Austin City Limits 2019 weekend two began as one of the coldest in the history of the more than 15-year-old three-day music festival. From iconic rock legends like Guns N' Roses to rising R&B artists like Mahalia, the Austin music event brought locals and fans from all over a plethora of genres to enjoy. See what artists stopped by to hang with the Recording Academy from Oct. 11–13 in Zilker Park.
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Soulful pop singer/songwriter and producer King Princess stopped by backstage to say hello before her set on Friday.
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Rising Austin R&B talent Alesia Lani hung out for a minute to talk about how much performing at Austin City Limits for the first time means to her. "It's a big dream. It's great that they give local opportunities and chances, and me being an authentic R&B artist that's a really big deal and I'm really very happy to be here," she told the Recording Academy's On The Road host Alina Vission.
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Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) have been on the Not In This Lifetime reunion tour since 2016, and ACL was one festival to join the list of dates. Before 2016, Axl and Slash had not shared the same stage in 23 years.
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U.K. singer/songwriter Mahalia shared some of her thoughts on being an international artist and sat down with us to give us a little more insight on her latest music project, Love And Compromise.
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K.Flay swung by to talk the inspiration behind her "Not In California" video and more.
We could not miss The Raconteurs rocking the ACL stage on Friday.
Folk/pop singer Savannah Conley came through the Recording Academy tent to share what she likes to do when she comes to Austin and what she loves about ACL.
The Recording Academy caught Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas cheesing during a backstage moment.
Judah & The Lion's set was awesome and they were even more awesome to chat with afterwards.
We had to ask country star Orville Peck about both his musical and fashion style influences when he popped by backstage.
Pink Sweat$ let us know that he loves the diverse audience that comes out to ACL every year. He also shared the way he keeps in touch with fans on social media: answering DMs.
The Cure delivered one of the greatest sets at the festival, hands down. The U.K icons took the stage to play some of their biggest songs, including "Lovesong" and "Just Like Heaven."
James Blake also gave an electrifying set which, despite the big crowd, felt intimate because of his soothing vocals. The performance had many wanting more after his closing song.
Oregon-trio Joseph were a delight to chat with backstage.
Canadian band Metric were one of the awesome international bands to play at the fest. They stopped by to chat about their new collab with GRAMMY-winning Mexican band Zoe and more.
We loved rapper/singer/songwriter Denzel Curry's energy backstage.
Billie Eilish and Finneas had a huge crowd going during their set at ACL.
Lizzo performed in front of one of the biggest crowds she's ever seen during her Sunday set at weekend two of ACL.
Mumford & Sons brought out a marching band to close out the last night of ACL 2019 during their epic performance.
