NEW YORK—New York's Governors Ball kicked off Friday, June 9, under clearer skies after days of wildfire-induced noxious smog blanketed the city and threatened to derail the annual music festival. As of Wednesday afternoon, air quality in New York was clocking in as the worst in the world, according to an international monitor, as levels of pollution hung at hazardous levels well into the night. Even as the apocalyptic skies gave residents the illusion of living in a sepia filter, festival organizers took a wait-and-see approach in consultation with local officials.

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