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The reopening of New York is getting a soundtrack.
Its tentatively scheduled for August 21.
Its a great idea, as has been borne out by experience.
The most thoroughly remembered, of course, isSimon & Garfunkel in 1981.
Half a million people showed up.
Is it an enormous star of recent years, like Lady Gaga or Cardi B?
(Or will Taylor Swift kick off the night with Welcome to New York?)
Is it instead a classic-rock oldster hugely identified with the city?
Billy Joel doing New York State of Mind, Deborah Harry doing any damn thing she wants to?
