Appetite for Democracy was a series of concerts by

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celebrating 25 years of ''

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'', and four years for their studio album ''

Chinese Democracy ''Chinese Democracy'' is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on November 23, 2008, by Black Frog and Geffen Records. It was the first Guns N' Roses studio album since the 1993 covers album ''"The Spagh ...

''. It started with a 12-night

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in Las Vegas. Their previous tour, Up Close and Personal, had ended in Spain on July 22, 2012. Former bassist Duff McKagan filled in for Tommy Stinson for several shows, Stinson had previous commitments to The Replacements. The tour ended with another residency in Vegas, titled "No Trickery! An Evening of Destruction!". The title of the show "No Trickery" was a play on jokes Axl Rose had made about

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being forced to pantomime their performance at the

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;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances :This concert was a part of "

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's Secret Party" :This concert was a part of " 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix After Party" :This concert was a part of the "

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" :This concert was a part of the "River City Rock Fest" :This concert was a part of the "

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" :This concert was part of the Revolver Golden Gods awards. :This concert was a part of "

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" :This concert was recorded in 3D, and released on Blu-Ray in 2014. ;Cancellations and rescheduled shows

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Personnel

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Axl Rose W. Axl Rose ( ; born William Bruce Rose Jr., February 6, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, and has been the band's sole constant member since its inception in ...

– lead vocals, piano, tambourine *

Dizzy Reed Darren Arthur "Dizzy" Reed (born June 18, 1963) is an American musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has played, toured, and recorded since 1990. Aside from lead singer Axl Rose, Reed is ...

– keyboards, piano, conga, shaker, backing vocals *

Tommy Stinson Thomas Eugene Stinson (born October 6, 1966) is an American rock musician. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the bass guitarist for The Replacements, one of the definitive American alternative rock groups. After their breakup in 1991, Stins ...

– bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals *

DJ Ashba Daren Jay Ashba (born November 10, 1972) is an American musician, guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and graphic designer. He was the lead guitarist of Sixx:A.M. He is also known for his work with hard rock bands BulletBoys, Beautiful Creatu ...

– lead and rhythm guitar, snare drum on "Madagascar" *

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal Ronald Jay Blumenthal (born September 25, 1969), better known by his stage name Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal or simply Bumblefoot, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He adopted his nickname from the Bumblefoot (infection), bacterial inf ...

– lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar on "Patience", backing vocals, occasional lead vocals. *

Richard Fortus Richard Fortus (born November 17, 1966) is an American guitarist. He is a member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has recorded one studio album, since 2002. Fortus has also collaborated extensively with The Psychedelic Furs fron ...

– lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar on "Patience", slide guitar, backing vocals *

Chris Pitman Chris Pitman (born November 16, 1961) is an American musician best known for his involvement with the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. A multi-instrumentalist, Pitman is known to play keyboards, guitar and drums, in addition to his role as a lead ...

– keyboards, sub-bass, synth organ, samples, tambourine, backing vocals *

Frank Ferrer Frank Ferrer (born March 25, 1966) is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer for hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he played, toured, and recorded from 2006 to 2025. He was the longest tenured drummer in the band's history. ...

– drums, percussion ;Additional musician *

Duff McKagan Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964) is an American musician. He was the bassist of hard rock band Guns N' Roses for twelve years, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. McKagan rejoined the b ...

– bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Attitude" and "Raw Power" (select dates in 2014) *

Izzy Stradlin Jeffrey Dean Isbell (born April 8, 1962), known professionally as Izzy Stradlin, is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he re ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "14 Years" (November 23rd-24th, 2012)

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