The countdown to Billy Joel’s last Madison Square Garden concert has begun.

On October 20, the first of Joel’s last ten concerts at MSG kicked off to a nostalgic start as he sang his top hits like “Uptown Girl” and “Piano Man” throughout the show. That Friday, he told his fans he had “bad news” and “good news.”

“The bad news is I don’t have any new songs for you,” he said during the concert. “The good news is you don’t have to sit through songs you didn’t know that you don’t want to hear in the first place.”

Since 2014, the Grammy singer has played one show at MSG every month. The 74-year-old currently holds the most appearances at MSG and is planning to end at 150 shows next year.

Joel isn’t just focusing on his MSG shows though, as he is also going around the country to perform with Stevie Nicks and Sting.

Tour dates below include the remaining MSG shows and concert dates with Stevie Nicks:


11-22 New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
12-08 Phoenix, AZ — Chase Field (with Stevie Nicks)
12-19 New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
12-31 Long Island, NY — UBS Arena at Belmont Park
01-11-2024 New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
02-09-2024 New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
02-24-2024 Tampa, FL — Raymond James Stadium (with Sting)
03-09-2024 Arlington, TX — AT&T Stadium (with Stevie Nicks)
03-28-2024 New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
04-13-2024 San Diego, CA — Petco Park (with Sting)
04-26-2024 New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
05-09-2024 New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
06-08-2024 New York, NY — Madison Square Garden

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Setlist from his October 20 show at Madison Square Garden:

  1. “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway”
  2. “My Life” (“Ode to Joy” Intro)
  3. “Addams Family Theme Song” (Vic Mizzy cover)
  4. “The Entertainer”
  5. “The Downeaster ‘Alexa'”
  6. “Funeral March of a Marionette” (Charles Gounod cover)
  7. “The Munsters’ Theme” (Jack Marshall cover)
  8. “Monster Mash” (Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers cover)
  9. “Zanzibar”
  10. “Start Me Up” (The Rolling Stones cover)
  11. “An Innocent Man”
  12. “So Much In Love” (The Tymes – Snippet)
  13. “Barbara Ann” (The Regents cover)
  14. “Rockin’ Robin” (Bobby Day cover)
  15. “The Longest Time”
  16. “Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35” (Chopin cover)
  17. “Vienna”
  18. “Half a Mile Away”
  19. “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”
  20. “New York State of Mind”
  21. “Don’t Ask Me Why”
  22. “She’s Always a Woman”
  23. “Allentown”
  24. “Sometimes a Fantasy”
  25. “Only the Good Die Young”
  26. “The River of Dreams”
  27. “Nessun dorma” (Giacomo Puccini cover)
  28. “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant”
  29. “Piano Man”

Encore:

  1. “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
  2. “Uptown Girl”
  3. “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me”
  4. “Big Shot”
  5. “You May Be Right”

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