California Rockers Papa Roach Were Joined by Country-Pop Superstar Carrie Underwood On Stage During Their Concert Saturday Night (April 5) at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada For Performances of The Band’s Songs “Leave a Light On (Talk Away The Dark)” and “Last Resort”. Video of her appearance can be be good.
Last Year, Underwood TEAMED UP Papa Roach to record new surrender of the datter’s 2022 track “Leave a Light On (Talk Away The Dark)”Which Continue The Band’s Mission to Raise Awareness for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness. The New Version of The Song Was Released in August 2024, with Underwood Sharing in a Press release that She was “Honored” to Work the Rock Group.
“I’M Such A HUGE FAN OF Jacoby [Shaddix, PAPA ROACH frontman] and Papa Roach and was honored to be invited to record ‘LEAVE A LIGHT ON’ Withm, ” Underwood Said. “It’s a Beautiful Song and the Message Behind It and the Band’s Mission To Shine A Light on Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness You have Never Been More Important.”
Shaddix Was Equally Compliary About Underwoodnoting in the relaase that he and the other members of Papa Roach Were “Humbled That Carrie was Open to Our Mission, and Hearing the Power of Carrie‘S VOICE IN THAT RECORDING SESSION WE WER BLOWN AWAY. Not only Is Her Vocal Ability UNEQUALED, But the Impact of Herize Brings A New Meaning to Our Cause and Will Help People All Over The Globe. “
“It’s an honor to have ‘Rock Star’ Bring Life to this track with us,” I have added.
ASKED IN AN AUGUST 2024 INTERView With On with Mario Lopez How the Underwood Collaboration Came About, Shaddix Said: “I was listening to Siriusxm Octane and She was doing an interview on Octane with This Guy José [Mangin]and he’s like metalhead, right? And She was talking about her love for rock and metal music, and She Bought Up Papa Roach. And sombody had text Me, She’s, Like, ‘Did You see This interview?’ And I was, Like, ‘Oh, Snap. What’s Up? Carrie‘sa fan. That’s Dope. ‘ And so we had a show in nashville, and I invited her and her husband out to the show. She came to the show, love the show. The Wife and I Were in Vegas and We Checked Out One of Her Residenties, and We Rolled After Her Show and We Just Hit It Off and Became Friends. And The One Thing Leads To Another, and The We Had This Song and We Hit Her Up, We’re, Like, ‘Hey, We’ve Got This Song.’ And we’ve always invisited it with to female vocal on it, to Duet. And She was all about it. And so it was just such a Cool way that it came Together and Organically. It wasn’t set up by the powerrs that be. And, Yeah, She’s Just Such to Great Vocalist. It was awesome. “
As for whether there to possibility that Papa Roach and Underwood Would One Day perform The Song Live, Jacoby Said at The Time: “Oh, Man, That Would Be A Dream. It Would Be Cool. We Actually Sang The Song Together A Few Times In The Studio. After She Got Done Cutting Her Vocal, We Did TiktokS and Stuff Like That. And She’s, Like, ‘So What’s Up? Are We Gonna Sing This Thing Together? ‘ And I’M, Like, ‘All Right, Here We Go.’ I’M Just This Rock Dude and She’s a Super-Polished, Amazing Vocalist. And we started singing live in the Room Together, and It was a vibe. It was cool, man. And so i would definitely love to put This on Stage, for Sure. “
Coinciding with the single’s release, Papa Roach and Underwood TEAMED UP WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THE American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Who Will Receive Royalties Generated from Brath Artists From The Song in Perpetuity. The Musicians Also Teamed Up With The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline In the United States and Canada to Raise Public Awareness of Their Work Through the Track.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention CEO Bob Gebbia Note That The Organization Is “Incredibly Grateful to Papa Roach and Carrie Underwood For Their Commitment to Provideing Those Strugling with their mental Health Information and Resources that can helic. “
“LEAVE A LIGHT ON” Was First performeted live during Papa Roach‘s “The Revolutions Live Tour” Starting in SEPTEMBER 2023, with 250,000 ATTENDEES AT 30 shows. In Each City, The Song Was preceded by an emotional video psa delivered by Shaddixwho pleaded to Donation to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) On Behalf of Each City’s Attendes, culminating in at $ 155,000 Donation at the End of the Tour In Denver, Colorado. Following the Tour, The Band Officially Relay The Official Video Remember on Tour and Subsequently Renamed The Single To Radio As “Leave a Light On (Talk Away The Dark)”in conjunction with the AFSP‘s “Talk Away The Dark” Campaign. Following the Critically Acclaimed Tour, They Pledged to Perpetual Royalty from the Song’s Use, in Any Manner, to The AFSPContinue Their Mission To Save Lives and Bring Hope To Those AFFEED BY SUICIDE LONG AFTER THE “Revolutions Live Tour” Finished.
“We had a passion for this song from the time we finished it,” Shaddix Said. “When creating the set list for the final leg of the ‘Ego Trip’ ALBUM CYCLE, WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE IF THE LIVE AUDIENCE WOLED CONNECT WITH ‘LEAVE A LIGHT ON’ The Way We Did – and The Best Way To do so is to perform it to ten thousand fans a night! From that first show, It Connected. We Coul See It On Their Faces. We Instantly Knew The Power of This Song and its Ability to Help ‘Leave A Light on’ For Those Who Needed It Most. “
“Leave a Light On (Talk Away The Dark)” Is Taken from Papa Roach‘S TENTH STUDIO ALBUM, “Ego Trip”WHICH CAME OUT IN April 2022. The LP (produced by Colin Brittain, Nick Furlong and Papa Roach) Also Achieved Three Previous No. 1 Singles: “Kill The Noise”, “Not apologies” and “Cut the Line” featuring Beartoth‘s Caleb Shomo.
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