Billy Joel made certain his a hundred and fiftieth and closing residency present at New York Metropolis’s Madison Sq. Backyard was a particular one. The Piano Man was joined by none aside from Axl Rose for 3 songs in the course of the historic live performance.
The Weapons N’ Roses singer was launched by Joel in the course of the set, receiving a loud roar from the sold-out area. After the 2 rock legends embraced, Joel and his band broke into a canopy of Wings’ “Dwell and Let Die” (a tune famously carried out by GN’R), with Rose dealing with lead vocals.
They adopted that up with a canopy of AC/DC’s “Freeway to Hell,” one other tune Rose may be very aware of, having fronted AC/DC again in 2016 when Brian Johnson needed to step away from the band because of listening to points.
The present resumed with out Axl all through the remainder of the principle set, however the GN’R frontman as soon as once more made an look in the course of the closing tune of the encore, lending his vocals to “You Could Be Proper.”
After that, Joel introduced out his two younger daughters as he took his closing bows, ending his record-breaking residency on the “World’s Most Well-known Area.”
Earlier within the set, Jimmy Fallon introduced Joel with a banner studying, “Billy Joel 150: Most Lifetime Performances by Any Artist,” which will likely be raised to the rafters of the sector.
See Axl Rose’s performances with Billy Joel within the fan-filmed movies beneath, in addition to Fallon’s banner presentation, and the complete 25-song setlist.
Although Joel might have concluded his run at MSG, he nonetheless has a number of upcoming live shows on his calendar, together with co-upcoming tour dates with Sting. Get tickets right here.
Setlist:
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
Stress
The Entertainer
Zanzibar
Vienna (Jimmy Fallon presents banner)
My Life
An Harmless Man (Begin Me Up Intro)
The Downeaster “Alexa”
Don’t Ask Me Why
New York State of Thoughts
Allentown
This Is the Time
Dwell and Let Die (Wings cowl) (with Axl Rose)
Freeway to Hell (AC/DC cowl) (with Axl Rose)
Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Tune)
Solely the Good Die Younger
The River of Desires
Nessun dorma (Giacomo Puccini cowl)
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
Piano Man
Encore:
We Didn’t Begin the Fireplace
Uptown Lady
It’s Nonetheless Rock and Roll to Me
Huge Shot
You Could Be Proper (with Axl Rose)