Pop Queen Lady Gaga, triggered the famous drop of the crystal ball and then danced with Mayor Bloomberg as the Crossroads of the World welcomed in the New Year as only it can.
Pop Queen Lady Gaga, triggered the famous drop of the crystal ball and then danced with Mayor Bloomberg as the Crossroads of the World welcomed the New Year as only it can.
PHOTOS: NEW YEAR’S EVE IN TIMES SQUARE
Lady Gaga didn’t disappoint her “little monsters” as she strutted on the stage at 11:35 p.m. and sang “Heavy Metal Lover,” “Marry The Night,” and “Born This Way”
The pop princess appeared in a black-sequined number, a large sphere encasing her head.
But as the 11,875-pound Waterford crystal ball dropped, Bloomberg and Lady Gaga, who was raised on the Upper West Side, danced together to the tunes of Auld Lang Syne.
At least one of the 1,500 strong, newly minted NYPD uniformed cops got an unexpected lip-lock from co-host Jenny McCarthy during “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2012.”
David Quinn, 47, of Boise, Idaho, stood under the raining confetti.
But as the 11,875-pound Waterford crystal ball dropped, Bloomberg and Lady Gaga, who was raised on the Upper West Side, danced together to the tunes of Auld Lang Syne.
At least one of the 1,500 strong, newly minted NYPD uniformed cops got an unexpected lip-lock from co-host Jenny McCarthy during “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2012.”
David Quinn, 47, of Boise, Idaho, stood under the raining confetti.
But as the 11,875-pound Waterford crystal ball dropped, Bloomberg and Lady Gaga, who was raised on the Upper West Side, danced together to the tunes of Auld Lang Syne.
David Quinn, 47, of Boise, Idaho, stood under the raining confetti.
Krystina Papesh, 19, and three friends traveled from Cleveland and picked out their prime spot at 5:45 a.m.
One of her friends, Savannah Polcen, 19, said they planned to hydrate as little as possible to get through the night without restroom breaks.
“We’re not drinking at all — no water, no nothing,” she said.