The Stagecoach Country Music Festival concludes Sunday with Luke Combs headlining following performances by The Black Crowes, Cody Johnson, Smokey Robinson and others.

Doors will open at noon at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, with the first performance from Flatland Cavalry on the Palomino Stage set to begin at 12:30 p.m.

Combs is scheduled to perform at 9:15 p.m. on the Mane Stage and the night will end with a performance by Diplo on the Palomino Stage at 10:50 p.m.

Performances will be streamed on YouTube at www.youtube.com/stagecoach.

Carrie Underwood was Saturday’s headliner, with a Vegas-style show featuring multiple outfit changes, a choir and other theatrics.

Much to the delight of the audience, Underwood brought out Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses to perform a pair of the band’s hard rock classics, “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Paradise City.”

Underwood, a self-proclaimed Guns N’ Roses fan, later thanked Rose on Twitter for “making this lifelong dream come true!!!”

Underwood’s set followed performances by the Brothers Osborne, Lee Brice, Cody Jinks and others.

The county-pop superstar was also among the Stagecoach performers who reacted on Twitter to the death of country vocalist Naomi Judd on Saturday, tweeting, “Country music lost a true legend … sing with the angels, Naomi!!! We’re all sending up prayers for the Judd family today…”

Maren Morris, who played the Mane Stage on Friday night, tweeted, “Rest In Peace, Naomi Judd. Honored to have witnessed `Love Can Build a Bridge’ just a few short weeks ago.”

Indio Police Department spokesman Benjamin Guitron told City News Service there have been no significant arrests or traffic incidents related to the festival through the first two days.

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