Carrie Underwood had previously tapped Axl Rose to perform with her a couple of times throughout the last few years. Now, the duo is set to make their on-and-off partnership a more regular thing with the country star opening up for Guns N’ Roses on their upcoming tour.
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Underwood will play select dates with the band on the North American leg of their summer tour. Other opening acts along the trek include The Pretenders, Dirty Honey, The Warning, and Alice in Chains.
The “Before He Cheats” singer will first join the rockers for a show in Moncton, Canada. Elsewhere she will be the opening act for shows in Montreal and Nashville. Find Guns N’ Roses’ full set of dates, below.
Underwood shocked the crowd at Stagecoach by bringing Rose out for her headlining set to perform a duet of “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Paradise City.” A few months later, she brought the frontman out for a performance of “Welcome to the Jungle” at a show in Los Angeles.
“It was many years in the making,” Underwood previously said about tapping Rose for his Stagecoach debut. “I’ve been covering Guns N’ Roses my whole life, pretty much, and definitely onstage for the past 15 years at least. I had asked before if he would ever come to sing, or if I could come to him somewhere. We had a couple almost maybes, where it almost maybe would have happened, but for various reasons, it wasn’t the right time.
“We had rehearsals and everything went very smoothly,” she continued. “It was easy for all of us to be around each other. Hopefully, he had a good time.”
Guns N’ Roses Summer Tour Dates
Aug. 5 in Moncton, NB @ Medavie Blue Cross Stadium with Carrie Underwood
Aug. 08 in Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean Drapeau with Carrie Underwood
Aug. 11 in Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium with The Pretenders
Aug. 15 in East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium with The Pretenders
Aug. 18 in Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park with The Pretenders
Aug. 21 in Boston, MA @ Fenway Park with The Pretenders
Aug. 24 in Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field with The Pretenders
Aug. 26 in Nashville, TN @ GEODIS Park with Carrie Underwood
Aug. 29 in Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center with Dirty Honey
Sept. 1 in Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center with Dirty Honey
Sept. 3 in Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre with The Pretenders
Sept. 6 in Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena with Dirty Honey
Sept. 9 in St. Louis, MO @ Busch Stadium with The Pretenders
Sept. 12 in Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena with The Warning
Sept. 15 in Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live with The Warning
Sept. 17 in Atlanta, GA @ Midtown Music Festival
Sept. 20 in Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum with Dirty Honey
Sept. 23 in Kansas City, MO @ Kauffman Stadium with Alice in Chains
Sept. 26 in San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome with Alice in Chains
Sept. 28 in Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park with Alice in Chains
Oct. 1 in San Diego, CA @ Snapdragon Stadium with Alice in Chains
Oct. 6 in Indio, CA @ Power Trip Festival
Oct. 8 in Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
Oct. 11 in Phoenix, AZ @ Chase Field with Alice in Chains
Oct. 14 in Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena(support act TBD)
Oct. 16 in Vancouver, BC @ BC Place with Alice in Chains
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