TIMES SQUARE, NYC – Thousands of revelers celebrated in Times Square 2023 to join in the countdown as the ball dropped bringing in the new year. The rain throughout the evening did not stop the festive gathering as top entertainers performed. Confetti was released from the rooftops of buildings as the countdown began sixty-seconds before midnight with the Mayor of New York City pushing the Waterford crystal button.
Duran Duran performed a number of hit songs on the Countdown Stage right before midnight. Chelsea Cutler performed “Imagine” John Lennon’s song, a tradition on Planet Fitness Center Stage the last many years moments before the final countdown.
Ryan Seacrest hosted Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2023. New York City Mayor Eric Adams pushed the button for the countdown. Some of the other performers; JVKE, Jax, Ava Max, J-Hope, Osmani Garcia, Chesca, Duran Duran.
Hunter Wells/Nancy Ann Peterson, photographer, 5:00pm, Jan. 1, 2023