White and red rhinestone chaps. Like Westward Expansion, half of Austin came out to see Chappell Roan in a great migration saddled up on pink ponies instead of mustangs. Pink cowboy hats galore, too. She teased a new song, everyone did the “HOT TO GO!” dance, and the set was a definite “femininomenon.” — Mars Salazar

Dua Lipa put us through drills and consider us worked out after day two of Austin City Limits Music Festival 2024. The reigning pop queen's headline performance capped a day that also included standout sets from the Beaches,

Seated onstage atop a wheeled platform, its rug spreading out their guitars and miniature metropolis of pedals, Hermanos Gutiérrez put in the traditionally biggest ask of ACL Fest throughout its 22-year-history: listen under that atomic Texas sun.

The pop sensation's ACL set was a nonstop hit parade with Vegas-level choreography. Of course she closed with "Houdini." Magic was made.