Billy Joel's (almost) Last Show at Shea Stadium!

Last night I found out at roughly 5pm, that I would be attending the Billy Joel concert at Shea Stadium that was supposed to be the last concert to be played there before the old ball park was torn down for good (The Beatles were the very first concert to play at Shea Stadium back in 1965). Due to popular demand, however, there was an additional show added for tomorrow night so last night's concert was only the 2nd to last concert ever to be played at Shea. Anyway, it was amazing! I had floor (well, field) seats just to the right of the stage for a nearly 4 hour concert that was jam-packed with Beatles covers and special guests including Tony Bennett, John Mayer, John Mellencamp, and Don Henley! I was tipped off about the special guests in advance by an enthusiastic stadium employee serving ice cream at the Carvel stand (he was present at rehearsals presumably) and he said tomorrow's for REAL last show will include an appearance by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr!

Despite the throngs of over-tanned, over bleached long island house wives who had been sipping a few too many of the liquored up "iced teas" that go by the same name, I had such a fantastic time! Billy's vocals and piano playing were music to my ears and somehow covered the otherwise intolerable sound of the drunk chick behind me who never seemed to grasp the fact that the Mets were not, in fact, playing a game at Shea last night, shouting "Lets go Me-ets! (clap clap clap clap clap)" for a solid 3 and a half hours!

So, because I was unprepared to attend a concert last night, the only pics I have are from my less than spectacular cell phone cam, and from a friend who had a bird's eye view of the entire scene. If you have an opportunity to get a ticket for tomorrow night's show, I highly recommend attending!

Here's last night's setlist:

- The Star-Spangled Banner- Miami 2017- Angry Young Man- My Life- Everybody Loves You Now- The Entertainer- Zanzibar- Allentown- Ballad of Billy the Kid- New York State of Mind (with Tony Bennett) - Big Man on Mulberry Street - Root Beer Rag - Movin' Out - Goodnight Saigon - Don't Ask Me Why - This Is the Time (with John Mayer) - Keepin' the Faith - Downeaster - Alexa - An Innocent Man- Boys of Summer (with Don Henley)- She's Always a Woman- Captain Jack - Lullabye- Hard Day's Night/River of Dreams- Pink Houses (with John Mellencamp)- We Didn't Start the Fire- It's Still Rock'n'Roll to Me- Please Please Me- You May Be Right - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant- Only the Good Die Young- She Loves You- Piano Man - Souvenir