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Told Ya: Clive Davis Books Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jennifer Hudson for Central Park

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I told you a couple of weeks ago. Now it’s confirmed.

Clive Davis has lined up more superstars for his August 21st Central Park mega show.

In addition to my earlier scoop, Clive is welcoming Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, and Jennifer Hudson. Patti Smith will also make an appearance.

I told you this would happen.

Now we have all these artists, and Santana with Rob Thomas. Clive isn’t finished yet. Originally he said there would be 8 superstar artists. With Patti Smith singing with Bruce, that counts as one. Santana and Rob Thomas count as one. So he still has four to go.

My guess: Earth Wind & Fire will figure in this story.

As I told you exclusively this afternoon, CNN has the broadcast rights. That’s where Page Six “learned’ about it. Right here.

More to come…

 

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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