The famed venue gave the Piano Man a ’78 Bonneville to mark Thursday event, because 1978 was the year he first played the arena.
Page Six hears that Madison Square Garden gave Billy Joel a ’78 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle as gift to mark Thursday night’sJoel concluded his record-breaking run, which has seen him play a total of 150 shows at the world-famous venue, with a show that included tributes from Jimmy Fallon, a guest spot by Axl Rose and audience members including Bill Clinton.
Alex Rodriguez flaunts abs after 32-pound weight loss on vacation in Sardinia with girlfriend Jaclyn CordeiroBut we’re told that as part of the celebrations, the venue gave Joel — a certified motorcycle nut — the special machine. The bike is custom painted with piano keys, his signature and the MSG logo on the gas tank, and it cames with a helmet painted with every date he’s played there.
We’re told the bike even made a cameo during the final show, when a camera flashed it up on the big screen while the Piano Man performed “You May Be Right.” The bike nut musician owns dozens of motorcycles and even has his own shop, 20th Century Cycles, on Long Island.Joel owns dozens of bikes, some of which are displayed at his motorcycle shop, 20th Century Cycles, in Oyster Bay, New York.
He even recorded a demo for a tune called “Motorcycle Song” in 1982 — the same year he smashed his thumb and dislocated his wrist when a driver pulled out in front of him at a red light while he was riding his bike on Long Island.He has said of the accident: “There was a big thing in the press, ‘Will he ever play again?’ I was never worried about that — I play rock ‘n’ roll. I’m not Vladimir Horowitz. I wasn’t that good to begin with.
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