Posted on: July 17th, 2008 Billy Joel Hits A Grand Slam
Local boy Billy Joel got together with 63,000 of his closet friends to play the first of 2 final concerts ever at NY’s historic Shea Stadium. The Historically dumpy home of The NY Mets will be torn down at the end of the season. Billy was on fire, rocking for 3 hours with plenty of guests including Tony Benett, John Mayer, Don Henley and John Mellencamp. In homage to the Beatles most famous concert ever, Joel loaded the set list with plenty of Beatles music. Joel also becomes the first performer to ever play every major sporting facility in New York City.
Check out the setlist after the jump.
Shea Stadium, July 16, 2008
“Star-Spangled Banner”
“Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)”
“Angry Young Man”
“My Life”
“Everybody Loves You Now”
“The Entertainer”
“Zanzibar”
“Allentown”
“The Ballad of Billy the Kid”
“New York State of Mind” (with Tony Bennett)
“Big Man on Mulberry Street”
“Root Beer Rag”
“Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”
“Goodnight Saigon”
“Don’t Ask Me Why”
“This is the Time” (with John Mayer)
“Keeping the Faith”
“The Downeaster Alexa”
“Stand By Me”/“An Innocent Man”
“Boys of Summer” (with Don Henley)
“She’s Always a Woman”
“Captain Jack”
“Lullabye”
“River of Dreams”/“A Hard Day’s Night”
“Pink Houses” (with John Mellencamp)
“We Didn’t Start the Fire”
“It’s Still Rock & Roll to Me”
“You May Be Right”
“Please Please Me”
Encore
“Scenes From an Italian Restaurant”
“Only the Good Die Young”
“She Loves You”
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame”
“Piano Man”
“Souvenir”