Here is the sun out and Kieth Urban and Alicia Keys on-stage. Same crowd size.
Here is the sun out and Kieth Urban and Alicia Keys on-stage. Same crowd size.
Original projections put the draw at 1 million; Saturday, some reports pegged the crowd at 500,000, concert organizers estimated 200,000, and the military police said it was about 100,000.
Standing at one recycling center, volunteer Martha Parks, 53, helped people sort bottles, trash and biodegradable containers into three bins. Most seemed confused over which bin they were supposed to use. On the stage below — its backdrop adorned with dozens of recycled tires — an announcer yelled: “You guys realize you are part of history right now? Change! We all have the power to make a change.”
The message did not reach everyone, much to Parks’ frustration. Behind her back, a man threw a beer bottle in the trash without glancing at the recycling signs. Parks rolled her eyes, pulled it out and swore at him.
“Then we have the (expletives) who don’t even care,” she snapped. “They just want to see the stars.”