Billy Joel

      The music’s over at Shea Stadium, where the "Piano Man, Billy Joel just finished his second of two sold-out shows that will be the final concerts ever at the NY Mets ballpark in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY USA.  The shows, billed as “Last Play at Shea,” featured a grand total of 68 songs and eight special guests. As we predicted here at MNN, Paul McCartney (unfortunately no Ringo though) helped out by singing and playing guitar on The Beatles’ classic I Saw Her Standing There... Read Full Story

What seemed like the entire population of Long Island showed up at New York’s Shea Stadium for the first of Billy Joel’s two-night send-off to the home of the New York Mets last night. From the opening song, Joel played to the occasion, altering the lyrics of “Miami 2017″ to “They said the Mets can stay, but they can’t play at Shea.” For three hours, Joel occupied the center-field stage, playing a hits-filled set that had the vast majority of the sold-out stadium of 63,000 singing along... Read Full Story

Billy Joel turned the first of two fond farewell concerts at New York's Shea Stadium into a star-studded affair on Wednesday with a string of top guests. Read Full Story

It is the 30th anniversary of Billy Joel’s The Stranger and to celebrate a special box set is being released on July 8th, 2008.  This limited edition set contains 3 CDs and 1 DVD.  Included in the special package are the following: a CD of “The Stranger” remastered by the original album producer, Phil Ramone, a CD of Live At Carnegie Hall 1977, a bonus CD of a 2nd live show circa “The Stranger’ tour, a DVD of BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test, 2 live promotional videos and a 48 page booklet with... Read Full Story

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