Paramore’s Hayley Williams Joins Deftones in Nashville For ‘Minerva’

One of the indisputable perks of being a rock star is the ability to rock out with other rock stars when they swing through your hometown. Just ask Paramore singer Hayley Williams, who hopped up on stage with the Deftones during their headlining set at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday night (March 26) to duet with singer Chino Moreno one of their iconic songs.

In fan video of the superstar summit, Williams — wearing a black t-shirt, ruffled mini-skirt and combat boots — dances excitedly behind the band as they lean into the shoegaze-like song that was the lead single from the group’s self-titled 2003 fourth studio album. In the clip, she bounds around the stage behind Moreno, banging her head and spinning in circles as a video of ballet dancer tip-toeing across a cityscape plays behind them.

“And God bless you all/ For the song you sang us all/ For the hearts you break/ Every time you moan,” Williams wails along with Moreno on the chorus, while occasionally adding some other backing vocals on the song she clearly can’t get enough of. It wasn’t the first time Williams has done a Deftones pop-in. Back in 2010, she teamed up with the group for the single “Passenger” from their 1999 album White Pony.

The Deftones are on tour with the reunited The Mars Volta and their next gig will be at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday (March 28). The two groups will continue their U.S. tour through an April 9 gig at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. before the Deftones hop over to Europe for a series of summer festival gigs.