Olivia Rodrigo has good taste. She has often welcomed music heroes to the stage to perform their classic songs with them, a trend that continued Saturday in her headlining performance at New York's Governors Ball.
Near the end of her main set, Rodrigo welcomed David Byrne — with whom she hung out at her Madison Square Garden gig last year — to perform Talking Heads' immortal "Burning Down The House." She sounded quite Alanis-like on her vocal parts, to name another one of Rodrigo's rock-star pals. The sight of elder statesman Byrne bopping around in his red overalls during this young pop-rock queen's festival set is delightfully silly; it seems like both singers were having a blast.
Check out footage of Rodrigo and Byrne in action together below.
Olivia Rodrigo brought out David Byrne of Talking Heads to perform ‘Burning Down The House’ at Gov Ball. pic.twitter.com/64Ozz2aYH6
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Not all of the news out of Gov Ball Saturday was so heartwarming. Doors were supposed to open at noon, but due to weather, entry was delayed until 4:30 p.m., causing some sets to be canceled (Lexa Gates, Yaya Bey) and others to be pushed back.
