Carrie Underwood and Axl Rose.Photo: Daniel DeSlover/ZUMA
Carrie Underwoodbrought some rock n' roll to her headlining set atStagecoachon Saturday.
Underwood, 39, took the stage for the second night of the Indio, California, music festival and surprised the crowd with rock legendAxl Rose.
Her band began the opening chords of “Sweet Child O' Mine,” and what seemed like a not unusual cover for the openly Guns-N'-Roses-obsessed singer turned into a dream duet. “Welcome to thegreatestnight of my life,” Underwood said as she introduced Rose, 60.
Carrie Underwood and Axl Rose.Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty
Rose stayed for one more song and accompanied Underwood on “Paradise City,” arguably her most common Guns N' Roses cover. She actually sang the song the first time she headlined Stagecoach in 2008, but it’s likely this time around was far more memorable.
In anInstagram postshared Sunday, Underwood thanked Rose for making her “lifelong dream come true.”
“Let’s light up this place in memory of all those that we miss,” she said. “I know all of country music will be lighting something up for Ms. Naomi Judd.”
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TheAmerican Idolstar has had a busy start to 2022. After winning entertainer of the year at the CMA Awards, she’s spent much of the last five months in Las Vegas for herresidency show, “Reflection,“at Resorts World. She performed at the 64thGrammy Awardsbefore picking up a prize for her LP “My Savior,” which wonbest roots gospel album. Underwood then took home both ACM and CMT Awards this spring for her duet “If I Didn’t Love You” withJason aldean. She’s closing out her Vegas residency with a final run of six shows in May, and then she’s on album mode.
Her ninth studio album,Denim & Rhinestones, is set to release June 10. She described it as a"sing into your hairbrush” kind of album.
Thealbum’s first single, “Ghost Story,“resembled her well-known revenge hits, “Blown Away” and “Before He Cheats.” It’s a “cinematic song,” she said, and that’s why she felt drawn to it.
“From the first time I heard it I knew I had to record it,” she said. “I have always loved performing songs that tell a story and inspire some kind of cinematic imagery when you hear them, and that is definitely true of ‘Ghost Story.’ It creates a mood and a vibe that is different than anything else I’ve recorded before.”
source: people.com
