Noah Kahan themed Rolling Stone The inaugural US music festival in Kingston, New York over the weekend, marking the first time a music magazine has used its branding for a music festival
With a crowd of 4,000 in attendance, the Stateside concert was an understatement for Kahan, who will play four sold-out nights at Boston’s Fenway Park this week. He was preceded on the main stage by upcoming singer-songwriter Gigi Perez, whose set was slightly interrupted by a thunderstorm. While the storm shut down the festival for about 90 minutes, Kahan was able to play a 75-minute Fourth of July set that included his hits “Stick Season,” “Dial Drunk” and “Great Divide.”
Appropriate for the Independence Day parade, the United States turned to folk, Americana, rock and country, and groups such as Sydney Rose, Arcee Drive, Beau Stalloch and Baby Stockwell appeared. Also on the bill were H Ingram, Derby, Michaela Ann, Calder Allen and Devon Gilfillian.
to rolling Stone, Stateside Magazine owns a music magazine that uses its brand to create more revenue streams beyond traditional print and digital income. While the United States is Rolling Stone The magazine’s first namesake festival, the company has delved into live events already, having purchased the Life is Beautiful music festival in Las Vegas in 2022.
Aside from playing at the festival, Kahan was Rolling Stone June’s cover star, too.
“Stateside” was just the latest in an especially busy year for Kahan, whose star continues to grow. He released his famous fourth album The great division Back in April, he released a documentary on Netflix, Noah Kahan: Out of the bodythis year too.
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