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Billy Joel to Be Last Act at Shea
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Joel’s "The Last Play at Shea" is on July 16. The stadium is to be razed, and the Mets will play their next season at Citi Field.
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Dave Howard, the Mets vice president of baseball operation, explained to the New York Daily News that Joel was the perfect choice to sing Shea's swan song.
“As we started talking about who would write that final chapter of the amazing rock 'n' roll history, we could think of no one better," he said.
Shea has been a music venue since the Beatles' ground-breaking performance there in 1965. It has hosted some of rocks legendary names, including the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Police, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John and Eric Clapton.
With this concert, Billy Joel will have played at all three major New York stadiums: Yankee, Giants and now Shea.
He is expected to perform a few Beatles songs as a tribute to their 1965 Shea performance—the first concert to be performed at an outdoor stadium.
Tickets go on sale Feb. 16.
“As we started talking about who would write that final chapter of the amazing rock 'n' roll history, we could think of no one better," he said.
Shea has been a music venue since the Beatles' ground-breaking performance there in 1965. It has hosted some of rocks legendary names, including the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Police, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John and Eric Clapton.
With this concert, Billy Joel will have played at all three major New York stadiums: Yankee, Giants and now Shea.
He is expected to perform a few Beatles songs as a tribute to their 1965 Shea performance—the first concert to be performed at an outdoor stadium.
Tickets go on sale Feb. 16.
Headline Link: ‘Joel Picked to Say Goodbye to Shea’
Joel is honored to give the last performance at Shea. He said, "I'm a New York fan, and before this venue is gone, to have the opportunity to play here is really something else.”
Source: The New York Daily News
History: Shea Stadium
The 43-year-old Shea Stadium is located in Flushing Meadows, Queens. The official site of the New York Mets writes that the stadium has hosted many cultural events, including a visit by Pope John Paul II and performances by the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Police, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John and Eric Clapton. On Sept. 11, 2001, Shea stadium was used as a relief center for emergency workers.
Source: New York Mets
Related Links: Concerts at Shea Stadium
Video of some of the concerts performed at Shea Stadium are carred by the blog Consequence of Sound. The footage includes the Beatles first stadium concert in 1965, the Clash in 1982, the Who in 1982 and Bruce Springsteen in 2003.
Source: Consequence of Sound
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