Festival fans demand refunds after headliner’s set slashed over weather delay
Many Governors Ball attendees are asking for refunds after one headliner's set was shortened and several acts were nixed over a weather delay.
The music festival pushed back doors until 4:30 p.m. — instead of the typical noon — on Saturday, June 7 when the New York area received a storm.
"Please delay your arrival and plan accordingly," Gov Ball advised concertgoers on X .
Just over an hour later, the festival posted an updated schedule for Saturday. The new schedule had removed scheduled performances by School of Rock NYC, Glasshouse, Monobloc, Die Spitz, The Backfires, Lexa Gates and Yaya Bey.
The updated schedule included a shorter version of headliner Olivia Rodrigo's set at the end of the night. The pop star was originally supposed to go on at 8:30 p.m. and play until roughly 10 p.m. However, the weather caused Rodrigo's set to be delayed until 9:25 p.m.
While Gov Ball did not directly indicate when Rodrigo's set would end, it appeared to have been scheduled past 10 p.m. Billboard reported her set wrapped up a couple minutes after 10:30 p.m.
After losing about 30 minutes of Rodrigo's set, disappointed fans called on Gov Ball to issue refunds.
"I better get my refund because cancelling other performers and shortening sets is just irresponsible," one X user wrote .
"We deserve at least a partial refund this is insane it's not even raining," another X user wrote .
"Thank you but we still deserve some kind of compensation for this," an Instagram user wrote , adding the festival's communication "has been incredibly unprofessional."
Gov Ball has not publicly addressed the situation.
This isn't the first time weather caused issues for the annual festival. Gov Ball issued refunds in 2019 after rain also caused mayhem on the festival grounds, The Mirror reported.
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