{"id":32867,"date":"2026-08-08T17:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32867"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:19:45","slug":"chris-stapleton-performs-patience-with-guns-n-roses-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32867","title":{"rendered":"Chris Stapleton Performs &#8216;Patience&#8217; With Guns N&#8217; Roses in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>One night after country singer joined band for \u201cKnockin\u2019 on Heaven\u2019s Door,\u201d Slash and Duff McKagan make surprise appearance for <em>Lies<\/em> classic and Fleetwood Mac cover<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOne night after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/chris-stapleton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chris-stapleton\" data-tag=\"chris-stapleton\">Chris Stapleton<\/a> joined Guns N\u2019 Roses onstage in Toronto, band members returned the favor as the country singer took the stage at the same venue Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tStapleton \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/chris-stapleton-wins-over-guns-n-roses-fans-at-nashville-stunner-224557\/\">a one-time Guns N\u2019 Roses opening act<\/a> \u2014 first joined GNR at Rogers Stadium on Wednesday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/chris-stapleton-guns-n-roses-knockin-on-heavens-door-toronto-1235604568\/\">perform \u201cKnockin\u2019 on Heaven\u2019s Door.\u201d<\/a> With Stapleton booked for the same Toronto venue on Thursday \u2014 and with GNR still in town \u2014 Slash and Duff McKagan made a surprise appearance to back Stapleton on the <em>Lies<\/em> classic \u201cPatience\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Stapleton with Guns n&amp;apos; Roses &quot;Patience&quot; Aug 6, 2026, Rogers Stadium, Toronto\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XuuTb4AWdwU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAfter \u201cPatience,\u201d Slash hung around to accompany Stapleton for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/chris-stapleton-slash-oh-well-fleetwood-mac-cover-1235001460\/\">a cover of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s \u201cOh Well\u201d<\/a>; Stapleton and Slash previously collaborated on the studio version of that song for the guitarist\u2019s 2024 solo album <em>Orgy of the Damned<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRoughly a decade ago, Stapleton served as Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/chris-stapleton-to-open-for-guns-n-roses-in-nashville-36203\/\">one-off opener<\/a>\u00a0at the band\u2019s concert at Nashville\u2019s Nissan Stadium concert in July 2016. \u201cWhen I was a kid, if you\u2019d have told me I\u2019d be up here playing before Guns N\u2019 Roses, I\u2019d have called you a liar,\u201d Stapleton told the crowd that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn addition to winning over GNR fans, Stapleton was also \u201csummoned\u201d backstage to meet Rose himself, who he called \u201ca gentleman.\u201d \u201c[Rose] was great. Very polite and gracious, and we got to say hi for a few minutes,\u201d Stapleton\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/chris-stapleton-on-meeting-axl-rose-in-nashville-he-was-a-gentleman-223879\/\">told\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in July 2016. \u201cI\u2019m sure he was tired and had to go get cleaned up before the buses or planes rolled out, but he was a gentleman, and we had a brief conversation about music and both went on our way. 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