See Bleachers Bring Out Hayley Williams, Jeff Tweedy During All-Star Newport Folk Fest Set
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysJack Antonoff and Bleachers perform during the Newport Folk Festival 2025 at Fort Adams State Park , Newport RI. - Credit: Douglas Mason/Getty ImagesJack Antonoff and Bleachers brought out the guests Friday during their set at the Newport Folk Festival, welcoming the likes of Hayley Williams, Jeff Tweedy, Weyes Blood and more to the stage during what was billed as “The Ally Coalition Talent Show.”
Waxahatchee, Rufus Wainwright, and Dan Reeder also took part on the convivial affair where to singers cycled to and from the microphone to help Bleachers and friends cover artists like Ella Fitzgerald (“Dream a Little Dream of Me”), Roy Orbison (“You Got It”), and Newport legend Bob Dylan (“Not Dark Yet”).
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Tweedy’s appearance featured Bleachers and the Wilco frontman teaming up for a rendition of Lana Del Rey’s “Margaret” — the Bleachers-featuring track of Del Rey’s Antonoff-produced Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd — as well a take on Wilco’s own “Kamera.” (Tweedy, like Waxahatchee and Reeder, were also booked to play their own sets at the fest.)
Williams used her cameo to debut her new song “Mirtzapine” live for the first time in concert, as well as join Bleachers for a rendition of Modern English’s new wave classic “I Melt With You.”
AdvertisementAdvertisement#_R_5dokr8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_ iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#_R_9dokr8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_ iframeBleachers closed out their Newport Folk Festival set with yet another cover — the Waterboys’ “The Whole of the Moon” — before closing out the gig with “Modern Girl.”
This year’s Newport Folk Festival also featured sets by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Luke Combs, Jessica Pratt, Margo Price, MJ Lenderman, both Goose and Geese, Public Enemy, the Lemonheads, Lukas Nelson, Iron & Wine, Maren Morris and more.
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