Chinese Democracy Tour was replaced by guitarist DJ Ashba in 2009. The 2001 European Tour (often referred to as the Chinese Democracy Tour) was a scheduled concert tour by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, planned in support of the band's then-upcoming sixth studio album "Chinese Democracy". Initially due to begin and end in June, many tour dates were rescheduled for December due to the reported illness of guitarist Buckethead. The re-configured tour was later cancelled outright. Following the Use Your Illusion Tour, which ran for over two years and visited 27 countries, and the release of cover album ""The Spaghetti Incident?""
Chinese Democracy mentioned by those involved in the recording that did not make the final album include "Atlas Shrugged", "Oklahoma", "Thyme", "The General", "Elvis Presley and the Monster of Soul" (also known as "The Soul Monster" and "Leave Me Alone"), "Ides of March", "Silkworms", "Down By The Ocean", "Zodiac", "Quick Song" and "We Were Lying". In 2014, Rose said that a "second part" of "Chinese Democracy" and a remix album were complete and pending release. In August 2014, "Going Down" a song recorded during the sessions was leaked online, as well as remixes of several songs from the album. "Chinese Democracy" marked