{"id":118110,"date":"2024-07-25T12:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T12:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/25\/say-goodbye-to-msg-billy-joels-final-madison-square-garden-residency-show-is-here\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T12:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T12:01:45","slug":"say-goodbye-to-msg-billy-joels-final-madison-square-garden-residency-show-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/25\/say-goodbye-to-msg-billy-joels-final-madison-square-garden-residency-show-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Say Goodbye to MSG: Billy Joel&#8217;s final Madison Square Garden residency show is here"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-24\/Getty_BillyJoel_072524.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After 10 years, <strong>Billy Joel<\/strong> is finally ready to wrap his Madison Square Garden residency Thursday, with what will be the 150th show of his career at the iconic New York venue.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt is an honor to be here. I&#8217;m kinda flabbergasted that it did last as long as it did,\u201d he told reporters during a\u00a0June 2023 press conference\u00a0announcing plans for the residency\u2019s end. He joked that his team told him he could keep on going if he wanted, but said with 150 shows, &#8220;It&#8217;s &#8216;Alright, already!'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Joel launched the residency on Jan. 27, 2014, and ever since he&#8217;s\u00a0been packing the house for one show a month, with only some random illnesses and the COVID-19 pandemic keeping him from his scheduled appointment with the Big Apple crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joel took the monthly gigs as a chance to have some fun onstage, mixing his set with classics like \u201cPiano Man,\u201d \u201cOnly The Good Die Young,\u201d \u201cYou May Be Right\u201d and \u201cBig Shot&#8221; with deeper cuts like \u201cLos Angelinos,\u201d \u201cZanzibar,\u201d \u201cSummer of Highland Falls\u201d and \u201cEverybody Loves You Now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He also surprised fans with plenty of musical guests, including <strong>Tony Bennett<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Sting<\/strong>,<strong> Jon Bon Jovi<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Elvis Costello<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Paul Simon<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bruce Springsteen<\/strong>, <strong>John Mellencamp, AC\/DC\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Brian Johnson\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>John Fogerty<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Other guests included his daughters\u00a0<strong>Alexa<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Della\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Remy<\/strong>, and even comedian <strong>Jerry<\/strong> <strong>Seinfeld<\/strong>, who in March helped raise a banner marking Billy\u2019s 100th consecutive sell-out residency show. A taped special of that performance aired on CBS and was recently nominated for an Emmy award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to miss doing it a lot,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/07\/21\/billy-joel-madison-square-garden-residency-show-ending\/74410154007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>USA Today<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>about the residency.<em>\u00a0<\/em>\u201cI love it. The band loves it. The crowd is a New York-crazy crowd. The minute you walk onstage you\u2019re aware they\u2019re rooting for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images After 10 years, Billy Joel is finally ready to wrap his Madison Square Garden residency Thursday, with what will be the 150th show of his career at the iconic New York venue.\u00a0 \u201cIt is an honor to be here. 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