Carrie Underwood joins her favorite rock band, Guns N’ Roses, for a handful of dates on the North American leg of the group’s 2023 Global Tour beginning Saturday (August 5th) in Moncton, New Brunswick, followed by an August 8th stop in Montreal, Quebec and a show on August 26th in Nashville at GEODIS Park.

Carrie has performed Guns N’ Roses songs during her shows for years, lately “Welcome To The Jungle.” Lead singer Axl Rose surprised the crowd at Stagecoach in 2022 where the pair sang “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Paradise City.” She then joined the band in the U-K for their London show to perform those same songs. Axl once again appeared as a surprise guest on Carrie’s L.A. stop on her recent Denim & Rhinestones Tour.

The Oklahoma native, who cites Axl as a musical influence, is stoked to be opening for the legendary group. “I’m super excited to get to open a few shows for Guns N’ Roses,” says Carrie. “Of course, I’ve been a massive GNR fan for pretty much my whole life. I’ve been able to sing with Guns N’ Roses and Axl separately a few times.”

Not only will she be able to watch the group’s show every night on the road, but she’ll also get to throw in some new song mashups and rock cover songs she doesn’t get a chance to do in her own headlining shows. “I think the things I look forward to most are obviously, like watching their show (laughs) and being around them, but it’s just such a fun vibe. Their fans are absolutely incredible and so supportive and just have been so much fun everything that I’ve seen from them,” Carrie says. “But also looking forward to just doing some things in our set list that I might not get the chance to do any other time. I wanted to be me, but I also wanted to bridge the gap between me and Guns N’ Roses a little bit, so we’re just having a blast with it. I’m doing some cover songs of some rock stuff that I love. I’m mashing up some of my songs with some other songs. We just look at it as an opportunity to be creative and get to do something we’ve never done before; just have a good time with it. So, hopefully, my fans that are at the shows will see things that they’ve never seen and hear things that they’ve never heard in a really cool way, and then also even if there’s people out there who have no idea what I do, hopefully, they’ll really enjoy seeing us before Guns N’ Roses and just have fun with us too. So, it’s an opportunity for new creative things to happen, and I’m excited about it.”

Carrie, who is making her way up the country charts with “Out Of That Truck,” will release the deluxe version of her 2022 album, Denim & Rhinestones, on September 22nd. The collection features six new songs, including her latest single.

Fans can also catch her on the small screen in the show open for NBC’s Sunday Night Football for the 11th consecutive season beginning September 10th on NBC and Peacock.