Weapons N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has paid heartfelt tribute to Nazareth frontman Dan McCafferty, who died earlier this month on the age of 76.
“Have not addressed this… been a tricky tablet to swallow,” tweeted Rose. “Very, very unhappy to study of the passing of Dan McCafferty of Nazareth. I realized a day or so after, proper earlier than a present. Was in a little bit of a surreal headspace on stage for a number of songs.
“Went on a Nazareth binge for a couple of days. Thanks Dan n’ all of Nazareth for all of the music over time. Their music n’ Dan’s voice will at all times have a particular place in my coronary heart. Relaxation in peace Dan.”
Rose has at all times been open about McCafferty’s affect on his personal singing, and invited him to sing Boudleaux Bryant’s ballad Love Hurts – successful for Nazareth in 1974 – at his 1990 wedding ceremony to Don Everly’s daughter, Erin. McCafferty declined. Weapons N’ Roses additionally coated Nazareth’s Hair Of The Canine on the 1993 album The Spaghetti Incident?.
“If it wasn’t for Dan McCafferty and Nazareth I would not be singing,” Axl stated in 1988. “I used to lock myself within the rest room and attempt to hit these notes in Love Hurts, ya know?”
Weapons N’ Roses are presently in Australia on the Antipodean leg of the We’re F’N Again! Tour. The band have 5 extra reveals scheduled in Oz, earlier than heading throughout the Tasman for 2 gigs in New Zealand.
Weapons N’ Roses We’re F’N Again! Tour dates 2022
Nov 22: Brisbane Suncorp Stadium, Australia
Nov 24: Gold Coast Metricon Stadium, Australia
Nov 27: Sydney Stadium Australia, Australia
Nov 29: Adelaide Oval, Australia
Dec 03: Melbourne Cricket Floor, Australia
Dec 08: Wellington Sky Stadium, New Zealand
Dec 10: Auckland Eden Park, New Zealand
