Tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnns new years eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, Patti Labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. Jackson, plus more surprises. And now live from new york city, your hosts, Anderson Cooper and andy cohen. And welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. Anderson cooper here. Im andy cohen. They brought us back for another year. They did. Yes, they did. With stipulations. Some stipulations this year. Well get into that. Yeah. Theres fine print. Yes. It is a balmy night here in new york. Its almost like 50 degrees. Yes, it is. I was schmitzing. I got rid of my coat. We were all prepared for it to get colder. The crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. Very wet very wet. I would call them flaccid, the crowd. Okay. Its early. Not the word i would use. And a little early for that word. Okay. Theres plenty of ti
tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnn s new year s eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, patti labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. jackson, plus more surprises. and now live from new york city, your hosts, anderson cooper and andy cohen. and welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. anderson cooper here. i m andy cohen. they brought us back for another year. they did. yes, they did. with stipulations. some stipulations this year. we ll get into that. yeah. there s fine print. yes. it is a balmy night here in new york. it s almost like 50 degrees. yes, it is. i was schmitzing. i got rid of my coat. we were all prepared for it to get colder. the crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. very wet very wet. i would call them flaccid, the crowd. okay. it s early. not the word i would use.
forever. and there was a lot of competitions that year. what do you mine you couldn t sing it s a really hard score. i was in danger of losing my voice every night. wow. and then when i won it, i went, oh, thank god. because also i didn t get good reviews. really? no. i got lousy reviews. but the i distinctly remember sitting in the audience, and it was electric. it was one of those theater experiences that s just like extraordinary. at that time i think it was clive barnes. wow. somebody said i have ice water running through my veins. from l.a. to san francisco to new york that a bad thing? for evita it is hi, you guys. look at us. oh, my god, times square. i know. guess what? what? remember what we did almost a year ago. yes. almost a year ago we were in a podcast in my closet. literal flow andy s closet literally in andy s closet, a big closet. we reported a podcast.
and i couldn t sing, i had become an alto and i could not sing the song and i thought people would feel. if| if ijust if i just played if ijust played the guitar port. but i like the guitar part. and it was very well received, to my delight. as they discussed her career, she said she felt classic albums like blue had not received the recognition they deserve. at the time, no, it took a lot of flak if anything. you know, people thought it was too intimate. it was almost like dylan going electric. it upset the male singer song writers, they thought do we have to bear our souls? it made people nervous. it took to this generation, they seem to be able to face those
on the performance. the newport folk festival you played guitar and you sang and it is extraordinary to see how music has brought you back to life. yes. you didn t rehearse you stood up and played guitar. i had to figure out what i did and i couldn t sing, i had become an alto and i could not sing the song and i thought people would feel. but i liked the guitar part of that song and it was very well received, to my delight. as they discussed her career, she said she felt classic albums like blue had not received the recognition they deserve. at the time, no, it took a lot of flak if anything. you know, people thought it was too intimate.