Ringing in 2024! Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Drop

Happy New Year!

Here's the video guide:
0:30 - Paul Anka performs special rendition of "My Way"
4:37 - Paul Anka performs John Lennon's "Imagine"
8:08 - NYC Mayor Eric Adams and players from NJ/NY Gotham FC push the crystal ball button
8:12 - Sixty-second countdown begins
9:12 - 2024 begins
9:17 - "Auld Lang Syne" melody plays
9:47 - "Theme From New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra plays
13:26 - Fontainebleau video countdown and musical performance of "Chemical" and "Congratulations" by Post Malone
18:42 - "Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World" medley by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole plays


More detailed descriptions from the Times Square Alliance:
11:51pm to 11:58pm
Paul Anka performs his legendary song "My Way" and John Lennon’s "Imagine" on the Planet Fitness Center Stage.

11:59pm
The Mayor of New York City Eric Adams joined by players from 2023 NWSL champion NJ/NY Gotham FC pushes the crystal button that signals the descent of the New Year’s Eve Ball, and leads the final sixty-second countdown to the New Year on the Countdown Stage. The lighted Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball descends 66.7 feet in sixty seconds.

12:00am — New Year's Day
At the stroke of Midnight, the lights on the New Year’s Eve Ball are turned off as the numerals of the New Year “2024” burst to life shining high above Times Square. The world-famous New Year's Eve confetti is released from the rooftops of buildings throughout Times Square creating a celebratory blizzard of colorful confetti as revelers welcome the New Year accompanied by colorful pyrotechnic effects. The three thousand pounds of confetti includes tens of thousands of wishes from revelers around the world hoping for peace, love, good health and a better future in the new year.

12:04am to 12:09am
In honor of their 70th anniversary, Fontainebleau is presenting a surprise video countdown and musical performance by Post Malone to highlight the re-lighting of the Times Square Ball for 2024!

12:15am — End of Show

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