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Global Citizen is sticking to its plan for tomorrow.
The sketchy charity — whose only beneficiaries are its staff — is still planning to put on a mega concert in Central Park on Saturday.
This is despite such an ominous forecast that the Yankees have already cancelled their game.
Alicia Keys, John Legend, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean are scheduled for the show. You could get thousands of people stuck in the mud and rain, exposed to the elements with no cover.
If there is lightning, the potential for electrifying performances is really heightened.
Plus, there’s little shelter for the acts.
See my story here about the last time this happened. I was there in the middle of a monsoon. The 86th Street transverse flooded like the Nile. What a night!
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