New York Post

WOODSTOCK ’21

Blas unveils full Central Park roster

- By JULIA MARSH and SAM RASKIN

Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday revealed the full lineup for the end-of-summer Central Park show celebratin­g New York City’s recovery from the pandemic, comparing the internatio­nally broadcast “concert of a lifetime” to Woodstock.

The mostly free Aug. 21 “homecoming concert” — produced by Clive Davis and featuring Bruce Springstee­n,

Paul Simon, Patti Smith and Jennifer Hudson — will also include Carlos Santana with Rob Thomas, Elvis Costello, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Killers, LL Cool J, Journey, Kane Brown and Wyclef Jean, among others, de Blasio announced.

Jon Batiste, Andrea Bocelli, Barry Manilow, The New York Philharmon­ic, Polo G, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and others will join, too, and the full concert will be broadcast on CNN.

“Maybe you could compare it to Woodstock, but this is unpreceden­ted,” de Blasio said at a press briefing held remotely in The Bronx, labeling the show on the Great Lawn “the concert of a lifetime.”

“I have never heard of a concert with that kind of lineup,” the mayor boasted.

Davis, who joined in the mayor’s announceme­nt with Big Apple restaurate­ur and city Economic Developmen­t Corp. Chairman Danny

Meyer, said, “It will celebrate a spectacula­r range of musical genres, styles and eras, while including some of the most iconic artists in the history of modern music.”

Meyer added, “This will be the most amazing reminder of why you love your city. This is truly going to show the pride that New Yorkers have for their own city and remind all of us why we chose to be here in the first place.”

Eighty percent of tickets for the show will be free, with 20 percent available for VIP purchase. All attendees will be required to show proof of vaccinatio­n, officials said.

Tickets can be purchased beginning Monday at 10 a.m. at nyc.gov/homecoming­week, although CitiBank credit-card holders can start buying tickets a few days earlier, on Thursday at 10 a.m., according to the mayor’s office.

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