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Guns N’ Roses pay tribute to Kobe Bryant

INDIO, CA – APRIL 23: Guns N’ Roses perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 2 at the Empire Polo Club on April 23, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

Tributes from all over the world and all walks of life continued to pour in during the last for retired Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash on January 26th along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others.

On Friday night, January 31st, during the second Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Guns N’ Roses dedicated the song “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” to Bryant, with singer Axl Rose telling the crowd, “I want to dedicate this to Kobe and his daughter and everyone on the flight and everyone in the families and everyone impacted by this terrible event.”

As Guns performed the track, the gigantic video screen behind the stage cycled through a slideshow of images of Bryant and his family.

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