As of Wednesday July 16th, Billy Joel played one of the last two concerts at Shea Stadiumi in New York City. I believe Billy played at Shea stadium again last night on Friday. Yep, Billy Joel is retiring from music for good. Which kind of sucks because he’s been one of my favorites for a long time and I’ve admired Billy Joel for years. I’ve been hoping he would go back into the studio for a new album with new songs but I don’t see that happening anytime soon, because look like he’s done. The picture above is him performing at Shea Stadium.

Billy Joel played cover songs at the concert too, along with special surprise guests he collaborated with on stage. Special guests were John Mellencamp, John Mayer, Tony Bennett and Don Henley.

Billy Joel’s set list at Shea Stadium July 16th 2008:

Star Spangled Banner
Miami 2017
Prelude/Angry Young Man
My Life
Everybody Loves You Now
The Entertainer
Zanzibar
Allentown
Ballad of Billy the Kid
New York State of Mind w/ 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
Keeping the Faith
Downeaster “Alexa”
Innocent Man with “Stand By Me” intro
Boys of Summer with Don Henley
She’s Always a Woman
Captain Jack
Lullabye
River of Dreams/”Hard Days Night”
Pink Houses with John Mellencamp
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Still Rock and Roll
You May Be Right
Please Please Me

Encore:
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
Only the Good Die Young
She Loves You
Piano Man
Souvenir

The second Shea Stadium show, the set was a little different with different special guests collaborations, Special guests in the second show were Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Sir Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Roger Daltrey, and Tony Bennett.

Billy’s setlist for July 18th at Shea Stadium:

Star Spangled Banner, Miami 2017, Prelude/Angry Young Man, My Life, The Entertainer, Summer, Highland Falls, Zanzibar, Allentown, Ballad of Billy the Kid, New York State of Mind (with Tony Bennett), Root Beer Rag, Goodnight Saigon, Don’t Ask Me Why, Keeping The Faith, The Downeaster “Alexa”, This Night, Movin’ Out, Under The Boardwalk/An Innocent Man, Shameless (duet with Garth Brooks), She’s Always A Woman, Captain Jack, Lullabye, River of Dreams/A Hard Days Night, Walk This Way (with Steven Tyler), We Didn’t Start The Fire, It’s Still Rock ‘n Roll To Me, My Generation (with Roger Daltrey), You May Be Right

Encore: Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Only The Good Die Young,

Second Encore: I Saw Her Standing There (with Sir Paul McCartney), Piano Man, Let It Be (with Sir Paul McCartney)

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Hopefully both of these concerts gets released on CD and DVD in the future. I’m sure Billy would release them. It’s a shame he’s retiring. He’s a talented songwriter and still has it. That Shea Stadium show proved that he is still loved today.

Kev