Colorful confetti rains down on Times Square ahead of new years eve celebration
What is New Year s Eve without the annual New York Ball Drop ceremony? But this year, it may not witness the usual millions who throng the landmark to watch the Times Square event but certainly, it will be watched live by millions throughout the world due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The organizers, Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, the co-organizers of Times Square New Year s Eve, have announced that singer-songwriter Andra Day will headline the live commercial-free webcast and TV pool feed. She will perform her Grammy Award-nominated single Rise Up, as well as her song Forever Mine.
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Times Square will be closed to the public on New Year s Eve for the first time ever Next year we will all gather and fill Times Square, Chief of Department Terence Monahan said Wednesday. This year, don t even attempt to come and watch it
Those brazen enough to attempt to gather near Times Square will be told to move along, Monahan added
People have been gathering in Times Square to celebrate New Year s Eve every year since 1907
There will still be musical performances and multiple webcasts and telecasts featuring the crystal ball
Last year, around a million people gathered in Times Square on New Year s Eve, which is no longer an option
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia
This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds in many places.
From New York’s Times Square to Sydney Harbour, big public blowouts are being turned into TV-only shows and digital events. But New Zealand, Taiwan and other places with successes against the virus are celebrating like usual.
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus visit Sensoji temple on New Year’s Eve in Tokyo (Hiro Komae/AP)
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Times Square will be without hundreds of thousands
maybe millions of New Year s Eve revelers on Thursday, but the usual bells and whistles will be ready to ring in 2021. During test runs this week, the confetti fluttered perfectly and the ball was deemed ready to rock.
After 2021,in numeral form, arrived in Midtown and was secured at One Times Square, New Year s Eve organizers held the annual Air Worthiness of Confetti Test on the marquee of the Hard Rock Cafe on Tuesday. We re going to make sure when the ball drops, there s over a billion people around the world watching safely from home as they see this joyous blizzard of confetti being released over Times Square, Jeffrey Straus, president of Countdown Entertainment which produces the event, said, explaining the importance of this critical trial during a pandemic New Year s. Today, we re going to test it, make sure that it works properly, that it falls beautifully.