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• May 24 2024 T-Mobile Park Seattle, WA, USA  –  Find tickets Add time Tickets Add time Add times
• Jun 08 2024 Madison Square Garden New York, NY, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 7:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 8:00 PM Tickets 7:00 PM 8:00 PM
• Jun 21 2024 Soldier Field Chicago, IL, USA  –  Find tickets Add time Tickets Add time Add times
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• Jul 25 2024 Madison Square Garden New York, NY, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 7:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 8:00 PM Tickets 7:00 PM 8:00 PM
• Aug 09 2024 Principality Stadium Cardiff, Wales  –  Find tickets Add time Tickets Add time Add times
• Sep 13 2024 Cleveland Browns Stadium Cleveland, OH, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 6:55 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM Tickets 6:55 PM 7:00 PM
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• Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
• Everybody Loves You Now
• Start Me Up
• An Innocent Man
• The Lion Sleeps Tonight
• The Longest Time
• Say Goodbye to Hollywood
• To Sir With Love

Billy Joel at Petco Park, San Diego, CA, USA

• Big Man on Mulberry Street
• Turn the Lights Back On
• Don't Ask Me Why
• New York State of Mind
• Sometimes a Fantasy
• Only the Good Die Young
• Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
• The Downeaster "Alexa"
• Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
• Half a Mile Away
• The Entertainer

Billy Joel at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX, USA

• The Natural (The End Title)

Billy Joel at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL, USA

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• And So It Goes

Billy Joel at 66th Grammy Awards

• You May Be Right

Billy Joel at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan

• Keeping the Faith

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America's "Piano Man"

Wrote 33 top 40 hits; won six Grammys; sold 150 million records

* Billy Joel was also the 2001 recipient of The Johnny Mercer Award , the SHOF’s highest honor Billy Joel, singer, songwriter and piano man extraordinaire, has been a major force in popular music for more than 20 years. A native Long Islander, born in 1949, Joel grew up in Hicksville at the peak of the post-World War II baby boom. At the age of four, Joel first discovered and became fascinated with classical music, a love that has stayed with him to this day. He studied classical piano, but as he progressed, he learned how to turn a favorite Beethoven sonata into a boogie woogie romp.

Among his earliest influences, Joel cites Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, along with the great American composers, Copeland, Gershwin and Ellington . His more contemporary influences include Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles , Otis Redding , The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix.

As he was turning 15, Joel, already a skilled musician, joined his first band, The Echoes (later The Lost Souls). A veteran of many Long Island bands, including The Hassles, and later Attila, it was as a solo artist that Joel made his first significant recording, Cold Spring Harbor (named after a town on Long island's North Shore) on the Paramount label.

Signed by Columbia Records in 1973, Joel recorded Piano Man. Both the album and the single went gold soon after their release, while his third effort, Streetlife Serenade, garnered a first group of many awards to come, including "Best New Male Vocalist" (Cash Box); "Male Artist of the Year" (Music Retailer); and "Record of the Year" for "Piano Man," (Stereo Review). Joel went on to become one of the major forces of the recording artists of the 70s, 80’s and 90’s. Of his 14 album releases, 11 have been certified platinum and/or multi-platinum, in turn generating more than 40 chart-listed single hits, including "Piano Man," “Just The Way You Are," "Only The Good Die Young," "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me," "Uptown Girl," and "We Didn't Start The Fire."

Among the many honors he has received, Joel has been nominated for 23 Grammy awards, winning six, including two each for "Just The Way You Are" and "52nd Street;" and one for Glass Houses. In addition, he was honored with the Grammy Legend Award in 1990.

Over the course of more than 25 years of performing, Joel has been selling out venues since his early days at The Bitter End in New York's Greenwich Village, to Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden. Joel has toured throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America, as well as Cuba and Israel. An unmatched tour experience came in 1987, when he became the first American pop star to bring a fully-staged rock music production to the Soviet Union. Joel also performed in Berlin during the reunification of Germany and in the Philippines where he performed for American GI's the day the Persian Gulf War started a continent away.

Over the years, Joel has been active on behalf of community and environmental projects, performing at benefit concerts, most notably the Concert for the Bays and Baymen, Farm Aid 1, Charity Begins At Home, Concert For the New York City Police Athletic League, Back At The Ranch, and The Concert for Walden Woods.

Although he is certainly a successful performer, Joel has always maintained that he is a songwriter first, and there is no surer proof of this than that of having had his material recorded and sung by the greatest performers of our time. Among the artists included in this diverse group are Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra , Phil Woods, Mose Allison, Ronnie Spector, Bette Midler , Diane Schuur, Isaac Hayes , Barry White, Kenny Rogers , Dolly Parton , and Garth Brooks . Throughout a career that has included many miles and milestones, it is for Joel's songwriting craftsmanship for which he receives the ultimate accolades.

At the end of the 1990's, Joel shifted his attention from pop to serious music, channeling his favorite classical composer. Fantasies & Delusions: Music for Solo Piano, recorded by Richard Joos, was released in 2002 and proved the enormous talent of Billy Joel was applicable in any genre.

In addition to his Grammy honors, he has received the Gershwin Prize, the ASCAP Centennial Award, and the Johnny Mercer Award. He was the 2002 Musicares Person of the Year, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And with his 65th show at Madison Square Garden on November 9, Joel set a record for most performances by a single artist at the venue. He has been performing monthly, hugely successful shows at The Garden since January 2014.

Kennedy Center Honoree and Gershwin Award winner; Honored with SHOF’s highest accolade, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 2001

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Born on May 9, 1949, in New York, Billy Joel bounced back after a disappointing first album, Cold Spring Harbor (1971), with 1973's Piano Man , featuring hits like "Piano Man" and "Captain Jack." He went on to make successful albums like Streetlife Serenade (1974), The Stranger (1977) and 52nd Street (1978). In the 1980s, Joel married supermodel Christie Brinkley, and topped the musical charts with "Uptown Girl" and "We Didn't Start the Fire." By 1999, his worldwide song sales had topped $100 million, and he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Several years later, in 2013, he received the Kennedy Center Honors.

Singer-songwriter William Martin "Billy" Joel was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 9, 1949, to Howard and Rosalind Joel. Shortly after he was born, the family moved to a section of America's famous "first suburb," Levittown on Long Island. Although his father was an accomplished classical pianist, it was Joel's mother who pushed the young boy to study piano. He began playing at the age of four and showed an immediate aptitude for the instrument. By the time he was 16, Billy Joel was already a pro, having joined his third band before he could drive.

It wasn't long before the artist, inspired by the Beatles' iconic Ed Sullivan Show performance, committed heart and soul to a life in music. He dropped out of high school to pursue a performing career, devoting himself to creating his first solo album Cold Spring Harbor , which was released in 1971. The terms of Joel's contract with Family Productions turned out to be onerous and the artist was unhappy with the quality of the album they released. It wasn't a commercial success.

Disillusioned with trying to make it as a rock star, Joel moved to Los Angeles to fly under the radar for a while. In early 1972, he got a gig working as a lounge pianist under the pseudonym Bill Martin. His time playing at The Executive Room on Wilshire Boulevard would later be immortalized in his song "Piano Man," which describes a no-name lounge's down-and-out patrons.

By late 1972, an underground recording of Joel's "Captain Jack" had been released on the East Coast and was garnering positive attention. Executives from Columbia Records sought out the lounge player and gave Joel a second chance to become a rock star.

With the momentum of a Top 20 single ("Piano Man") to his name, Joel began recording new songs and albums, coming out with Streetlife Serenade in 1974. Many of his songs related to a growing frustration with the music industry and Hollywood, foreshadowing his exit from Los Angeles in 1976. As the years passed, Joel's style began to evolve, showing his range from pop to the bluesy-jazz stylings that are now closely associated with his name. The Stranger (1977) was Joel's first major commercial breakthrough, landing him four songs in the Top 25 of the U.S. Billboard charts. By 1981, Joel had collected a slew of awards, including a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and a People's Choice Award.

Through the 1980s, Joel would be crowned a hit-maker with smashes such as "Tell Her About It," "Uptown Girl," "Innocent Man" and "The Longest Time." He would release two volumes of Greatest Hits and become the first American performer to unleash a full-scale rock production in the Soviet Union. While churning out hits, Joel would also frequent the benefit circuit, performing with stars such as Cyndi Lauper and John Mellencamp to raise money for various causes.

In 1989, on the heels of the successful single "We Didn't Start the Fire," Joel was presented with the Grammy Legend Award. His professional success continued unabated into the early 1990s, although his personal life became somewhat dramatic. After the release of River of Dreams (1994), Joel slowed his studio recordings but continued to tour alone and in combination with fellow artists such as Elton John. In 1999, the worldwide sales of his songs passed the 100 million mark. Also that year, Joel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his idol, Ray Charles. Several years later, in 2013, Joel received the Kennedy Center Honors.

In the early 2000s, Joel found himself in and out of rehab, struggling with an ongoing alcohol addiction. In 2007, Joel released the single "All My Life," his first song with original lyrics in 13 years. Though semi-retired in terms of recording new pop songs, Joel has continued to tour and branch out as an artist. He has composed a number of classical songs and even reworked older ballads with an orchestral backing.

Throughout the years, Joel's songs have acted as personal and cultural touchstones for millions of people, mirroring his own goal of writing songs that "meant something during the time in which I lived... and transcended that time."

When Joel's residency at Madison Square Garden was announced in 2013, his devoted fans proved how much the singer's music resonated with them. As the first music franchise in MSG's history, Joel broke records; his monthly concerts have sold out every time, and as of October 2015, he has grossed over $46 million in sales.

In 1982, Joel split with his first wife, Elizabeth Weber Small, who had been his partner since 1973. In 1984, Joel would famously meet and marry supermodel Christie Brinkley. Soon after, their daughter Alexa Ray (named after Ray Charles) was born on December 29, 1985.

Joel divorced Brinkley in 1993. In 2004, he married the television personality and journalist Katie Lee. They would eventually divorce after five years of marriage.

In 2015, Billy Joel and his girlfriend of six years, Alexis Roderick, announced they were expecting a baby together. That summer, Joel and Roderick tied the knot at the couple's annual Fourth of July party at his Long Island estate. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo presided over the nuptials. Their daughter Della Rose Joel was born on August 12, 2015.

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Billy Joel performed at the home of the Detroit Tigers on Saturday, July 9 and as if more than two hours of mostly hits.

Crystal Taliefero, (born 1963 in Bourne, Massachusetts) is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist that has been touring with Billy Joel since 1989.

At 11 years old, Taliefero started performing at local rhythm and blues clubs in Northwest Indiana and Chicago. Taliefero attended William A. Wirt High School in Gary, IN, where she was a top athlete and graduated in 1981. She went on to study music at Indiana University,  where  later she accepted a position as Director of the IU Soul Revue in Bloomington, IN, from 2016-17. Taliefero is member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

John Mellencamp discovered Taliefero performing locally and convinced her to join his touring band in 1985.

Crystal has been with the Billy Joel since 1989. Over the years, Taliefero's music journey has included a wide range of artists such as Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Joe Cocker, Tina Arena, Bob Seger, Brooks & Dunn, Richie Sambora, Elton John, Enrique Iglesias, Natalie Merchant, Meat Loaf, Michael McDonald, Bruce Springsteen, The Northern Pikes, Julian Lennon, The Bee Gees, Dolly Parton's "Two Doors Down", Steven Van Zandt, Mick Jones of Foreigner (credited on his solo album released in 1989) and Buddy Guy.

In its 2008 article "The 125-Plus People, Places and Things Ruling the Rock & Roll Universe," Rolling Stone magazine declared Taliefero the "Best Secret Weapon." Instruments in Taliefero's percussion kit include the bongo, cabasa, chimes, conga, cowbell, güiro, hand percussion, jam block, shaker, tambourine, timbales, triangle, the Djembe and wood block. In addition, Taliefero plays acoustic guitar, sax, keys and all vocals. 

"Crystal and I have worked together for many years. She brings an excitement and fire to the stage like none I've ever seen. All of the artists who have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Crystal will tell you she is a vocal and percussion goddess!!!!

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"Crystal is, without a doubt, the most talented multi-instrumentalist and vocal arranger I have ever worked with. I have been honored to have her as a member of my recording and touring group for over 25 years."  

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How to get Billy Joel tickets: Dates and prices compared for 2024 concert tour

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After announcing the upcoming end of his Madison Square Garden residency this year, the demand for Billy Joel concert tickets is growing in 2024. Thankfully, there are still a few avenues for how to get Billy Joel tickets for his 2024 concert tour and remaining MSG shows.

The "Piano Man" singer has held an MSG residency since 2014, setting a record for the most shows at the New York City arena for solo artists. But, after a decade of monthly shows at Madison Square Garden, the curtains are closing on his residency in July 2024. While his MSG residency is ending, the singer's long-running "Billy Joel in Concert" tour will still continue throughout the year in various cities across the United States.

Billy Joel has 12 more shows scheduled throughout 2024, including a few more performances at Madison Square Garden. The year's confirmed remaining dates will take place across ten cities before ending in Las Vegas, Nevada in November. As such, there are various opportunities to see Billy Joel sing his hits like "Vienna," "Movin' Out," and "Uptown Girl" in 2024.

We've got you covered if you're looking for how to buy tickets to Billy Joel's 2024 concert tour. Here's our breakdown of the "Billy Joel in Concert" 2024 tour schedule, purchasing details, and original and resale ticket prices. You can also browse available tickets at your leisure on StubHub and Vivid Seats .

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Billy Joel 2024 tour schedule

Billy Joel's 2024 concert tour is well underway, with only a few more chances to see him play at Madison Square Garden before his residency concludes. Joel has three more MSG performances in May, June, and July 2024, with the remaining concerts taking him to Chicago, Denver, Cleveland, St. Louis, Inglewood, San Antonio, and Las Vegas.

In the table below, you'll find the cheapest starting prices listed on Vivid Seats and StubHub at the time of publication. The dates with a "*" indicate that the show is part of Billy Joel and Sting's "One Night Only" concert series. All concert times are listed in local time zones.

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How to buy tickets for Billy Joel's 2024 concert tour

You can currently buy standard original tickets for Billy Joel's 2024 concerts through Ticketmaster. However, some dates have already sold out of original tickets.

Tickets for Billy Joel's 2024 tour are also available to buy through verified resale vendors such as StubHub and Vivid Seats . Resale tickets are still available on these sites for his Madison Square Garden and Cardiff, Wales performances, which are sold out of original tickets.

How much are Billy Joel tickets?

Tickets to see Billy Joel cost substantially more for his remaining Madison Square Garden performances than his alternate US shows due to high demand. With original standard tickets being sold out for his MSG shows, the least expensive standard ticket overall is $54 in Denver, CO, on July 12. However, Billy Joel ticket prices are generally about the same price or less expensive on resale sites.

The cheapest ticket prices on StubHub start at $77 for Joel's concerts in Denver and San Antonio, the latter of which he co-headlines with Sting. Meanwhile, Vivid Seats' prices are generally comparable, with the vendor's least expensive Billy Joel ticket price being $72 for his 2024 Denver show. The two resale sites are relatively similar in availability for Joel's MSG shows, with prices beginning at $359 on Vivid Seats and $368 on StubHub for his performance on May 9.

Who is opening for Billy Joel's tour?

So far, Billy Joel hasn't confirmed any opening acts for his 2024 concert tour. However, Joel will co-headline one concert with Stevie Nicks in Chicago, one concert with Rod Stewart in Cleveland, and three shows with Sting in St. Louis, San Antonio, and Las Vegas. Chris Isaak will serve as a special guest for the Cardiff, Wales show.

Will there be international tour dates?

Billy Joel currently has one international tour date scheduled for his 2024 concert series. The "My Life" singer will perform in Cardiff, Wales on August 9.

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