The Piano Man played the 104th and final concert of his monthly residence at the Garden, and he invited some special guests for the occasion.
Darkness filled the iconic venue after Billy Joel walked off stage for the final concert of his residency, concluding a decade-long run where the regular crowd shuffled in each month.It ended with the Piano Man’s 104th concert of the residency and 150th of his career, all of which have been sell outs.
He mixed the usual classics with appropriately-titled tracks for the occasion like “This Is The Time” and “Movin’ Out” and special appearances by Axl Rose and Jimmy Fallon. That led to a surge in ticket demand, with StubHub telling NBC that sales for Joel's final MSG residency concert was 41% higher than sales of his second best-selling show of the decade-long run, the penultimate performance on June 8. Hours prior to the start of Thursday's show, the lowest price for a single ticket on StubHub started at nearly $500. Fans from 21 countries purchased tickets to the concert, per StubHub.Once a month, Joel has taken his seat at his piano stool at the Garden.
They were both unable to attend the August 2018 show while in Florida for Gagliardi’s martial arts tournament, and Stellato brought a stand-in for the June 2019 show when Gagliardi underwent hip-replacement surgery. Olivia Rodrigo in 2022 performed her song"Deja Vu" - which references Joel in the lyrics - and then partnered with him on"Uptown Girl." Paul Simon and Miley Cyrus joined Joel in 2017 for an unlikely collaboration on"You May Be Right." Brian Johnson, the lead singer of AC/DC, shook the Garden with Joel during a 2014 performance of"You Shook Me All Night Long.
Joel - who was born in the Bronx and raised in Hicksville, Long Island - played his first career concert at Madison Square Garden at the age of 29 on Dec. 14, 1978 after the success of his album"The Stranger."
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