Astbury did indeed play with the doors at california motor speedway in september.... but he wasnt the first choice..... weiland was!!
Anyway whoever fills the gap for the tour doesnt matter as long as they tour!!
Manzarek mentioned:
"it just so happened that Ian was available, y'know? Everybody else was touring, everybody else has got something going on,"
"Like, Scott Weiland's interested in doing some stuff, and maybe Scott Stapp and certainly Ian Astbury. And Jim Carroll will be writing some poetry for us, too"