"don't cry" was performed quite frequently during the early tours and the use your illusion tour. it was absent from the early legs (i.e. 2001–02) of the chinese democracy tour but reappeared to an extent in 2006, as guitarist bumblefoot began using an instrumental version of the song as a guitar solo spot. in 2007, during the bumblefoot solo spot, axl came on stage to sing along to the solo on two occasions, marking the first times since 1993 that axl had sung it live.