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IHEARTRADIO
MUSIC FESTIVAL
LAS VEGAS, SEPT. 20-21
Miley Cyrus (left) owned the two-day event that took
over Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena: She live-debuted a solo
rendition of “Don’t Call Me Angel” sans collaborators
Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey, covered Led Zeppelin’s
“Black Dog” and Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb,” and
even got a shoutout during Def Leppard’s performance
of “Pour Some Sugar on Me” while she rocked out in
the crowd. The love was felt all around, as Alicia Keys
tackled Post Malone’s “Congratulations” and brought out
Lewis Capaldi to duet on his smash “Someone to Love,”
H.E.R. enlisted a gospel choir to help cover Ed Sheeran’s
“Make It Rain,” and Tim McGraw performed The Cars’
“Drive” in honor of Ric Ocasek, the Cars frontman who
died on Sept. 15. But the most affectionate moment of all
came after the festival, when Lil Nas X, who surprised
the crowd with a performance of “Panini,” congratulat-
ed Camila Cabello — who live-debuted her new singles
“Liar” and “Shameless” — on Instagram, saying: “watch-
ing her career over the past few years has been inspiring
asf. can’t wait to work with you one day @camila_cabello
you amazing human being.” —KATIE ATKINSON
Monsta X became
the first K-pop group
to perform at the
iHeartRadio Music
Festival, on Sept. 20.
From left: Warner Bros. Records co-chairman/COO
Tom Corson, Loud Luxury’s Joe Depace, Bryce Vine
and Loud Luxury’s Andrew Fedyk behind the Daytime
Stage on Sept. 21.
In addition to “Panini,” Lil Nas X’s surprise day-one setlist included
“Rodeo” and, of course, his smash “Old Town Road.”
Chance the Rapper, who postponed an
upcoming tour earlier in September after the
birth of his second child, performed on Sept. 21.
Zara Larsson (center) closed out her
Sept. 21 set at the Daytime Stage by
performing her 2015 MNEK-assisted
breakthrough hit, “Never Forget You.”