A woman watches the Boston Pops Orchestra perform during the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the DCR Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, MA on July 4, 2019. (Erin Clark for The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Pops return to Boston for Fourth of July extravaganza

The Boston Pops will perform on The Esplanade in Boston this Fourth of July for the first time in three years. "The thought that we haven't been there live since 2019 kind of boggles the imagination," said Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Pops since 1995.

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