Summary

Prior to SummerStage kicking off its 40th anniversary season, founder Joe Killian sat down with Billboard at Rumsey Playfield last month to talk about the best of what the New York City summer concert series has to offer. “There were some days here in July and August where it’s in the 90s, you’ve got 5,000 to 6,000 people sweating and drinking beer, and you smell both beer and sweat,” Killian said. “There’s nothing like that.”

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