Billy Joel will end his MSG residency in 2024
For the longest time, Billy Joel's monthly concerts at Madison Square Garden have been a staple of New York City. And now he's movin' out.
The Piano Man's residency at the famed Manhattan arena will end in July 2024 after his 150th lifetime show there, MSG CEO James Dolan announced Thursday at a news conference attended by Joel and Mayor Eric Adams.
“It's hard to believe we've been able to do this for 10 years,” Joel said. “It keeps selling and people keep coming and people keep buying tickets and I'm now 74. I'll be 75 next year. It seems like a nice number.”
The Bronx-born, Long Island-raised Joel kicked off the regularly sold-out residency in 2014. Joel holds the record for the most consecutive shows at the arena. He performed his 90th concert of the residency last month and is set to return today.
“This was a revival, not merely a residency,” Adams said Thursday. “This was a moment for
New Yorkers to state that no matter what we went through, or what we are going through, we can come in and get the energy that comes from that piano, from that voice, from the surprises that came every day.”
Joel's concerts feature a marathon of careerspanning hits including “New York State of Mind,” “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” and “Piano Man.”
The Garden shows have repeatedly welcomed surprise performances since 2014, including by Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and Olivia Rodrigo.
Between his Garden concerts, Joel has performed stadium shows throughout the year with Stevie Nicks, with stops thus far including Southern California, Nashville, Tennessee, and Hollywood, Florida.
“Despite what you've read, I'm selling my house in Long Island, but I'm not leaving New York,” Joel quipped Thursday. “I'm just spending a little more time down in Florida like old Jewish guys do from New York City. We're just here to hype the next 10 shows.”