Truth radio show, airing in North America on Sirius XM’s Ozzy’s Boneyard (Ch. 38). In addition, Three Chords & The Truth airs weekly on stations around the globe including the UK’s Planet Rock, Denmark’s myROCK, Finland’s Radio Rock, Germany/Switzerland/Austria’s Rock Antenne, Iceland and Canada’s x977, and Poland’s Antyradio. For showtimes, please visitduffmckagan.ffm.to/threechordsandthetruth