Watch Carrie Underwood And Guns N’ Roses Perform Live in London
Guns N’ Roses included Carrie Underwood during the first of their two performances on 1st July at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The 22-song set featured two appearances from the 2005 American Idol winner: once during the encore to cap the night on ‘Paradise City,’ and once at the end of the main performance to sing on ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine.’ It was reminiscent of Rose’s guest appearance during Underwood’s performance of those two songs during her set at this year’s Stagecoach Festival in May.
Check out a fan-shot video of Underwood performing with Guns N’ Roses:
Guns N’ Roses also performed both the original songs on this year’s ‘Hard Skool’ EP – ‘Absurd’ and the title track – and a quadrant of the covers that have long been staples in their setlists: ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ by The Stooges (for which bassist Duff McKagan took over on lead vocals), ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ by Bob Dylan (mashed up with the intro to Alice Cooper’s ‘Only Women Bleed’), ‘Live And Let Die’ by Wings and ‘Slither’ by Slash and McKagan’s own Velvet Revolver.
There were some technical issues with the show. To begin with, fans had to wait in line for hours before being allowed inside the stadium. Although Gary Clark Jr., the first support act, was supposed to perform at 4.30 pm, several fans were still standing outside the venue until 6:30 pm.
Just 15 minutes later, Guns N Roses were supposed to take the stage, but a fan said on Twitter that they didn’t arrive until approximately 7:45 pm. Seven songs into their set, during their rendition of ‘Estranged,’ the show was then halted because of audio issues.
The group will perform once more at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 2nd July.
This summer, Guns N’ Roses will embark on a tour of Europe. They will travel to South America and Mexico in the autumn before ending the year in Australia and New Zealand.
At a concert in Spain in June, the group performed AC/ DC’s ‘Back In Black’ for the first time ever. At the same concert, they performed ‘Reckless Life’ for the first time since 1993 and covered Jimmy Webb’s ‘Wichita Lineman.’ For the first time since 1991, they performed the ‘Appetite Of Destruction’ version of ‘You’re Crazy’ during the encore.
—Silviya.Y
