Billboard - USA (2020-03-14)

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Danielle Haim of HAIM on March 7,


when the trio live-debuted its new


single, “The Steps.”


Festival co-founder Julio Mario Santo


Domingo III (left) and Insomniac


founder Pasquale Rotella on March 6.


Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig during


the band’s headlining set on March 7.


OKEECHOBEE MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL The four-day Florida


event returned after a 2019 hiatus amid cancellations by festival staples like


Miami’s Ultra Music Festival due to coronavirus fears. Headliners included


Rüfüs Du Sol, Vampire Weekend, Mumford & Sons and Bassnectar (pictured


onstage), who thanked fans on Instagram for “the amazing vibes.”


Performer Becky G (center) received an official monogrammed


belt buckle ahead of her performance on March 5 with (from left)


chairman of the board Jim Winne and his wife, Lynda; her parents


Alejandra and Francisco Gomez; chairman-elect of the board


Brady Carruth and his wife, Zane.


Maren Morris performed while


pregnant on March 7, captioning


an Instagram photo of the event


“#9monthsAndDidTheFreakingRodeo.”


HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO


HOUSTON, MARCH 3-11


Midland’s Mark


Wystrach on


opening night,


which the band


said “was one


of the most fun


we’ve had” on


Instagram.


Seattle singer-


songwriter UMI


warmed up


the crowd for


a weekend of


music with her


afternoon set


on March 6.


Willie Nelson


played the


rodeo for


the 11th time


(his first was


in 1985) on


March 4.


Gunna performed March 6, the same day he released his


WUNNA lead single, “SKYBOX.”


24 BILLBOARD • MARCH 14, 2020


OKEECHOBEE: BASSNECTAR: ALEX PEREZ/INSOMNIAC EVENTS. GUNNA, UMI: TIM MOSENFELDER/WIREIMAGE. VAMPIRE: IVAN MENESES/INSOMNIAC
EVENTS. ROTELLA: EASTON SCHIRRA. HAIM: JASON KOERNER/GETTY IMAGES. RODEO (4): HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO.
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