When Carrie Underwood arrived on stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival with the opening notes of Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle,” did her fans expect Axl Rose to join her later on 16 songs?
They should have. Rose arrived on stage to a thunderous roar from the crowd during “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” after Underwood performed the first verse in a Guns N’ Roses T-shirt.
“Welcome to the best night of my life,” Underwood shouted. “Give it up for Axl Rose!”
He took the second verse from there. The duo also performed “Paradise City”. Both hits are from the band’s 1987 debut album, ‘Appetite for Destruction’.
@Carrie Underwood blew it away tonight @Stagecoach† And Axl Rose just showed up!!! pic.twitter.com/Fzv6wEPa4K
— Alicia G. Rossiter DNP, FNP, PPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN (@agr_drltc) May 1, 2022
Rose is no stranger to the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Guns N’ Roses headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival there in 2016.
Fans couldn’t believe what they saw.
we waited forever for it CarrieUnderwood & axl rose Sweet Child O Mine #StageCoach2022
— Carrie Underwood fans (@Carrie_Fansite) May 1, 2022
yep. This is happening. @Stagecoach @gunsnroses † @Carrie Underwood WOW!!!!
– stormewarren (@stormewarren) May 1, 2022
LOVE CHILD OF MINE???? AND AXL ROSE??? #Carrie Underwood #stagecoach pic.twitter.com/aROjfSE82H
— Reagan Keith (@ray_raykeith) May 1, 2022
Two legends about it @Stagecoach phase. Carrie Underwood and Axl Rose. wow wow wow!
– Sasha Goundar (Sasha Goundar) May 1, 2022
Axl Rose Performs Tonight With Carrie Underwood, Epic
— Stephen Medina (@stephenm046) May 1, 2022
Underwood has performed “Paradise City” in concerts many times, including her first Stagecoach performance in 2008. She is a huge fan of Guns N’ Roses.