Rick Springfield, a favorite of Festival Days in Arlington Heights in the summer, entertained as the main attraction at Times Square NYE 2011 (Video still from FOX NEWS CHANNEL — foxnews.com).
Celebrations around the world. Rick Springfield sang Jesse’s Girl immediately before midnight at New York City’s Times Square New Year’s celebration 2011. Rick Springfield is an all-time favorite at Festival Days in Arlington Heights during the Fourth of July holiday celebration.
Fireworks with New Year’s Eve celebrations from around the world.
Fireworks lit up the skies in capitals from Athens to London as Europeans ushered in a new year, hoping for better economic times. 2010 was a grim year for the European Union, with a number of countries experiencing deep financial trouble.
Across Europe thousands braved cold temperatures and waters to bring in the New Year with a splash.
Nearly a million revelers crowded New York’s Time Square to witness the traditional dazzling ball drop. The crystal ball containing 32,000 lights descended at midnight, setting off a wild and noisy confetti-filled New Year’s celebration.
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. The extended Times Square area, also called the Theatre District, consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan.
The New York Times headquarters is called One Times Square — the site of the annual ball drop on New Year’s Eve. Times Square, nicknamed “The Crossroads of the World” and “The Great White Way,” has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and is a symbol of New York City and the United States.
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