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Gov Ball 2025’s 10 Best Moments: RAYE Sings in the Shower, Benson Boone Flips, Hozier Plays Through the Pain & More

The 10 best moments from the Governors Ball 2025 festival, including Benson Boone, RAYE and Hozier.

Those who stayed, though, just went even crazier through the alt-rock band’s closing trio of songs, howling the wordless singalong at the end of “Remember When” along with a now-rain-soaked Minnette, and filling in Clairo’s entire guest verse for the group’s signature hit “Are You Bored Yet?” What he saw was one of the biggest non-headliner crowds of the weekend, as the decision to schedule Gray right before his self-professed best friend Olivia Rodrigo proved highly inspired booking — a point driven home by the fans in the audience shown wearing matching “I’m Lacy ” / “I’m Heather ” t-shirts. “I am haunted — I am stricken — by the specter of puberty one more time.” The protestations were unnecessary, as despite some visibly heavy eyes, Hozier sounded fantastic throughout his set — and ironically, this specific apology came after perhaps his finest performance of the night, as he walked out to a secondary stage in the crowd for a stunning acoustic solo rendition of 2014’s “Cherry Wine.” And of course, the fans in attendance were more than happy to help out on singing duties anyway, particularly on the crowd-pleasers from his self-titled first album, and on the 2024 Billboard Hot 100-topping “Too Sweet.”

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