Axl Rose Mentors Carrie Underwood in Rock Transition

According to a report from TMZ, Carrie Underwood is working on new songs as she steps into rock music. Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose is acting as her mentor during this transition. The two artists performed together on Saturday night, September 19, at Truist Park in Atlanta, where Underwood sang duets on the tracks Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City with Rose. The concert at Truist Park marked the final leg of Guns N' Roses' 2026 North American tour.

Underwood previously supported Guns N' Roses on their 2023 North American tour and joined the group on stage multiple times, including a performance at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The pair first shared the stage in April 2022 at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California. In the following year, Rose made a surprise visit to one of Underwood's solo concerts located in Los Angeles.

She went viral on the internet for her rendition of Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff and has repeatedly performed Motörhead's Ace of Spades in past years. Additionally, in 2022, Underwood collaborated with Papa Roach on the single Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark), and she performed with Mötley Crüe on the season finale of American Idol.