As the Killers prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hot Fuss this summer at a Las Vegas residency, the band paid tribute to another early 2000s classic Saturday during their Governors Ball headlining set with a cover of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps.” Following a performance of their own “Runaways,” …
Read More »Everything You Need to Know About Gov Ball 2024 (Including Where to Find Last-Minute Tickets)
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Governors Ball is back in New York City, and this year the lineup is filled with top performers like Reneé Rapp, 21 Savage, Victoria Monét, Peso Pluma, Dominic …
Read More »Post Malone, The Killers, SZA Will Headline Governors Ball 2024
Summer festival season is coming in hot. Governors Ball Music Festival has announced the lineup of headliners for 2024, with Post Malone, The Killers, and SZA leading the charge. The annual music festival returns to New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park for the second year in a row from June …
Read More »Lizzo Gets Political, Aespa Puts on a Spectacle, King Kendrick Reigns: The 20 Best Things We Saw at Governors Ball 2023
If Governors Ball is back, it must be summer in New York. The annual festival returned to Queens in early June in roomy new digs: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, just down the block from its 2021-22 home at Citi Field. The sprawling, tree-lined grounds were reminiscent of Gov Ball’s years …
Read More »Everything You Need to Know About Gov Ball 2023 (Including Last-Minute Tickets)
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Governors Ball is back in New York City, and this year the lineup is filled with top performers like Lil Uzi Vert, Haim, Diplo, Lil Baby, Aespa, Rina …
Read More »Ari Lennox to Perform at Governors Ball After Tems Pulls Out 'Due to Unforeseen Circumstances'
Tems will no longer be performing at Governors Ball in New York City next month. On Friday, the Nigerian star shared a statement on Twitter revealing that she had to pull out of the event for reasons out of her control. Shortly after, the festival announced that Ari Lennox will …
Read More »The 'Book More Women' Campaign Called Out Male-Heavy Festival Lineups. Did It Help?
Abbey Carbonneau was staring at the lineup poster for the Firefly Music Festival back in 2018 when she noticed something that pissed her off: of the first 23 artists named on the poster of the seven-stage, three-day Delaware festival, only one was a woman. Carbonneau, a Massachusetts native, sat down …
Read More »A$AP Ferg Comes Through, Halsey Triumphs, and Coi Leray Is a Star: The 16 Best Things We Saw at Governors Ball 2022
Festival season is officially back in full effect this summer, after disappearing in 2020 and making a sometimes tentative return in 2021. That joyful reality couldn’t have been clearer as Governors Ball returned to New York’s Citi Field for three days of music, headlined by Halsey, Kid Cudi, J. Cole …
Read More »Watch Halsey Cover Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' at 2022 Governors Ball
Halsey covered Kate Bush’s resurgent “Running Up That Hill” during their headlining set Saturday at the Governors Ball Festival in Queens, New York. Towards the end of Halsey’s set, the singer unleashed a faithful rendition of the 1985 single that’s enjoying a renewed run atop singles charts worldwide thanks to …
Read More »Everything You Need to Know About Gov Ball 2022 (Including Last-Minute Tickets)
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Governors Ball is back in New York City, and this year the lineup is filled with top performers like Halsey, Jack Harlow, Tove Lo, Kid Cudi and more. …
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