Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan says the band’s three-hour sets kind of have to be that length. 

In a new interview he explained, “Don’t get me wrong, my body would love it if we only played two-and-a-half-hours. Most bands play two hours. Two hours and 10 minutes or something, and we’re playing three hours and thirty minutes. I’d love to play shorter because, I’d be in less pain the next day. But, there’s just too many songs, and people stay for the whole thing. Nobody leaves, so it’s, like, “Okay, they must be enjoying this.” 

McKagen also gave props to frontman Axl Rose saying, “But he’s a monster, man, that guy. Axl. Like, his longevity. We’ve had to cancel only one show because of vocals. He’ll still wanna play the show, and the doctor will be, like, “You could ruin your voice forever.” We canceled one [show] in Glasgow a couple of years ago. We made it up.”