Billy Joel

[Vendetta]

I don't know if any of you heard of this but look at this two sets from Shea Stadium and tell me this is not an awesome fucking concert.

“Star-Spangled Banner”

“Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)”

“Angry Young Man”

“My Life”

“Everybody Loves You Now”

“The Entertainer”

“Zanzibar”

“Allentown”

“The Ballad of Billy the Kid”

“New York State of Mind” (with Tony Bennett)

“Big Man on Mulberry Street”

“Root Beer Rag”

“Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”

“Goodnight Saigon”

“Don’t Ask Me Why”

“This is the Time” (with John Mayer)

“Keeping the Faith”

“The Downeaster Alexa”

“Stand By Me”/”An Innocent Man”

“Boys of Summer” (with Don Henley)

“She’s Always a Woman”

“Captain Jack”

“Lullabye”

“River of Dreams”/”A Hard Day’s Night”

“Pink Houses” (with John Mellencamp)

“We Didn’t Start the Fire”

“It’s Still Rock & Roll to Me”

“You May Be Right”

“Please Please Me”

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“Scenes From an Italian Restaurant”

“Only the Good Die Young”

“She Loves You”

“Take Me Out to the Ballgame”

“Piano Man”

“Souvenir”

That was the Thursday Show

This was the Friday show.

-ORCHESTRA OPENING

-National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner)

-Miami 2017

-Prelude/Angry Young Man

-My Life

-The Entertainer

-Summer, Highland Falls

-Zanzibar

-Allentown

-Ballad of Billy the Kid

-New York State of Mind (w/Tony Bennett)

-Root Beer Rag

-Goodnight Saigon

-Don’t Ask Me Why

-Keeping The Faith

-The Downeaster “Alexa”

-This Night

-Movin’ Out (Anthony's Song)

-Under The Boardwalk/An Innocent Man

-Shameless (duet w/ Garth Brooks)

-She’s Always A Woman

-Captain Jack

-Lullabye

-River of Dreams/A Hard Days Night

-Walk This Way (w/Steven Tyler)

-We Didn’t Start The Fire

-It’s Still Rock ‘n Roll To Me

-My Generation (w/Roger Daltrey)

-You May Be Right

Encore:

-Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

-Only The Good Die Young

Second Encore

-I Saw Her Standing There (with Sir Paul McCartney)

-Piano Man, Let It Be (with Sir Paul McCartney)

Good news is they will be releasing the concerts on CD later this year and on DVD in 2009.

[Iain76er]

No Uptown Girl at all.

Tut, tut.

[METALMAN]

Exactly what I was going to say. Why on earth did he leave it out?

[Vendetta]

He hasn't done that song in a very long time. Wasn't on his 12 gardens CD either which I have and was a great concert.

[Lowerdeck]

I think he retired doing some songs live because they were written for ex-wives. I'm thinking perhaps that was one of them.

As for those set lists at Shea... holy shit. Those guest appearances alone must have been something else.

I went to see him earlier this month (the 3rd, Mohegan Sun's 9th of 10)...

Prelude/Angry Young Man

My Life

The Entertainer

Zanzibar

New York State of Mind

Downeaster “Alexa”

Root Beer Rag

Allentown

Don’t Ask Me Why

Room Of Our Own

Movin’ Out

She’s Always A Woman

Captain Jack

River of Dreams

Matter Of Trust

Highway to Hell **vocals done by a guitar tech "Chainsaw"**

We Didn’t Start The Fire

Its Still Rock ‘n’ Roll To Me

You May Be Right

Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

Piano Man

[Hobo]

Joel doesn't sing Uptown Girl because it was written for Christy Brinkley. That's quite an epic looking set of shows.

Edited July 29, 2008 by HoboObohHbob