Dick Clarks New Years Rockin Eve: Mariah Carey joins stars ringing in 2022 from Times Squar
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve: Mariah Carey belts out Hero as the stars ring in 2022 with live performances from Times Square despite Omicron variant surge
- Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve is ringing in 2022 despite ongoing coronavirus surges in New York City
- Ryan Seacrest is hosting from NYC, while Ciara hosts in LA and Billy Porter leads in New Orleans
- The hosts and performers have been getting daily COVID-19 tests leading up to the show
- LL Cool J canceled his appearance after testing positive for COVID-19
- Mariah Carey was one of the early performers with a show-stopping rendition of Hero
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Mariah Carey helped kick off Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with a show-stopping performance of her classic tune Hero.
The legendary singer was performing from Times Square in Manhattan, where Ryan Seacrest was hosting the festivities for the long-running New Year’s Eve special.
Ciara was helping to run things across the country in Los Angeles, while Pose’s Billy Porter was offering a Southern tinge from New Orleans.
NYE bash: Mariah Carey helped kick off Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with a show-stopping performance of her classic tune Hero. The legendary singer was performing from Times Square in Manhattan, where Ryan Seacrest was hosting the festivities for the long-running New Year’s Eve special
In addition to the three main urban locations, Roselyn Sánchez was holding down the fort in Puerto Rico, where Dady Yankee would be performing ahead of a Spanish-language countdown.
As the special started this evening, Seacrest made sure to remind the audience at home that everyone on stage had been following strict COVID procedures leading up to the big night.
‘The crowd might be scaled back,’ Seacrest said, referring to the audience, which was only about a quarter as large as pre-pandemic crowds, but he promised that the ‘energy and enthusiasm are as big as ever.’
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