Billy Joel: Last News

Billy Joel will perform his 150th and final concert at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.“To our audience, I want to thank them for coming to our shows for this long,” Joel shared at a press conference in 2023. “It’s hard to end (and) I just want to thank everyone for the wonderful thing that’s happened here.”Leading up to his swan song, the 75-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has made sure to make each show a spectacle.At his June gig, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio — no stranger to MSG himself — took the stage with Joel to perform his 1980 curio “Sleeping With The Television On,” a section of Derek and the Dominos’ classic “Layla” and a bit of the Piano Man’s “You May Be Right.”Before that, he was joined by Jerry Seinfeld and Sting in March for his 100th residency concert; last year, Elvis Costello and ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbons jammed with Joel.Who will show up for this last show? What tracks will Billy play?Unfortunately, we don’t know.What we do know is that the best way to find out is live.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets was $633 before fees on Vivid Seats for the bucket list show.Floor seats start at $1,356 before fees.For more information, we have everything you need to know and more about Billy Joel’s final MSG concert below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on tickets to see Billy Joel at MSG by section on June 8 can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value,

Billy Joel has responded awkwardly when asked to “weigh in” on Justin Timberlake‘s DWI arrest – watch it below.The ‘Piano Man’ singer happened to be having lunch on Main Street in the Hamptons on Tuesday (June 18), the same location where Justin Timberlake was charged for driving whilst intoxicated.According to a complaint obtained by the New York Post, the 10-time Grammy Award winner claimed to have consumed just “one martini” before following his friends home in his car. He also allegedly refused a breathalayser multiple times.Spotting Joel in the Hamptons, local news station Pix 11 News approached Joel and asked him for his thoughts on the arrest.In response, Joel told the station: “Judge not lest ye be judged.” Then, looking visibly uncomfortable, he continued: “I don’t really know him that much, so I have no comment.”Per TMZ, the former *NSYNC star is due back in court on July 26.

Netflix documentary charts the physical and emotional strength required to become a member of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.Directed and produced by Greg Whiteley (Last Chance U), America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders follows the class of 2023 from the auditions to the end of the NFL season, with insight from the auditionees, coaches and executives behind the process.A synopsis reads: “With unfiltered access to the auditions, training camp and full NFL season, this is the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders like you’ve never seen them before.”All seven episodes of the series debuted June 20 on Netflix.The series features a wide range of licensed music, from AC/DC, Lizzo to Aerosmith.

Gayle King is sticking up for Justin Timberlake.

being unceremoniously cut off right in the middle of “Piano Man” when it originally aired in April.“I wasn’t surprised,” Joel told Variety about the snafu snip that sent legions of Joel fans into a TV-izzy . “I wasn’t surprised that it got cut off short because I’ve always kind of been cut short by TV.”But for the “Uptown Girl” crooner, it just further proved why he has never had big love for the small screen.“I’m never crazy about doing TV.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The Songwriters Hall of Fame, which staged its annual awards ceremony on Thursday night, is an institution and an event unlike any other in the music industry, even though many of its elements are hardly unique and many things about it have barely changed over decades, and possibly since it launched in 1969. Indeed, we say many of the same things about the ceremony in an article very similar to this one every year — it’s a combination of an awards show, a family reunion and a trade event that is invite-only yet features a mind-blowing array of Grammy-level, once-in-a-lifetime performances and tributes, always held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York’s Times Square.

“Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian,” animal doctor Amy Attas dishes on what she’s learned about the lives of New York’s wealthy and well-known by visiting their homes to care for their four-legged family members.Attas launched her mobile practice, City Pets, in 1992. Joan Rivers, whom she had impressed with her no-nonsense approach to treating the comedian’s Yorkie, Spike, at Park East Animal Hospital, was her first client.Other notables, including Billy Joel, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Wayne Gretzky, Erica Jong and Steve Martin, followed.

Billy Joel will play his 150th and final show at NYC’s Madison Square Garden capping a run that began over a decade ago.However, before that historic gig, the “Piano Man” will headline his 149th concert at MSG on Saturday, June 8.And, if seeing the 75-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer live at his home arena is on your bucket list, it would be wise to see him in June instead of July.Based on our findings, tickets to see Joel on June 8 start at $282 before fees on Vivid Seats at the time of publication.$617 before fees is the lowest price we could find on tickets for Joel’s July 25 swan song.Jonesing to hear Joel jam out to “We Didn’t Start The Fire,” “Uptown Girl,” “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant,” “Only The Good Die Young,” “My Life” and more?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Billy Joel’s second to last concert at MSG on June 8 below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on tickets to see Billy Joel at MSG by section on June 8 can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When Billy Joel’s camp decided to commemorate his 100th show of a mega-residency at Madison Square Garden with a television special, the question arose of whether to go with a major streamer or a major broadcast network. But there was little doubt in the end that they would go with the most populist possible pick, as the producers of “Billy Joel: The 100th Live at Madison Square Garden” explained in a panel discussion for the Variety FYC Streaming Room. “No one has ever sold out a hundred shows at Madison Square Garden, and I don’t think anybody ever will,” said Steve Cohen, a cohort of Joel’s for about 50 years who is one of the show’s executive producers.

Paul McCartney delivered an amusing roasting of Bruce Springsteen at the Ivor Novello Awards last night (May 23).The Boss became the first international songwriter to receive the Fellow of the Ivors Academy at Grosvenor House in London, following in the footsteps of Elton John, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Paul McCartney.Becoming an Academy Fellow is the highest honour the organisation bestows, and with it, the iconic singer, songwriter and guitarist becomes the first American songwriter that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship in its 80-year history.Presenting the prize, McCartney who brought Springsteen onstage along with Dave Grohl during his headline slot at Glastonbury in 2022, jokingly said: “Like Bruce’s concerts, I’m going to keep this brief,” referencing the Boss’ three hour plus concerts, before adding that he “couldn’t think of a more fitting” recipient “except maybe Bob Dylan, or Paul Simon, or Billy Joel, or Beyoncé, or Taylor Swift. The list goes on.”He also spoke about his performance at Glastonbury and said he never expected the Boss to show up.“Springsteen is a Dutch name. Did you know that? In Dutch it means man in charge.

Paul McCartney honoured Bruce Springsteen by presenting him with the Ivor Novello Awards’ biggest prize yesterday (May 23).The Boss became the first international songwriter to receive the Fellow of the Ivors Academy at Grosvenor House in London, following in the footsteps of Elton John, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and McCartney himself who previously received the same award 20 years ago.Presenting the prize, McCartney who brought Springsteen onstage along with Dave Grohl during his headline slot at Glastonbury in 2022, jokingly said: “Like Bruce’s concerts, I’m going to keep this brief,” referencing the Boss’ three hour plus concerts, before adding that he “couldn’t think of a more fitting” recipient “except maybe Bob Dylan, or Paul Simon, or Billy Joel, or Beyoncé, or Taylor Swift. The list goes on.”He continued: “He’s known as the American working man but he admits he’s never worked a day in his life.”Accepting the award, Springsteen hugged the former Beatle and referenced his “long and wonderful history” in the UK, thanking the “extraordinary” fans who have been with him since his first show in Hammersmith some 50 years ago.He also spoke about his show the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, the night before (May 22).Springsteen said: “We came out last night, and I was like, ‘What is this weather? Driving rain, wind roaring But standing in front of me, in the rain, I realised: These are my people.“Some of them are young, some of them are children, and some of them… wore lines on their faces, of lives hard-weathered and well-lived.

David Sanborn, the six time Grammy-winning alto saxophonist who played at Woodstock, composed music for the Lethal Weapon movies, played in the SNL and Late Night with David Letterman bands and worked with everyone from Stevie Wonder to David Bowie, died Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications. He Was 78.

Thursday, July 25 when Billy Joel plays his final concert at Madison Square Garden.Before that though, the Piano Man will perform a pair of shows at the storied venue on Thursday, May 9 and Saturday, June 8.As expected, tickets to hear “We Didn’t Start The Fire” live one — or two or three (!) — more times live at the Garden are quite pricey.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find was $275 before fees on Vivid Seats for the May 9 gig.The other shows will run you run north of $400 before fees.Still, it’s hard to put a price on hearing the incomparable Rock and Roll Hall of Famer belt the hits live at his home arena.Want to pay your respects to the Piano Man live at MSG this year?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the final three Billy Joel concerts at Madison Square Garden below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all MSG show dates, start times and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Christie Brinkley is supporting Billy Joel at his latest show!

posted to TikTok showed the model, 70, smiling and dancing along to “Uptown Girl” — up on the jumbotron, for all to see — as Joel sang the hit 1983 song that will be forever associated with Brinkley.Joel, 74, was partly inspired by Brinkley when he was writing the tune — and while dating then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson. Brinkley, who was married to Joel from 1985 to 1994, famously appeared in the “Uptown Girl” music video.

Christian Lewis Sufjan Stevens’s indie folk concept album “Illinois”(2005) is whimsical, earnest, and sorrowful; it weaves together events and figures from Illinois history (including UFO sightings, Pullman cars, the World’s Fair of 1893, and the Lincoln/Douglas debates) with Biblical allusions and feelings of shame and loss. This multifaceted mix, often stirring and fascinating to listen to, is not an inherently logical choice for a narrative work of art — and yet, Justin Peck has devised, directed, and choreographed a 90-minute dance theater piece based on it, one that will indelibly be remembered as one of the most singular productions in recent Broadway history.

Emmerdale's Vinny Dingle is walking a dangerous path on the ITV soap, as he has come close to working out the extent of villainous Tom King's control over wife Belle Dingle. Vinny nearly stumbled across the app that Tom had been using to keep tabs on Belle's phone, leading to him carrying out a serious attack on poor Vinny to keep him quiet.

Watching the preview clip of Back To Black, the new Amy Winehouse biopic, it is impossible to shake the image of the late singer watching it herself. Winehouse, someone unafraid to dismiss anything she saw as beneath her, would surely not accept this soft-soap depiction of her rise from jazz singer to international icon. Back To Black isn’t really for Amy Winehouse, though.

Billy Joel drummed up 5.73M viewers on Sunday night for the CBS airing of his concert at Madison Square Garden.

Selome Hailu “Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden” reached 5.7 million viewers on Sunday night. Calculated from Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on CBS and live streaming via Paramount+, this makes the Joel concert the fourth-most-watched special of 2024, ranking only behind the Oscars (19.5 million viewers on ABC), the Grammys (16.9 million viewers on CBS) and the Golden Globes (9.4 million viewers on CBS).

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Millions of people tuned into CBS to watch Billy Joel‘s Madison Square Garden concert over the weekend, and the special — celebrating his 100th consecutive performance at MSG — has spurred a rush of last-minute ticket sales for his remaining residency dates. Joel and Madison Square Garden Entertainment announced last year that the singer will end his record-breaking residency at the iconic New York venue this July.