set list ; january 1 , 2001 house of blues , las vegas , nevada main set : encores : ; january 14 , 2001 rock in rio , rio de janeiro , brazil main set : encores : personnel w. axl rose lead vocals , piano , whistle , whistling dizzy reed keyboard , piano tommy stinson bass , backing vocals chris pitman keyboards , samples , backing vocals paul tobias rhythm guitar , slide guitar , backing vocals bryan '' brain '' mantia drums , percussion robin finck lead guitar , backing vocals buckethead lead guitar , acoustic guitar tour dates 2002/2003 world tour chinese democracy tour 2002 was a tour by guns n ' roses which was the band 's first major tour since 1993 .