1. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga at Radio City Music Hall (June 22)
A stirring, stunning homecoming for two New York legends — one reigning and one rising. The night’s most goose-bump-inducing moment was a tie between an elegant, post-Oscar-performance-redemption Gaga slaying “La Vie en Rose” and the incomparable Tony belting out “Fly Me to the Moon,” dedicated to his old friend Frank.
5. Drake at Governors Ball (June 5)
Live performance has never been one of Drake’s strengths, but his triumphant and energetic show headlining Governors Ball proved an exception. Never underestimate the power of an entire island’s worth of people screaming, “WITH MY WOES!”
9. Nicki Minaj at Barclays Center (July 26)
Specifically, the moment when Nicki played a bunch of old mixtape cuts in a row and New York did New York proud by rapping along to every single word, cheering much louder than they did for “Starships” or “Anaconda,” and much, much louder than her theatrical stage-kiss with Meek Mill. Brooklyn, we go hard.
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