Billy Joel concert at Shea Stadium

Heard on the news this morning he is performing the last concert at Shea Stadium on July 16th.
I'm so bummed because I'm going to miss it because I'll be away.
Hopefully they will add a few more dates and I can catch one of them.
No idea when tickets go on sale.

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Kind of OT but will he be the first performer to do shows at Yankee Stadium and Shea?

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Oh wow....I thought it was supposed to be after the season was over, although it would have been very cold then!

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I don't believe that it will be his last show.

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from billboard.com

Billy Joel will be the last artist to play at New York's Shea Stadium with a July 16 concert billed as "The Last Play at Shea, From the Beatles to Billy." The show comes in the midst of the New York Mets' final season at Shea; the team moves into its new home at Citi Field in 2009.

The Joel show, promoted by Live Nation in association with Mitch Slater, goes on sale Feb. 16. Joel joins a long list of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will have played the Bronx, N.Y. baseball stadium, beginning with the Beatles in August 1965 and including including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Police, Eric Clapton, Elton John, and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.

"The Last Play at Shea," which comes the day after the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, makes Joel the only artist to ever have played both Yankee Stadium (two nights in 1991) and Shea Stadium. It is also the first in-season concert at Shea since Clapton and John played there during the 1992 baseball season.

On of the world's top concert draws, Joel took in $40 million in 2007 from only 29 shows according to Billboard Boxscore. This year, Joel is "not touring, just working," his longtime agent Dennis Arfa tells Billboard.com. "We put weeks together instead of months."

Joel is out for a brief run beginning Feb. 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim and including stops in Sacramento (26), Denver (28), Milwaukee (March 2). He then plays Des Moines on April 15 and Pittsburgh April 18, prior to headlining the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival April 26

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that would be an awesome concert to see at shea!

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OHHH, I am going to have to get tickets!!!!

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Wish I could go, but Baby P. is due July 2nd.

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OMG!!! I am so excited! My favorite pop singer at my favorite ball park....

A die hard Billy and Mets fan! This is going to be awesome. I may die if I cant' get tickets!!!

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Wow. Awesome!!

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I will definitely be on the lookout for tickets!!!!!!!!!

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i wonder how much the tickets will be

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I heard it this morning too, I would LOVE to go see Billy esp at Shea since it'll be torn down next year!!!!!!

Ticket prices are going to be insane, I'm sure!!

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Oh bummer, I would have loved to go!! I love his concerts. Too bad that's the baby's due date!!

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That's awesome - I probably won't be able to get a ticket but I'll try

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thanks! I can't wait, I am sure I will have the baby by then and will take the night off from mother hood for Billy.
I heard he was doing a string of concerts before the stadium gets torn down in the FALL though. After baseball season. there is no way he could be doing just one in the middle of baseball season...Thanks for the post and can't wait to see what happens with the concert

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Glad they picked a New Yorker. I have a friend who has been to about 60 or 70 Billy Joel concerts. If I tell him I want to go, I am sure he can steer me in the direction of some tickets. I love Billy Joel.

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