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end-of-summer Central Park show celebrating New York City’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing the internationally broadcast “concert of a lifetime” to Woodstock.The mostly free Aug.

The full musical line-up for New York City’s big “Homecoming” concert in Central Park this August was announced today by recording mogul Clive Davis and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorClive Davis and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the artists who will be joining Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson at the New York City “homecoming concert” in New York’s Central Park on August 21: Andrea Bocelli, LL Cool J, Kane Brown, Elvis Costello, Earth, Wind and Fire, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Cynthia Erivo, Jimmy Fallon, Wyclef Jean, Journey, the Killers, Gayle King, Don Lemon, Barry Manilow, Polo G, Patti Smith, Rob Thomas with

Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson will headline a “homecoming” concert at Central Park in New York sometime this summer.Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed the three headliners during a video press conference yesterday (July 1), announcing the event as part of a week-long celebration of the city’s reopening.

Ethan Shanfeld Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson are among the first batch of artists announced to headline the New York City “homecoming concert” in New York’s Central Park this summer.While the concert, taking place on the park’s Great Lawn as part of a weeklong celebration of the city’s reopening, was provisionally scheduled for Aug.

homecoming concert” in the iconic Manhattan green space will be headlined by Bruce Springsteen, Queens native and “American legend” Paul Simon and award-winning singer and former “American Idol” Jennifer Hudson, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday. “It’s going to be one of the greatest Central Park concerts in history.

coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.“It is going to be a great moment for the city, marking our rebirth, marking our comeback, and it’s going to be one of the greatest Central Park concerts in history,” the mayor said at a virtual news briefingDe Blasio announced last month that producer Clive Davis would recruit an all-star lineup for a Central Park concert in August.

Clive Davis has snagged Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon as headliners for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s post-COVID Central Park concert, Page Six has learned. "Bruce will do a duet with Patti Smith," an insider added, "Jennifer Hudson is also slated [to hit the stage]." The concert — which is intended to celebrate New York City’s revival after the COVID-19 lockdowns — is set to take place on the Great Lawn on Aug.

Noel Gallagher has said that he is contemplating selling the rights to his back catalogue in 2025.A number of major artists have sold the rights to their music, either in part or in full, in recent times, including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Neil Young.Gallagher was asked in a new interview with Apple Music Hits’ Matt Wilkinson – where he was promoting ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 – 2011-2021’, a ‘Best Of’ album by his High Flying Birds project – if he would ever consider selling the rights to

Lauren Simon recently celebrated the end of her five-year divorce battle with her ex-husband, property investor Paul Simon, and the start of a new chapter in her life.The Real Housewives of Cheshire star, 46, who recently gave a glimpse inside her glamorous home, reflected on what it was like to burn her wedding dress after more than 13 years of marriage.

Hawkins passed away following an extended illness and several years of health struggles, according to AL.com. He was 75.The Muscle Shoals Music Foundation announced his death yesterday (May 20) on Instagram.In a statement, they wrote: “Our hearts are breaking today as the heartbeat of ‘The Swampers’ drummer Roger Hawkins passed away this afternoon at his home in Sheffield.

Chris Willman Music WriterClive Davis has a gig as music’s own new Barbara Walters, if he wants it. For the second half of his two-part virtual “Grammy gala” this year, the music mogul doubled down in Saturday night’s invitation-only webcast on interviews with the stars, including Elton John, DaBaby, Paul Simon, H.E.R., Dave Grohl, Dionne Warwick and Chris Stapleton.

Clive Davis held the second part of his virtual pre-Grammy celebration on Saturday night, raising money for the Grammy Museum by conducting a six-hour interview session that included chats with such stars as Elton John, Paul Simon, Dionne Warwick, Berry Gordy, Chris Stapleton, Oprah Winfrey, Donovan, Barry Manilow and Dave Grohl.

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Chris Willman Music WriterClive Davis has announced the second part of his virtual “Pre-Grammy Gala,” delayed from its original date of the night before the awards, with music veterans like Elton John, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon set to join the invitation-only festivities, along with current hitmakers like DaBaby and H.E.R.The party will now take place Saturday, May 15, after the planned February event was postponed from Grammy week due to illness.

Sony Music Publishing be the custodian of my songs for the coming decades.

Another one for fans of mega-bucks rights acquisition deals now.

Simon and Garfunkel as well as his solo material.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Publishing announced it has acquired the song catalog of Paul Simon, one of the most successful and influential songwriters of the past 75 years. The milestone deal includes Paul Simon’s classic songs spanning more than six decades, from his time as a member of Simon & Garfunkel, through his extraordinary career as a solo artist – among them, “The Sound of Silence,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “The Boxer,” “Mrs.

“I anticipate that we will be overwhelmed in that first week, but hope that it will quiet down a bit after that. But even with a very significant increase in the supply of vaccine, we’re estimating that it will still take a couple months,” said Los Angeles County Chief Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon on Friday.

Kid Cudi has said he’s working on adding his ‘A Kid Named Cudi’ mixtape to streaming platforms.The rapper’s debut mixtape, which was released independently in 2008, hears him rap over a variety of well-known instrumentals by the likes of Outkast, N.E.R.D., Paul Simon, Gnarls Barkley, Monsters Of Folk and more.It also contains the ‘Day ‘n’ Nite’, Cudi’s commercial debut single, which reached Number Three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Grammys 2021 ended on a bright note for Taylor Swift, who shone like a beacon of hope and positivity during the quarantine period with her Billboard 200 album, Folklore. Besides a brilliant Folklore, Evermore medley performance, T-Swift's 2020 album deservedly took home the Grammy for Album of the Year as Taylor has now tied the record for the most AOTY Grammy wins joining legends Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon.

Chris Willman Music WriterTaylor Swift became the first woman to win the award for album of the year three times when “Folklore” triumphed in that marquee category at the Grammy Awards Sunday night.She previously won the prize for her sophomore album, “Fearless,” in 2010, and scored again in 2016 for her fifth album, “1989.”The only previous triple winners in the category to win as artists are Frank SInatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.Noting how the album was made entirely quarantine, without

Los Angeles County will again reserve the majority of its available vaccinations again next week to provide second doses for those ready to receive them, with county-operated large-scale sites exclusively administering second doses, health officials said Friday.

There was good news and bad news on the LA Covid-19 front on Friday. On the one hand, the key numbers were down virtually across the board. On the other hand, with virus variants worrying officials and the region’s vaccine rollout sputtering, there was concern of another surge.

“This very clearly is the latest surge for the winter holidays and New Year’s.” That was Los Angeles Public Health Chief Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon on Friday. “It’s likely to continue over the next week or two. We do expect these numbers continue to be high over the next couple weeks,” he said.

“The very high numbers I will report today are, sadly, not a surprise,” said Los Angeles Public Health Chief Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon on Friday.

Mark David Married musicians Paul Simon and Edie Brickell are so eager to get rid of their country estate in bucolic (and posh) New Canaan, Conn., they’re willing to endure a bank account-brutalizing multimillion-dollar loss.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s chief science officer, Dr. Paul Simon, said that the county will report a daily coronavirus case number that tops 2,000 on Thursday, reaching a level not seen since early July.

Paul Simon – ‘The Boy In The Bubble’“The first album I remember hearing was ‘Graceland’, and the first song on that is ‘The Boy In The Bubble’. I think there were a lot of children my age whose parents were ‘recovering hippies’, I think is the phrase, who played that album around the house a lot.

Dion DiMucci not just an early-'60s crooner but a rock n' roll pioneer worthy of an April 2021 Broadway musical was the snarl in his voice.

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“Supernatural” star Jensen Ackles and wife Danneel Ackles are celebrating their 10th anniversary with some 1980s nostalgia by hilariously recreating the music video for Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al”.

Simon praised the cover as "extraordinary"

Paul Simon came out of semi-retirement on Thursday night (19Mar20) to perform as part of Willie Nelson’s virtual Till Further Notice festival.

Joseph Shabalala worked with Paul Simon on 'Graceland'