The residency wraps in July 2024
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. has announced that by overwhelming demand, legendary musician and MSG franchise Billy Joel has added the next show in his record-breaking, sold out residency at The World’s Most Famous Arena on Thursday, March 28, 2024. The March show will mark Joel’s 100th monthly and 146th lifetime show at The Garden. After ten extraordinary years, Joel’s historic franchise run at The Garden will conclude with his 150th lifetime show at the venue, which is slated for July 2024.
Citi cardmembers will have first access to presale tickets for the March 28th show from Monday, October 9th at 10 am ET through Thursday, October 12th at 10 pm ET. Tickets will be available for purchase by the general public beginning at 10 am ET on Friday, October 13th via Ticketmaster. Due to congestion during the on-sale, it can be difficult to purchase tickets right away. Please continue to check Ticketmaster as tickets will be available throughout the day.
The remaining announced shows include sold out performances through Februrary 2024.
Joel’s history with Madison Square Garden began with his first performance at The World’s Most Famous Arena on December 14, 1978. In 2006, with 12 consecutive performances, Joel set the record for “most consecutive performances by any artist.” To commemorate the historic moment, a banner stating “Joel – 12” was raised to The Garden rafters, making him the first entertainer in the venue’s history to accomplish this feat.
In December 2013, Joel was named Madison Square Garden’s first-ever music franchise, joining the ranks of the storied venue’s other original franchises – the New York Knicks and New York Rangers. The record-breaking residency began in January 2014 with Joel playing one show every month at The Garden for, as Joel said at the time, “as long as the demand continues.” In January 2015, Joel broke his own record of the “most consecutive performances by any artist” with the 13th show of the residency and a new banner was raised to The Garden’s rafters. In July 2015, with his 65th lifetime show, Joel broke another record for the “most lifetime performances by any artist,” for which another banner was raised. Both of Joel’s banners continue to hang at The Garden and are replaced each month with each performance.
Joel is currently co-headlining a handful of stadium dates with Stevie Nicks. We attended their most recent show in Baltimore on Saturday night (Oct 7th). The duo will share the same stage again on November 10th in Minneapolis, December 8th in Phoenix and March 9th in Arlington, TX.
In other Billy Joel news, SiriusXM subscribers in North America can listen to The Billy Joel Channel through October 28th on channel 105 and the SiriusXM App. During the monthlong run, Joel will present a track-by-track of all 11 of his rock albums, DJ-themed shows, concert specials and more. All of the “I Go To Extremes” singer-songwriter’s songs can be heard in an A to Z marathon on October 8th starting at noon ET. Plus, celebrities like Don Henley, Garth Brooks, Billy’s daughter Alexa Ray Joel, Joel’s band members, and more host their own guest DJ shows.
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 2 on November 3rd, continuing an ongoing celebration of the legendary artist’s 50-plus years of musical magic, on-stage and in the studio. The 11 LP deluxe box set completes the definitive Billy Joel 12-inch vinyl album project which began with The Vinyl Collection, Vol. 1, a 9 LP set released in November 2021 in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Joel’s debut solo album, Cold Spring Harbor, originally released November 1, 1971.
On New Year’s Eve, New York’s quintessential son is back in his hometown on Long Island and will perform for the first time at the new state-of-the-art UBS Arena at Belmont. Joel will be helping Long Islanders ring in the New Year beginning at 9:30 pm marking his first concert on Long Island since 2018.
Joel will perform his first concert in Japan in 16 years on January 24, 2024. The Piano Man will play a concert at the Tokyo Dome for a one-night-only event, marking his 12th stop to the country since 1978.
