If there’s one thing country singers love to do when performing live, it’s honor those who came before them or inspired them to do what they’re doing. But while Faster Horses festival began with country covers like “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive” and “Fishing in The Dark,” the rest of the weekend involved some more unexpected cover songs, from Lorde to Flo Rida — and the crowds loved every second of them.
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As Billboard checked out the many performances across the weekend (July 21-23), we filmed a snippet of each unconventional cover for those who couldn’t be at the Michigan festival to see. Check out the clips below.
“Royals,” Lorde — Craig Campbell
“One Headlight,” The Wallflowers — Maddie & Tae
“What I Got,” Sublime — Drake White
“Country Grammar,” Nelly — Walker McGuire
“You Give Love a Bad Name,” Bon Jovi — Dan + Shay
“No Diggity,” Blackstreet — Darius Rucker
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” U2 — Miranda Lambert
“Sugar It’s Goin’ Down,” Fall Out Boy — Jackie Lee
“Baby One More Time,” Britney Spears — Lauren Alaina
“Too Good,” Drake & Rihanna — Bailey Bryan
“Pony,” Ginuwine — Brett Eldredge
“My House,” Flo Rida — Luke Bryan