Jay-Z denied permit to perform for Ed Sullivan Theater concert

A permit for Jay-Z's performance would have been granted only if organizers could keep the show secret, but word of the show leaked out yesterday...

From NY Post

Mayor Bloomberg was in no Empire State of Mind yesterday.

Jay-Z had planned to put on a surprise performance atop the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater Monday but the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting put the kibosh on it yesterday.

Like Paul McCartney last year, the Brooklyn-born rap superstar had planned to use his appearance on the “Late Show with David Letterman” to give a show in the middle of rush-hour Midtown.

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