![]() We were on cloud nine the whole weekend as we watched kids line up early so they could run to the barricade for Billie Eilish, or strut in a little later wearing the festival fashion they hadn’t had an opportunity to show off for 18 months. ![]() In 2021 we moved to a new venue (Citi Field), but more importantly live music made its return. We can only imagine how great it would have been to see Stevie Nicks, Missy Elliott, Tame Impala, Flume, Vampire Weekend, Solange, Miley Cyrus and more play Governors Ball in 2020 if not for COVID-19. “Most of us wish 2020 could be removed from memory but it will live on in our hearts as the festival lineup that got away. Outkast set the stage on Friday night with an incredible performance to mark their comeback and first show in NYC in over a decade, and hometown heroes The Strokes performing during golden hour on Sunday evening to help close out 3 days of amazing music, the vibes were immaculate, and you couldn’t help but smile looking out at a field of 50,000 people fully enjoying a raucous rendition of “Last Nite”. We’d left the chaos brought by Tropical Storm Andrea in the past and were blessed with a great weekend of weather for the 4th annual edition of the festival. If you had to ask us about a year when it finally felt like Governors Ball had fully arrived as a marquee music festival on the global stage, it was probably 2014. And recent controversies aside, when Kanye West took the stage on Sunday night we’d be lying if the muddy field didn’t add to the atmosphere for the performance in support of his recently released album Yeezus. ![]() Friday night’s headliner Kings Of Leon were able to perform on Saturday for their fans after some lineup shuffling. ![]() But while there are surely still some shoes buried under the grass on Randall’s Island, our team responded to salvage the rest of the weekend. But our coming out party as a 3-day event was swamped on the first day by Tropical Storm Andrea, turning the fields into a muddy mess and cutting Friday evening’s performances short. We expanded the festival to three days and had booked our biggest lineup yet, with Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Guns n’ Roses and a young Kendrick Lamar (a 2023 headliner) playing the festival. Tickets are on sale now, and you can see the lineup in full below.Ģ013 was probably one of the most memorable years in Gov Ball’s history. Governors Ball 2023 features Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo, ODESZA, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, Lil Nas X, HAIM, Omar Apollo, Rina Sawayama, Kim Petras, Pusha T, Joey Bada$$, PinkPantheress, Koffee, Syd, 070 Shake, Saba, black midi, Maxo Kream, Amber Mark, Snail Mail, and more. Read their commentary, along with video clips they picked from each year, below. To celebrate the new location, Founders Entertainment co-founders Jordan Wolowitz (who also books the fest) and Tom Russell looked back on those previous years, starting with the first Governors Ball in 2011, and told us their favorite memory from each. The move brings the festival back to a grassy park after a couple of years in Citi Field's parking lot prior to that it was held at Randall's Island Park, and for its first edition, a single day on Governors Island. Governors Ball returns for its 2023 edition on June 9-11 at a brand new NYC location, Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens.
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