{"id":62557,"date":"2025-12-16T18:45:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62557\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:45:06","slug":"ll-cool-j-headlining-new-years-eve-concert-on-parkway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62557\/","title":{"rendered":"LL COOL J Headlining New Year\u2019s Eve Concert on Parkway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LL COOL J will headline a free outdoor New Year&#8217;s Eve concert on Eakins Oval on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphianewsroom.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Philadelphia<\/a>. Gates open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. Fireworks will cap the celebration at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>The lineup also features DJ Jazzy Jeff, Adam Blackstone, Dorothy, and Technician the DJ as part of the performances planned in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Philly, don&#8217;t call it a comeback. We&#8217;ve got unfinished business. Shout out to the Mayor for the invitation! Meet me on the Oval this New Year&#8217;s Eve as we bring in 2026 \u2014 live,&#8221; LL Cool J told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/ll-cool-j-new-years-concert-philadelphia-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CBS News Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The GRAMMY-award-winning rapper was scheduled to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/wawa-welcome-america-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">perform with Jazmine Sullivan last summer at the Wawa Welcome America concert<\/a>\u00a0on the Parkway. At the time, the city&#8217;s\u00a0largest municipal workers&#8217; union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33, was on strike, and LL Cool J declined to participate, saying he wouldn&#8217;t appear &#8220;when I know that people are out there fighting for a living wage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>City officials and the AFSCME District Council 33 eventually agreed to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/tentative-agreement-struck-philadelphia-district-33-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">three-year contract<\/a> that included 3% raises annually.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhiladelphia is thrilled to welcome everyone to our vibrant city as we celebrate New Year&#8217;s Eve and kick off the 250th anniversary of our nation&#8217;s independence. This free concert and fireworks showcase the incredible spirit of our community and the cultural legacy that Philadelphia embodies,&#8221; Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/philadelphia\/ll-cool-j-performing-free-new-years-eve-concert-parkway-philly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">in a statement shared with the Patch of Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The New Year&#8217;s Eve concert will mark the beginning of an eventful year for Philadelphia. The city will host FIFA World Cup matches, the MLB All-Star Game, and various semiquincentennial celebrations recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LL COOL J will headline a free outdoor New Year&#8217;s Eve concert on Eakins Oval on the Benjamin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[21810,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-62557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-new-years-eve","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}