The Concert in Central Park It Be", and executive produced by Lorne Michaels, who had recently departed the NBC-TV comedy/variety series "Saturday Night Live". Simon himself financed the US$750,000 cost of the staging and the video recording. It is unknown how much HBO paid for the television and video rights of the recording; US$1 million according to some sources, over US$3 million according to others. The film includes the two songs that had not appeared on the album, and at 87-minutes, runs 12 minutes longer. HBO televised the film, "Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park", on February 21, 1982, five days after the
Concert for Democracy in China Concert for Democracy in China The Concert for Democracy in China () was a benefit concert held in Hong Kong in support of the students involved in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. The concert was held on May 27, 1989 at the Happy Valley Racecourse on Hong Kong Island. The event lasted for 12 hours and raised over (1.5 million US dollars) for the students in Beijing. The event was hosted by James Wong, Phillip Chan, Eric Tsang, and John Shum. Sing Pao Daily News reported that the event was attended by nearly one million people, while Ta Kung