{"id":117908,"date":"2024-06-20T21:02:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/20\/billy-joel-on-why-he-hates-tv-saying-goodbye-to-his-msg-residency\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:02:12","slug":"billy-joel-on-why-he-hates-tv-saying-goodbye-to-his-msg-residency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/20\/billy-joel-on-why-he-hates-tv-saying-goodbye-to-his-msg-residency\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Joel on why he hates TV, saying goodbye to his MSG residency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-20\/Getty_BillyJoel_062024.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Taylor Hill\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Billy Joel<\/strong> is getting ready to wrap his Madison Square Garden residency in July, and while fans got a taste of the show when his 100th concert aired on CBS earlier this year, Billy wasn\u2019t exactly the biggest fan of the telecast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m never crazy about doing TV. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m telegenic anyway,\u201d he tells <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/music\/features\/billy-joel-cbs-concert-special-cut-off-new-album-1236040439\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Variety<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. \u201cI think I\u2019m one of those artists who should be heard and not necessarily seen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He adds, \u201cI don\u2019t like being on camera. I\u2019m camera-shy. &#8230; it just doesn\u2019t feel rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll when you\u2019re on camera.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fans at home wound up upset when CBS mistakenly cut the\u00a0telecast short in the middle of his \u201cPiano Man\u201d performance, with Joel\u00a0sharing\u00a0he \u201cwasn\u2019t surprised\u201d it happened.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019ve never been really happy with the way music is presented on television,\u201d he says. \u201cI wasn\u2019t surprised that it got cut off short because I\u2019ve always kind of been cut short by TV.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Joel says he&#8217;s looking forward to\u00a0playing other venues in New York City when the residency ends, something he wasn\u2019t allowed to do because of an exclusivity clause. He does think he\u2019ll miss the place, noting the venue&#8217;s &#8220;acoustically perfect.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But\u00a0even though he&#8217;s saying goodbye, it\u00a0doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019ll never be back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI am kind of remorseful about not playing there anymore, for the time being,\u201d he says. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t go back there any time. &#8230;\u00a0And if we get an opportunity to play the Garden again, we probably will.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Billy Joel\u2019s final Madison Square Garden residency show is happening July 25. A complete list of show dates can be found at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billyjoel.com\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>billyjoel.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Hill\/WireImage Billy Joel is getting ready to wrap his Madison Square Garden residency in July, and while fans got a taste of the show when his 100th concert aired on CBS earlier this year, Billy wasn\u2019t exactly the biggest fan of the telecast. \u201cI\u2019m never crazy about doing TV.<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/20\/billy-joel-on-why-he-hates-tv-saying-goodbye-to-his-msg-residency\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,430,452],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Billy Joel on why he hates TV, saying goodbye to his MSG residency - 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