Bon Jovi Playing Free Central Park Show
Iconic New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi will play a free concert in Central Park on July 12, mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today (June 30).
Alongside frontman Jon Bon Jovi, as well as officials from Major League Baseball and Bank of America, Bloomberg outlined the details of the event at a City Hall press conference.
The show, billed as an “All-Star Concert in Central Park,” will take place in conjunction with the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which is set for July 15 at Yankee Stadium.
“We’ve gotten the chance to bookend what is the most successful tour in the world this year with a free concert for anyone in New York,” Bon Jovi said. “I just traveled the world again, and New York is still the greatest city in the world.”
The concert will take place at 8 p.m. on the park’s Great Lawn and will not be televised. Fans will be allowed to enter the area beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets will be available beginning July 2 at baseball parks as well as at events throughout New York.
The majority of the tickets will be available at Yankee Stadium, but will also be available at Shea Stadium and at the parks of the Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island Yankees. Additionally, tickets will be available through radio sweepstakes, promotional giveaways and in-store programs. Fan can also get tickets at MLB.com.
No more than 60,000 tickets will be distributed in an attempt to maintain the safety and integrity of the lawn’s grass, Bloomberg said. “Our interest is in keeping the park open and making sure at the same time that we protect the investment the public has made,” he said.
Bon Jovi said fans should expect a full-blown rock show despite the restrictions in place to protect the grass. “This will be our major stadium production,” he said.
The band’s “Lost Highway” tour wraps July 14-15 in New York.
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