Francis And The Lights Debuts New Album Farewell, Starlite! At Eaux Claires Festival

Chance The Rapper and Bon Iver also dropped by for “Summer Friends” and “Friends.”

By Myles Tanzer

August 14, 2016

Francis And The Lights closed out Wisconsin's Eaux Claires festival on Saturday night by debuting their new album Farewell, Starlite!. (There has not been any release date announced just yet and a representative for Fracis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.) Justin Vernon, who debuted a new Bon Iver project the day before, and Chance The Rapper jumped on stage at the end of the set to perform "Summer Friends" and the song that inspired it, "Friends."

Watch a short clip of "Summer Friends" performance above and check out the synchronized dancing in the "Friends" clip below.

Posted: August 14, 2016

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