Chinese Democracy Tour of Europe was announced in December 2000 as a New Year's Day performance at the House of Blues in Las Vegas. 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. 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) –
Long Distance Calling (band) and "Boundless" (2018). The band also released two demos and/or split-EPs: "DMNSTRTN" (2006) and "090208" (2008). In 2008, the band played at the Rock am Ring and Roadburn festivals. The group toured Germany in 2009. In 2010, Long Distance Calling and Finnish death/doom band Swallow The Sun supported Katatonia during the New Night Over Europe tour. They most recently supported Protest The Hero on their 2012 European tour. Off the back of the release of "Boundless" the band will be performing live at a number of European summer festivals, including Wacken Open Air 2018. Long Distance Calling (band) Long Distance