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People get earlier the "We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert" successful New York's Central Park, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. We Love NYC, The Homecoming Concert celebrates its betterment from the coronavirus pandemic contempt surging cases and hospitalizations owed to the delta variant. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

NEW YORK – The assemblage astatine a superstar-laden Central Park performance meant to observe New York City’s betterment from the coronavirus was asked to permission due to the fact that of terrible upwind arsenic Hurricane Henri approached.

New York City constabulary connected Saturday nighttime told concertgoers via Twitter to “calmly determination to the nearest exits and proceed to areas extracurricular of the park. This is NOT an emergency."

Mayor Bill de Blasio's bureau did not supply further accusation astir the presumption of the concert.

The highly promoted “Homecoming Concert” featured Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson, Carlos Santana, LL Cool J and Andrea Bocelli among the performers.

Saturday's lawsuit comes aft a bid of hip-hop concerts successful the past week astatine outdoor venues astir the city.

The performance kicked disconnected amid worries astir the contagious delta variant of COVID-19.

New York City implicit the past week has averaged conscionable nether 2,000 caller cases of COVID-19 a day, according to authorities statistics. That’s up from conscionable nether 200 cases per time successful precocious June. Only astir 54% of each metropolis residents are afloat vaccinated against the virus.

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Those who be the concert, the bulk of tickets for which were handed retired for free, had to amusement impervious of vaccination.

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