Many Music Man readers who love classic rock are sure to have flocked to Glastonbury’s main stage or tuned in on the live TV broadcast to watch Guns N’ Roses’ headlining set in 2023. With the enormous crowd singing along to their classic hits such as ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ and ‘Welcome To The Jungle’, the crowd seemed ready to rock out all night. When the time came for the band’s final number, they had one more surprise in store for their fans.
Upon Axl Rose’s declaration that “There’s never such a thing as too many guitars,” Dave Grohl was invited onto the stage to join the band to play guitar on the song ‘Paradise City’. Fans went wild as the Foo Fighters frontman walked onstage, sharing the mic to sing harmonies with bassist Duff McKagan and walking over to play guitar alongside Slash. As the online video received 2 million views, one fan in the comments observed, “I love the way Dave Grohl sneaks his way into everyone’s band.”
Dave Grohl made a number of surprise appearances across the festival that year. Not only did he perform a secret set with his own band, the Foo Fighters, but he also made another surprise guest appearance to play alongside the Pretenders and Johnny Marr. While he made a number of appearances across the 2023 festival, he was, in fact, continuing a trend he began at Glastonbury 2022, when he made a surprise appearance with another headliner many Music Man readers will have tuned in to watch.
In his first stage appearance since the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Dave Grohl joined headliner and legend Paul McCartney on stage for a number of songs. The video of them playing the Wings hit ‘Band On The Run’ received over 2.3 million views. Fans online praised Paul for supporting Dave through the loss of his bandmate, an experience Paul McCartney knows all too well, with one fan commenting, “What a great thing Paul did for Dave here.”
Glastonbury is one of the largest gatherings of musical talent in the world, making it the perfect opportunity for musicians to collaborate and play together. Dave Grohl’s surprise guest appearances at the festival added an extra layer of excitement and joy for fans watching either in person or at home. At The Music Man, we love to see examples of how music can bring people together, and this is the perfect example of how events like Glastonbury are able to connect both fans and musicians in order to bring joy into each other’s lives.
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