GUNS N' ROSES Kicks Off Tour In Taipei; First Video Footage, Photo Available

December 11, 2009

GUNS N' ROSES kicked off its first tour in three years earlier tonight Friday (December 11) in Taiwan, marking the band's first gig in support of its 2008 CD, "Chinese Democracy".

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Chinese Democracy
02. Welcome To The Jungle
03. It's So Easy
04. Mr. Brownstone
05. If The World
06. Live And Let Die
*Richard Fortus Solo (James Bond Theme)
07. There Was A Time
*Frank Ferrer Drum Solo
*Tommy Stinson Bass Solo
08. My Generation (Stinson vocals)
09. I.R.S.
10. Rocket Queen
*Dizzy Reed Piano Solo
11. Street Of Dreams
*DJ Ashba Solo
12. Sweet Child O' Mine
*Band Jam
13. November Rain
*Ron Thal Solo (Pink Panther)
14. You Could Be Mine
15. Shackler's Revenge
16. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Encore:

17. This I Love
*Band Jam
18. Better
19. Paradise City

GUNS N' ROSES will spend the next eight days playing additional shows in Korea and Japan before returning home. A 13-date Canadian trek is on tap for January 2010, followed by South American shows in March and April.

The band has not booked any U.S. dates yet.

GUNS N' ROSES' last world tour, in 2006 and 2007, took in 60 shows in 26 countries and was the band's first full tour since 1993.

In addition to sole original member Rose, the current lineup of the band includes guitarists DJ Ashba, Ron Thal and Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson, keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman and drummer Frank Ferrer.

"Chinese Democracy" was released in November 2008 as a Best Buy exclusive, 17 years after the last all-original GUNS sets, "Use Your Illusion I" and "II". The album was a commercial disappointment, selling less than one million copies in the U.S. (according to Nielsen SoundScan) despite the long wait.

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