AXL ROSE JOINS BILLY JOEL ONSTAGE IN MINNEAPOLIS

Axl Rose once again guested with Billy Joel, hitting the stage with the "Piano Man" on Friday night (July 28th) at Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium. Rose was in town for Guns N' Roses' show last night (July 30th) at the venue. Billboard reported that Rose tackled both Billy's 1978 52nd Street opener "Big Shot" along with a cover of AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" -- a longtime mainstay in Billy's show, which is usually handled by his famed roadie "Chainsaw." Back in May, Rose also hit the stage with Billy at L.A.'s Dodger Stadium, where he also sang the AC/DC classic.

Billy Joel admitted that his onstage persona is actually part showman -- and part showbiz tortoise shell: "I can’t go onstage and start thinking too much about how absurd this all is. I know who I am; I’m this guy from Levittown. And one night I actually started thinking about this: ‘What are they all yelling about? Don’t they know, I’m just this little schnook?’ And if you start thinking like that, I think people in the audience can sense (it) -- and they’ll eat you alive." :

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