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It was nan extremity of an era erstwhile Billy Joel played his past statement of his 10 twelvemonth residency astatine a sold retired Madison Square Garden connected Thursday, July 25.
The show not only marked nan past of Joel's 10-year-long residency astatine nan World's Most Famous Arena, but besides nan 150th life performance, which is simply a grounds for immoderate creator astatine nan iconic venue.
It turned retired to beryllium a family matter of sorts erstwhile The Tonight Show big Jimmy Fallon joined Joel's daughters connected shape to thief unveil a banner honoring him for his history-making show.
In fact, Joel had nan grant of sitting down nan soft arsenic his eight-year-old Della belted retired vocals and danced, each nan while her dada flashed a proud grin connected his face.
His six-year-old daughter, Remy, sewage a up-close look astatine nan capacity while sitting connected nan extremity of her father's piano, who conscionable happened to beryllium dressed identically arsenic her older sister successful a colorful burgundy minidress.
Billy Joel celebrated nan extremity of his Madison Square Garden residency by ushering his 2 young daughters, Della, eight, and Remy, six, to nan stage
For his history-making 150th show astatine nan World's Most Famous Arena, Della Joel took halfway shape for her capacity pinch her begetter connected soft and her sister sitting backmost successful decked retired successful an identical minidress
After opening nan show with Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway), Fallon came retired erstwhile for nan banner revealing by nan clip they sewage to nan 5th opus Vienna.
But nan crowd would get an unscripted gem erstwhile his young daughters were sitting connected nan soft for nan adjacent song, My Life. Early connected successful nan performance, Della hopped disconnected and walked to complete to inquire her begetter something, each while he's singing and playing piano.
From that point, nan small singer-in-the-making stood successful beforehand of nan rotating soft and could beryllium seen mouthing nan words of nan song, while keeping hit by clapping her hands and tapping 1 of some of her feet.
The unrecorded assemblage could beryllium heard cheering her connected successful various videos posted connected YouTube.
The evening consisted of Joel belting retired deed aft deed that includes nan likes of Pressure, Allentown, Only The Good Die Young, Piano Man, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, It's Still Rock And Roll To Me, and Big Shot, among galore others.
He besides brought retired Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose for a screen of Paul McCartney And Wings' classical Live And Let Die, arsenic good arsenic You May Be Right.
The history-making residency began backmost successful January 2014, pinch Joel playing 1 show a period astatine MSG.
Over nan years he has welcomed specified stars as Sting, John Mellencamp, Elvis Costello, Tony Bennett, Paul Simon and John Fogerty, on pinch caller hitmakers specified arsenic John Mayer, Miley Cyrus, Gavin DeGraw and Olivia Rodrigo.
Joel, who was calved up successful nan Bronx and grew up successful Long Island, delivered nan hits
The euphony stopped momentarily erstwhile Jimmy Fallon and Joel's daughters helped unveil nan caller banner marking his milestone 150 shows
The musician was each smiles arsenic he snuggled up pinch his 2 daughters that he shares pinch his 4th wife Alexis Roderick, whom he joined successful 2015
Della snuck successful a vocal aliases 2 during her dad's residency finale
During Joel's My Life, Remy sat connected her father's soft while Della mouthed nan words
Della sewage animated arsenic she sung on pinch her begetter during My Life successful her stylish minidress
Joel gave his 2 girls a large hug earlier sitting backmost down behind nan piano
Fans from arsenic acold distant arsenic Australia came to New York City to spot nan last show of nan residency, according to WPIX New York.
Afterwards, nan backstage area turned retired to beryllium a who's who of celebrities and high-profile group earlier and aft nan show, which included erstwhile U.S. President Bill Clinton, erstwhile New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, character and comedian Paul Rudd, and New England Patriots proprietor and CEO Robert Kraft, among others.
In a motion of respect, New York City Mayor Eric Adams presented Joel pinch nan cardinal to nan metropolis of New York backstage earlier nan last residency performance.
Joel's illustrious profession arsenic a musician began backmost successful nan mid-1960, which led to nan merchandise of debut workplace album, Cold Spring Harbor (1971).
But it grounded to summation immoderate existent traction until aft nan occurrence of his follow-up, Piano Man (1973), that peaked astatine number 25 connected the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 connected the Adult Contemporary singles chart.
At nan apical of nan VIP guests for nan sold retired show was erstwhile U.S. President Bill Clintom
The 42nd President of nan United States has been a lifelong euphony fan, who plays nan saxophone, arsenic galore of his older constituents whitethorn recall
President Clinton could besides beryllium seen laughing it up pinch comediand and character Paul Rudd
The 2 erstwhile politicians some looked handsome and stylish successful their respective suits
Now an established sanction connected nan philharmonic landscape, Joel became a cardinal seller pinch nan merchandise of Streetlife Serenade (1974), but his commercialized breakout making him a bonafide prima came pinch nan merchandise of The Stranger (1977), which featured nan deed singles Movin' Out (Anthony's Song), Just The Way You Are, She's Always a Woman, The Stranger, and Only The Good Die Young.
Plus, songs like Scenes From An Italian Restaurant and Vienna person go staples of his profession and are often performed successful his unrecorded shows complete nan years.
The Stranger album, which was nan first Joel's to beryllium produced by Phil Ramone, went connected to walk six weeks astatine number 2 connected nan US Billboard 200 chart, en way to trading much than 10 cardinal copies worldwide.
Maintaining his momentum, Joel dropped 52nd Street (1978) nan pursuing year, and it would extremity making his fist number 1 medium of his career, pinch nan support of specified deed singles arsenic My Life, Big Shot, Until The Night and Honesty.
The Piano Man besides chatted it up pinch Fromer New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New England Patriots proprietor and CEO Robert Kraft and his woman Dana Blumberg
The Piano Man shared immoderate laughs pinch Kraft and Blumberg
New York City Mayor Eric Adams presented Joel pinch nan cardinal to nan metropolis of New York backstage earlier nan past show of his Madison Square Garden residency
With complete 160 cardinal records sold worldwide, Billy Joel is 1 of nan world's best-selling philharmonic artists, and nan fourth-best-selling solo creator successful nan United States
After 12 workplace albums betwixt 1971 and 1993, astir of which person now gone platinum respective times over, Joel announced his status from penning and signaling nan accepted pop/rock genre.
He would spell connected to merchandise a 13th medium - Fantasies & Delusions (2001) - that features classical compositions from Joel, a first for him during his career.
Ultimately, Joel collapsed his connection pinch nan merchandise of nan azygous Turn The Lights Back On, his first caller popular opus successful years (and only his 2nd popular opus successful much than 2 decades).
With complete 160 cardinal records sold worldwide, Billy Joel is 1 of nan world's best-selling philharmonic artists, and nan fourth-best-selling solo creator successful nan United States.
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