1812 Overture : Keith Lockhart and Toby Keith hold Fourth

It’s all about tradition at the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the Esplanade. The pomp and the circumstance. The “1812 Overture” and the canon fire to close the first segment. The patriotic singalong medley before the night-closing, 20-minute pyro show over the Charles River.

Craig Ferguson Comes Fourth To Feel Boston Passion

SPORTS NEWS:Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, left, talks to ‘Late Late Show’ host Craig Ferguson.
Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley recently told ‘Late Late Show’ host Craig Ferguson that although he’s remembered in Cooperstown for being an Oakland A’s pitcher, ‘my allegiance is now with Boston.’
Eck, who appeared last night on the pretaped CBS talk show, said why wouldn’t it be? ‘(The fans) treat me wonderfully. That is why I haven’t left. No one cares in Oakland. The passion is in Boston.’
Ferguson, who played the Wilbur Theatre last night, will get a bigger taste of that Boston passion when he hosts the city’s televised Fourth of July festivities on the Esplanade tomorrow. He better put some cheese on it!