Watch the New Year's Eve Ball Drop Live From Times Square

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By Brian Anthony Hernandez2013-12-31 20:32:33 UTC

No matter where you're ringing in the new year, you'll be able to watch a live stream of the festivities in New York City's Times Square right here on Mashable or via mobile apps.

The commercial-free live stream — which begins at 5:55 p.m. ET and ends after the crystal ball drops at midnight to celebrate the beginning of 2014 — will include musical performances, celebrity interviews and the iconic ball drop atop the One Times Square building. The live stream will also debut footage from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie.

Mashable's Associate Entertainment Editor Brian Anthony Hernandez will be in Times Square documenting the action live. You can follow him on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

Last year, more than 1.2 million viewers from 196 countries watched the live stream. Here's a schedule of what you'll see during the live stream, powered by Livestream (all times Eastern):

6 p.m.: Organizers will light and raise the ball

6:58 p.m.: Hourly countdown begins; U.S.O. Troupe performs

8:15 p.m.: Rodney Atkins performs

8:35 p.m.: Icona Pop performs

9: 14 p.m.: Melissa Etheridge performs

9:32 p.m.: Blondie performs

9:52 p.m.: NASA astronauts will deliver a New Year's message from space

11:59 p.m.: The countdown to the ball drop begins

Meanwhile, on TV, the New Year's Rockin' Eve party will air on ABC starting at 8 p.m. ET, with additional Times Square performances by Miley Cyrus, BIlly Joel and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will help lower the ball.

The Livestream webcast is brought to you by organizers of Times Square New Year’s Eve, Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, while the mobile experience is organized by Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment.

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