Source: Rolling Stone

“This is the Great Lawn in the greatest park, in the greatest city in the universe,” Jon Bon Jovi marveled before performing what easily could have been one of the biggest concerts New York City’s Central Park has ever seen. Over 67,500 free tickets were distributed to the 50,000-capacity space — a solid chunk going to fans who flew in from other states, bid desperately on eBay and even camped out from 6 PM the night before to attend the two-hour MLB All-Star Week performance.

A woman in the front of the crowd with an ankle-to-knee cast spoke before the show about how she popped her knee Thursday. “All I could think was: how am I going to get to Bon Jovi?” she said.

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