“I was really inspired by them – that’s why I wanted to have an all-girl band. It feels very feminine on stage, but we’re all playing power chords and screaming”: Olivia Rodrigo on how ’90s alt-rock and riot grrrl inspired her record-breaking GUTS tour

Olivia Rodrigo
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Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS tour has been unashamedly rock-driven in both essence and approach – with a full band, pop-rock-fueled setlist, and Rodrigo herself playing a custom Music Man St. Vincent across 95 shows to 1.4 million people – both complementing and at times, challenging, the typical arena-pop production and flair.

To mark her mammoth trek, Rodrigo just dropped the GUTS World Tour film on Netflix, shot during her set at Los Angeles' Intuit Dome this past August.

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Janelle Borg

Janelle is a staff writer at GuitarWorld.com. After a long stint in classical music, Janelle discovered the joys of playing guitar in dingy venues at the age of 13 and has never looked back. Janelle has written extensively about the intersection of music and technology, and how this is shaping the future of the music industry. She also had the pleasure of interviewing Dream Wife, K.Flay, Yīn Yīn, and Black Honey, among others. When she's not writing, you'll find her creating layers of delicious audio lasagna with her art-rock/psych-punk band ĠENN.