New York mega-concerts lead US return to live music
Shows with tens of thousands of people will return to the US as early as this month, as restrictions are lifted for those vaccinated against Covid-19
News By | 8 June 2021
Plans are underway for a summer concert for 60,000 people in New York’s Central Park, as the United States increasingly takes the global lead on the return to normality for the live music industry.
The open-air event, announced yesterday (7 June) by New York’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, will bring together eight “iconic” musicians for a three-hour show which will also be broadcast on television across the globe, the New York Times reports.
According to the Times, the show is provisionally set for 21 August, forming part of a ‘Homecoming Week’ of events in New York city. The concert is being coordinated by promoter Clive Davis, 89, with Live Nation also involved in the production.
Provisionally titled ‘The Official NYC Homecoming Concert in Central Park’, the majority…
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