CBS is embracing the Piano Man.
Forward the Tremendous Bowl, the community introduced it will stream Billy Joel’s a hundredth live performance at Madison Sq. Backyard on Sunday, April 14 at 9 pm ET/PT. The 2 hour particular, titled The a hundredth: Billy Joel at Madison Sq. Backyard — The Best Run Of All Time, marks the primary time a Billy Joel live performance will air on a broadcast community. It is going to be filmed at his March 28 present, and also will be obtainable to stream reside and on demand on Paramount+.
The information comes as Joel is about to finish his MSG residency this July along with his a hundred and fiftieth profession efficiency on the New York enviornment. His first got here in late 1978, when Joel, who was touring on behalf of his 52nd Avenue album, headlined the venue for his first time. In early 2014, he started a month-to-month residency as MSG’s first “music franchise,” and has bought out each present since. He’s shrewdly modified up his set checklist from efficiency to efficiency, and recruited particular friends like Tony Bennett, Bruce Springsteen and Olivia Rodrigo.
The ultimate present of his residency is about for July. It is going to be his 104th present within the sequence, and his a hundred and fiftieth efficiency there. “I’m sort of flabbergasted that it lasted so long as it did,” Joel mentioned at a information convention final yr. “My crew tells me that we might proceed to promote tickets, however 10 years, 150 exhibits — all proper already!” All advised, the record-setting residency is anticipated to gross greater than $250 million, in keeping with Pollstar. Joel has no plans to retire, nevertheless; in actual fact, he’s scheduled to criss-cross the nation later this yr, headlining baseball stadiums with opening acts like Stevie Nicks, Sting and Rod Stewart.
The televised live performance announcement arrives every week after Joel premiered his new single, Flip the Lights Again On, reside on the Grammy awards, additionally on CBS. The romantic ballad, produced by Freddy Wexler, was the 74-year-old singer’s first authentic music in 17 years. Pattern line: “I’m late / However I’m right here proper now / And I’m looking for the magic.” Regardless of prolific stage work, the final time Joel shared new music was manner again in 2007, when he launched the love music All My Life and protest tune, Christmas in Fallujah.
The CBS/Paramount live performance particular is a co-production of Sony Music Leisure and Enliven Leisure. Steve Cohen, Barry Ehrmann and Paul Dugdale will function govt producers, with Dugdale additionally set to direct. Sony Music Imaginative and prescient is the distributor. It follows different fashionable televised live performance occasions, together with these that includes Elton John, Adele and Taylor Swift.
