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Justin Bieber And Lady Gaga To Make Times Square More Unbearable This New Year's Eve
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Jen Carlson
Published Oct 18, 2011
Modified Oct 18, 2011
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Will you Occupy Times Square for the Biebs? (Original photo by Dan Nguyen)
The other day we were thinking: Times Square really doesn't get crazy enough, especially on New Year's Eve. It's like a ghost town over there! The Crossroads of the World should really be jam packed with screaming people, especially when a new year is upon us. Well, it seems the suits over at the Times Square Party Down Council had the same thought. Their solution: they've invited both Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber to perform in usually desolate area, this December 31st during something called Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, hosted by Ryan Seacrest. This might just be crazy enough to work!
Bieber revealed the big news on Seacrest's radio show yesterday. But Bielebers beware: previous public appearances the little guy has made in New York have almost always led to riots.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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