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39 minutes ago, DSTK said:

He hasn't been on any of the releases , not sure melissa has either...fortus is credited & so is shitman

Frank did fully play on "Hard Skool" though, since they seemed to have rearranged the track.

But yes, all the other tracks came out of Brain's drum tracks.

2 minutes ago, AxlRQ93 said:

is it possible Melissa quit and Chris replaced her 

Please not. Melissa Reese's backing vocals have become quite essential for GN'R's live performances recently. And we're all aware of Chris Pitman's backing vocals, especially on "Jungle", lol.

Yet, they unfortunately tend to put most of Melissa's vocals way too low in the mix most of the time. But you could still clearly hear that those vocals (and obviously her layers) were missing when she had to step out for that couple of gigs.

Chris probably had something to do with the original arrangement and, to my understanding, he's still pretty close with Brain, so they probably just found good terms and left his old takes on it, instead of having Melissa to spend time to recreate them for the studio version.

My favorite NITL setlist using your original template for some gigs would probably be:

1. Welcome to the Jungle/It’s So Easy
2. It’s So Easy/Mr. Brownstone
3. Mr. Brownstone/Chinese Democracy
4. Chinese Democracy/Welcome to the Jungle                                        
5. Think About You - Add-on
6. Estranged
7. Better
8. Sorry
9. Live and Let Die
10. Slither
11. Rocket Queen
12. Shadow of Your Love
13. Melissa Reese Solo Spot
14. You Could Be Mine (Frank Ferrer - Short Drum Solo Intro)
15. Duff McKagan Solo Spot (Attitude/New Rose)
16. This I Love/Street of Dreams - Add-on (Dizzy Reed - Short Piano Solo Intro)
17. Civil War
18. Slash Solo Spot
19. Sweet Child O' Mine
20. Wichita Lineman
21. Used to Love Her
22. My Michelle/Out Ta Get Me
23. Wish You Were Here (4tus and Slash)
24. November Rain (Layla Intro)
25. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (sometimes with Slash's Only Woman Bleed-Intro and sometimes with Richard's old intro which they used during the tour before the current one)
26. Nightrain

Encore:

1. Patience/Don't Cry (both with intros)
2. Madagascar/There was a Time
3. The Seeker
4. Paradise City

Alternate:

Whole Lotta Rosie, Coma, Prostitute, Oh my God, Catcher in the Rye, I Got You (I Feel Good)