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Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Best Moments From 15 Years of Governors Ball
This weekend, Governors Ball returns to NYC's Flushing Meadows Corona Park for another packed festival weekend — and the 2025 edition marks its 15th anniversary. Headliners Tyler, the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo, and Hozier are gearing up to create some memorable moments, as will the burgeoning acts who might just have their own breakout sets. As fans prepare for the start to another summer festival season, here's a look back at some jaw-dropping moments that have defined the celebration. In June of 2024, Chappell Roan was just about to hit a new apex of her career. She had put on a series of viral performances already: NPR's Tiny Desk, Colbert, Coachella. Little did everyone know that her appearance at Gov Ball would put her over the edge. She entered the stage in a giant apple, painted as the Statue of Liberty and smoking a blunt. It was dramatic, daring and, most importantly, fun. But before she even stole the weekend with both her iconic outfit and stellar performance, her reputation as the summer's must-catch live show preceded her: aerial shots of the crowd showed a headliner-worthy crowd filing in for her mid-day performance. More from Rolling Stone Chappell Roan Slams 'Villain' Reputation: 'If I Do Not Stand Up for Myself, I Will Quit' The Pop Queens Are the New Rock Gods Chappell Roan, Ariana Grande, and Ice Spice Will Guest Judge Historic 'Drag Race All Stars' 10 Attendees of Gov Ball's earliest years recall how severe weather constantly threatened the weekend. Any heavy rainfall would immediately upturn the ground at Randall's Island, the fest's former stomping grounds, leading to endless mud and a canceled weekend. When the last day of the 2016 weekend was canceled due to storms, headliner Kanye West announced a surprise show at Webster Hall later that night, a club with only a 1,350 person capacity. He didn't seem to anticipate that thousands more would show up, leading to chaos in the streets of Manhattan that West watched from the roof of his car. The show did not in fact go on due to the mayhem but at least those fans got a good story. When Azealia Banks joined the Gov Ball line-up in 2013, it had been two years since her last hometown show. She played in the Sky Vodka tent, a small side stage that could barely contain the thousands who spilled out and into the field to watch Banks put on a career-defining set. Clad in an orange bodysuit and joined by her back-up dancers, she gave a stellar pop show for the audience while still a year away from releasing her debut album. During his 2024 set, Peso Pluma made a wrong step and fractured his foot while performing. The moment went unnoticed by the audience but a crew member brought him a chair a little later in case he needed it. But like a true superstar, he powered through the injury and didn't give any less of a rousing set to all the fans. He just did the rest on mostly one foot. 'If I have it fractured, I don't give a s— because you all deserve a grand show,' he said. When OutKast announced their reunion in 2014, they became a big draw of the entire festival season. But a lackluster performance at Coachella that year left fans and critics wanting more. Thankfully, they had a headlining set at Gov Ball that summer to help redeem their live skills. The hits-laden set made Coachella look like it was just a rehearsal. Killer Mike joined the duo on stage to perform 'The Whole World.' Before Kendrick Lamar and 'Not Like Us,' there was Pusha T's 'Infrared.' The Clipse member was in the middle of a public beef with Drake when he played Gov Ball in 2018, replacing Brockhampton last minute. He performed his Drake diss 'Infrared' for the crowd, a track claimed Drake used ghostwriters. The song was so well-received that the audience transformed into a 'Fuck Drake!' chant not once but of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Galway Hurdle or Ascot beckon for O'Brien's Mr Percy's after impressive win at the Curragh
Ousted as favourite by Sixandahalf, the Joseph O'Brien-trained Mr Percy (2/1) availed of bottom-weight to land the Sky Bet Race To The Ebor (Premier) Handicap at the Curragh. Ridden by 5lb claimer Wayne Hassett, the five-year-old was boxed-in along the inside early in the straight, but got a gap in sufficient time to challenge and master 25/1 shot Jabbar by a neck, with former Group 1 winner Helvic Dream in third. 'Wayne gave him a lovely ride - he had a nice draw, got into a nice spot behind the leaders, waited for the gap and was tough when he got it,' was O'Brien's summing-up of the race. 'He's a smart horse. He won a Grade 2 novice hurdle in Fairyhouse and we're learning about him. I think cheekpieces, good ground and being delivered late are what he wants. 'We might look at one of the handicaps in Ascot, although it might be a bit too soon. Or we could look at the Galway Hurdle and come back here in the autumn for the Irish Cesarewitch.' In the other premier handicap action, the Michael Grassick-trained Gazelle D'or, a beaten favourite at Fairyhouse last Friday and wearing cheekpieces for the first time, made no mistake when coming through inside the final furlong to beat Brigid's Cloak by a length in the five-furlong Sky Bet Handicap. 'It's a nice pot to win,' said Grassick following the Equiano filly's success under Wayne Lordan, 'Nothing followed the leader in Fairyhouse. We were too far back and he never came back. The drop back to five furlongs helped her and this was the right race for her. 'She's a hard, tough, honest filly, very straight-forward. There are plenty of races for her and we might stick to five for now. Black type will be the plan later in the season.' Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore struck on the double in the two-year-old maidens, scoring with newcomers Amadeus Mozart and Flushing Meadows, both sons of Wootton Bassett, brining Ballydoyle's tally in the 2025 juvenile ranks to eleven wins. Sent off 10/11 favourite for the opening seven-furlong Sky Bet For The Fans Irish EBF Maiden, Amadeus Mozart produced a workmanlike display to hold promising stable-companion Dorset by a half-length, prompting O'Brien to comment, 'He's a lovely big colt and he should come forward plenty. Ryan liked him and feels he won't mind stepping up in trip. 'He's still very green and we won't rush him. He needs time and will appreciate going a mile.' The Ger Lyons-trained Evening Blues, runner-up to Albert Einstein in Naas last time, proved friendless in the market for the six-furlong Irish EBF 2-Y-0 Maiden but flopped in a race which saw Ballydoyle colt Flushing Meadows justify market support (7/2 to 5/2), at the expense of 80/1 shot The Piper's Call. 'He'll have no problem going into a group race at six furlongs,' stated O'Brien, 'He's a lovely colt and, like the first horse, hadn't been away. He's sharp and came here with a view going to Ascot, but that might come a bit quick. 'He'll have no problem going seven furlongs, but we might stick to six for the moment – he might come back here for the 'Railway' (on Derby weekend).' Jessica Harrington enjoyed a welcome change of luck when seven-race maiden Cold Hearted (Shane Foley) swooped late in the Newtown Anner Stud colours to deny trail-blazing favourite Stella Alpina by a half-length in the Spar Shop At The Curragh Maiden over six furlongs. 'The filly deserved it and I think I deserved it too, after all the placed horses we've had,' quipped a relieved Harrington.
Rhyl Journal
4 days ago
- Business
- Rhyl Journal
O'Brien serves an ace with Flushing Meadows at the Curragh
The son of Wootton Bassett was sent off at 5-2 in the hands of Ryan Moore and made it game, set and match with ease in the Irish EBF Maiden, surging to an impressive length-and-a-half success in the six-furlong event. A Royal Ascot tilt may come too soon for the exciting two-year-old, but O'Brien has his eye on a return to Irish racing HQ for Group Two action later this month. Flushing Meadows (Wootton Bassett x Hence) strikes on debut as yet another exciting two-year-old scores this term for Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien @curraghrace — Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 4, 2025 'I'm delighted with him, he's a lovely horse,' said O'Brien. 'He was never away and he'll come forward loads. He'll have no problem getting seven furlongs. 'The reason those horses were here was in case they were Ascot horses. Ryan said he's lovely, but that Ascot might be a little bit too quick for him and to give him a little bit of time. 'He doesn't have to step up in trip and he might come back here for the Railway Stakes.' Flushing Meadows was bringing up a double for the Ballydoyle team after Moore got a fine tune from Amadeus Mozart in the opening Sky Bet For The Fans Irish EBF Maiden Another son of Wootton Bassett, he was the well-backed 10-11 favourite for his racecourse bow and although asked to knuckle down before two furlongs out, responded to his rider's encouragement to get the better of also-promising stablemate Dorset by half a length. It is a race O'Brien has won with Lope Y Fernandez (2019) and Point Lonsdale (2021) in the past and the leading players could prove key members for the Ballydoyle team in the future. O'Brien said: 'They are lovely big horses, they were never away so they are going to come forward plenty. 'Ryan liked him (the winner). He said he was a lovely horse and he wouldn't mind stepping up. 'He'll be a lovely horse next year, he's a very big horse. He was very green.'
Leader Live
4 days ago
- Business
- Leader Live
O'Brien serves an ace with Flushing Meadows at the Curragh
The son of Wootton Bassett was sent off at 5-2 in the hands of Ryan Moore and made it game, set and match with ease in the Irish EBF Maiden, surging to an impressive length-and-a-half success in the six-furlong event. A Royal Ascot tilt may come too soon for the exciting two-year-old, but O'Brien has his eye on a return to Irish racing HQ for Group Two action later this month. Flushing Meadows (Wootton Bassett x Hence) strikes on debut as yet another exciting two-year-old scores this term for Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien @curraghrace — Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 4, 2025 'I'm delighted with him, he's a lovely horse,' said O'Brien. 'He was never away and he'll come forward loads. He'll have no problem getting seven furlongs. 'The reason those horses were here was in case they were Ascot horses. Ryan said he's lovely, but that Ascot might be a little bit too quick for him and to give him a little bit of time. 'He doesn't have to step up in trip and he might come back here for the Railway Stakes.' Flushing Meadows was bringing up a double for the Ballydoyle team after Moore got a fine tune from Amadeus Mozart in the opening Sky Bet For The Fans Irish EBF Maiden Another son of Wootton Bassett, he was the well-backed 10-11 favourite for his racecourse bow and although asked to knuckle down before two furlongs out, responded to his rider's encouragement to get the better of also-promising stablemate Dorset by half a length. It is a race O'Brien has won with Lope Y Fernandez (2019) and Point Lonsdale (2021) in the past and the leading players could prove key members for the Ballydoyle team in the future. O'Brien said: 'They are lovely big horses, they were never away so they are going to come forward plenty. 'Ryan liked him (the winner). He said he was a lovely horse and he wouldn't mind stepping up. 'He'll be a lovely horse next year, he's a very big horse. He was very green.'
Glasgow Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Glasgow Times
O'Brien serves an ace with Flushing Meadows at the Curragh
The son of Wootton Bassett was sent off at 5-2 in the hands of Ryan Moore and made it game, set and match with ease in the Irish EBF Maiden, surging to an impressive length-and-a-half success in the six-furlong event. A Royal Ascot tilt may come too soon for the exciting two-year-old, but O'Brien has his eye on a return to Irish racing HQ for Group Two action later this month. Flushing Meadows (Wootton Bassett x Hence) strikes on debut as yet another exciting two-year-old scores this term for Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien @curraghrace — Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 4, 2025 'I'm delighted with him, he's a lovely horse,' said O'Brien. 'He was never away and he'll come forward loads. He'll have no problem getting seven furlongs. 'The reason those horses were here was in case they were Ascot horses. Ryan said he's lovely, but that Ascot might be a little bit too quick for him and to give him a little bit of time. 'He doesn't have to step up in trip and he might come back here for the Railway Stakes.' Flushing Meadows was bringing up a double for the Ballydoyle team after Moore got a fine tune from Amadeus Mozart in the opening Sky Bet For The Fans Irish EBF Maiden Amadeus Mozart opened his account at the Curragh (Gary Carson/PA) Another son of Wootton Bassett, he was the well-backed 10-11 favourite for his racecourse bow and although asked to knuckle down before two furlongs out, responded to his rider's encouragement to get the better of also-promising stablemate Dorset by half a length. It is a race O'Brien has won with Lope Y Fernandez (2019) and Point Lonsdale (2021) in the past and the leading players could prove key members for the Ballydoyle team in the future. O'Brien said: 'They are lovely big horses, they were never away so they are going to come forward plenty. 'Ryan liked him (the winner). He said he was a lovely horse and he wouldn't mind stepping up. 'He'll be a lovely horse next year, he's a very big horse. He was very green.'
