Channel airs in Oct
SiriusXM has announced that The Billy Joel Channel will return in October to celebrate the release of Billy Joel: Live At Yankee Stadium. The channel will air from October 1st through 30th exclusively on channel 105 and on the SXM App.
The channel will showcase the popular BJ The DJ series where Billy plays DJ and spins some of his favorite tunes along with his personal commentary, including “Artists I Wish I’d Seen Live,” “Billy’s Favorite Keyboard Players,” “Rock Show,” “R&B Show,” and more.
In addition, listeners will hear Track-By-Track shows for each of his studio albums as well as four episodes of the What Was I Thinking? series in which Joel talks about the stories behind his songs.
Fans will also be treated to The Stranger Fantasy Concert, The New York State Of Mind Special, The Around The World Special, the listener-voted 88 Key Cuts countdown show, an encore of SiriusXM’s exclusive Evening of Questions and Answers captured live at the Faena in Miami, the Billy A to Z show featuring all his studio recordings of songs he wrote, in alphabetical order, with his intro to each one, and Guest DJ shows hosted by Garth Brooks, Alexa Ray Joel, Don Henley, Andrew McMahon, Pat Monahan, Mark Rivera and many others.
In celebration of 50 years of Billy Joel, one of the most iconic concert films of all time, Live At Yankee Stadium, is coming to cinemas for a special two-night global fan event on October 5th and 9th. Shot live on 16mm color film on June 22 and 23, 1990, at the iconic Bronx stadium, the original concert has been re-edited in stunning 4K with Dolby Atmos audio and newly mixed from the original multi-track tapes by Jay Vicari and overseen by Joel’s long time sound engineer Brian Ruggle.
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Billy Joel Live at Yankee Stadium digitally as well as a 2 CD/Blu-ray combo and 3 LP sets on November 4th. The new editions contain 22 performances from Joel’s historic two-day run at The House That Ruth Built and features 11 completely unreleased performances, including “Uptown Girl,” “Only The Good Die Young,” “Allentown” and more.
Joel continues his monthly Madison Square Garden residency as he performs his 84th consecutive show at The World’s Greatest Arena in New York City on October 9th. His 85th, 86th and 87th shows are lined up for November, December and January, respectively.
In November, Joel will headline night one of the two-night ATLive Powered by Ticketmaster on Friday, November 11th at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Friday’s lineup also includes Lionel Richie and Sheryl Crow while Chris Stapleton will headline country night on Saturday, November 12th with performances by Miranda Lambert and Dwight Yoakam.
This December, Joel will also head Down Under for his first concert in Melbourne, Australia in 14 years. Joel’s exclusive One Night Only In Australia concert at Melbourne’s iconic MCG will be held December 10th and has sold out 71,000 tickets.
