Glastonbury 2023: Watch Guns N’ Roses bring out Dave Grohl for ‘Paradise City’
During their headline set at Glastonbury Festival, Guns N’ Roses welcomed Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to the stage to run through a rendition of their hit song ‘Paradise City’.
Grohl, who has proven to be the main man of the event so far, performed a secret set with the Foo Fighters as ‘The Churnups’, joined The Pretenders and Johnny Marr, and rounded off his Saturday night on the Pyramid stage by playing guitar on ‘Paradise City’.
Performing between 21:30 and 23:45, Guns N’ Roses features original members of the lineup, frontman Axl Rose, bassist Duff McKagan and guitarist Slash, and more recent additions. The band played a career-spanning set that featured early classics featured on their 1987 debut album, Appetite for Destruction, as well as later efforts.
While the crowd for the Pyramid Stage wasn’t as busy as we’ve seen for other acts so far at the event, Guns N’ Roses were full of energy, with Rose seemingly bouncing around the stage and urging the crowd for more interaction — to which they duly obliged.
Glastonbury’s choice to book Guns N’ Roses for a headline set was met with bewilderment by some, including former Oasis member Noel Gallagher. He described the decision to book the back in the slot as “crazy shit”.
“What I found out Guns N’ Roses are headlining Glastonbury, I thought, ‘What? Are you being serious? That’s crazy shit,’” the former Oasis man told the Daily Star. “When you think of all the huge British artists who’ve had albums out this past year, having Guns N’ Roses headlining the Saturday is mad.”
“I would have been smart to play Glastonbury this year, but I played it last year because I’d been booked to do it in 2020, and everything got pushed back,” Gallagher continued. “There’s always next year to go back to Glastonbury – I’m not going anywhere.”
For now, though, watch Guns N’ Roses roll back the years on ‘Paradise City’ alongside Dave Grohl.
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