Hugh Evans, who pulled off the Global Citizen concert in Central Park that leveraged the likes of Neil Young and the Foo Fighters to generated hundreds of millions in pledges to end world poverty.

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This week, Central Park was abruptly closed, and a free concert postponed, after the discovery there of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus.

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Shortly after the Park Foundation announcement, anti-fracking activists Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono announced they would stage a free concert in Central Park in early February to raise awareness of the growing threat of fracking-related UFO activity.

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