Billy Joel has introduced the tip of his Madison Sq. Backyard residency.
The Uptown Lady singer introduced in a press convention on Thursday that he would wrap up his residency on the famed New York Metropolis venue in July 2024.
“I am sort of flabbergasted that it lasted so long as it did. My crew tells me that we may proceed to promote tickets, however 10 years, 150 exhibits – all proper already!” he stated in a press release, stories Individuals. “I do bear in mind the primary time we performed Madison Sq. Backyard, it was the head of my profession. I assumed, ‘My God, I am headlining Madison Sq. Backyard.’ Everyone on the earth is aware of once you play The Backyard, it isn’t simply New York.”
Billy first carried out at Madison Sq. Backyard in 1978. He first set the document for essentially the most consecutive performances by any artist at MSG in 2006, and set one other document in 2015 for essentially the most lifetime performances by an artist on the venue.
He has carried out virtually month-to-month on the enviornment since January 2014. His final live performance would cap off his tenth 12 months and mark his a hundred and fiftieth lifetime present.
“To our viewers, I need to thank them for coming to our exhibits for this lengthy. It is exhausting to finish, even at 150 lifetime exhibits,” Billy continued in his announcement. “I simply need to thank everybody for the fantastic factor that is occurred right here.”
He added, “I by no means imagined anybody may have a residency right here. It is simply been one loopy exhilarating evening after one other… To me, my band, MSG is extra than simply our workplace. It is residence. For those who Google Billy Joel’s home, they present Madison Sq. Backyard, which is sort of cool.”
The singer has scheduled 10 exhibits for the ultimate stretch of his residency, starting on 20 October 2023 and ending in July subsequent 12 months.
