actual crowd going to Central Park Thursday night (photo via Sasarella)

Stormy weather forced the cancellation of a concert by the Black Eyed Peas that was to take place on the Central Park Great Lawn on Thursday night for an expected audience of 60,000.

The concert's pre-show was canceled, and the main show's starting time was delayed twice due to the storms moving across the city, stranding thousands of fans on the streets of the Upper West Side. The gates were finally opened at 7:45 p.m., but about half an hour later, as lightning continued to streak across the sky and a light rain spattered the lawn, the concert was shut down.

Also scheduled to appear were Taylor Swift, Carole King, Tony Bennett, LL Cool J, [Deborah Harry] and others. [NY Times]

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Photos by Kevin Tachman

Scissor Sisters played their second of two secret shows this week at Mercury Lounge last night. On Monday they were Queef Latina. Last night (10/14) they played as Debbie's Harry. Like they did in the past, they played these shows to test out new material. According to a statement on their website, they are hard at work on their new record, and they have amicably parted ways with original SS drummer Paddy Boom. The new drummer played these shows. More pictures from last night, and both setlists, below...

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Queef Latina @ Mercury Lounge - Oct 13, 2008 (Oct 13, 2008)

Debbie's Harry play tonight (Tuesday).

There are also mysterious listings on Ticketmaster for both shows (thx Tim).

Kinda reminds me of Bridget Jones' Diarrhea aka Megapussi aka Portion Control.