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This Year\'s Governor\'s Ball to Feature 60 Acts

Kanye West, Kings of Leon, the xx and the Lumineers are among 60 acts who will appear at this year’s Governor’s Ball Music Festival , a three-day event on Randalls Island that will start on June 7. Started three years ago, the festival has expanded in size and scope each year, and this time around, the promoters, Founders Entertainment, have booked an eclectic group of performers, representing genres like electro-pop, rap and folk-rock. Among the other hip-hop acts on the bill are Kendrick Lamar, Nas and Azealia Banks. Indie rock is well represented, with Feist, Grizzly Bear, Beach House, Dirty Projectors and Best Coast making appearances. Folk-rock groups Monsters and Men and the Avett Brothers are also on the bill.