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Grammy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter KT Tunstall to HeadlineMusical Lineup for Live, Commercial-Free Webcast and TV Pool Feed
LL Cool J, Chlöe, Journey and Karol G to PerformLive in Times Square for 2022 New Year’s Eve Celebration
Global Event to Also Feature Performances by the USO Show Troupe, Liza Koshy, andThe Sino-America Friendship Association
NEW YORK – December 26, 2021 – The Times Square Alliance and CountdownEntertainment, the co-organizers of Times Square New Year’s Eve, today announced the officialTimes Square New Year’s Eve event lineup, which will feature live performances by KT Tunstall,LL Cool J, Chlöe, Journey, Karol G, a Planet Fitness Dance Performance with Liza Koshy,and the USO Show Troupe, as well as an array of special activities and appearances that willhappen throughout the evening.
The international celebration will build in excitement with hourly countdowns leading to theiconic Ball Drop when the Mayor of the City of New York will push the Waterford Crystalbutton that signals the descent of the New Year’s Eve Ball, and lead the sixty second countdownto midnight.
The ceremony will begin at 6:00 PM ET with the lighting and raising of the New Year’s EveBall atop One Times Square. The official opening ceremony will feature a beautiful Chinesecultural dance performance from Henan, China, presented by the Sino-American FriendshipAssociation (SAFA).
Actor and beloved TV personality Jonathan Bennett, star of the Hallmark Holiday film “TheChristmas House” and the 2004 film, “Mean Girls,” and host of the Food Network’s top-rated“Cake Wars,” “Halloween Wars,” and “Holiday Wars,” will return to the celebration as TimesSquare New Year’s Eve Host. This year, Bennett will be joined by Jeremy Hassell – anexperienced live event and celebrity interview host, most recently with Regal Cinemas, who will serve as co-host. Hassell has been a part of the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration since2016 serving as a street correspondent.
Times Square 2022 LIVE performances on the Planet Fitness and Countdown Stages:
In addition to the live performances, the evening will feature many more special moments, including:
Revelers across the globe will be able to experience the excitement of the Times Square NewYear’s Eve celebration via the six-hour, live commercial-free webcast, enabled by Livestream.The webcast will capture all of the action, including the musical performances by Tunstall.
The 13th annual webcast will cover the action and festivities in Times Square, beginning with theBall Raising at 6 p.m. EST, plus live musical performances, hourly countdowns, behind-the-scenesstories, and star-studded interviews as anticipation builds towards the midnight countdown and thefamous Ball Drop. The custom-designed embeddable video provides viewers with a full TimesSquare New Year’s Eve experience. This live webcast video experience is available to embed fordigital media outlets, bloggers, social media editors, webmasters, and Facebook users as a sourceof fun and entertaining content on their own sites customized for their respective communities andnetworks.
For the second year, Jamestown, owner of One Times Square – home of the iconic Ball DropCelebration – has brought back its virtual New Year's Eve experience. Everyone everywhere can start the festivities today and enter the virtual world of Time Square and play exclusive games.Then, on December 31st, viewers can tune in for a live broadcast where they can choose from multiple camera feeds to direct their own New Year’s Eve show.
Wonderama will host an 18-hour live broadcast within VNYE that includes musical performances and appearances from Tony Orlando, Bootsy Collins, Randy Edelman, and more.
The VNYE app is available to download inapp stores. For more information, visit www.VNYE.com.
For 117 years, Times Square has been the center of worldwide attention on New Year’s Eve,ever since the owners of One Times Square began in 1904 to conduct rooftop celebrations togreet the New Year. The first Ball Lowering celebration occurred in 1907, and this tradition isnow a universal symbol of welcoming the New Year.
Vaccination Policy for Times Square New Year’s Eve
As announced in November, this year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration will safelywelcome revelers back to Times Square to watch the Ball Drop in person, with proof of fullvaccination and valid photo identification. In-person attendees will also be required to wear masks.
For more information on the vaccination policy and additional health and safety measures in placefor in-person revelers, and how to watch all of the action and Times Square New Year’s Evefestivities from anywhere, please visit www.TSQ.org/NYE.
How to Watch
The Times Square 2022 Webcast will begin at 6 p.m. ET on December 31, 2021 and end at12:15 a.m. ET on January 1, 2022. The show will be streamed live on multiple websites, including TimesSquareNYC.org, NewYearsEve.nyc, LiveStream.com/2022 andTimesSquareBall.net.
Embedding codes and additional webcast info is available at:https://www.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-new-years-eve/nye-live-webcast orLiveStream.com/2022
Additionally, Jamestown, the owner of One Times Square – home of the iconic New Year’s EveBall Drop Celebration – brought back its virtual New Year’s Eve experience: VNYE. ThroughVNYE, people from across the globe can explore the virtual world of Times Square, play games, and livestream New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square and around the world. In 2020,VNYE reached more than 3.7 million people worldwide.
A number of broadcast networks will be airing elements of the Times Square celebration,including ABC (“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”) and CNN (“NewYear’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen”).
Info for the Times Square New Year’s Eve television broadcast pool feed is available at
https://www.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-new-years-eve/media-press/new-years-eve-pool-feed-information
About Times Square New Year's Eve
The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment are the organizers of Times SquareNew Year's Eve. The Times Square Alliance works to improve and promote Times Square so thatit retains the energy, edge and distinctiveness that have made it an icon of entertainment, cultureand urban life. Countdown Entertainment represents the owners of One Times Square and the NewYear’s Eve Ball.
For more information about Times Square New Year’s Eve, visit www.TimesSquareNYC.org.To join the Times Square New Year’s Eve conversation on Twitter, follow #BallDrop.
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Media Information:
To read a history of Times Square New Year’s Eve and access images of past events or the NewYear’s Eve Ball, please click here.
To request interviews or for other questions, please contact:
TJ Witham / Times Square Alliance
212-452-5234 / TJWitham@TimesSquareNYC.org
Kristen Bothwell / Rubenstein
212-843-9227 / KBothwell@Rubenstein.com
