Chinese Democracy Tour

Chinese Democracy Tour
World tour by Guns N' Roses
Associated album Chinese Democracy
Start date January 1, 2001
End date December 31, 2011
Legs 16
Shows 2001: 4 (17 cancelled)
2002: 23 (19 cancelled)
2003: 0 (2 cancelled)
2004: 0 (1 cancelled)
2006: 75 (7 cancelled)
2007: 20 (2 cancelled)
2009: 4
2010: 72 (2 cancelled)
2011: 41 (3 cancelled)

Total shows: 239
Guns N' Roses tour chronology
Use Your Illusion Tour
(1991 - 1993)		 Chinese Democracy Tour
(2001-02;
2006-07;
2009-11)

The Chinese Democracy Tour is a current worldwide concert tour by hard rock band Guns N' Roses to promote the group's long-delayed album Chinese Democracy.

The tour began in 2001. That year the band played three U.S. dates and a Brazilian one, while their 2002 tour included Asian, North American and a few European dates. The band did not tour again until May 2006, when it toured North America again and performed a major tour of Europe. The band's tour continued in 2007 with shows in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Mexico.

Their first show after the 2008 release of Chinese Democracy was in Taiwan on December 11, 2009. In the same month the group played South Korea for the first time, as well as two dates in Japan. Since 2010 the tour has continued with concerts in North America, South/Central America, Europe and Australia. As of late 2010, the entire tour has attracted a total audience of about 4,000,000 people.

Contents

Band members history

The bulk of the band remained stable throughout the tour: lead vocalist Axl Rose; keyboardist and backing vocalist Dizzy Reed; bassist and backing vocalist Tommy Stinson; and keyboardist, programmer and backing vocalist Chris Pitman. The main lineup changes were in the form of rhythm guitarists (Paul Tobias from 2001 to 2002, Richard Fortus from 2002 to present), lead guitarists partnering Finck (Buckethead from 2001 to 2004, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal from 2006 to present) and drummers (Bryan "Brain" Mantia from 2001 to 2006, Frank Ferrer from 2006 to present). The 2006/2007 tour lineup—Rose, Reed, Stinson, Pitman, Finck, Fortus, Thal and Ferrer—remained to complete the album, released in 2008. Finck rejoined Nine Inch Nails in 2008, and was replaced by Sixx:A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba in 2009.

Set list repertoire

Guns N' Roses relied on an Appetite for Destruction heavy set list, keeping longtime fans entertained with the older material whilst adding new songs from the upcoming album Chinese Democracy, such as "Street of Dreams (The Blues)", "Madagascar", and the title track. In 2006, with regard to the leaks, Rose commented, "This is for all you downloading fuckers" and added "Better" and "I.R.S." (more often than not played) and "There Was a Time" (less often) to the set list. However, recent sources have seen that the written set list contained the songs "Prostitute" and "If the World", as well as a possibly returning "Riad N' The Bedouins."

In 2007, the Bumblefoot solos were completely altered, with his variation on "Don't Cry" being made into the full and original songs, thus speculation abounds as to whether the set list will contain more Use Your Illusion–era material, as this was a significant record.

Songs played since 2001: "Welcome to the Jungle", "It's So Easy, "Nightrain", "Out ta Get Me", "Mr. Brownstone", "Paradise City", "My Michelle", "Think About You", "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Rocket Queen" (from Appetite for Destruction); "Patience" (from G N' R Lies); "Live and Let Die", "November Rain" (from Use Your Illusion I); "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", "You Could Be Mine" (from Use Your Illusion II); "Oh My God" (from End of Days soundtrack); "Chinese Democracy", "Madagascar", "Street of Dreams (The Blues)", "Riad N' The Bedouins" (from Chinese Democracy); "Silkworms" (new song that did not appear on Chinese Democracy)

Songs added in 2006: "Better", "I.R.S.", "There Was a Time" both versions of "You're Crazy", "Down on the Farm", and "Used to Love Her".

Songs added in 2007: "Nice Boys" and "Don't Cry".

Songs added in 2009: "This I Love", "Shackler's Revenge", "Sorry", "Scraped", "Catcher in the Rye", "Prostitute" and "If the World".

Songs added in 2011: "Estranged" and "Civil War" (Played both for the first time since 1993)

2001 European Tour

The 2001 European Tour (often referred to as the Chinese Democracy Tour) was a scheduled concert tour by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, planned in support of the band's then-upcoming sixth studio album Chinese Democracy. Initially due to begin and end in June, many tour dates were rescheduled for December due to the reported illness of guitarist Buckethead. The re-configured tour was later cancelled outright.

Background

Following the Use Your Illusion Tour, which ran for over two years and visited 27 countries,[1] and the release of cover album "The Spaghetti Incident?" in November 1993,[2] the band began to write new material. Relationships between band members began deteriorating, however, and the future of Guns N' Roses was in doubt. As members turned focus to their own side-projects tensions began to grow.

Gilby Clarke was the first to leave the band, reportedly being fired in June 1994.[3][4] On October 30, 1996 it was announced that lead guitarist Slash had officially left the band, after having not been involved since 1995 due to a poor relationship with vocalist Axl Rose.[5][6] Drummer Matt Sorum was fired from the band after an argument with guitarist Paul Tobias, and Duff McKagan became the last original member to leave in 1997.[6] With only one remaining original member, Axl Rose, and one other member from the "Use Your Illusion" lineup, Dizzy Reed, Guns N' Roses began the search for new musicians, while the former members continued with their respective solo and band careers, with Slash, McKagan and Sorum later forming Velvet Revolver with Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland in 2003.[7]

Robin Finck became the band's lead guitarist in 1997,[8] followed shortly the next year by drummer Josh Freese and bassist Tommy Stinson. Finck left the band in 1999 to rejoin his former band Nine Inch Nails,[9] before the band recorded and released their first new song in six years in the form of "Oh My God".[10] A number of changes to the band occurred in 2000, including the departure of Freese,[11] the hiring of lead guitarist Buckethead[11] and drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia,[12][13] and the return of Robin Finck.[12][13] Along with these changes came the news that Guns N' Roses were planning a tour in the summer of 2001,[12][13] and would be playing at the Rock in Rio festival in January.[14]

Warm-up shows

The first warm-up show for the upcoming tour of Europe was announced in December 2000 as a New Year's Day performance at the House of Blues in Las Vegas.[15][16] It was also rumoured that the long-awaited Chinese Democracy would be released in June 2001, for which the scheduled European Tour would be promotional.[16] Guns N' Roses – then composed of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarists Buckethead and Robin Finck, rhythm guitarist Paul Tobias (who joined in 1994 to replace Gilby Clarke), bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Brain and keyboardists Dizzy Reed (still with the band since joining in 1990) and Chris Pitman (who joined between 1998 and 2000) – completed the band's first performance in seven years, which was praised as "a triumphant return" by music magazine Rolling Stone.[17][18] The band performed a number of new songs, including "Oh My God" (released as a single in 1999), "Riad N' The Bedouins", "Chinese Democracy", "Street of Dreams" (all later released on Chinese Democracy) and "Silkworms" (which remains unreleased as of 2010), including a bulk of original songs and 'classics' such as "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", "November Rain" and "You Could Be Mine".[17][18][19] The Las Vegas show was followed two weeks later by the performance at Rock in Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The performance featured a similar set list, which also included the live debut of new song "Madagascar".[19][20] MTV praised the performance as "The capstone of the third night of the [...] festival", summarising it as "an exciting show."[20]

Cancellations

Guns N' Roses were due to begin their European Tour on June 1 at the German music festival Rock am Ring, but announced in May that they were to cancel the entire tour; according to the band's European management agency, the reason for the cancellation was the illness of lead guitarist Buckethead.[21] With a rescheduling process said to be planned,[21] it was later announced that many of the proposed tour dates would be completed later in the year.[22] On November 8, it was announced that the tour was to be cancelled completely, allegedly due to the ongoing illness of Buckethead, which was also said to have delayed the completion of the upcoming album.[23] The band's manager, Doug Goldstein, apologised to fans for scheduling the tour, which he admitted was a poorly executed decision, with the following statement:

“ Following the euphoria of [the band's appearance at the] Rock in Rio [concert], I jumped the gun and arranged a European tour as our plan was to have the new album out this year. Unfortunately, Buckethead's illness not only stopped the tour, but it slowed down our progress on Chinese Democracy. I am very sorry to disappoint our fans, but I can assure them that this is not what Axl wanted, nor is it 'Another page from the Howard Hughes of rock,' as some media will no doubt portray it. I made a plan, and unfortunately it did not work out.[23] ”

Despite not being able to complete their tour of Europe, the full lineup of Guns N' Roses performed two more shows in 2001, both at The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, on December 29 and 31.[24][25] Songs performed made up similar set lists to those at the January performances.[25]

Setlist

January 1, 2001 – House of Blues, Las Vegas, Nevada

Main set:

  1. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  2. "It's So Easy"
  3. "Mr. Brownstone"
  4. "Live and Let Die"
  5. "Oh My God"
  6. "My Michelle"
  7. "Think About You"
  8. "You Could Be Mine"
  9. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  10. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
  11. "November Rain"
  12. "Out ta Get Me"
  13. "Riad N' The Bedouins"
  14. "Chinese Democracy"
  15. "Rocket Queen"
  16. "Patience"
  17. "Street of Dreams (The Blues)"
  18. "Nightrain"

Encores:

  1. "Silkworms"
  2. "Paradise City"
January 14, 2001 – Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Main set:

  1. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  2. "It's So Easy"
  3. "Mr. Brownstone"
  4. "Live and Let Die"
  5. "Oh My God"
  6. "Think About You"
  7. "You Could Be Mine"
  8. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  9. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
  10. "Madagascar"
  11. "November Rain"
  12. "Out ta Get Me"
  13. "Rocket Queen"
  14. "Chinese Democracy"
  15. "Street of Dreams (The Blues)"
  16. "Patience"
  17. "Nightrain"

Encores:

  1. "My Michelle"
  2. "Silkworms"
  3. "Paradise City"

Personnel

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Notes
Warm-up shows[19]
January 1, 2001 Paradise United States House of Blues 1,800[26] *
January 14, 2001 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rock in Rio 3 200,000[26] **
Original Tour[27]
June 1, 2001 Nürburg Germany Rock am Ring Cancelled
June 3, 2001 Nuremberg Rock im Park Cancelled
June 5, 2001 Berlin Olympic Stadium Cancelled
June 9, 2001 London United Kingdom London Arena Rescheduled
June 10, 2001 Rescheduled
June 12, 2001 Glasgow SECC Rescheduled
June 14, 2001 Birmingham NEC Rescheduled
June 17, 2001 Imola Italy Heineken Festival Cancelled
June 19, 2001 Madrid Spain Plaza de Las Ventas Cancelled
June 20, 2001 Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi Cancelled
June 23, 2001 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome Rescheduled
June 25, 2001 Stockholm Sweden Globen Rescheduled
June 26, 2001 Oslo Norway Spektrum Rescheduled
June 28, 2001 Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Festival Cancelled
June 30, 2001 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter Cancelled
Rescheduled Tour[28]
December 2, 2001 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome Cancelled
December 5, 2001 Oslo Norway Spektrum Cancelled
December 7, 2001 Stockholm Sweden Globen Cancelled
December 9, 2001 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena Cancelled
December 13, 2001 London United Kingdom London Arena Cancelled
December 14, 2001 Cancelled
December 16, 2001 Glasgow SECC Cancelled
December 18, 2001 Manchester MEN Arena Cancelled
December 19, 2001 Birmingham NEC Cancelled
New Year Shows
December 29, 2001 Las Vegas United States The Joint 1,400[26]
December 31, 2001 1,400[26]
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* First show since 1993, ending of the Use Your Illusion Tour. First show for the new line-up. Axl on vocals, Tommy Stinson on bass, Brain on drums, Buckethead, Robin Finck and Paul Tobias on guitar, Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman (touring member) on keyboards. GN'R performed five new songs (that includes Oh My God). [29]
** Guns N' Roses' biggest concert attendance ever. [30]

2002/2003 World Tour

Chinese Democracy Tour 2002 was a tour by Guns N' Roses which was the band's first major tour since 1993. The North American leg was organized in the autumn of 2002 to support the supposed release of Chinese Democracy, and was announced on September 25, 2002 as the Chinese Democracy Tour. Thirty-five dates had originally been scheduled, but the band ended up performing at only sixteen.

Setlist

Madagascar, Chinese Democracy and Street of Dreams were played frequently while Riad N' The Bedouins was dropped a few dates later. Welcome to the Jungle opened the show and Paradise City ended the encore on all dates.

August 18, 2002 – WTC Open Air Stadium, Osaka, Japan

Main set:

  1. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  2. "It's So Easy"
  3. "Mr. Brownstone"
  4. "Live and Let Die"
  5. "Think About You"
  6. "You Could Be Mine"
  7. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  8. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
  9. "Out ta Get Me"
  10. "Riad N' The Bedouins"
  11. "Madagascar"
  12. "November Rain"
  13. "Rocket Queen"
  14. "Nightrain"
  15. "Street of Dreams (The Blues)"
  16. "Chinese Democracy"
  17. "Patience"

Encore:

  1. "Paradise City"
December 5, 2002 – Madison Square Garden, New York City

Main set:

  1. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  2. "It's So Easy"
  3. "Mr. Brownstone"
  4. "Live and Let Die"
  5. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
  6. "Think About You"
  7. "You Could Be Mine"
  8. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  9. "Out ta Get Me"
  10. "November Rain"
  11. "Chinese Democracy"
  12. "Madagascar"
  13. "Rocket Queen"
  14. "Street of Dreams (The Blues)"
  15. "My Michelle"
  16. "Patience"
  17. "Nightrain"

Encore:

  1. "Paradise City"

Personnel

The only line-up change for this tour was the addition of rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus, replacing Paul Tobias due to the fact the latter no longer wished to tour. However, Tobias never officially left the band and continues to work with them. The touring line up for the 2002 tours of Europe, Asia and North America consisted of:

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Notes
Asia
August 14, 2002 Hong Kong China Exhibition Centre 2,000[31] *
August 17, 2002 Chiba Japan Chiba Marine Stadium 35,000[31] Festival **
August 18, 2002 Osaka WTC Open Air Stadium 25,000[31] Festival[32]
Europe
August 23, 2002 Leeds United Kingdom Temple Newsam Park 52,000[33] Festival
August 24, 2002 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop Field 100,000[34] Festival
August 26, 2002 London United Kingdom London Arena 12,000[35] Sold Out[35]
MTV Video Music Awards
August 29, 2002 New York City United States Radio City Music Hall 11,948,000[36] TV Show ***
North America
November 7, 2002 Vancouver Canada GM Place 15,000[37] Cancelled/Riot[38]
November 8, 2002 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome 6,100[39]
November 11, 2002 Nampa Idaho Center 4,400[40]
November 14, 2002 Minneapolis Target Center 8,000[41]
November 15, 2002 Fargo Fargodome 6,575[42]
November 17, 2002 Moline The MARK of the Quad Cities 7,000[43]
November 18, 2002 Rosemont Allstate Arena 18,500[44] Sold Out[44]
November 21, 2002 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 8,857[44] Ended Earlier[45]
November 22, 2002 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena 9,000[46]
November 24, 2002 Cleveland Gund Arena 9,500[47]
November 25, 2002 Columbus Nationwide Arena 6,000[48]
November 27, 2002 Albany Pepsi Arena 6,000[49]
November 29, 2002 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 16,000[50] Sold Out[51]
November 30, 2002 London John Labatt Centre 10,000[52] Sold Out[52]
December 2, 2002 Boston United States Fleet Center 12,700[53] Sold Out[53]
December 3, 2002 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 10,000±
December 5, 2002 New York City Madison Square Garden 20,000[54] Sold Out[55]
December 6, 2002 Philadelphia First Union Center 15,000[56] Cancelled/Riot[57]
December 8, 2002 First Union Spectrum Cancelled[57]
December 9, 2002 Washington, D.C. MCI Center Cancelled[57]
December 11, 2002 Greenville BI-LO Center Cancelled[57]
December 13, 2002 Tampa Ice Palace Cancelled[57]
December 14, 2002 West Palm Cruzan Amphitheatre Cancelled[57]
December 16, 2002 Biloxi Mississippi Coliseum Cancelled[57]
December 17, 2002 Houston Compaq Center Cancelled[57]
December 19, 2002 Dallas American Airlines Center Cancelled[57]
December 21, 2002 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum Cancelled[57]
December 22, 2002 Phoenix America West Arena Cancelled[57]
December 27, 2002 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena Cancelled[57]
December 28, 2002 Paradise Mandalay Bay Cancelled[57]
December 30, 2002 Sacramento Arco Arena Cancelled[57]
December 31, 2002 San Jose Compaq Center Cancelled[57]
January 3, 2003 Inglewood Great Western Forum Cancelled[57]
January 4, 2003 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond Cancelled[57]
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* First show of the Chinese Democracy World Tour and it's in China. As the band came on late, maybe 90 minutes after the opening band.
** First Japanese show of the tour in front of 30,000 people. One of GN'R's fog machines was mounted way up high in the lights blew up right before showtime, showering the stage with slippery fog oil. GN'R ended up being 40 min late, while tech guys used just about every towel in the stadium to make the stage safe.
*** In a surprise appearance, the band played a set consisting of "Welcome to the Jungle", "Madagascar", and "Paradise City". The performance was meant to be kept a secret, but some New York radio outlets announced the performance earlier in the day.

2004 No Rock in Rio

After the 2002 tour was cancelled the band went into hiatus until they were scheduled to play at Rock in Rio Lisboa 1 in May 2004. However lead guitarist Buckethead left the band in March 2004 and their appearance was cancelled and Axl Rose made the following statement:

“ The band has been put in an untenable position by guitarist Buckethead and his untimely departure. On behalf of Guns N' Roses and myself I apologize to the fans who planned to see us at Rock In Rio - Lisbon. The festival and its tradition mean a lot to me personally and I sincerely do not enjoy being robbed by one of our own of the opportunity to be the first artist to play it for the third time. I would also like to express my gratitude to those who chose to embrace Buckethead's role in Guns and support our new line up. We greatly appreciate Bucket's contributions and remain open to 'discussions' as there are obviously several issues to resolve. In the meantime rather than dwelling on the negative, Guns will be moving forward and surprisingly (without giving away any details) this unfortunate set of circumstances may have given us the opportunity to take our recording that one extra step further. Regardless we hope to announce a release date within the next few months. ”

Buckethead left Guns N' Roses, according to his manager, due to "Guns' inability to complete an album or tour".

Date City Country Venue Notes
May 30, 2004 Lisboa Portugal Parque da Bela Vista Cancelled[58]

2006/2007 World Tour

The Chinese Democracy Tour 2006 was a concert tour by Guns N' Roses promoting their upcoming album Chinese Democracy. It started in May 2006 when the band launched a European tour, headlining both the Download Festival and Rock in Rio Lisboa. Four warm-up shows preceded the tour at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, and became the band's first live concert dates since the short 2002 tour. The shows also marked the debut of virtuoso fusion guitarist and composer Ron Thal (a.k.a Bumblefoot) on lead guitar, replacing Buckethead. During the course of this tour, Izzy Stradlin and Sebastian Bach made frequent guest appearances. The European dates played to over 700,000 people during 32 shows in 18 countries.

Setlist

The band brought You're Crazy, Used to Love Her and Down On The Farm for some dates. Better, I.R.S. and There Was a Time made their live-debut reinforcing rumors about a Chinese Democracy release in 2006.

July 29, 2006 – Wembley Arena, London, England[59]

Main set:

  1. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  2. "It's So Easy"
  3. "Mr. Brownstone"
  4. "Live and Let Die"
  5. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  6. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
  7. "Street of Dreams (The Blues)"
  8. "Better"
  9. "You Could Be Mine"
  10. "Out ta Get Me"
  11. "Sway"
  12. "Sailing"
  13. "Back in the U.S.S.R."
  14. "Think About You"
  15. "My Michelle"
  16. "Patience"
  17. "November Rain"
  18. "Rocket Queen"
  19. "Nightrain"

Encores:

  1. "I.R.S."
  2. "Paradise City"
December 20, 2006 – Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City

Main set:

  1. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  2. "It's So Easy"
  3. "Mr. Brownstone"
  4. "Live and Let Die"
  5. "Better"
  6. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  7. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
  8. "You Could Be Mine"
  9. "Street of Dreams (The Blues)"
  10. "Rocket Queen"
  11. "Down On The Farm"
  12. "Out ta Get Me"
  13. "November Rain"
  14. "Think About You"
  15. "My Michelle"
  16. "Used to Love Her"
  17. "Patience"
  18. "Nightrain"

Encores:

  1. "Chinese Democracy"
  2. "I.R.S."
  3. "Madagascar"
  4. "Paradise City"

Personnel

The only line-up change for this tour was that of guitarist Ron Thal replacing the departed Buckethead. Also, drummer Bryan Mantia missed the second half of the European tour because of the birth of his daughter in early July. He was temporarily replaced by session drummer Frank Ferrer. The line up of the European and North American Tours was:

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Notes
Warm-up shows
May 12, 2006 New York City United States Hammerstein Ballroom 3,600[60] Sold Out[61]*
May 14, 2006 3,600[62] Sold Out[61]
May 15, 2006 3,600[63] Sold Out[61]
May 17, 2006 3,600[64] Sold Out[61]**
May 18, 2006 The Plumm 900[65] Acoustic Show[66]
Europe
May 25, 2006 Madrid Spain Parque Juan Carlos 10,000[67]
May 27, 2006 Lisboa Portugal Parque da Bela Vista 50,000[68] Festival[69]
May 31, 2006 Budapest Hungary Budapest Arena 11,000[70]
June 2, 2006 Nürburg Germany Nürburgring 80,000[71] Festival[72]
June 4, 2006 Milan Italy Idroscalo 30,000[73] Festival
June 7, 2006 London United Kingdom Hammersmith Apollo 3,000[74] Sold Out[75]
June 9, 2006 Dublin Ireland RDS Arena 30,000[76] Sold Out[77]
June 11, 2006 Castle Donington United Kingdom Donington Park 65,000[78] Festival[79]**
June 13, 2006 Prague Czech Republic Sazka Arena 18,000[80] **
June 15, 2006 Warsaw Poland Stadion Legii 12,000[70] **
June 17, 2006 Burgenland Austria Pannonia Fields II 35,000 Festival**
June 20, 2006 Paris France POPB 15,000[81] **
June 24, 2006 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting 35,000± Festival[82]
June 26, 2006 Stockholm Sweden Globen 15,000[83] Sold Out[83]
June 28, 2006 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum 9,700[84] Sold Out[83]
June 29, 2006 Roskilde Denmark Animal Showgrounds 80,000[85] Festival[85]
July 1, 2006 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 13,000[86]
July 2, 2006 Nijmegen Netherlands Goffertpark 25,000± **
July 5, 2006 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena 10,000[87] Sold Out[87]
July 6, 2006 10,000[87] Sold Out[87]
July 8, 2006 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum 9,700[88] **
July 10, 2006 Athens Greece Terra Vibe Park 15,000[89] Festival[90]**
Nuremberg Germany Frankenstadion Cancelled *** [91]
July 12, 2006 Leipzig Zentralstadion Cancelled *** [91]
Istanbul Turkey Kurucesme Arena 17,000[88] **
July 14, 2006 Bilbao Spain Kobetamendi 20,000[92] Festival[93]**
July 15, 2006 El Ejido Playa De Guardias Viejas 20,000[94] Festival[94]**
July 18, 2006 Sheffield United Kingdom Hallam FM Arena 12,500[88] **
July 19, 2006 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 11,000[88] Ended Earlier[95]**
July 21, 2006 Glasgow SECC 10,000± Sold Out[96]**
July 23, 2006 Manchester MEN Arena 19,388[88] **
July 25, 2006 Birmingham NEC Arena 10,000± Sold Out[95]**
July 27, 2006 Nottingham Nottingham Arena 10,288[88] Sold Out[95]**
July 29, 2006 London Wembley Arena 12,750[88] Sold Out[97]**
July 30, 2006 Cuckoo Club 150± Acoustic Show[98]
July 30, 2006 Wembley Arena 12,750[88] Sold Out[97]**
# Source
* First show for the new third guitarist Ron Thal, aka Bumblefoot.
** Izzy Stradlin joined the band on stage.
*** In addition, Guns N' Roses were supposed to open for two dates of The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour in Germany on the European leg of the tour, but because of Keith Richards' infamous fall from a tree in Fiji, those shows were cancelled.

North American leg

On August 31, 2006, Axl Rose appeared on MTV Video Music Awards as a presenter, noting that the band would go on a North American tour on October 24. Five warm-up shows for the tour were held in September 2006, with two at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas two at Warfield Theatre in San Francisco and one show in Devore for KROQ's Inland Invasion 2006.

Following the band's appearance at Inland Invasion on September 23, a handful of subsequent warm-up shows were postponed, which led to rumours that this was carried out in order to finalize the work on the new album. The rumors were seemingly denied by manager Merck Mercuriadis, who stated that the shows had been merely moved to "fit in with the main body of the tour". He did, however, once again state that Chinese Democracy would be out before the end of the year. The actual tour, again called the Chinese Democracy Tour, was now scheduled to begin on October 20 in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Jacksonville show was moved to October 31, with the October 22 show in Nashville, Tennessee postponed up to January 2007, until being cancelled in December. The tour commenced on October 24 in Sunrise, Florida, now ringing true to Rose's prior statement.

During the 2006 North American tour the band's opening acts included The Suicide Girls, Papa Roach, Sebastian Bach, Die Mannequin and Helmet. The band were also joined onstage by former Gunner Izzy Stradlin[99] and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich[100] both making one-off appearances. Bubbles, Ricky, and Julian of the Trailer Park Boys made some appearances in Canada. Long-time drummer Bryan Mantia took a leave from his touring responsibilities before the October tour dates to spend more time with his family. He was replaced by his understudy Frank Ferrer. Since then, Ferrer has apparently been granted an official membership in the band, which fueled speculation that Mantia had resigned. During a Florida show in October, Ferrer was introduced as "our newest member" by Axl Rose. Regardless, the band's management has stated that both Mantia and Ferrer are official members.

Eagles of Death Metal were supposed to go on tour with Guns N' Roses. On November 24, 2006 in Cleveland, Ohio, during their first concert with Guns N' Roses, the band was not well received by the crowd. When Axl Rose came out to perform, he asked the crowd whether they enjoyed "the Pigeons of Shit Metal", following with an onstage announcement the band wouldn't open for the Guns during the remainder of the tour. Soon after, Eagles of Death Metal released a statement regarding the incident:

"At first the audience refused to welcome us to the jungle, but by the time we took our final bow, it had become paradise city. Although Axl tried to November rain on our parade, no sweet child o' mine can derail the EODM night train. We say live and let die."[1]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Notes
Warm-up shows
September 16, 2006 Paradise United States The Joint 3,000±
September 17, 2006 2,000±
September 20, 2006 San Francisco Warfield Theatre 4,874[101] Sold Out[101]
September 21, 2006 4,874[101] Sold Out[101]
KROQ LA Invasion
September 23, 2006 San Bernardino United States Hyundai Pavilion 30,000[102] Festival[103]
Tour
October 24, 2006 Sunrise United States BankAtlantic Center 8,388[101] Sold Out[101]
October 25, 2006 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 10,534[101] Sold Out[101]
October 27, 2006 Estero Germain Arena 6,000±
October 29, 2006 San Juan Puerto Rico Coliseo de Puerto Rico 8,918[101]
October 31, 2006 Jacksonville United States Veterans Memorial Arena 5,000±
November 2, 2006 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 4,389[101]
November 3, 2006 Huntington Huntington Civic Center 6,500[104]
November 5, 2006 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena 9,924[101]
November 6, 2006 Portland Cumberland Civic Center Cancelled[105]
November 8, 2006 Worcester DCU Center 10,000±
November 10, 2006 New York City Madison Square Garden 14,482[101] Sold Out[101]
November 13, 2006 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena 5,257[101]
November 15, 2006 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 13,051[101] Sold Out[101]
November 17, 2006 Ottawa Scotiabank Place 9,722[101] Sold Out[101]
November 18, 2006 Quebec City Colisée Pepsi 9,729[101]
November 20, 2006 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre 7,880[101]
November 21, 2006 Saint John Harbour Station 5,145[101] Sold Out[101]
November 24, 2006 Cleveland United States Quicken Loans Arena 6,757[101]
November 25, 2006 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 6,313[101]
November 27, 2006 Rosemont Allstate Arena 9,599[101]
November 29, 2006 Milwaukee Bradley Center Cancelled[106]
December 1, 2006 Ames Hilton Coliseum 4,438[101]
December 2, 2006 Minneapolis Target Center 7,241[101]
December 4, 2006 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre 9,284[101] Sold Out[101]
December 6, 2006 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome 13,370[101] Sold Out[101]
December 7, 2006 Edmonton Rexall Place 13,355[101] Sold Out[101]
December 10, 2006 Everett United States Everett Events Center 5,868[101]
December 11, 2007 Portland Rose Garden Arena 9,000±
December 13, 2006 Fresno Save Mart Center Cancelled[107]
December 15, 2006 Oakland Oracle Arena 5,786[101] **
December 17, 2006 Universal City Gibson Amphitheatre 6,189[108] Sold Out[109]*
December 19, 2006 6,189[108] Sold Out[109]*
December 20, 2006 6,189[108] Sold Out[109]*
January 10, 2007 Sacramento ARCO Arena Cancelled ***
January 11, 2007 Bakersfield Rabobank Arena Cancelled ***
January 13, 2007 Reno Reno Events Center Cancelled ***
January 16, 2007 San Diego iPayOne Center Cancelled ***
# Source
* Izzy Stradlin joined the band on stage.
** Lars Ulrich performed on drums with GN'R.
** Cancelled in order for the band to complete the album in January to have a March 2007 tentative release date.[110] However, the album wasn't completed in time for a March 6 release.

2007 World Tour

Chinese Democracy Tour 2007 was a continuation of the previous tour promoting Chinese Democracy. The album had a tentative release date in March according to Axl Rose, but it didn't materialize. The band continued touring in Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico. They also performed two songs at Rodeo Drive's Walk of Style.

Setlist

Nice Boys and Don't Cry were new additions to the setlist on this tour. This was the first appearance of these two songs in a live setting since 1993.

Walk Of Style Ceremony

This performance featured keyboardist Chris Pitman on bass guitar, as Tommy Stinson was unable to attend due to a personal family issue. They played acoustic versions of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and "Sweet Child O' Mine" to close out the ceremony.[111]

Live Earth

They were asked to perform but the band was already touring in Australia and Japan. Axl Rose issued a statement regarding Live Earth and rumors in the Guns N' Roses Website:

“ Guns N' Roses or myself will not be performing at Rio Live Earth or Live Earth for a couple of reasons. The first is that we were not asked until the last couple weeks while we were on tour in Australia and have upcoming sold-out dates already rescheduled in Japan. Our gear is already en route to Japan for these shows. We have attempted to find a solution to be able to perform in Rio, but unfortunately none has been suggested.

I was asked to perform individually with Lenny Kravitz by the promoters and Mr. Gore. As we were working this out, Lenny unfortunately became injured and temporarily canceled his involvement from the event. According to the promoters, by the time they had reconfirmed Lenny's performance, there wasn't enough time to arrange flights for myself to Brazil and then to Japan for our upcoming shows. Unfortunately, I was not informed that Lenny's performance was reconfirmed until our own explorations and in following the media surrounding the event today, which is Saturday morning here in Australia and Friday in Brazil.

Guns N' Roses or I were not asked to play anywhere else such as Japan or Australia (as we are already in the regions on tour) and in which we have formally offered to perform but the offer of our involvement was declined.

We wish all involved, the performers, the organizers, the fans and audiences around the world all the best and a very successful event.

 ”

My Coke Festival

The band pulled out of the festival after bassist Tommy Stinson failed to recover from a wrist injury he sustained when he fell down a flight of stairs.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Notes
Walk of Style ceremony
February 8, 2007 Beverly Hills United States Rodeo Drive Walk of Style ceremony in honor of Donatella and Gianni Versace.
My Coke Festival
April 27, 2007 Johannesburg South Africa New Market Racetrack Cancelled[112]
May 1, 2007 Cape Town Kenilworth Racetrack Cancelled[112]
Mexico
June 2, 2007 Monterrey Mexico Monterrey Arena 17,600[113] Sold Out[114]
June 3, 2007 Guadalajara Arena VFG 32,572[115] Sold Out[114]
June 5, 2007 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes 20,255[115] Sold Out[114]
Oceania
June 10, 2007 Perth Australia Burswood Dome 17,000[116] Sold Out[116]
June 13, 2007 Adelaide Entertainment Centre 8,000[117]
June 15, 2007 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 14,000[118] Sold Out[118]
June 16, 2007 14,000[118] Sold Out[118]
June 20, 2007 Brisbane Entertainment Centre 11,000± Sold Out[119]
June 21, 2007 10,000±
June 23, 2007 Sydney Acer Arena 20,000[120] Sold Out[120]
June 24, 2007 20,000[120] Sold Out[120]
June 29, 2007 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena 12,000[121] Sold Out[121]
June 30, 2007 10,000±
July 3, 2007 Christchurch Westpac Arena 8,000[122] Sold Out[123]
Live Earth
July 7, 2007 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Copacabana Scrapped[124]
Asia
July 14, 2007 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe 17,000[125] Sold Out[126]
July 15, 2007 12,000±
July 17, 2007 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall 12,000[127] Sold Out[128]
July 18, 2007 Tokyo Nippon Budokan 9,000[129]
July 21, 2007 Osaka Intex Osaka 10,000± Sold Out[130]

2009-2011 World Tour

Rumors started in February that Guns N' Roses would perform Spain and Italy in June,[131] and continued through the year with comments from Irving Azoff about a Summer Stadium Tour[132] but nothing happened.

On November 10, 2009 after speculation about shows in Japan, the band announced on their MySpace four dates in Asia and thirteen in Canada.[133]

On August 15, 2010, a cancellation notice for the remaining shows of the tour was posted on Rose's Twitter. The statement would later be refuted on the official Guns N' Roses Twitter and Facebook, with claims that the tweets were being looked into.[134] Several hours later, the band confirmed that Axl's account had been hacked, and the band would in fact continue the tour.[135]

Following the events that took place at the Reading Festival where the organizers pulled the plug on their set because they passed the curfew time, Axl Rose released the following message via his Twitter account:[136]

“ Our start times at the Reading and Leeds festivals factually had nothing to do with us as the previous bands (who were great by the way) came off stage when they did and we went on within' our contracted and documented changeover time period.

Whatever other nonsense anyone's choosing to write would appear intentionally false.

Having the fans or our show penalized for how the event was run or simply the natural flow of events those evenings and for such minimal amount of overtime along with distortions and falsehoods by media, the promoter and or event organizers regarding the events seems a bit draconian and more than unfair to the fans.

A simple question: If you are aware of our changeover time, the average length of our show and the general nature of how these types of festivals run all of which are no big secrets...why book us?

Is it simply because the lineup on our nights at both festivals sold well? So it's a cash grab with no respect for the fans or the band and somehow an unwanted inconvenience for the cities and law enforcement? If we're not wanted and just being used to line someone else's pockets or for fictitious tabloid fodder at the fans and our expense we're fine with going elsewhere. God forbid we would force ourselves on anyone. It's not that kinda party.

I didn't organize, arrange, authorize, have knowledge of or was even consulted about our being booked for these shows till after the fact nor did I choose to work with anyone I'm aware of other than our manager who was involved in arranging these dates. Yet it would appear we're amazingly often legally obligated to honor such arrangements whether against our will or better judgment. That's simply and unfortunately how this business often works with the artist and imo seems is legally supported to benefit managers, agents, promoters and ticket vendors.

With how the fans and we were treated in the past I had what I feel were legitimate and now proven justified apprehensions. Yet we gave 100% and from where we stood it seemed as if the both the fans (who rocked!) and our camp were having fun and making the most of things.

Why (and what would appear intentionally) risk having it go bad for everyone? Imo that's where true recklessness and negligence at both the fans and our expense would seem to be.

Anyway...thanks again to all the fans who made our nights!!

Peace!!

Axl-

 ”

Towards the end of the European leg, Duff McKagan joined Guns N' Roses onstage for the first time in seventeen years on October 14, playing bass on "You Could Be Mine" and guitar on "Knockin' On Heavens Door", "Nice Boys" and "Patience" at London's O2 Arena.[137]

On November 5, 2010, DJ Ashba confirmed the tour would continue across the U.S. in 2011. When asked about a new album, he said:

“ We've been throwing around a bunch of ideas and it should be good, man. We've got a lot of good stuff on the plate coming out. It won't take as long, I promise. Yeah, I'm excited to get this next one rolling. A lot of great shit. Axl [Rose, vocals] has a lot of good shit up his sleeve, so I'm really excited about it.- ”

Setlist

All of the songs from Chinese Democracy with the exception of "Riad N' The Bedouins" were played at the show in Tokyo, along with nine songs from Appetite for Destruction. A cover of AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie" has also been frequently played. In 2011, the band added "Estranged" to the set. The Tokyo setlist below is the longest set Guns N' Roses has ever played. The setlist on the right is a typical setlist from the 2011 tour.

December 19, 2009 – Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan

Main set:

  1. "Chinese Democracy"
  2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  3. "It's So Easy"
  4. "Mr. Brownstone"
  5. "Catcher in the Rye"
  6. "Sorry"
  7. "If the World"
  8. "Live and Let Die"
  9. "Street of Dreams"
  10. "You Could Be Mine"
  11. "Rocket Queen"
  12. "My Michelle"
  13. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  14. "Shackler's Revenge"
  15. "I.R.S."
  16. "November Rain"
  17. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
  18. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
  19. "Scraped"
  20. "Prostitute"
  21. "This I Love"
  22. "Out ta Get Me"
  23. "Don't Cry"
  24. "Nightrain"

Encore:

  1. "Madagascar"
  2. "There Was a Time"
  3. "My Generation"
  4. "Better"
  5. "Patience"
  6. "Nice Boys"
  7. "Paradise City"
December 21, 2011 – The Forum, Los Angeles, USA

Main set:

  1. "Chinese Democracy"
  2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
  3. "It's So Easy"
  4. "Mr. Brownstone"
  5. "Sorry"
  6. "Shackler's Revenge"
  7. "Estranged"
  8. "Rocket Queen"
  9. "Live and Let Die"
  10. "This I Love"
  11. "Riff Raff"
  12. "Motivation"
  13. "Street of Dreams"
  14. "You Could Be Mine"
  15. "Sweet Child o' Mine"
  16. "November Rain"
  17. "Don't Cry"
  18. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
  19. "Civil War"
  20. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
  21. "Nightrain"

Encore:

  1. "Madagascar"
  2. "Better"
  3. "Patience"
  4. "Paradise City"

Personnel

The only line-up change for this tour was that of guitarist DJ Ashba replacing the departed Robin Finck. Frank Ferrer remained as drummer, even with reports that Bryan "Brain" Mantia rehearsed with the band before the tour. There has been no official word on whether or not Brain has left the band, however Axl Rose mentioned him in the interview with Del James (2009) still working on things for the band, most likely in a studio capacity.[138]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Notes
Asia
December 11, 2009 Taipei Taiwan Taipei County Stadium 18,000[139] *
December 13, 2009 Seoul South Korea Olympic Arena 6,000[140]
December 16, 2009 Osaka Japan Osaka Dome 36,000[141]
December 19, 2009 Tokyo Tokyo Dome 30,000[142] **
North America #1
January 13, 2010 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre 8,500[143]
January 16, 2010 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome 9,000[144]
January 17, 2010 Edmonton Rexall Place 9,800[145]
January 19, 2010 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre 9,000[146]
January 20, 2010 Regina Brandt Centre 6,000[147]
January 24, 2010 Hamilton Copps Coliseum 6,500[148]
January 25, 2010 London John Labatt Centre 6,000[149]
January 27, 2010 Montreal Bell Centre 15,000[150]
January 28, 2010 Toronto Air Canada Centre 21,000[151] Sold Out[152]
January 31, 2010 Ottawa Scotiabank Place 8,000[153]
February 1, 2010 Quebec City Colisee Pepsi 6,500[154]
February 3, 2010 Moncton Moncton Coliseum 6,000±
February 4, 2010 Halifax Metro Centre 10,000[155]
February 11, 2010 New York City United States John Varvatos Store 100[156] Acoustic Show
February 14, 2010 Rose Bar 150[157] Acoustic Show
South America #1
March 7, 2010 Brasilia Brazil Ginásio Nilson Nelson 13,000[158] Sold Out[159]
March 10, 2010 Belo Horizonte Mineirinho 15,000[160]
March 13, 2010 São Paulo Estádio Palestra Itália 40,000[161] Sold Out[162]
March 16, 2010 Porto Alegre Estacionamento da Fiergs 20,000[163] Sold Out[164]
March 18, 2010 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Centenario 30,000[165]
March 20, 2010 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena 15,000[166]
March 22, 2010 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio José Amalfitani 50,000[167] Sold Out[168]
March 25, 2010 Lima Perú Estadio Monumental 30,000[169]
March 27, 2010 Caracas Venezuela Poliedro de Caracas 15,000[170]
March 30, 2010 Bogotá Colombia Parque Jaime Duque 20,000[171]
April 1, 2010 Quito Ecuador Estadio Olímpico 36,000[172] Sold Out[172]
April 4, 2010 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Praça da Apoteose 35,000[173] ***
North America #2
April 7, 2010 Panama City Panama Figali Convention Center 15,000[174] Sold Out[174]
April 9, 2010 San Jose Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Rescheduled[175]
April 11, 2010 San Salvador El Salvador Estadio Cuscatlan 25,000±
April 12, 2010 Guatemala City Guatemala Estadio del Ejército Cancelled[176]
April 13, 2010 San Jose Costa Rica Estadio Morera Soto Cancelled[177]
April 15, 2010 San Juan Puerto Rico Coliseo Roberto Clemente 15,000[178]
Europe #1
May 31, 2010 Bergen Norway Vestlandshallen 6,500[179]
June 2, 2010 Oslo Oslo Spektrum 6,000[180]
June 5, 2010 Helsinki Finland Käpylä Sportspark 60,000[181] Festival[182]
June 6, 2010 St. Petersburg Russia Ice Palace 15,000[183]
June 8, 2010 Moscow Olympiysky Stadium 18,000[184]
June 12, 2010 Sölvesborg Sweden Norje Havsbad 33,000[185] Festival[186]
June 14, 2010 Aalborg Denmark Gigantium 8,000[187]
Rock N' Rev Festival
August 13, 2010 Sturgis United States Monkey Rock USA 18,000[188] Festival[189]
Europe #2
August 27, 2010 Reading United Kingdom Little John's Farm 80,000[190] Festival[191]
August 29, 2010 Leeds Bramham Park 80,000[192] Festival[193]
August 31, 2010 Belfast Odyssey Arena 14,000[194] Sold Out[195]
September 1, 2010 Dublin Ireland The O2 14,000[196] Sold Out[197]
September 4, 2010 Rome Italy Palalottomatica 13,000[198] Sold Out[199]
September 5, 2010 Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,000[200] Sold Out[201]
September 8, 2010 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion 9,400[202] Sold Out[203]
September 10, 2010 Amneville France Galaxie 12,000[204]
September 13, 2010 Paris Bercy 17,000[205] Sold Out[206]
September 14, 2010 L'Arc Bar 300[207] Acoustic Show[208]
September 16, 2010 Geneva Switzerland Geneva Arena 9,500[209] Sold Out[203]
September 18, 2010 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 15,000[210] Sold Out[211]
September 21, 2010 Bucharest Romania Romexpo 30,000[212] Sold Out[213]
September 23, 2010 Belgrade Serbia Belgrade Arena 14,000[214] Sold Out[215]
September 24, 2010 Zagreb Croatia Arena Zagreb 15,000[216]
September 27, 2010 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena 16,000[217] Sold Out[218]
September 30, 2010 Antwerpen Belgium Sportpaleis 13,000[219]
October 2, 2010 Lille France Le Zénith 7,000[220]
October 3, 2010 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome XS 12,000[221]
October 6, 2010 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico 15,000[222]
October 9, 2010 Madrid Spain Palacio de Vistalegre 10,000[223] Sold Out[224]
October 10, 2010 San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta 4,000[225]
October 13, 2010 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena 20,000[226] Sold Out[227]
October 14, 2010 20,000[226] Sold Out ****
October 17, 2010 Birmingham LG Arena 12,000[228] Sold Out[229]
October 18, 2010 Manchester M.E.N. Arena 15,000[230] Sold Out[231]
October 22, 2010 Zaragoza Spain Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 7,000[232]
October 23, 2010 Barcelona Palau Municipal 10,000[233] Sold Out[224]
October 29, 2010 Moscow Russia Mosfilm Pavilion 50[234] Private Festival[235]
Australia
December 1, 2010 Townsville Australia Reid Park 16,000[236]
December 4, 2010 Sydney ANZ Stadium 40,000[237] V8 Supercars[238]
December 7, 2010 Adelaide Entertainment Centre 8,000[239]
December 11, 2010 Perth Perth Motorplex 15,000[240]
Yas Island Show
December 16, 2010 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Yas Arena 21,000[241] Sold Out[242]
South America #2
October 2, 2011 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Cidade do Rock 100,000[243] Festival[244] *****
October 5, 2011 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena 15,000[245]
October 8, 2011 La Plata Argentina Estadio de La Plata 40,000[246]
October 10, 2011 Rosario Salón Metropolitano 10,000[247] Sold Out[248]
October 12, 2011 Córdoba Orfeo Superdomo 10,000±
La Paz Bolivia Estadio Rafael Castellón Cancelled
October 15, 2011 Asuncion Paraguay Hipódromo de Asunción 70,000[249]
North America #3
October 18, 2011 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 20,000[250] Sold Out[251]
October 19, 2011 15,000±
October 22, 2011 Guadalajara Arena VFG 10,000[252]
October 23, 2011 Monterrey Monterrey Arena 8,000[253]
October 28, 2011 Orlando United States Amway Center 5,240[254]
October 29, 2011 Miami American Airlines Arena 8,170[255]
October 31, 2011 Greenville BI-LO Center 6,000[256]
November 2, 2011 Atlanta Philips Arena
November 4, 2011 Houston Toyota Center
November 5, 2011 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion
November 8, 2011 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha
November 9, 2011 Norman Lloyd Noble Center
November 12, 2011 Kansas City Sprint Center
November 13, 2011 Minneapolis Target Center
November 15, 2011 Rosemont Allstate Arena
November 17, 2011 East Rutherford Izod Center
November 19, 2011 Hartford The Comcast Theatre 7,000
November 20, 2011 Wilkes-Barre Mohegan Sun Arena
November 23, 2011 Albany Times Union Center Cancelled
November 25, 2011 Worcester DCU Center 7,000[257]
November 26, 2011 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
November 28, 2011 Hamilton Canada Copps Coliseum
December 1, 2011 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills
December 2, 2011 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena
December 4, 2011 Nashville Bridgestone Arena ******
December 5, 2011 Southaven DeSoto Civic Center Cancelled
December 7, 2011 Youngstown Covelli Centre
December 8, 2011 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse *******
December 11, 2011 Broomfield 1stBank Center
December 13, 2011 West Valley City Maverik Center
December 16, 2011 Seattle KeyArena
December 17, 2011 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
December 21, 2011 Los Angeles United States The Forum
December 27, 2011 Phoenix Comerica Theatre
December 30, 2011 Las Vegas The Joint
December 31, 2011 4,000 Sold Out[258]
# Source
* First show since the release of Chinese Democracy. [259]
** Longest GN'R show ever - 3 hours, 37 minutes.[260] [261]
*** Rescheduled from March 14 due to stage collapsing in extreme weather. [262]
**** Duff McKagan plays with Guns N' Roses for the first time since 1993. He plays bass on You Could Be Mine and guitar on Nice Boys, Knockin' on Heaven's Door and Patience. [263]
***** First performance of Estranged in 18 years. [264]
****** First performance of Civil War since February 1993. [264]
******* Zakk Wylde joins the band for "Whole Lotta Rosie". [265]

Supporting Acts

Songs played

Songs played between January 1, 2001 and December 21, 2011.[266]

Album Song Times
Appetite for Destruction (1987) "Welcome to the Jungle" 233
Appetite for Destruction "It's So Easy" 230
Appetite for Destruction "Nightrain" 227
Appetite for Destruction "Out Ta Get Me" 136
Appetite for Destruction "Mr. Brownstone" 232
Appetite for Destruction "Paradise City" 231
Appetite for Destruction "My Michelle" 110
Appetite for Destruction "Think About You" 49
Appetite for Destruction "Sweet Child o' Mine" 233
Appetite for Destruction "You're Crazy" 2
Appetite for Destruction "Rocket Queen" 160
G N' R Lies (1988) "Nice Boys" 13
G N' R Lies "Patience" 183
G N' R Lies "Used to Love Her" 37
G N' R Lies "You're Crazy" 5
Use Your Illusion I (1991) "Live and Let Die" 227
Use Your Illusion I "Don't Cry" 66
Use Your Illusion I "November Rain" 228
Use Your Illusion II (1991) "Civil War" 8
Use Your Illusion II "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" 233
Use Your Illusion II "Estranged" 37
Use Your Illusion II "You Could Be Mine" 229
"The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993) "Down on the Farm" 10
Chinese Democracy (2008) "Chinese Democracy" 179
Chinese Democracy "Shackler's Revenge" 61
Chinese Democracy "Better" 187
Chinese Democracy "Street of Dreams" 229
Chinese Democracy "If the World" 27
Chinese Democracy "There Was a Time" 6
Chinese Democracy "Catcher in The Rye" 8
Chinese Democracy "Scraped" 12
Chinese Democracy "Riad N' the Bedouins" 6
Chinese Democracy "Sorry" 109
Chinese Democracy "I.R.S." 96
Chinese Democracy "Madagascar" 184
Chinese Democracy "This I Love" 98
Chinese Democracy "Prostitute" 2
End of Days Soundtrack "Oh My God" 4
Unreleased "Silkworms" 4

Other songs:

- Angie (The Rolling Stones cover) Instrumental

- Another Brick In The Wall: Part II (Pink Floyd cover)

- Baba O'Riley (The Who cover) Instrumental

- Back In Black (AC/DC cover) Instrumental

- Back In The U.S.S.R. (The Beatles cover)

- Beautiful (Christina Aguilera cover) Instrumental

- Big Sur Moon (Buckethead song) Instrumental

- Black Betty (Iron Head cover)

- Chip Away The Stone (Aerosmith cover)

- Closer To The Heart (Rush cover)

- Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey (Sly & the Family Stone cover) Instrumental

- Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House cover) Instrumental

- Don't You Ever Leave Me (Hanoi Rocks cover) Instrumental

- Endless Rain (X Japan cover) Instrumental

- Eruption (Van Halen cover) Instrumental

- Finlandia (Jean Sibelius cover) Instrumental

- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John cover) Instrumental

- Gran Torino Theme (Clint Eastwood cover) Instrumental

- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland cover) Instrumental

- I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown cover)

- I Want You Back (The Jackson 5 cover) Instrumental

- In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Edvard Grieg cover, only snippet) Instrumental

- James Bond Theme (Richard Fortus version) Instrumental

- Light My Fire (The Doors cover)

- Like A Hurricane (Neil Young cover) Instrumental

- Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover) Instrumental

- Liquor & Whores (Featuring Mike "Bubbles" Smith)

- Mean Street (Van Halen cover) Instrumental

- Mi Amor (DJ Ashba song) Instrumental

- Motivation (Tommy Stinson cover)

- My Generation (The Who cover)

- Never Tear Us Apart (INXS cover) Instrumental

- People Get Ready (The Impressions cover) Instrumental

- Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix cover, only snippet) Instrumental

- Redemption Song (Bob Marley cover) Instrumental

- Rhinestone Cowboy (Glen Campbell cover)

- Riff Raff (AC/DC cover)

- Rockaria! (Electric Light Orchestra cover)

- Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner (Warren Zevon cover) Instrumental

- Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden cover, only snippet) Instrumental

- Sailing (Rod Stewart cover)

- Silver, Blue And Gold (Bad Company cover) Instrumental

- Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Elton John cover) Instrumental

- Sonic Reducer (The Dead Boys cover)

- SOS (ABBA cover) Instrumental

- Sossego (Tim Maia cover)

- Star Wars Theme (Buckethead version) Instrumental

- Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2 cover) Instrumental

- Sway (The Rolling Stones cover)

- Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover) Instrumental

- Take On Me (a-ha cover) Instrumental

- The Ballad Of Death (DJ Ashba song) Instrumental

- The Pink Panther Theme (Henry Mancini cover) Instrumental

- Waiting On A Friend (The Rolling Stones cover) Instrumental

- Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed cover)

- We Want The Funk (George Clinton cover) Instrumental

- When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Buckethead version) Instrumental

- Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover, B-side of Welcome To The Jungle single)

- Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) (Buckethead version) Instrumental

- You Gotta Move (The Rolling Stones cover) Instrumental

- You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (Thurl Ravenscroft cover)

- Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie cover) Instrumental

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