to the Jungle" "It's So Easy" "Mr. Brownstone" "Live and Let Die" "Sweet Child o' Mine" "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" "You Could Be Mine" "Street of Dreams (The Blues)" "Out ta Get Me" "November Rain" "Better" "My Michelle" "I.R.S." "Patience" "Nightrain" Encores: "Rocket Queen" "Madagascar" "Paradise City" Personnel The only line-up change for this tour was that of guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal replacing the departed Buckethead. Also, drummer Brain 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: Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, whistle, whistling, tambourine, keyboards Robin Finck – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal – lead guitar, rhythm guitar Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals Tommy Stinson – bass, backing vocals Frank Ferrer – drums Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals Chris Pitman – keyboards, programming, backing vocals Brain– drums (until replaced by Frank Ferrer) Tour dates 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 show of October 22 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