Axl Rose Helped Carrie Underwood Choose Rock Songs to Cover While Opening for Guns N’ Roses (Exclusive)

Carrie Underwood got a little help from her friends in Guns N’ Roses before opening for them on their stadium tour this year.

The country star, 40, recently shared several tour dates with the legendary band, even surprising the crowd with some rock covers sprinkled into her set list. On selected dates, she comes prepared with covers of Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll,” Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation,” and Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades.”

Carrie Underwood performs alongside Axl Rose. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty

Now, a source tells PEOPLE that it wasn’t just the “Before He Cheats” singer who chose the songs — she also got personal input from frontman Axl Rose.

While Underwood used August tour dates in Moncton, Montreal and Nashville to promote her latest LP Denim and rhinestonesshe also prepared a set-list to please everyone present at Guns N’ Roses shows.

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From Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” to i-Ten’s “Alone,” Underwood added some variety to her sets while opening for the legendary rock group.

Guns N’ Roses.

Guns N’ Roses

She also appeared several times on stage with Guns N’ Roses. At the band’s show in Moncton on August 5, she joined them for the classics “Paradise City” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”

Underwood, a longtime rock fan, has joined Rose on stage before. She specifically invited him to join her for a performance of “Welcome to the Jungle” in Los Angeles on her Denim & Rhinestones tour in March.

“Los Angeles, I want to hear you make some noise for Axl Rose,” she told the crowd at the time.

Carrie Underwood.

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Underwood later reflected on the moment on Instagram, writing that she was “the luckiest girl in the world.” The performance was their first since taking to the stage together at Stagecoach Festival 2022.

“Thanks, Axl, for showing up once again and making great times even better!” she wrote along with a series of pictures. “I will always feel like it was all a dream, but these dreams are my favorite!”

During their performance at Stagecoach 2022, Rose and Underwood also sang “Paradise City” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine”.

“Best. night. of. my. life!!! Still rocking,” Underwood wrote on Instagram afterward. “Thank you Axl for making this lifelong dream come true!!! You rocked that @stagecoach stage harder than anyone has ever rocked it before!”

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