Appetite for Democracy (Tour)

Appetite for Democracy

Tour by Guns N' Roses
Poster for the November 21st show at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Associated album	Appetite for Destruction Chinese Democracy
Start date	October 31, 2012
End date	June 7, 2014
Legs	7
Number of shows	18 in North America 5 in Asia 7 in Oceania 2 in the Middle East 10 in Latin America 42 in Total
Guns N' Roses concert chronology

Appetite for Democracy was a series of concerts by hard rock band Guns N' Roses celebrating 25 years of Appetite for Destruction, and four years for their studio album Chinese Democracy. It started with a 12-night residency 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!".

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Appetite for Democracy Las Vegas Residency
October 31, 2012	Las Vegas	United States	The Joint
November 2
November 3
November 7
November 9
November 10
November 14
November 17
November 18
November 21
November 23
November 24
Asia
December 7	Bangalore	India	Bhartiya City
December 9	Mumbai		MMRDA Grounds
December 12	Delhi		Leisure Valley Gurgaon
December 16	Jakarta	Indonesia	Mata Elang International Stadium
December 18	Tokyo	Japan	Zepp Tokyo
North America
February 13, 2013	Los Angeles	United States	Soho House
Oceania
March 9	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena
March 12	Sydney		Allphones Arena
March 13	Newcastle		Newcastle Entertainment Centre
March 16	Melbourne		Sidney Myer Music Bowl
March 17
March 20	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Asia
March 24	Sepang	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
Middle East
March 28	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	du Arena
March 30	Beirut	Lebanon	Forum de Beirut
North America
May 24	Pryor Creek	United States	Pryor Creek Festival Grounds
May 26	San Antonio		AT&T Center
May 28	Houston		House of Blues
May 29	Dallas		House of Blues
June 1	Lubbock		Lonestar Pavilion
June 2	Kansas CIty		Midland Theatre
June 5	Buffalo		Outer Buffalo Harbor
June 6	New York City		Brooklyn Bowl
June 8			Randall's Island
July 12	Quebec	Canada	Festival d'été de Québec
July 14	Montreal		Métropolis
July 17	Toronto		Sound Academy
Latin America
March 20, 2014	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	HSBC Arena
March 22	Belo Horizonte		Mineirão Stadium
March 25	Brasília		Ginásio Nilson Nelson
March 28	São Paulo		Anhembi Convention Center
March 30	Curitiba		Vila Capanema Stadium
April 1	Florianópolis		Stage Music Park
April 3	Porto Alegre		Fiergs Pavilion
April 6	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Ferro Stadium
April 9	Asunción	Paraguay	Jockey Club
April 12	La Paz	Bolivia	Estadio Hernando Siles
April 15	Recife	Brazil	Chevrolet Hall
April 17	Fortaleza		Centro de Eventos De Fortaleza
North America
April 23	Los Angeles	United States	Club Nokia
May 13	Bethlehem		Sands Bethlehem Event Center
May 16	Columbus		Columbus Crew Stadium
No Trickery! An Evening of Destruction Vegas Residency
May 21	Las Vegas	United States	The Joint
May 24
May 25
May 28
May 30
May 31
June 4
June 6
June 7

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a part of "Tommy Hilfiger’s Secret Party"

^B This concert was a part of "2013 Malaysian Grand Prix After Party"

^C This concert was a part of the "Rocklahoma"

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

^E This concert was a part of the "Governors Ball Music Festival"

^F This concert was part of the Revolver Golden Gods awards.

^G This concert was a part of "Rock on the Range"

^H This concert was recorded in 3D, and released on Blu-Ray in 2014.

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

December 15, 2012	Jakarta	Lapangan D Senayan	Rescheduled to December 16, 2012 and moved to Mata Elang International Stadium.
March 18, 2014	Mexico City, Mexico	Hell & Heaven Metal Festival	Festival cancelled.

Box office score data

Date	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
October 31 - November 18, 2012	25,975 / 29,490 (88%)	$2,394,371

Setlists

2012 Setlists

October 31

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Better"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Rocket Queen"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Street of Dreams"
12. "You Could Be Mine"
13. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
14. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
15. "November Rain"
16. "Glad to Be Here"
17. "Don't Cry"
18. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
19. "Civil War"
20. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
21. "Nightrain"

Encore

22. "Madagascar"
23. "Patience"
24. "Paradise City"

November 2

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Street of Dreams"
12. "You Could Be Mine"
13. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
14. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
15. "November Rain"
16. "Glad to Be Here"
17. "Don't Cry"
18. "Used to Love Her"
19. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
20. "Out Ta Get Me"
21. "Civil War"
22. "Riff Raff"
23. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
24. "Nightrain"

Encore

25. "Madagascar"
26. "Patience"
27. "Paradise City"

November 3

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Motivation"
10. "Street of Dreams"
11. "You Could Be Mine"
12. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
13. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
14. "November Rain"
15. "Glad to Be Here"
16. "Don't Cry"
17. "Shackler's Revenge"
18. "Used to Love Her"
19. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
20. "Civil War"
21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
22. "Nightrain"

Encore

23. "Madagascar"
24. "Better"
25. "Patience"
26. "Paradise City"

November 7

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
16. "November Rain"
17. "Glad to Be Here"
18. "Don't Cry"
19. "The Seeker"
20. "Used to Love Her"
21. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
22. "Civil War"
23. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
24. "Nightrain"

Encore

25. "Madagascar"
26. "There Was a Time"
27. "Patience"
28. "Paradise City"

November 9

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Motivation"
10. "Catcher in the Rye"
11. "Street of Dreams"
12. "You Could Be Mine"
13. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
14. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
15. "November Rain"
16. "Glad to Be Here"
17. "Don't Cry"
18. "The Seeker"
19. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
20. "Civil War"
21. "Better"
22. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
23. "Nightrain"

Encore

24. "Madagascar"
25. "Used to Love Her"
26. "There Was a Time"
27. "Patience"
28. "Paradise City"

November 10

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
16. "November Rain"
17. "Glad to Be Here"
18. "Don't Cry"
19. "The Seeker"
20. "Used to Love Her"
21. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
22. "Civil War"
23. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
24. "Nightrain"

Encore

25. "Madagascar"
26. "There Was a Time"
27. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
28. "Patience"
29. "Paradise City"

November 14

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
16. "November Rain"
17. "Objectify"
18. "Don't Cry"
19. "Civil War"
20. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
21. "Nightrain"

Encore

22. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
23. "The Seeker"
24. "There Was a Time"
25. "Patience"
26. "Paradise City"

November 17

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
16. "November Rain"
17. "Objectify"
18. "Don't Cry"
19. "The Seeker"
20. "Civil War"
21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
22. "Nightrain"

Encore

23. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
24. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
25. "Patience"
26. "Paradise City"

November 18

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
16. "November Rain"
17. "Glad to Be Here"
18. "Don't Cry"
19. "The Seeker"
20. "Civil War"
21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
22. "Nightrain"

Encore

23. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
24. "There Was a Time"
25. "Patience"
26. "Paradise City"

November 21

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
16. "November Rain"
17. "Objectify"
18. "Don't Cry"
19. "Civil War"
20. "The Seeker"
21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
22. "Nightrain"

Encore

23. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
24. "Used to Love Her"
25. "Patience"
26. "Paradise City"

November 23

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Better"
8. "Live and Let Die"
9. "This I Love"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "14 Years"
14. "You Could Be Mine"
15. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
16. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
17. "November Rain"
18. "Glad to Be Here"
19. "Don't Cry"
20. "The Seeker"
21. "Civil War"
22. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
23. "Nightrain"

Encore

24. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
25. "Used to Love Her"
26. "Dead Flowers"
27. "Patience"
28. "Paradise City"

November 24

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "14 Years"
15. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
16. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
17. "November Rain"
18. "Objectify"
19. "Don't Cry"
20. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
21. "Civil War"
22. "Used to Love Her"
23. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
24. "Nightrain"

Encore

25. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
26. "The Seeker"
27. "Patience"
28. "Paradise City"

December 7

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "There Was a Time"
14. "You Could Be Mine"
15. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
16. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
17. "November Rain"
18. "Objectify"
19. "Don't Cry"
20. "The Seeker"
21. "Civil War"
22. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
23. "Nightrain"

Encore

24. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
25. "Patience"
26. "Paradise City"

December 9

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Motivation"
10. "Catcher in the Rye"
11. "Street of Dreams"
12. "Better"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
16. "November Rain"
17. "Objectify"
18. "Don't Cry"
19. "Civil War"
20. "The Seeker"
21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
22. "Nightrain"

Encore

23. "Madagascar"
24. "Nice Boys"
25. "Patience"
26. "Paradise City"

December 12

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Better"
8. "Live and Let Die"
9. "This I Love"
10. "Riff Raff"
11. "Motivation"
12. "Catcher in the Rye"
13. "Street of Dreams"
14. "You Could Be Mine"
15. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
16. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
17. "November Rain"
18. "Objectify"
19. "Don't Cry"
20. "The Seeker"
21. "Civil War"
22. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
23. "Nightrain"

Encore

24. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
25. "Patience"
26. "Paradise City"
27. "Nice Boys"

December 16

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Rocket Queen"
7. "Live and Let Die"
8. "This I Love"
9. "Better"
10. "Motivation"
11. "Catcher in the Rye"
12. "Street of Dreams"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
16. "November Rain"
17. "Objectify"
18. "Don't Cry"
19. "The Seeker"
20. "Civil War"
21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
22. "Nightrain"

Encore

23. "Patience"
24. "Paradise City"

December 18

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Better"
7. "Rocket Queen"
8. "Live and Let Die"
9. "This I Love"
10. "Used to Love Her"
11. "Motivation"
12. "Catcher in the Rye"
13. "Street of Dreams"
14. "You Could Be Mine"
15. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
16. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
17. "November Rain"
18. "Objectify"
19. "Don't Cry"
20. "The Seeker"
21. "Civil War"
22. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
23. "Nightrain"

Encore

24. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
25. "Madagascar"
26. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
27. "Patience"
28. "Paradise City"

2013 Setlists

February 13

Acoustic Set

1. "You're Crazy"
2. "Used to Love Her"
3. "Welcome to the Jungle"
4. "Better"
5. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
6. "Patience"
7. "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
8. "Paradise City"

Encore

9. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"

March 9

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Better"
7. "Blacklight Jesus of Transylvania"
8. "Live and Let Die
9. "Jam"
10. "Rocket Queen"
11. "Used to Love Her"
12. "This I Love"
13. "No Quarter"
14. "Catcher in the Rye"
15. "You Could Be Mine"
16. "Mi Amor"
17. "Sweet Child O'Mine"
18. "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2"
19. "November Rain"
20. "Objectify"
21. "Don't Cry"
22. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
23. "Nightrain"

Encore

1. "Jam"
2. "Patience"
3. "Jam"
4. "Paradise City"

March 12

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "Better"
7. "Jam"
8. "Rocket Queen"
9. "Blacklight Jesus of Transylvania"
10. "Live and Let Die"
11. "This I Love"
12. "No Quarter"
13. "Catcher in the Rye"
14. "You Could Be Mine"
15. "Mi Amor"
16. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
17. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"
18. "November Rain"
19. "Objectify"
20. "Don't Cry"
21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
22. "Jam"
23. "Nightrain"

Encore

1. "Jam"
2. "Patience"
3. "The Seeker"
4. "Jam"
5. "Paradise City"

March 13

March 17

March 20

March 28

May 24

June 8

2014 Setlists

March 20

March 22

March 25

March 28

March 30

April 1

April 3

April 6

April 9

April 12

April 15

April 17

April 23

May 13

May 16

May 21

May 24

May 25

May 28

May 30

May 31

June 4

June 6

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "There Was a Time"
7. "Better"
8. "Rocket Queen"
9. "Live and Let Die"
10. "This I Love"
11. "Used to Love Her"
12. "Holidays in the Sun"
13. "Catcher in the Rye"
14. "You Could Be Mine"
15. "La Bella Vita"
16. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
17. "Jam"
18. "Layla"
19. "November Rain"
20. "Abnormal"
21. "Don't Cry"
22. "Marseilles"
23. "Prostitute"
24. "Riff Raff"
25. "Yesterdays"
26. "Civil War"
27. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
28. "Jam"
29. "Nightrain"

Encore

1. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
2. "Patience"
3. "The Seeker"
4. "Jam"
5. "Paradise City"

June 7

1. "Chinese Democracy"
2. "Welcome to the Jungle"
3. "It's So Easy"
4. "Mr. Brownstone"
5. "Estranged"
6. "There Was a Time"
7. "Better"
8. "Rocket Queen"
9. "Live and Let Die"
10. "This I Love"
11. "Holidays in the Sun"
12. "Catcher in the Rye"
13. "You Could Be Mine"
14. "La Bella Vita"
15. "Sweet Child O' Mine"
16. "Jam"
17. "Layla"
18. "November Rain"
19. "Abnormal"
20. "Don't Cry"
21. "Yesterdays"
22. "Used to Love Her"
23. "Civil War"
24. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
25. "Jam"
26. "Nightrain"

Encore

1. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
2. "Patience"
3. "The Seeker"
4. "Jam"
5. "Paradise City"

Personnel

Guns N' Roses

• Axl Rose – lead vocals, piano, whistling, whistle
• Dizzy Reed – keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
• Tommy Stinson – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
• DJ Ashba – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals
• Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Pitman – keyboards, samples, tambourine, backing vocals
• Frank Ferrer – drums, tambourine

Additional musician

• Duff McKagan - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Attitude" and "Raw Power"