Duff McKagan Shares David Bowie Cover & New Original

Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan shared a cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes.” The Bowie classic arrived along with a new McKagan original, “True To The Death Rock N Roll Ballad.”

The new tracks follow the release of Duff McKagan’s solo album, Lighthouse, which arrived on October 20, 2023. “Heroes” and “True To The Death Rock N Roll Ballad” come just days ahead of McKagan launching his Lighthouse ‘24 Tour, which gets underway in Dublin on Monday (September 30).

McKagan detailed the Bowie nod and new original in a statement:

“We thought it was good idea to put out a couple of fresh songs right here on the eve of the Lighthouse tour. Choosing David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ seemed to be a natural subject matter for me (I am of course, a massive history nerd)…star-crossed lovers in the shadow of the mid-70’s cold-war era Berlin Wall. To try and compliment this era, I chose a sort of 70’s glam-rock song that I wrote some time last year, ‘True To The Death Rock N Roll Ballad,’ another lyric where love and lust and time are the central figures. We hope you dig this ‘single’ and thank you all for just being you!”

Listen to “Heroes” and “True To The Death Rock N Roll Ballad” below:

Following the European/UK leg of the Lighthouse ‘24 Tour, Duff McKagan launches the U.S. stint on November 4 in Boston. Scroll down for McKagan’s itinerary and ticket info.