{"id":59162,"date":"2025-12-12T13:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/59162\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:55:08","slug":"ll-cool-j-dj-jazzy-jeff-to-perform-at-philadelphia-new-years-eve-concert-on-benjamin-franklin-parkway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/59162\/","title":{"rendered":"LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff to perform at Philadelphia New Year’s Eve concert on Benjamin Franklin Parkway"},"content":{"rendered":"

LL Cool J will perform on Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway this year after all. Months after pulling out of the city’s July 4th concert at the last minute during a worker strike, LL Cool J<\/a> is set to headline a New Year’s Eve concert on the parkway to ring in 2026.<\/p>\n

DJ Jazzy Jeff, Adam Blackstone, Dorothy, Technician the DJ and others will appear at the concert planned in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum. Fireworks will follow at midnight.<\/p>\n

Mayor Cherelle Parker announced the concert in a news release Friday morning.<\/p>\n

“Philly, don’t call it a comeback. We’ve got unfinished business. Shout out to the Mayor for the invitation! Meet me on the Oval this New Year’s Eve as we bring in 2026\u2014live,” LL Cool J said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Grammy-winning rapper was set to perform with Jazmine Sullivan this summer at the Wawa Welcome America concert<\/a> on the Parkway. The city’s largest municipal workers union, AFSCME District Council 33<\/a>, was on strike at the time.<\/p>\n

LL Cool J said in July that he did not want to cross a picket line “when I know that people are out there fighting for a living wage. I’m not doing that.”<\/p>\n

DC 33 and the city reached a deal about a week later<\/a> that included 3% raises and a new step on the salary scale, among other benefits.<\/p>\n

Philly’s New Year’s Eve concert on Eakins Oval begins at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 6 p.m. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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