Billy Joel Concert

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 5:50pm

Has anyone been? Any reviews? How long was it, what songs did he do, etc?

I have tickets for Saturday night and want to know what I'll be experiencing.

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:53pm

I'm reviving this thread to see if anyone knows of more tour dates than what are listed on Billy Joel's website. And to answer the questions in the first post. :)

[JLSatUD]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 10:00pm

I went to the one in DC a couple weeks ago. He sang a nice mix of songs from a bunch of different records. Made some funny jokes and had a good time. It was one of the better concerts I've seen him do.

Two links:

First is a link to the Washington Post with a nice story. From what I understand every concert on this tour is pretty much the same so don't read it if you don't want to be spoiled!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/AR2006031701823.html

Second article is just a link to the set list.

http://www.pianomanfan.com/Concerts/Dates/2006/03-16.shtml

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 10:43pm

I have seen Billy Joel three times this year(1/23-NYC, 3/13-Philadelphia, and 3/16-Washington D.C.). He was spectacular every time. He has an energy on stage I have seen from few people. He puts on a hell of a show every time. You know you are in for something special from the beginning. The show begins with the End Theme from The Natural filling the arena followed by that amazing piano work that begins Angry Young Man. Billy dosen't let up, mixing his greatest hits with lesser known (But equallly great) songs. The latter I refer to at the three concert I've been to include Cold Spring Harbor, Vienna, The Entertainer, Downeaster Alexa, Zanzibar, Stiletto, The Night Is Still Young,And So it Goes, The Great Wall of China, The Ballad Of Billy The Kid and All For Leyna (Which the crowd missed half of in Philly because Billy's microphone was not working).The other great thing about his concerts is that no two are the same, other than the beginning (Angry Young Man) and the end (Scenes From An Italian Restaraunt-Piano Man), the set lists were arranged differently every time. His talent is equalled by his humor. I love the way he makes fun of hmself (At the D.C. Concert, he joked about touring because he needed the money because his car insurance is crazy!!!). I am going to see him one more time in D.C. on 4/14. I expect nothing less than a spectacular show that time as well.

Updated On: 4/2/06 at 10:43 PM

[cabarethed]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 12:36am

I was just at the last Philly one on Thursday. It was really great, I only didn't know one song which is damn good for me.

Off the top of my head he played Angry Young Man, Big Shot, Pressure, Don't Ask Me Why, She's Always A Woman, Honesty, River of Dreams, Goodnight Saigon, An Innocent Man, Movin' Out, The Entertainer, The Ballad of Billy the Kid, A Matter Of Trust, We Didn't Start the Fire, Allentown, My Life, and the encore was Only the Good Die Young, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, and Piano Man. Hmm, that might have been the whole concert minus the song I didn't know, lol.

[mabel]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 10:48am

FeelingElectric: Vienna, Downeaster Alexa, And So it Goes...I'm very jealous. Three favorites that I'd love to hear. I can't believe he's done something crazy like a dozen shows at MSG and I haven't managed to get my ass to a single one (though the fact that they always seem to fall on nights that I have class doesn't really help).

I've only seen Billy Joel once (with Elton John on their Face to Face tour a couple years ago) and I wasn't that thrilled. It was in Boston and was cancelled twice due to his rehab stints. When the show finally went on (3rd time's a charm) I was expecting something special to make up for all the cancellations. Eh, not so much. The original concert was cancelled the day of the show, and it was something like the 4th of 4 shows in Boston (maybe 5th of 5), and the folks my mom and I were going with were chatting with people at a bar who'd gone the night before and said they played well over 3 hours. When we finally went to our rescheduled show a year later, I think it was about 2 1/2 hours. BOOOO!