8 Best Moments From Olivia Rodrigo’s Headlining Gov Ball 2025 Set: ‘I Want Them to Hear Us in F—king Manhattan’

Olivia Rodrigo is a machine.

While most artists would opt to take a break after touring an album around the world for over a year, Rodrigo wasn’t quite done after wrapping her GUTS tour last fall. In March, she took the stage at Lollapalooza Chilé — her first of a whopping 18 headlining festival sets she booked for 2025. A handful of Latin America gigs later, Rodrigo made her way back to the States for the second day of Governors Ball on Saturday (June 7) night.

Her first appearance at the New York City festival unfortunately didn’t come without obstacles — particularly for fans. Due to inclement weather, (heavy rain and lightning were forecasted for a few hours during the day), festival organizers announced that doors would be pushed from 11:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., leaving dozens of fans who arrived bright and early for a prime barricade spot to wait outside the gates even longer. When doors finally did open, a handful of afternoon sets were cut, while others were shortened and pushed.

Rodrigo’s main stage set moved from 8:30 p.m. to 9:25 p.m., immediately following Feid, who performed during her original set time on the nearby Kiehl’s stage.

When she finally hit the stage dressed in a sparkly new red two-piece set, Rodrigo controlled the crowd with a rock ‘n’ roll prowess we haven’t seen since artists like Avril Lavigne and Gwen Stefani toured in the early aughts. She effortlessly blended her pop-rock bangers with her somber ballads for nearly an hour and a half — keeping the crowd of all ages captivated whether she was strumming her guitar, playing the piano or dancing and jumping all over the stage.

The weather delays may have been rough, but they didn’t stop Rodrigo from delivering a set to remember. Here are the 8 best moments from her headlining set below.