The Concert in Central Park attendees. Although rain fell throughout the day and continued until the start of the concert, an estimated 500,000 audience members made this the seventh-largest concert attendance in the United States in history. The stage backdrop depicted an urban rooftop with water tank and air outlet, symbolic of New York's skyline. At twilight, the backing band went onstage, followed by New York's mayor, Ed Koch, who announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, Simon and Garfunkel!" The duo entered through a side stage door, took center stage amid audience applause, looked at each other and shook hands, and began the concert with their 1968
Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (album) New Orleans who were impacted by Hurricane Katrina and to provide other general hurricane relief. Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (album) Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert [LIVE] is an album with 77 minutes of highlights, from the roughly five-hour long "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert" that took place in the Rose Hall Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center on September 17, 2005. All net profits from the sale of the CD will be donated to the "Higher Ground Relief Fund" established by Jazz at Lincoln Center and administered through the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to benefit the