Hayley Williams welcomed Jack Antonoff, Lucy Dacus, Jenny Lewis and a host of other special guests at Newport Folk Festival. (NME report)
The Paramore frontwoman performed a collaborative set billed as Hayley Williams & Friends on the festival’s Fort Stage at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island yesterday (July 24).
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After opening with ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ and ‘Kill Me’, Williams brought out Wednesday singer Karly Hartzman for a performance of the heavier ‘Mirtazapine’.
She then welcomed This Is Lorelei – the project of Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos – to cover ‘I’m All Fucked Up’, before being joined by Joy Oladokun for a rendition of Oladokun’s own ‘I’d Miss The Birds’.
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She played a duet of ‘Thin Air’ with the original artist Liam Benzvi, while Annie DiRusso, who supported Williams across much of her recent North American tour, later emerged for ‘Disappearing Man’.
Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis joined Williams to perform ‘Silver Lining’, and Kelsey Lu accompanied her on the first live performance of ‘Leave It Alone’. Lu remained on stage as Lucy Dacus joined them for the live debut of ‘Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris’.
Remi Wolf was next to appear, using Williams’ set to debut a new song titled ‘Twiggy Little Butt’. Phoenix Rousiamanis then joined for ‘True Believer’, while Madi Diaz and Kelsey Lu assisted on the first live performance of ‘Find Me Here’.
Towards the end of the show, Williams reunited with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff for an acoustic cover of Bleachers’ ‘I Wanna Get Better’, and he stayed on stage to accompany her on the breezy ‘Good Ol’ Days’.
Williams closed the set by inviting many of the afternoon’s guests back to the stage for a communal cover of Bill Withers’ ‘Lean On Me’.
